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Create a maze

Create means you pick the footprint first. Set the size, Generate, then walk the walls you just carved — same desk as the generator, create-first wording.

Walk the grid · Print what you made · One maze site

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Start at the cobalt dot. The exit is the ochre ×.

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Create a maze

Create means you pick the footprint first. Nudge the size, hit Generate, watch pencil walls appear, then walk the thing you just made. Half the “maze maker” results online hand you a PNG and disappear. Here the creation stays playable.

Generator is the sibling page with the same knobs and a maker-search hat. Printable is when paper is the point.

When

When to use

Use this page when you searched create a maze / make a maze and wanted controls rather than a fixed postcard, so you can invent one, solve it on screen, and print the current grid.

When not

When not to

You only want to play a preset → home / play-maze. You want a craft-kit “maze maker” toy → hardware store, not us.

Defaults

Assumptions

Width/Height (square N×N) exposed. Worker carve. Perfect maze. Seed replays the same layout.

Steps

How

  1. Set N×N (within the allowed range).
  2. Generate.
  3. Walk it — or Print — or change the seed and carve again.

Worked notes

Examples

  • 12×12 for a quick invent-and-solve → size field upstairs
  • 30×30 when you meant “make me suffer politely” → same Generate button, longer corridors

Watch-outs

Gotchas

  • Huge grids take a breath — don’t machine-gun Generate.
  • “How to make a maze” school essays want scissors and paper; we do browser walls.
  • Creating ≠ drawing freehand walls cell-by-cell in batch two — you steer size and seed, the carver draws.

Nearby pages

Compare

Generator: search-dominant twinPrintable: leans exportHard: skips the sliders

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Controls

On this board

N×N sets the square grid. Seed replays the same carve. Generate builds in a Web Worker. New maze rolls a fresh seed. Show path pencils the route. Print drops the chrome.

FAQ

Common questions

Is create a maze different from the maze generator?
Same engine and knobs. This URL speaks to “create / make” searches; generator catches “generator / maker” wording.
Can I create a maze and play it without leaving the page?
Yes. That’s the whole point of this desk.
Can I save what I created?
Print or note the seed. We don’t keep a cloud gallery of your mazes.
Does create a maze need an account?
No. Carve locally in this browser.