NeuroMaze
Read the following tips/guidelines first, then proceed to the link
at the bottom of this page. Note that this was the first Maze
played by students at NU (In an Advanced Neurobiology course).
Player Guidelines:
This is an older version of the digital maze game, but was the first to use
a player-tracking / path-visualization feature. Before attempting to play
the game all players should read the tips below
which explain both
the basic mechanics of the game as well as the new "visual record"
of
player navigation through information space.
PLAYER TIPS Read
This Carefully!! Or...
...You may get Hopelessly Lost!
1. Navigate the maze by choosing an answer in each page/room
(each room or block is a separate flash-media web page).
2. The Main Path of this demo maze consists of a contiguous path
of 7 steps (correct answers) that will lead you to the maze exit.
Incorrect answers will take you off the main path and may also
send you on "backwards" loops to earlier points on the main path.
3. BE ADVISED that moves may seem to be going in
a "good direction"
but might not be! Also, "jumps" to other maze locations may seem
"bad", yet they may well be
taking you closer to the end of the
Main Path, i.e. to the maze exit--
the exit could be any block in the
maze. (note: direct backtracking is not enabled
in this version)
4. If you find yourself going in circles, then 1 or more of your
assumptions (about either correct or
incorrect answers) must
be wrong! Seek extra knowledge and/or rethink the problem.
There are a few clues at different maze locations (included with
other kinds of help under the Tips tab) that may help you
with
earlier problems in the maze and with general navigation.
5. Maze navigation occurs through "information-space" and as such is
multi-dimensional and cannot be fully
captured in a 2-D representation.
Thus the visual-maze representation is not a direct representation of
"progress" but is provided only to give the players a visual feedback
of the rooms (or points in information space) that they have
visited.
6. Neuromaze 1 is based on Intro Cellular Neurobiology.
Neuromaze 2 will be ported over to this
new format soon and
focuses upon Sensory Systems and Systems Neuroscience.
