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Ball-in-a-maze puzzles are dexterity puzzles which involve manipulating either a maze (or labyrinth) or one or several balls so that the ball or balls are maneuvered towards a goal. Toys like this have been popular since Pigs in Clover (also spelled Pigs-in-clover ) was invented by Charles Martin Crandall and then patented on September 10, 1889.
Labyrinth is a game of physical skill consisting of a box with a maze on top with holes, and a steel marble. The object of the game is to try to tilt the playfield to guide the marble to the end of the maze, without letting it fall into any of the holes.
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one piece of string, ribbon or similar, which may form a closed loop or which may have other pieces like balls fixed to its end. one or several pieces of stiff wire; sometimes additional pieces like wooden ball through which the string is threaded. One can distinguish three subgroups of wire-and-string puzzles:
This category is for video games whose gameplay focuses on controlling the motion of a marble or ball, which is affected by physics, through a game level, often navigating a maze and/or avoiding hazards.
Some first-person maze games follow the design of Pac-Man, but from the point of view of being in the maze. First-person maze games are differentiated from more diversified first-person party-based RPGs , dungeon crawlers , first-person shooters , and walking sims by their emphasis on navigation of largely abstracted maze environments.
The wooden ball is very stable and can be used for several puzzles in the game. The player initially launches into and leaves all levels with a wooden ball. The stone ball is extremely heavy, and can be accidentally rolled off an edge very easily, but can easily push down specific objects like boxes and bridges.