🧩 Level Information

• Level Number: 22
• Puzzle Statement: Head towards the mouse outside the maze
• Difficulty: Easy

🎯 Objective

Draw a line from the starting position on the screen to the mouse, going around the 'outside of the maze' without passing through the maze, and reach the mouse.

📝 Steps to Solve

1. Take a glance at the entire maze on the screen and confirm that you cannot reach the mouse using the normal route.
2. Prepare to draw a line from the starting point (tap & hold the start position with your finger).
3. Without entering the maze's paths, extend the line toward the outside (outer perimeter) of the maze walls.
4. Without changing course, maneuver around the open area outside the maze and move near the mouse's position.
5. Once near directly to the side, above, or below the mouse, extend the line straight to the mouse's position without worrying about maze walls.
6. Once the line reaches the mouse, release your finger to clear the stage.

💡 Hints

• You don't need to go through the inside like a normal maze. Carefully read the puzzle statement as-is.
• The phrase 'from outside the maze' is key. You can use the space outside the wall as a path, not inside the walls.
• It's okay to draw a line up to the very edge of the screen; the game considers that as a navigable area.

🧠 Explanation & Key Points

This stage is a trick problem that exploits players' fixed concept of 'going through a maze.' The answer is written in the puzzle statement, and just as instructed—to head towards the mouse from outside the maze—you should reach the mouse by going around the maze's periphery. It’s a cognitive puzzle that tests whether you can interpret the puzzle statement literally, focusing more on careful reading and a shift in perspective rather than logical complexity. In practice, the psychological barrier may come from resisting to draw the line outside (background part) of the maze. It's a stage typical of the Brain Test series, teaching the meta-solution of rules being 'your own assumption.'

🔍 Common Mistakes

• Trying to find a route within the maze only and repeatedly hitting dead ends.
• Assuming you cannot go over the walls, not even attempting to go outside.
• Believing there must be a narrow path from the start to the mouse, leading to prolonged searching on the screen.
• Being overly worried about the line slightly touching the walls, hesitating to extend it widely outside.

🎉 Advice After Clearing

If you realized that you should go around the outside of the maze, you will now have the habit of considering the 'entire screen' as your field. In Brain Test, it's important to once question the visible frame and rules. In the next stage, observe the puzzle statement and illustrations without any preconceptions.

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