I just found a new favorite toy called Graphviz! I used it to draw the Deathtrap Dungeon graph in its entire form (all nodes) and in its solved form (only encluding nodes encountered during backtrace).

The complete map as pdf: deathtrap.pdf
The complete map as .dot (change extension): deathtrap.txt
The solution as pdf: solution.pdf
The solution as .dot (change extension): solution.txt

Deathtrap Dungeon Solution

When I was a child, I played Deathtrap Dungeon, a “Fighting Fantasy” novel by Ian Livingstone. These books were magical in their ability to give kids the sorts of agency, adventure, heroism, and excitement that videogames would later provide. The covers were lurid, and promised action and violence and magic, all things a healthy ten year old wanted:

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