README.md

maze_generator_solver

- Kruskal maze generator

Time without display:

- Backtracking maze solver

Time without display:

For perfect 250x250 it's instantanly solve.

Generator

The generator is a randomized kruskal algorithm. The output is provided in ascii on the terminal. To save the result you have to redirect the output in a file. You can generate perfect and imperfect maze.

The * character represent empty fields. The X character represent walls. A maze always start with a * in top left and is always solvable.

Result for generation of perfect 50x50 maze:

Result for generation of imperfect 50x50 maze:

Compile

compiling:

make

cleaning obj files:

make clean

cleaning binary files:

make fclean

cleaning all and compile:

make re

How to use it

For perfect maze:

./generator [WIDTH] [HEIGHT] perfect

For imperfect maze:

./generator [WIDTH] [HEIGHT] imperfect

Redirect the result in a file to save it:

./generator [WIDTH] [HEIGHT] perfect > perfect_maze.map

Solver

The solver is a backtracking algorithm.

Ncurses library is used to display the output in slow motion. You can choose the speed (in milliseconds) of the slow motion with the Macro UTIME_TO_WAIT in solver.h file.

The walls are in blue and the empty fieds are in black. The bad way travelled by the algorithm is in yellow. The good one is in red.

Result for solving perfect 50x50 maze:

Compile

compiling:

make

cleaning obj files:

make clean

cleaning binary files:

make fclean

cleaning all and compile:

make re

How to use it

Execute binarys' solver with the maze map in parameter:

./solver perfect_maze.map

To test the solution you have examples of perfect and imperfect labyrinths in the "mazes" folder.