kabasakalis/elixir_maze

Elixir port of my ruby-maze

Elixir Maze

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Overview

Elixir Port of my ruby-maze repo.

Usage

1. Clone the repo and run in the root of the project mix deps.get to download the dependencies.

2. Run iex -S mix to start the Maze.Server

3. Create and solve a default 20 x 20 maze simply with

   Maze.Server.create_maze

4. Create and solve a maze with custom options with

   Maze.Server.create_maze({:init,
                           rows = 35,
                           columns = 73,
                           name = nil,
                           goal_position = [70, 35],
                           start_position = [1, 1],
                           paint_mode = :solve,
                           paint_interval = 100
                           })

The above options will create, build, solve, and paint the solved path of a 35 x 73 maze, starting from position row 1, column 1 and ending at row 35, column 73, with animation speed of 100 ms. You can watch the build path instead of the solve path by changing the paint_mode option to :build. Make sure start and goal positions [x, y] you set are within the maze's boundaries. x should be from 1 to columns and y from 1 to rows range.

5. Go crazy with firing up multiple mazes at once. As simple as:

Maze.Server.create_mazes 50

The above will concurrently create and solve 50 default 20x20 mazes. You can pass the same options as in Maze.Server.create_maze as the second parameter to create custom mazes:

Maze.Server.create_mazes 50, options

I had no problem with 300 mazes, see screenshot below.

License

The project is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

A 35x73 Maze being solved.

A 35x73 Maze being built.

Twenty 20x20 mazes concurrently solved.

Three Hundred (300!) 20x20 mazes concurrently solved.