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This is a fractal algorithm I created for generating mazes. I think it's pretty neat.
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This is a fractal algorithm I created for generating mazes. I think it's pretty neat. I came up with this in the early 90's for a computer science class -- I think it was Data Structures and Algorithms. The original was written in C. This version is in Python.
  
This generates a random maze with no loops -- a single connected path links all elements of the maze. This maze
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This generates a random maze with no loops -- a single connected path links all elements of the maze. This maze also has the property that it is space filling.
also has the property that it is space filling.
 
  
 
You can run the brain maze algorithm by clicking here: [http://www.noah.org/cgi-bin/brainmaze.py brainmaze.py]
 
You can run the brain maze algorithm by clicking here: [http://www.noah.org/cgi-bin/brainmaze.py brainmaze.py]
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Revision as of 07:51, 7 December 2007


This is a fractal algorithm I created for generating mazes. I think it's pretty neat. I came up with this in the early 90's for a computer science class -- I think it was Data Structures and Algorithms. The original was written in C. This version is in Python.

This generates a random maze with no loops -- a single connected path links all elements of the maze. This maze also has the property that it is space filling.

You can run the brain maze algorithm by clicking here: brainmaze.py

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