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mazegen

Simple python program to generate postscript mazes.

Intended to entertain the author's child.

Inspired by Olin Shivers' description of an earlier Scheme program with a nearly identical algorithm.

http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/shivers/mazes.html

Example wired up to AppEngine at

https://maze-maker.appspot.com/

Files include

  • MazeGen.py

    Generates random maze through variant of Kruskal's algorithm. Contains a class to output maze as postscript file. Can run as standalone application.

  • GenerateExampleOutput.py

    Standalone program. Produces output like the examples in the directory "examples"

  • ProduceMazeBook.py

    Standalone program. Produces a small booklet of many distinct mazes.

  • examples/

    Example output of MazeGen.py

  • FlyerMaker.py

    Overlays lines of text from a file onto a maze. Cuts out parts of the maze where text goes. Sample input at free-poem.txt Sample output at free-poem.txt.ps