Maze Algorithms (2017)

A maze generator in the shape of a maze whose corridors spell a 4-letter word: char*M,A,Z,E=40,J[40],T[40];main(C){for(*J=A=scanf(M="%d",&C); -- E; J[ E] =T [E ]= E) printf("._"); for(;(A-=Z=!Z) || (printf("\n|" ) , A = 39 ,C -- ) ; Z || printf (M ))M[Z]=Z[A-(E =A[J-Z])&&!C & A == T[ A] |6<<27<rand()||!C&!Z?J[T[E]=T[A]]=E,J[T[A]=A-Z]=A,"_.":" |"];} Generates a maze on the fly after entering the desired height of the maze. This compiled fine back in 1988 when I submitted it to the IOCCC (having rediscovered Eller's…

I got interested in mazes late last year and found Mr. Buck's resources invaluable. In fact, I received his book for Christmas. I highly recommend it, definitely worth the paperback purchase to support his work. I implemented several of the algorithms for my Rust maze generation tools (https://github.com/animate-object/mazes, https://github.com/animate-object/maze-cli), (and the game I built on top of them https://github.com/animate-object/followed)