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jamis / recursive-backtracker.rb
Created December 24, 2010 22:41
Implementation of the recursive backtracking algorithm for maze generation
# Recursive backtracking algorithm for maze generation. Requires that
# the entire maze be stored in memory, but is quite fast, easy to
# learn and implement, and (with a few tweaks) gives fairly good mazes.
# Can also be customized in a variety of ways.
DIRS = (N, S, E, W = 1, 2, 4, 8)
DX = { E => 1, W => -1, N => 0, S => 0 }
DY = { E => 0, W => 0, N => -1, S => 1 }
OPPOSITE = { E => W, W => E, N => S, S => N }