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Wilson's Algorithm

https://cruzgodar.com/applets/wilsons-algorithm/
58•FromTheArchives•3mo ago

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andrehacker•3mo ago
Any discussion about Maze algorithms cannot be complete without a reference to the 1982 endless Maze algorithm used in the "Entombed" Atari game.

Many great articles about this can be found like:

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/01/the-endless-maze-alg...

https://ieee-cog.org/2021/assets/papers/paper_215.pdf

drob518•3mo ago
This page has similar visualizations and explanations of multiple (wildly different, in some cases) maze generation algorithms. It’s hypnotic to watch them run.

https://professor-l.github.io/mazes/

bigjobby•3mo ago
This is what I come to HN for. Bravo
leakycap•3mo ago
Was it the example or the text for you?
tromp•3mo ago
Wilson's algorithm is based on so-called loop-erased random walks [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop-erased_random_walk

jmpeax•3mo ago
The description of the algorithm is frustratingly confusing.

"Now pick another random black dot to start from and color it white too. From this black dot" from which black dot, the white one?

"single step in a random direction, coloring the new dot white and drawing a line between the two dots". How big of a step is we need to draw a line? Ok, so where not talking about pixels, and where drawing black and white dots on a background of... let's imagine grey?

"backtrack along your path until you’re back at the dot that you were trying to color white" does this algorithm ever terminate in any tractible time?

realaleris149•3mo ago
I always had problems understanding algorithms from such descriptions. Even from pseudocode I find it difficult to understand. What I usually do is search for an implementation, even in a language I am not familiar with is still better. When you have code you can run it, test it, debug it - not so much with descriptions and pseudocode.
fn-mote•3mo ago
Here is one article in an excellent series of articles on make generation:

https://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2011/1/20/maze-generation-wilso...

butlersean•3mo ago
many examples of of maze generation algorithms (with source code) here. https://www.jamisbuck.org/mazes/

i bought his book totally worth it http://mazesforprogrammers.com/

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