Thank you for the inspiration to do this!
Your template for arcs and pairing made it easy to start on this.
I selected the correct pairs of arcs with a random() and used my arcDraw() to to draw arcs in a simple loop as before.
I did not really need the arcDraw() but it did kick start the process and made for cleaner code with less chance of errors.
And voila!
Should I post code?
Do you also have a function to calculate shortest path from one side to the other?
Wow, that is nice. Yes @glv please do post the code. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
My morning programming exercise inspired by @paulstgeorge
int sp = 30;
int y;
int x;
int[] z = { -1, -1, +1, -1, +1, +1, -1, +1};
void setup()
{
size(600, 600);
noFill();
stroke(255, 255, 0);
strokeWeight(2);
background(0);
x = sp/2;
y = sp/2;
}
void draw()
{
if (y<height)
{
int r=int(random(2));
println(r);
if (r%2 == 0)
{
arcDraw1(1, x, y, sp);
arcDraw1(3, x, y, sp);
}
else
{
arcDraw1(0, x, y, sp);
arcDraw1(2, x, y, sp);
}
x+=sp;
if (x>width)
{
y+=sp;
x=sp/2;
}
}
}
void arcDraw1(int a, int originX, int originY, int sp)
{
arc(originX+z[2*a]*sp/2, originY+z[2*a+1]*sp/2, sp, sp, a*TAU/4, (a+1)*TAU/4);
}
We had so much fun with these!
I now use this to keep track of a cool maze so I can reproduce it with a know seed:
seed = int(random(1000));
randomSeed(seed);
println(seed);
Let’s try this next:
I will not look at other code until I have done this! Not today or anytime soon though…
References:
https://processing.org/reference/randomSeed_.html
Hello @noel
Tracing through the paths and filling them is on my “to do” fun programming list for a rainy day.
Shortest path between two ends will follow…
I got started on the simple one with lines; the arcs may present a challenge.
That was what I was thinking about also.
I was reading this.
https://www.techiedelight.com/find-shortest-path-in-maze/
What do you see as the ‘tile’? Is it nine concentric circles broken into arcs that can be off or one, and radial lines treated the same way?
Solved!
Brilliant! Code please. Looking forward to seeing it.
Heck! This thread is so cool!
Why is nobody going 3D though?
I am enjoying this topic and creating 2D mazes that are simple and elegant; this is new for me and engaging.
It is quite the leap from:
to 3D mazes.
Can we please keep this topic focused on 2D mazes and enjoy the simplicity of that for now?
Please.
@glv You know those radar screens:
so, if you have a radial line (from that goes from the centre of the circle to the circumference) and that line sweeps through 2*PI. The line is made from segments that can be yellow or black. Sometimes, some of the pixels in the line can leave a trace. Could this work?
I created some gears a while back with PVectors to “tile” the gear shapes, lines and vertices and trying that approach.
This is my gear video at the spot where I drew individual gears:
Gear Building
The circular maze is my quick and very rough first pass at this; it will look better once I get around to it.
I am going to try this from scratch; that is how I like to code these days.
Keep the ideas coming! But I will not look at any finished code for now.
Still thinking about the tiling…
And again… thanks for this topic!
Don’t get me started on gears!
http://www.paulstgeorge.com/travelling-curves/
I solved the maze too!
I wrote code to:
Later I will trace through path slowly…
I could have printed it but wanted to be environmentally friendly.
That was fun!
I actually designed these cogwheels for linear sawing machines. Slow forward working movement, and fast retrieve.
Would you adam and eve it? Look what I found on Sketchpad. It is by Keith O’Hara.
/*
* 10 PRINT CHR$ (205.5 + RND (1)); : GOTO 10
* http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/books/2012/11/computer_programming_10_print_chr_205_5_rnd_1_goto_10_from_mit_press_reviewed.html
* Keith O'Hara <kohara@bard.edu>
* Dec 2012
*
*/
//c64 pallete colors from
// http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=52312
color[] c64 = {
#FFFFFF, #744335, #7CACBA,
#7B4890, #64974F, #403285, #BFCD7A,
#7B5B2F, #4f4500, #a37265, #505050,
#787878, #a4d78e, #786abd, #9f9f9f
};
void setup() {
size(640, 480);
strokeWeight(5);
mouseMoved();
}
void mouseMoved() {
background(0);
int c = int(map(mouseX, 0, width, 10, 50));
int i = int(map(mouseY, 0, width, 0, c64.length));
stroke(c64[i]);
for (int x = 0; x < width; x += c) {
for (int y = 0; y < height; y += c) {
if (random(1) < .5) {
line(x + 2, y + 2, x + c - 2, y + c - 2);
}
else {
line(x + 2, y + c - 2, x + c - 2, y + 2);
}
}
}
}
void draw() {
}
I think you view it on
http://studio.processingtogether.com/sp/pad/iframe/ro.98U8jOf0mug8C/rev.2