Question

Can anyone help me make a simple maze using C++? Not an actual game just a maze. I'm learning the basics of C++ and I'm already stumped. I basically need C++ code to create a simple 32x32 ascii portrait of a maze. Please if anyone is a C++ I need some help thank you!

Answer 1

We assign the maze matrix randomly by using a rand() function to generate random numbers and assign the corresponding character to the element of the maze element.

CODE:-

#include<bits/stdc++.h> //to include all the header files, so that we don't have to include each library separately

using namespace std;

int main()
{
char Maze[32][32]; //Maze is a 32x32 2D matrix that represents the state of the maze at any point in an ascii form (therefore, we use char - character data type)

//Creating the maze can be done using different characters for a way and blockage
// . -> in the matrix represents there is a way
// - -> in the matrix represents there is a blockage

//we run two loops to intialize the maze by the above characters randomly. it is upto the creator that how the maze has to be created and how the paths have to be defined in them.
for(int i=0; i<32; i++)
{
for(int j=0; j<32; j++)
{
//For randomly assigning characters, I am using a threshold, if the generated random number is less than that threshold, then we assign a . to the element else assign -.
//rand() is used to generate random numbers

int x = rand()%32; //generate random numbers from 0 to 31
//Taking threshold to be 16
if(x < 16)
{
//to access an array element, we use the [] operator and thus for two dimensions we will have 2 [] operators used.
Maze[i][j] = '.'; //there is a path
}
else{
Maze[i][j] = '-'; //no path or a blockage
}
}
}

//Printing the maze
for(int i=0; i<32; i++)
{
cout<<"\n"; //newline after every row
for(int j=0; j<32; j++)
{
cout<<setw(2)<<Maze[i][j]; //setting the width of output to be 2 and printing the maze element
}
}
  
return 0;
}

OUTPUT:-

. . . - - - . . . . - . - - . . - . - - - . . . - - . . - - . -
. - . - - - . - . - . - - . - - . - . . - - - - . . - . . - - .
- . - . . . - . - . - - . - . - . - - . . - - - - . - - . - - -
. - - . - - . - - . - . . - - - - - - . . - - - . - . - - . - -
. . - . . . - . . . . - . . . - - . - . - - . . - - - . - . - .
- - . . - - . - . - . - - - . - - . . - . . - - - . . - - - - -
. . - - - . - . - . - - - . . . - - - . - . - - - - . - - . . .
. . . . . - - . - - - - - . - - - - - . . - . - . - - . - . . .
. - - - . . - . - . - - . - . . . - - . . - . - . . . . . - . .
. . - . . - - . - - - . . . - - . . . . - - . . - . . - . - . .
- . - . - . - - - - . . - - - - - - . - - . - . - . - - - . - -
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- . . . . - - . . . - - - - . . . - . . - . . - . . . - - . - -
. - . . - . . . . . - . - . . - - . . - - . . - - . - - . . . .
. - - . - . . . . . . - . - - . . - . - . . - - - . - . - . - -
- . . . . . . - . - . - . - . - - . . - - . - . . . . . . . . -
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- - . . - - . - . - - - - - . - . . . . . . . - . . . - - - - .
- . - . . - . . . - - . - . . . . . - - - - . - . - - - . - - .
- - . - - . . . . . . - . . . . - - - . . . . . - - - . . - . .
- - . . . . . . . - . - - . - - . - . . - . - - . - - - - . - .
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. . - - - - - - - . - - . - . . . . - - - . - - - . - . . . - -
- - - . . . . - . . . - . - - . - - - - - . . . - - - - . . - .
- - . - - - . . - - . - - - - - - - . - . . . - . - - - . - - -
. . - - - . . - - . . - . . . - . . - . - - - - . - . . . . . .
. . - - . . . . - - - - . - - . . . . - . . - - - . - - . . - .
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