This was written cause I was bored during the exam diet and needed something to do. It also served as a way of better testing the Sigma17 emulator.
Results
In the output of the emulator after running this horrid program, there will be an ascii interpretation of the generated maze printed. For a 4x4 maze with the seed 1234, as is the default when running this project, the below will be printed:
*--*--*--*--*
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* *--*--* *
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*--*--* * *
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* *--* * *
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*--*--*--*--*
For a more complex example, here is a 16x16 with a seed of 1234 :
*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*
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* *--*--* * *--* * * * *--*--*--* *--*--*
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*--*--* * *--*--*--* * *--* *--*--*--* * *
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* * * *--* * * * * * *--* * * *--* *
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* *--*--* * *--* *--*--*--*--*--* * * * *
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* * * *--* * *--*--* * *--* * * * * *
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* * * * * * * * * *--* *--*--*--* *--*
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* * * * *--* *--* * *--*--*--* * *--* *
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* *--*--*--* *--*--* *--* *--* *--*--* * *
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*--* * *--*--*--* * * * *--*--* * * *--*
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* *--*--* *--*--* *--* * * *--*--* *--* *
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* * * *--* * *--* *--*--*--* *--*--* *--*
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* *--*--*--* * * *--* *--* * * * *--* *
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*--*--*--* * * * * *--*--* * * *--*--* *
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* *--*--*--*--*--*--* * * *--* *--* * *--*
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*--*--* * *--*--* *--* * *--*--* *--*--* *
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*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*
Running
This atrocious program can be ran by copying the Daedalus.asm.txt file into the text area in the Editor tab of the Sigma16 emulator. This program was only written for use in this emulator as it was easier than using the original.
It can be made to run in the original emulator by exporting it to Raw Compatible using the down-arrow next to the Download button on the same Editor tab. You will also have to remove line 3 as the copyright symbol is invalid in the orignal.
Changing the output
The output of the maze will be the same for each running, unless some constant values are changed.
The values that can be changed without incident are height, width and seed. These can all be found at the bottom of the file denoted by the parameters comment on line 733. The seed will change the maze design as it changes the random number generator’s seed. The width and height will, of course, change the widths and heights of the mazes generated.
There does exist combinations of maximum widths and heights. As of v1.1, that limit is a number of cells of around 7211 cells. This is due to the program taking 0x279, aka 633 cells of memory, and each additional cells requiring nine cells of memory as well - 2 for its position in the stack and 7 for its coordinate and boolean wall values. this limit can be achieved by running the program with the parameters of height = 1 and width = 7211, using up to and including 0xfff9. Alternatively, for a more interesting maze than just a corridor, a maze of size 84x85 can be used as the parameters, using up to and including 0xfd7a.
main.py
This contains a python version of the Sigma16 program for better understanding of the program. This can be ran using python3 main.py and requires no extra libraries. It can be modified in a similar way to Sigma16 version; changing the values of the width, height, and seed variables.
Author
This Sigma16 program was written by Jim Carty. Email: cartyjim1@gmail.com
License
This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE.txt for the full license.