Challenging Maze Game

Arduino LCD Screen

Arduino IDE

Arduino Uno Rev3

<h3 >Introduction</h3><p >This project is a Maze game for Arduino. I developed the code specifically for the Arduino Esplora, but can be deployed in any Arduino by replacing the Esplora and EsporaTFT libraries by purer code.The mazes are character sequences of 't's (path) and 'f's (wall), which form a grid. The maze size is 64x64, and is displayed in 4 quadrants of 32x32 tiles. When the player reaches the edge of the quadrant, the game renders the next quadrant.</p><p >Maze file format:</p><pre ><code ><span >&lt;int&gt;;&lt;int&gt;;&lt;int&gt;;&lt;int&gt;!&lt;char[1024]!&lt;char[1024]!&lt;char[1024]!&lt;char[1024]<br></span></code></pre><p >Which translates to:</p><pre ><code ><span >entryRow, entryCol, exitRow, exitCol, quadrant0, quadrant1, quadrant2, quadrant3<br></span></code></pre><p >The quadrants are displayed as:</p><pre ><code ><span >0000 ... 1111<br></span><span >0000 ... 1111<br></span><span >0000 ... 1111<br></span><span >....     ....<br></span><span >2222 ... 3333<br></span><span >2222 ... 3333<br></span><span >2222 ... 3333<br></span></code></pre><p >The edge of the 64x64 maze should be made of walls ('f') except for both entrance and exit.There should be two, and only two path blocks on the edge of the maze, which will be the Entry and Exit of the maze. It is possible to load an infinite number of maze files (I provide a zip file with a few randomly generated mazes).</p><h3 >Hardware</h3><p >The only hardware used in this project were:</p><ul ><li ><span >Arduino Esplora: </span><a href="https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-esplora">https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-esplora</a></li></ul><ul ><li ><span >Ardiono LCD Screen: </span><a href="https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-lcd-screen">https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-lcd-screen</a></li></ul><ul ><li >Micro SD card</li></ul><h3 >Installation</h3><ul ><li >Unzip the maze file pack in the root of the micro SD card</li></ul><ul ><li >Compile the Sketch with the Arduino IDE and upload it to your Arduino Esplora.</li></ul><h3 >Usage</h3><h3 >Maze selection</h3><div id="gallery"><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/c3d743be-28e2-4989-ac95-ef5935c2ea3a.PNG /><figcaption> </figcaption><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/b80088de-f787-433b-84ab-02c2e8c48038.PNG /><figcaption> </figcaption></div><ul ><li ><strong >Joystick</strong><span > - Browse / Select a maze.</span></li></ul><ul ><li ><strong >Top button</strong><span > - Preview the maze.</span></li></ul><ul ><li ><strong >Bottom button</strong><span > - Start the maze.</span></li></ul><h3 >Maze game</h3><div id="gallery"><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/5811c6d2-6172-41ab-91e3-8a3a80ec068d.PNG /><figcaption> </figcaption><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/e3d1a17c-4f6d-4a04-87ae-ac234f4cdc4d.PNG /><figcaption> </figcaption></div><ul ><li ><strong >Joystick</strong><span > - Move through the maze.</span></li></ul><ul ><li ><strong >Top button</strong><span > - Preview the whole maze.</span></li></ul><ul ><li ><strong >Right button</strong><span > - Cancels the maze and go back to selection screen.</span></li></ul><h3 >Victory screen</h3><figure><img src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/ce76ea4c-cf34-4b84-a1d6-6d86426c362d.PNG /><figcaption> </figcaption></figure><ul ><li ><strong >Bottom button</strong><span > - Dismiss and go back to the maze selection screen.</span></li></ul><h3 >Feedback?</h3><p >I appreciate feedback of any kind. Just give a message or post in issues. Thanks!</p>

Challenging Maze Game

A fun maze game for Arduino (optimized for Esplora) that uses a large map.