Erbsland Maze is a sophisticated, open-source maze generator designed for creating complex, rectangular mazes. It exports mazes as SVG files, making them perfect for graphic design applications or even for 3D modeling. This tool stands out for its customization capabilities; it supports various endpoint configurations, allowing for connected or dead-end designs.
- Modular and Flexible: Tailor your maze to fit any project requirement, from simple puzzles to complex labyrinth designs.
- Customizable Endpoints: Specify any number of endpoints, deciding whether they're interconnected or serve as individual dead-ends.
- Design Freedom: Freely position endpoints, incorporate blank areas for shaping the maze, and merge smaller rooms into larger spaces for aesthetic or functional purposes.
- Path Customization: Adjust room connections to guide the maze's pathways or to craft a unique template for your designs.
To use Erbsland Maze, you'll need:
- Python 3.12 or higher.
- The pycairo library for rendering SVG files.
Follow these steps to get started with Erbsland Maze:
Clone the repository and navigate into it:
git clone https://github.com/erbsland-dev/erbsland-maze/ cd erbsland-maze
Create and activate a new Python virtual environment:
python3.12 -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate
Install pycairo:
pip install pycairo
Generate your first maze:
cd src python generate_maze.py -x 100 -y 100 -o maze.svg
This command creates a maze.svg file in the src directory with your newly generated maze.
For additional command-line options and configurations:
python generate_maze.py --help
You find all details about the library, it's design and file format in the documentation.
generate_maze.py -x 300 -y 300 -t 0.5 -e nw -e se -m w/3/1 -m nw/5 -m n/3/1 -m ne/5 -m e/3/1 -m se/5 -m s/3/1 -m sw/5 -b c/5 -b c/3/-6,0 -b c/3/6,0 -b c/3/0,-6 -b c/3/0,6 -f 2 -c ^m/w/3/1 -c ^m/nw/5 -c ^m/n/3/1 -c ^m/ne/5 -c ^m/e/3/1 -c ^m/se/5 -c ^m/s/3/1 -c ^m/sw/5
generate_maze.py -x 300 -y 100 -l 4 -t 2.5 -e w/10 -e e/10 -m w/3/10 -m e/3/10 -b nw/5 -b ne/5 -b se/5 -b sw/5
generate_maze.py -x 200 -y 300 --height-parity=none --width-parity=none -l 4 -t 0.5 -e nw -e n/0/x -e ne/0/x -e e/20/x -e se -e s/0/x -e sw/1/x -m sw/2/1 -b w/2x67 -b ne/30x20/-4,12 -b se/30x20/-4,-12 -b e/20x43
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