My C++ professor recently gave us an assignment to read in a text file of 0s and 1s into a 2d array as a rectangular maze, and then traverse the maze by following a wall. As an extra he challenged ...

Google made the development of this algorithm even more fun by awarding points for scooping up apples and channeling through open portals, while maneuvering through the 3D maze.

This programmer made a random Pac-Man level generator using an algorithm that combines elements of mazemaking, snowflake cutting, and crossword grid mechanics.