Maze generator & solver · muse-ember
Output generated Cost / run $0.0098 Runtime 36.1s
Prompt for this run
Build a maze generator and solver visualization on a canvas. Use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as needed. Write it to `index.html` in the current working directory using your file tools. Inline your own CSS and JavaScript. Do not use external assets, CDNs, or network requests. No third-party libraries are provided. Required behavior: - Generate a 25 by 15 cell rectangular maze using randomized recursive backtracking. All cells must be reachable, with exactly one simple path between any pair of cells. - Use the upper-left cell as Start and lower-right as Finish. Draw cell walls clearly and animate generation so carving progress is visible. - After generation finishes, animate either BFS or A-star exploring the maze, then highlight the complete path from Start to Finish. The path must cross only open passages. - Provide New Maze and Replay Solver. New Maze cancels the previous animation and generates a fresh maze; Replay Solver uses the existing maze without changing its walls. - Mark start, finish, exploration, and solution with distinguishable styles and a short legend. Verify: Inspect maze-carving progress and request New Maze while animation is active. Check that the new generation replaces the previous view cleanly. If the solver starts during inspection, check that its visible steps follow open passages.
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A single self-contained HTML file — copy it and open in any browser, or reuse the prompt with your own pi-agent run.
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Build a maze generator and solver visualization on a canvas. Use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as needed. Write it to `index.html` in the current working directory using your file tools. Inline your own CSS and JavaScript. Do not use external assets, CDNs, or network requests. No third-party libraries are provided. Required behavior: - Generate a 25 by 15 cell rectangular maze using randomized recursive backtracking. All cells must be reachable, with exactly one simple path between any pair of cells. - Use the upper-left cell as Start and lower-right as Finish. Draw cell walls clearly and animate generation so carving progress is visible. - After generation finishes, animate either BFS or A-star exploring the maze, then highlight the complete path from Start to Finish. The path must cross only open passages. - Provide New Maze and Replay Solver. New Maze cancels the previous animation and generates a fresh maze; Replay Solver uses the existing maze without changing its walls. - Mark start, finish, exploration, and solution with distinguishable styles and a short legend. Verify: Inspect maze-carving progress and request New Maze while animation is active. Check that the new generation replaces the previous view cleanly. If the solver starts during inspection, check that its visible steps follow open passages.
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Designing a self-contained canvas maze with recursive backtracking generation and BFS or A-star solving, including animation control and UI layout.Adding animation cancellation with generation tokens and implementing solver step pacing and UI controls.
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{"console":[],"dom":"🌀 Maze Generator & Solver\n\n25 × 15 · Randomized Recursive Backtracking · BFS / A* Solver\n\n↻ New Maze\n▶ Replay Solver\nSolver: \nBFS\nA* (Manhattan)\n⛏ Generating… 15 / 375 cells carved\nStart\nFinish\nExplored\nSolution path\nCarving / Frontier\nWall\nStart = upper-left (0,0) · Finish = lower-right (24,14) · Every cell is reachable with exactly one simple path between any pair.","images":"attached"}
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{"console":[],"dom":"🌀 Maze Generator & Solver\n\n25 × 15 · Randomized Recursive Backtracking · BFS / A* Solver\n\n↻ New Maze\n▶ Replay Solver\nSolver: \nBFS\nA* (Manhattan)\n✅ Solved with BFS! Path length 107 cells (106 steps).\nExplored 216 cells · Path uses only open passages · Click Replay Solver to watch again.\nStart\nFinish\nExplored\nSolution path\nCarving / Frontier\nWall\nStart = upper-left (0,0) · Finish = lower-right (24,14) · Every cell is reachable with exactly one simple path between any pair.","images":"attached"}
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{"console":[],"dom":"🌀 Maze Generator & Solver\n\n25 × 15 · Randomized Recursive Backtracking · BFS / A* Solver\n\n↻ New Maze\n▶ Replay Solver\nSolver: \nBFS\nA* (Manhattan)\n🔍 Solving with BFS…\nExplored 18 / 216 cells · frontier (3,8)\nStart\nFinish\nExplored\nSolution path\nCarving / Frontier\nWall\nStart = upper-left (0,0) · Finish = lower-right (24,14) · Every cell is reachable with exactly one simple path between any pair.","images":"attached"}
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{"command":"ls -lh index.html && grep -c \"http\" index.html || true"}-rw-r--r-- 1 node node 16K Nov 10 01:06 index.html 0
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Built `index.html` — a single self-contained maze generator/solver (no external resources) with: - **25×15 maze** via iterative randomized recursive backtracking (spanning-tree carving: all 375 cells reachable, exactly one simple path between any pair), animated carving with progress bar/counter and orange current/frontier highlight. - **Canvas rendering** with white walls, green **S** start (upper-left), red **F** finish (lower-right), blue explored cells, and yellow/brown solution path. - **Solver animation**: BFS (default) or A* (Manhattan, selectable) — explores step-by-step through open passages only, then reveals the reconstructed Start→Finish path, with explored/path counts. - **Controls**: *New Maze* and *Replay Solver*. A shared cancellation token cancels any in-flight generation/solver animation; Replay re-solves the existing maze without changing walls (disabled while generating/solving). Legend matches canvas colors. **Checked in browser (no console errors):** - Inspected carving progress (e.g., 15/375 → 174/375 → 374/375) with frontier highlight. - Clicked **New Maze while generation was active** — view reset cleanly to a fresh 2/375 generation, no leftover walls/exploration. - Waited for auto-solver: BFS explored 216 cells, highlighted a 107-cell path following open passages. - Clicked **Replay Solver** — same walls/path length (107) re-explored from the start, confirming walls unchanged. **Remaining unverified:** A* mode was implemented but not visually exercised in the browser pass; perfect-maze uniqueness was verified by construction/reasoning rather than an automated graph check.