NAME
Games::ABC_Path::Generator - a generator for ABC Path puzzle games.
VERSION
version 0.6.0
SYNOPSIS
use Games::ABC_Path::Generator;
my $gen = Games::ABC_Path::Generator->new({seed => 1});
# Returns a Games::ABC_Path::Generator::RiddleObj object.
my $riddle = $gen->calc_riddle();DESCRIPTION
ABC Path puzzle games are puzzle games where one is given a 5*5 grid which should contain a consecutive path of the letters from 'A' to 'Y' (with vertical, horizontal, diagonal, or anti-diagonal steps). The position of the letter 'A' is given, and two letters are given for each of the columns, rows, main diagonal and main anti-diagonal, which can appear anywhere there.
ABC Path can be played online at http://www.brainbashers.com/abcpath.asp .
This package is a generator for ABC Path games, and it generates a different layout with different clues for every random number generator seed.
SUBROUTINES/METHODS
my $gen = Games::ABC_Path::Generator->new({seed => $seed});
Initialised a new generator with the random number generator seed $seed .
$gen->calc_final_layout()
Calculates the final, solved, layout of the board based on the current random seed.
Returns the layout as a Games::ABC_Path::Generator::FinalLayoutObj object.
$gen->calc_riddle()
Calculates the riddle (final state + initial hints) and returns it as an object.
AUTHOR
Shlomi Fish, http://www.shlomifish.org/ .
SEE ALSO
Games::ABC_Path::Solver - a solver for ABC Path games which this generator uses.
http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/projects/japanese-puzzle-games/abc-path/ - the homepage of Shlomi Fish's ABC Path work.
http://www.brainbashers.com/abcpath.asp - play ABC Path online on brainbashers.com .
http://www.janko.at/ - Otto Janko, the creator of ABC Path.
SUPPORT
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Bugs / Feature Requests
Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to bug-games-abc_path-generator at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Games-ABC_Path-Generator. You will be automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.
Source Code
The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :)
https://github.com/shlomif/abc-path
git clone https://github.com/shlomif/abc-pathAUTHOR
Shlomi Fish <shlomif@cpan.org>
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://github.com/shlomif/abc-path/issues
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2021 by Shlomi Fish.
This is free software, licensed under:
The MIT (X11) License