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-- Maze generation script
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-- A test by @Starbeamrainbowlabs

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-- Intelligent table printing function
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-- From http://coronalabs.com/blog/2014/09/02/tutorial-printing-table-contents/

function print_r ( t )
    local print_r_cache={}
    local function sub_print_r(t,indent)
        if (print_r_cache[tostring(t)]) then
            print(indent.."*"..tostring(t))
        else
            print_r_cache[tostring(t)]=true
            if (type(t)=="table") then
                for pos,val in pairs(t) do
                    if (type(val)=="table") then
                        print(indent.."["..pos.."] => "..tostring(t).." {")
                        sub_print_r(val,indent..string.rep(" ",string.len(pos)+8))
                        print(indent..string.rep(" ",string.len(pos)+6).."}")
                    elseif (type(val)=="string") then
                        print(indent.."["..pos..'] => "'..val..'"')
                    else
                        print(indent.."["..pos.."] => "..tostring(val))
                    end
                end
            else
                print(indent..tostring(t))
            end
        end
    end
    if (type(t)=="table") then
        print(tostring(t).." {")
        sub_print_r(t,"  ")
        print("}")
    else
        sub_print_r(t,"  ")
    end
    print()
end

if arg[1] ~= nil then
        width = tonumber(arg[1])
else
        width = 35
end
if arg[2] ~= nil then
        height = tonumber(arg[2])
else
        height = 15
end

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-- function to print out the world
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function printspace(space, w, h)
        for y = 0, h - 1, 1 do
                local line = ""
                for x = 0, w - 1, 1 do
                        line = line .. space[y][x]
                end
                print(line)
        end
end

-- Initialise the world
start_time = os.clock()

function generate_maze(seed, width, height)
	-- minetest.log("action", "width: "..width..", height: "..height)
	math.randomseed(seed) -- seed the random number generator with the system clock

	width = width - 1
	height = height - 1

	local world = {}
	for y = 0, height, 1 do
		world[y] = {}
		for x = 0, width, 1 do
			world[y][x] = "#"
		end
	end

	-- do a random walk to create pathways
	local nodes = {} -- the nodes left that we haven't investigated
	local curnode = 1 -- the node we are currently operating on
	local cx, cy = 1, 1 -- our current position
	table.insert(nodes, { x = cx, y = cy })
	world[cy][cx] = " "
	while #nodes > 0 do
		-- io.write("Nodes left: " .. curnode .. "\r")
		--print("Nodes left: " .. #nodes)
		--print("Currently at (" .. cx .. ", " .. cy .. ")")

		local directions = "" -- the different directions we can move
		if cy - 2 > 0 and world[cy - 2][cx] == "#" then
			directions = directions .. "u"
		end
		if cy + 2 < height and world[cy + 2][cx] == "#" then
			directions = directions .. "d"
		end
		if cx - 2 > 0 and world[cy][cx - 2] == "#" then
			directions = directions .. "l"
		end
		if cx + 2 < width and world[cy][cx + 2] == "#" then
			directions = directions .. "r"
		end
		--print("radar output: '" .. directions .. "' (length: " .. #directions .. "), curnode: " .. curnode)
		if #directions > 0 then
			-- we still have somewhere that we can go
			--print("This node is not a dead end yet.")
			local curdirnum = math.random(1, #directions)
			local curdir = string.sub(directions, curdirnum, curdirnum)
			if curdir == "u" then
				world[cy - 1][cx] = " "
				world[cy - 2][cx] = " "
				cy = cy - 2
			elseif curdir == "d" then
				world[cy + 1][cx] = " "
				world[cy + 2][cx] = " "
				cy = cy + 2
			elseif curdir == "l" then
				world[cy][cx - 1] = " "
				world[cy][cx - 2] = " "
				cx = cx - 2
			elseif curdir == "r" then
				world[cy][cx + 1] = " "
				world[cy][cx + 2] = " "
				cx = cx + 2
			end

			table.insert(nodes, { x = cx, y = cy })
		else
			--print("The node at " .. curnode .. " is a dead end.")
			table.remove(nodes, curnode)
			if #nodes > 0 then
				--print("performing teleport.");
				curnode = math.random(1, #nodes)
				--print("New node: " .. curnode)
				-- print("Nodes table: ")
				-- print_r(nodes)
				cx = nodes[curnode]["x"]
				cy = nodes[curnode]["y"]
			else
				--print("Maze generation complete, no teleportation necessary.")
			end
		end
		--printspace(world, width, height)
	end

	return world
end

local world = generate_maze(os.time(), width, height)

printspace(world, width, height)
end_time = os.clock()
print("Generation completed in " .. (end_time - start_time) .. "s.")