INFO1110 / COMP9001 Acorn Runner

INFO1110 / COMP9001 Acorn Runner
Acorn Runner: An escape to survive
Milestone Deadline: Friday 15th May, 11:59 pm
Final Deadline: Friday 29th May, 11:59 pm
Weighting: 5% Milestone, 10% Final
You are an acorn, heir to the Honourable Furious Forest Throne. Your beauty shines like no
other, reflecting the colourful solar rays into the eyes of all spectators. But instead of your
usual coat of beautiful acorn shell, you find yourself covered in ash. Not only that, but
you’ve fallen great depths from the heights of the towering trees of the Honourable Furious
Forest that once cared for you.
You shed a tear of loss. The horrid memories of the Fire Nation’s invasion flash before you
as you relive the moments your hometown, the Honourable Furious Forest, was burnt to
ashes. Your friends, the koalas and kangaroos, your family, the Honourable Furious Forest
members, all burnt to a crisp.
Mustering up your motivation for revenge, you, the acorn, heir to the Honourable Furious
Forest Throne, stumble forward and find yourself in a maze. You observe walls of fire,
helicopter search lights and teleporting pads within.
You cry out and slam your little acorn fist on the greyed Honourable Furious Forest floor of
dried up leaves. You swear upon your Father’s name, Lord Scarlet Oak of the Honourable
Furious Forest, that you will conquer this maze and restore the Honourable Furious Forest
back to its former glory of rainbow and sunshine.
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Description
In this assignment there will be three parts:
A game component. You must be able to play the game yourself.
The game will be a 2D maze with the objective of moving from start to end.
A solver component.
It should play the game as many times as it needs to generate a successful path.
More on this in the Solver section of this specification.
A report.
3 questions on testing and a short analysis on the solver algorithms involved.
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