Theseus and the Minotaur

Theseus and the minotaur maze game in CLI. The idea is that you must escape a maze while minotaur is chasing you.

Minotaur moves twice and it must move horizontally first if that is possible.

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Requirements: python 3 and getch library.

$ pip install getch

Characters:

• * player
• M minotaur
• # wall

Controls:

• n: north
• s: south
• e: east
• w: west
• d: delay, skip your move
• u: undo last move
• q: quit game (ctrl-c also works)

Starting the game:

$ python3 theseus-and-the-minotaur.py maze1.txt


#############################
#. . . . .#. . . .#. . . . .#
##### # # # ### ##### ##### #
#.#.#.#.#.#.#. . . . .#. . .
# # # ### # ### ########### #
#. . . . . . . . . . . . . .#
# # ### # # ### # # ##### # #
#.#.#. .#.#. . .#.#. . . .#.#
# # ### # # # # # ####### # #
#*#.#. .#.#.#.#.#. . . .#.#M#
# # # # # # # # # ##### # # #
#.#.#.#. .#.#. . . . . .#.#.#
# # # # # # # # # ##### # # #
#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#. . . .#.#.#
# # # # # # # # # ##### # # #
#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#. . . .#.#.#
# # # # # # # # # ##### # # #
#. . . . . . . . . . . . . .#
#############################
Moves:

It is also possible to start the game with initial moves:

$ python3 theseus-and-the-minotaur.py maze1.txt "n;n;e;s;s;s;s;s;s;e;n"


#############################
#. . . . .#. . . .#. . . . .#
##### # # # ### ##### ##### #
#.#.#.#.#.#.#. . . . .#. . .
# # # ### # ### ########### #
#. . . . . . . . . . . . . .#
# # ### # # ### # # ##### # #
#.#.#. .#.#. . .#.#. . . .#.#
# # ### # # # # # ####### # #
#.#.#. .#.#.#.#.#. . . .#.#.#
# # # # # # # # # ##### # # #
#.#.#.#. .#.#. . . . . .#.#.#
# # # # # # # # # ##### # # #
#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#.#. . . .#.#.#
# # # # # # # # # ##### # # #
#.#M#*#.#.#.#.#.#. . . .#.#.#
# # # # # # # # # ##### # # #
#. . . . . . . . . . . . . .#
#############################
Moves: n;n;e;s;s;s;s;s;s;e;n