Solver and Generator for ABC Path

The Games-ABC_Path-Solver Perl 5 CPAN distribution implements a solver for ABC Path as featured on brainbashers.com. It provides a standalone command-line “abc-path-solver” program and an Application Programmer Interface (API).

The Games-ABC_Path-Generator Perl 5 CPAN distribution implements a generator for ABC Path layouts based on a random number seed. What it does is first generate a random path through the 5*5 board, and then assigns the hints randomly. Sometimes the process takes a relatively long time to complete.

The BitBucket.org repository also contains a port of the code of the solver and generator to JavaScript, which will hopefully allow it to be usable as an in-browser game in the future.

Currently, documentation is a little lacking.

Project Links

For the ABC Path Solver

• The ABC Path Solver on metacpan.org - download and more information.
• The ABC Path Solver on search.cpan.org.

• BitBucket Repository

• Freecode Record

For the ABC Path Generator

• The ABC Path Generator on metacpan.org - download and more information.
• The ABC Path Generator on search.cpan.org

• BitBucket Repository

• Freecode Record

General ABC-Path Links

• BrainBashers.com’s Daily ABC Path - play ABC Path online. Furthermore, it is where I was introduced to the game.

• Otto Janko’s Homepage - the inventor of ABC Path whose web-site contains many other puzzles (though most of the text is in German).

Licence

Games-ABC_Path-Solver is licensed under the MIT/X11 licence.

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