Escape Room Puzzle Generator 🔐🧩
What it does: Generates random puzzles (like Sudoku, ciphers, or maze patterns)
for an escape room.
Linear Algebra Used:
Graph adjacency matrices to generate solvable mazes.
Matrix transformations for encrypting and decrypting clues.
Why it’s cool? You can create your own mini escape room game!
Tech Stack: Python (Matplotlib for visualization).
Great choice! An **Escape Room Puzzle Generator** is a super fun project that
blends **math, logic, and creativity**. Here’s how we can break it down:
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## **🔑 Core Features**
1. **Maze Generation**
- Uses **graph adjacency matrices** to generate a random, solvable maze.
- Ensures that all rooms are connected and there’s only one correct path.
2. **Ciphered Clues & Puzzles**
- Uses **matrix transformations (e.g., Hill cipher, modular arithmetic)** to
encrypt text-based clues.
- Players must **decrypt** clues to proceed.
3. **Locks & Keys Mechanism** 🔒
- Uses **matrices to store relationships** between objects (e.g., “key A unlocks
door B”).
- Ensures a **logical progression of puzzles**.
4. **Timer & Score System** ⏳
- Tracks how long players take to solve the puzzles.
- Can use **least squares regression** to adjust difficulty dynamically.
5. **Visual Representation** 🎨
- Uses **matrices to represent the escape room layout**.
- Could be a **grid-based 2D game** (Python with Pygame, JavaScript with [Link],
etc.).
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## ** Tools & Tech Stack**
- **Python (Matplotlib, NumPy, NetworkX)** → For maze generation & logic.
- **JavaScript ([Link], [Link])** → If you want a web-based interactive version.
- **Flask/Django** → If you want to turn it into a multiplayer web game.
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Would you like a **detailed roadmap** or a **starter code snippet** for one of the
features? 😊
Yes! This will be a **mini escape room**—a self-contained puzzle generator that
creates a small, solvable environment. It won’t be a full-fledged escape room game
with complex 3D rendering, but it will still have **interactive puzzles, locked
doors, and clues**.
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## **🔹 What Your Mini Escape Room Will Include:**
✅ **A small grid-based room layout** (e.g., 4x4 or 5x5).
✅ **Randomly generated maze** with paths leading to a locked exit.
✅ **Encrypted clues** (solved using matrix-based ciphers).
✅ **Key & lock system** (each key only opens a specific door).
✅ **A timer-based challenge** (optional).
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## **🔹 Scope & Customization:**
🔸 You can choose to make it **text-based** (like a console game) or **graphical**
(using Pygame, JavaScript, or Unity).
🔸 It can have **different types of puzzles** (math-based, word ciphers, pattern
matching).
🔸 The difficulty can be **adjusted dynamically** based on the player's progress.
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Would you like me to **draft an initial structure** (like a roadmap) or help with a
**specific feature first**? 😊