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Appeasing Mangicalla is a roguelike console where the players have to get rid of all the dustbunnies on the map. This game was created by Nathaniel Blair and my contribution was adding a new smart enemy (called spider) that uses A* path finding algorithm.

Link to github – Appeasing Mangicalla

P is the player.

M is Mangicalla.

D are the Dust Bunnies.

S are the Spiders.

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The following slideshow shows how the path for the smart enemy (Spider denoted by ‘S’) changes after each move. Path is shown using ‘X’.

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