I just wanted to take some time to introduce the Maze Runner project, since I’ll be writing several posts about it. I’ve been doing tons of programming practice questions lately, and I missed working on games. I stumbled upon a question that asked me to use linked lists to create nodes of a maze, and as I worked I craved a more visual representation than a typical console application could provide. Soon after, I went to a farm on Halloween to search through a corn maze, and inspiration struck. I wanted to recapture that feeling of getting lost in rows and rows of corn in a game.

I hope to keep this project small, and distribute it as a fun little tech demo. It’s mostly a way to learn new skills (like 3D modeling) and brush the dust off old ones (looking at you, Unreal Engine). Let’s get lost together!

-J.T.