Question about maps

[jonathan-annett]

I was reading your description about how the maps are encoded, and memories of learning logo on an Apple ][e in the 80s flooded back....

It occurs to me that a cool project might be to write a tool that takes a file normally intended as instructions for a 3d printer, (typically huge) and pick a "level" (or filament layer number) and make that into a map for your game. you could walk around inside it.

or it could mean you could drop simple 3d printed objects into a room and walk around them?

here's a clip of part of a gx file (intended for a flashforge printer). is a single layer slice from this maze i mocked up in tinkercad, to do a proof of concept test. i printed a single layer to a file, part of which is readable as a text file:

;layer:0.25
G1 Z0.500 F420
;structure:shell-inner
G1 X-25.60 Y-73.90 F6000
G1 X-25.60 Y21.90 E107.0108 F3360
G1 X-74.40 Y21.90 E109.2223
G1 X-74.40 Y21.10 E109.2586
G1 X-26.40 Y21.10 E111.4338
G1 X-26.40 Y-10.10 E112.8477
G1 X-50.60 Y-10.10 E113.9443
G1 X-50.60 Y-3.10 E114.2615
G1 X-51.40 Y-3.10 E114.2978
G1 X-51.40 Y-11.90 E114.6966
G1 X-26.40 Y-11.90 E115.8295
G1 X-26.40 Y-73.10 E118.6029
G1 X-59.60 Y-73.10 E120.1074
G1 X-59.60 Y-45.90 E121.3400
G1 X-50.60 Y-45.90 E121.7479
G1 X-50.60 Y-45.10 E121.7841
G1 X-60.40 Y-45.10 E122.2283
G1 X-60.40 Y-72.10 E123.4518
G1 X-73.60 Y-72.10 E124.0500
G1 X-73.60 Y-30.90 E125.9170
G1 X-40.40 Y-30.90 E127.4216
G1 X-40.40 Y-62.10 E128.8355
G1 X-49.40 Y-62.10 E129.2433
G1 X-49.40 Y-62.90 E129.2796
G1 X-39.60 Y-62.90 E129.7237
G1 X-39.60 Y-30.10 E131.2101
G1 X-61.60 Y-30.10 E132.2070
G1 X-61.60 Y8.10 E133.9381
G1 X-37.40 Y8.10 E135.0348
G1 X-37.40 Y0.10 E135.3973
G1 X-36.60 Y0.10 E135.4336
G1 X-36.60 Y9.90 E135.8777
G1 X-62.40 Y9.90 E137.0469
G1 X-62.40 Y-29.10 E138.8142
G1 X-74.40 Y-29.10 E139.3580
G1 X-74.40 Y-73.90 E141.3882
G1 X-35.70 Y-73.90 E143.1420
G1 X-33.70 Y-73.90 E143.2326 F2832
G1 X-31.70 Y-73.90 E143.3233 F2304
G1 X-29.70 Y-73.90 E143.4139 F1776
G1 X-27.69 Y-73.90 E143.5050 F1248
G1 X-25.70 Y-73.90 E143.5952 F720
;structure:shell-outer
G1 X-25.20 Y-74.30 E143.5952 F300
G1 X-25.20 Y22.30 E147.9728 F2400
G1 X-74.80 Y22.30 E150.2205
G1 X-74.80 Y-15.30 E151.9245
G1 X-74.20 Y-15.30 E151.9516
G1 X-74.20 Y20.70 E153.5831
G1 X-26.80 Y20.70 E155.7311
G1 X-26.80 Y-9.70 E157.1087
G1 X-50.20 Y-9.70 E158.1691
G1 X-50.20 Y-2.70 E158.4863
G1 X-51.80 Y-2.70 E158.5588
G1 X-51.80 Y-12.30 E158.9939
G1 X-26.80 Y-12.30 E160.1268
G1 X-26.80 Y-72.70 E162.8640
G1 X-59.20 Y-72.70 E164.3322
G1 X-59.20 Y-46.30 E165.5286
G1 X-50.20 Y-46.30 E165.9364
G1 X-50.20 Y-44.70 E166.0089
G1 X-60.80 Y-44.70 E166.4893
G1 X-60.80 Y-71.70 E167.7129
G1 X-73.20 Y-71.70 E168.2748
G1 X-73.20 Y-31.30 E170.1056
G1 X-40.80 Y-31.30 E171.5739
G1 X-40.80 Y-61.70 E172.9515
G1 X-49.80 Y-61.70 E173.3594
G1 X-49.80 Y-63.30 E173.4319
G1 X-39.20 Y-63.30 E173.9122
G1 X-39.20 Y-29.70 E175.4349
G1 X-61.20 Y-29.70 E176.4318
G1 X-61.20 Y7.70 E178.1267
G1 X-37.80 Y7.70 E179.1871
G1 X-37.80 Y-0.30 E179.5497
G1 X-36.20 Y-0.30 E179.6222
G1 X-36.20 Y10.30 E180.1025
G1 X-62.80 Y10.30 E181.3080
G1 X-62.80 Y-28.70 E183.0753
G1 X-74.80 Y-28.70 E183.6191
G1 X-74.80 Y-74.30 E185.6856
G1 X-25.30 Y-74.30 E187.9288
G1 X-25.70 Y-73.90 E187.9373 F300
M107
G1 E185.4373 F1500
G1 Z0.600 F420
G1 X-5.70 Y-73.90 F6000
;end gcode

and a link to a discussion about the format : https://www.simplify3d.com/resources/articles/3d-printing-gcode-tutorial/

any idea if this is a do-able project, and if so do you have any suggestions about where to start?