Group Members: Brad Hodkinson, Pratyay Bishnupuri, Joe Frazier
To use the program run the program, go to the main folder "project-rubikscubesovler" in your terminal and run ./start.sh
- Note - the algorithm may take awhile for cubes scrambled more than 5ish rotations.
Future work
- If we were to continue to work on this in the future we would look into developing an AI/ML solving algorithm. Additionally, we would try to have a way for theuser to use the cube as a 3d model rather than the flat 2d model currently.
The goal of this project is to design and implement a Rubik's Cube solver for multiple sided cubes (not only including the usual 3x3 sized cube). The project will not only include the algorithm written to solve the cube, but also show the Rubik Cube in a 2d fashion. Additionally, one of the main goals of this project should be properly practicing the elements of clean code.
The key features of this project is having a NxN interactive Rubiks cube represented in Java code. The cube will be able to be visualized both in the terminal as well as a Java Graphical User Interface(GUI). The software can generate a scramble for a NxN cube, and in the future we might also build a solving algorithm.
The user interface will display a 6 sided Rubik's cube in a flat form with colors in the GUI and labels in the terminal. The user will be able to perform moves through the terminal and the GUI. Below is a screenshot of what the Rubik's cube will look like when printed to the terminal.
Sample GUI View:
Sample Terminal View:
+----------+
| U1 U2 U3 |
| U4 U5 U6 |
| U7 U8 U9 |
+----------+
+----------++----------++----------++----------+
| L1 L2 L3 || F1 F2 F3 || R1 R2 R3 || B1 B2 B3 |
| L4 L5 L6 || F4 F5 F6 || R4 R5 R6 || B4 B5 B6 |
| L7 L8 L9 || F7 F8 F9 || R7 R8 R9 || B7 B8 B9 |
+----------++----------++----------++----------+
+----------+
| D1 D2 D3 |
| D4 D5 D6 |
| D7 D8 D9 |
+----------+