This is a c# .net core console application, which visualises the maze on console for each pony step.

Contains of two projects:

• PonyApiClient (Class Library) - is a wrapper for http requests;
• PonyChallenge (Console Application) - contains path finding logic and game loop.

Use AppSettings.json to introduce maze settings.

{
	"MazeSettings": {
		"Difficulty": 10,
		"Width": 25,
		"Height": 20,
		"PonyName": "Applejack"
	}
}

Run solution in Visual Studio or navigate to bin\Debug\netcoreapp2.1\publish and run .exe file for win x64.

Pony recalculates the path to the exit on each step trying to avoid the monster. Path finding method based on A* algorithm. If there's no available path pony simply stays on it's place. For some reason (probably a bug) game wouldn't stop if monster steps in the same cell if pony is not moving, which allows pony to avoid the monster and win in any game.