A* Pathfinding For Beginners

Kyle Stone Education

A simple example of the A Star (A*) pathfinding algorithm

Downloads: 100+; on Google Play
Price: Free; No in-app purchases
Updated: Jul 7; 2017 · v1.0

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About A* Pathfinding For Beginners

The A* (A Star) algorithm applied to a simple 5x5 grid which allows you to set the start and end locations with obstacles in-between them. You can then click "find path" to show the path from start node to end node. Clicking "Step Path" performs one step of the algorithm.
This was designed as a tool to aid in the understanding of the A* pathfinding algorithm detailed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8mgXpW1_vc&t=1s

What’s new

Version 1.0 · Updated July 7, 2017

Initial release

User reviews

A Google user

No ads, very simple but great playground for testing A* to visualize how it works. The G cost and F cost and the manhattan distance aren't explained, but that's OK, you should use this on top pf learning via Youtube tutorials. The four colored rectangles on tje button left, gray, red, blue and green represent empty ...

App details

A* Pathfinding For Beginners is a free Education app for Android with 100+ installs on Google Play. It was released on July 7, 2017 and last updated on July 7, 2017. It's developed by Kyle Stone. It requires Android 4.0.3 or later.

Category: Education
Installs: 100+
In-app purchases: No
Ads: No ads
Version: 1.0
Requires Android: 4.0.3
Content rating: Everyone
Released: July 7, 2017
Last updated: July 7, 2017
Developer: Kyle Stone

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