Navigate the maze by tilting your device. Find the green square to advance to the next level. Each level is bigger and more challenging than the last. Use bombs to blow holes in the walls when you need to.
Note: The game was designed to be played on an android device, so if you have one I recommend that over the PC version.
Tools used: Eclipse - IDE Libgdx - framework Paint.NET - 1 font, clock graphic, screen shots Hiero - other font Sfxr - sound effects
Fun little maze-solver. The best part is how it zooms out at the end and shows you where you've gone. Can get tricky; one time I found myself trapped in a closed room, and was forced to use a bomb to get out.
Very nice. I can see how it might be pretty relaxing to play on a tablet or phone, it was pretty fun navigating on the computer as well. I got up to around lvl 23 before I got lost and didn't have enough time left. Could be interesting to see a leaderboard of who got the furthest.
I tried this from the executable jar file and then downloaded it onto my phone and I have to say, somehow tilting the phone around makes this a whole lot more fun. To anyone rating this, I would recommend trying it on an android device if they can, it's pretty neat. I've always liked maze generators like this, and this is pretty polished for being so, well, minimalist.
@DkCub23 actually the viewport stays the same regardless of window size.
@DreamThorn unfortunately I couldn't find a way to constrain the mouse to the window unless you go full screen. But it helps if you increase the sensitivity and maximize the window.
@aeveis level 23 is really good, I've only gotten to 20 myself. The map keeps getting bigger until level 100, it gets pretty crazy huge (1024x1024).
After a few tries I got to lvl21, the distance counter & bombs make for really fun maze nav, excellent work! Runs great on kindle btw, really responsive. Thanks for uploading the .apk :)
Very fun playing from a tablet. Like a mix between those old marble and hole mazes with the treasure room from gauntlet. Speaking of which, adding some +time items or something could really add tension, though I guess it'd be less minimalistic.
That's a pretty good game for 48 hours! Good use of the device features (accelerometer, vibration). The button display are bugged on my nexus 4 (I can see the image font in the background of the button)
Wish I had a mobile device to play this on. Enjoyed it quite a bit. I like the idea of a navigating a maze with imperfect information (limited view and direct distance measurement). I think the bomb might actually be extraneous, so long as levels are generated in such a way to ensure that all tiles can be reached.
The burrowing action and rapidly changing numbers/direction arrow give the character an insect-like quality. Great level generator and use of the accelerometer!
One thing though: the tilt isn't very level - perhaps an option to change what's classed as level and what's tilted in the options menu would fix this?
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In case anyone wonders: the .jar works well on 64-bit Linux with OpenJDK.
@DkCub23 actually the viewport stays the same regardless of window size.
@DreamThorn unfortunately I couldn't find a way to constrain the mouse to the window unless you go full screen. But it helps if you increase the sensitivity and maximize the window.
@aeveis level 23 is really good, I've only gotten to 20 myself. The map keeps getting bigger until level 100, it gets pretty crazy huge (1024x1024).
Good use of the device features (accelerometer, vibration).
The button display are bugged on my nexus 4 (I can see the image font in the background of the button)
A good and very playable game design and well executed.
I like it.
One thing though: the tilt isn't very level - perhaps an option to change what's classed as level and what's tilted in the options menu would fix this?
maybe if you could only see your number in certain azones the game would be harder.