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The Prison Maze

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Prison Maze is a co-op puzzle game for 2 players with 28 puzzles of varying difficulty.

(A simple 1 player mode exists for trying out the game)


Make sure to read the controls before playing


Objective


The objective of the game is to guide multiple characters from the start to finish while avoiding the traps hidden in the maze.

The problem? Each player only have one half of a controller to control the characters. Player 1 will control the vertical movement while Player 2 will control the horizontal movement. Switch between the characters, taking turns moving them to reach the goals.

The game is mainly made for 2 players sharing the controls but there is a single player mode where one player can control both players controls by switching between them. However, the challenge is based around 2 players working together so it's kind of boring in single player without the cooperation aspect.


Controls:


Keyboard:

Move left/right: A/D, Left/Right, J/L

Move up/down: W/S, Up/Down, I/K

Accept/Character 1: 1 Num 1, 7

Back/Character 2: 2 Num 2, 8

Character 3: 3 Num 3, 9

Character 4: 4 Num 4, 0

Interact: E Num 0, O

Pause: Tab Enter, . (period)

Switch mode: Space Num Enter, Space


Gamepad:

Move left/right: Left stick

Move up/down: Left stick

Accept/Character 1: A

Back/Character 2: B

Character 3: X

Character 4: Y

Interact: RB

Pause: Options

Switch mode: LB

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Ctrl is a poor choice for actions especially when it needs to be pressed in concert with other keys.. Ctrl+S is save. Ctrl+D is Create a bookmark... Ctrl+A selects all.. Indeed at least in Google Chrome the Control + D function will not allow the player to make the action. This breaks the game.

That aside the controls don't make the game difficult, just mildly annoying. Needlessly annoying controls and controls that cause problems with the web browser /break the game aside the game doesn't actually seem very puzzly. Everything I have run into is very straightforward to this point where you just move down the line of buttons. It is OK but nothing that makes me care to replay it or try to find a way around the control problems. I have no idea how much of the game I have remaining, it broke at the first level with levers (for obvious reasons). I probably would have given it 3 stars based on what I had played if it didn't have a game breaking bug/feature.

Get rid of the bad controls and add some puzzles to the puzzle game and it may become something really good.

Credits & Info

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499
Votes
67
Score
3.05 / 5.00

Uploaded
Oct 18, 2022
4:32 AM EDT
Software
  • Unity