Maze Craze

Overview

Maze Craze was made for the UNC Charlotte month long kick off game jam. It is a 2D top down puzzle game. The goal is the race a boss through a maze and get to the end first. You will have obstacles that will get in your way and smaller puzzles you have to complete.

Platform: Windows PC Engine: Unity Language: C# Duration: 1 Month Team Size: 5 Role: Programming

Try it out: https://itch.io/jam/2023-49er-kickoff-game-jam/rate/2286977

Project Goals

• Create a puzzle game within one month
• Practice/learn using Unity
• Make a game that uses pathfinding algorithms to make maze completing bosses
• Learn how to share and work on a game with a group of people

Level Design

There are two mazes in the game, the second harder then the first. In each maze there is a door blocking the finish. To destroy the door there is a spot in the maze that needs to be reached and then a smaller puzzle that needs to be completed. In the second maze there are two puzzles along with a longer maze.

Bosses

The bosses use A* pathfinding to complete each maze. This uses a grid system to allow the algorithm to find the best path. This was done so mazes could be added without having to set a strict path for each new boss.

My Contribution

I did a majority of the programming for this game jam. I implemented the pathfinding algorithm and designed the mazes to go along with it. I also put in the basic character movement.