Boo's Baffling Maze!, My MGC #38 Entry

Based of lost code from an old engine. Luckily one of my buds had an old .exe of it, so I recreated stuff based on the feel of it. I managed everything except a few bits of crap that I couldn't recreate perfectly. The engine is kind of simple, but I think it's ok for a minigame and that the idea isn't very complicated.

Features from Old Engine:
*Boo*
Grow/Shrink mechanic: Used in puzzle solving
Intangibility
Scary face/attack

*Enemies*
Goonies

*Other*
"Puzzle" switches
Doors that need switches on to be open
Coins
End-of-level bonuses

Improved/New Features:
Grow/Shrink (remapped to keys)
Falling blocks (cause damage)
Maze number counter
Pushing switch pieces is easier.
End-of-level bonuses (now slightly broken)

Now, why not try the first 2 mazes yourself?

http://www.mediafire.com/?mgv2od1yodm
(SIZE: 1.28 MB)

WOW, nice maze. I already beat the game.

So if I understood that right, you're recycling an old gameplay concept of yours, but you didn't take previously used code since you don't have the editable anymore.
Because, you know, old games automatically disqualifie from MGCs.
In your case though, since you recoded everything, it's ok.

Good luck with it.

Movement could be better (you should move alongside the wall when moving diagonally, not stop). also, is the second maze possible to beat?

The rest is good though.

I can not beat this mini game, because I do not how to make disappear the violet wall.
Why this violet wall does not disappear?

The Boo can get stuck and this mini game needs a restart key.

This post has been edited by Alba Garcia Clerigues on Aug 16 2008, 07:08 AM

You need to be small and go to bottom right corner. Then grow and you'll reach the goal through the wall.

It took me a little while to figure that out.

EDIT: I however, wasn't able to beat the second maze. It may be unfinished.

This post has been edited by Ultramario on Aug 16 2008, 07:12 AM

Opps, sorry, I forgot to list the controls and other basic things, my bad guys. I'll make that something that's included in the engine next time around.

Z: Scary face
X: Intangibility
Shift: Grow
Ctrl: Shrink.

-Notes on walls-
Red: Grow to break
Purple: Intangibility
Grey: Switch door.

As for the collision/movement, I haven't perfected them yet, but that's a priority for me. I need to rewrite my collision code, at best. :U

You can also beat the second maze. I'll give a tip if you say where you're stuck.

Also, nice work around Ultramario, but I'll try to make that impossible next time. XD

This post has been edited by Armada on Aug 16 2008, 09:01 AM

I beat Mazes 1 and 2. And how are you SUPPOSED to beat Maze 1?

Go intangible with X. I didn't make that clear. Sorry guys, I'll make that very clear in the instructions next time.


This ^

This post has been edited by Armada on Aug 16 2008, 10:47 AM

I knew that, but I tried it and I can't go through Horizontal Walls while Intangible, only Vertical.
EDIT: It works now. Thanks!

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Aug 16 2008, 10:56 AM

Ok, good to see you got it working. I'll keep trying to fix the problems you guys mentioned. Thanks for the feedback.

I'm honestly not to keen on the boo sprite.

Don't worry, it was the only thing I had, so it's a placeholder unitl I can get a good sprite, or make a new one myself. :U