Down in the Monster Maze
a brave young dragon, champion of the MONSTER MAZE, is fated to meet with the mighty PROTAGONIST in a doomed battle... can it unbend the will of reality itself? it doesn't seem all that likely when you think about it.
controls:
arrow keys — move, change selection
z/x/space — dash, advance dialog, make selection
enter — view inventory
esc — view save/load menu
it's also possible to control this game using the touchscreen on an Android or iOS device. tapping the edges and corners of the screen will imitate the functionality of the arrow keys, while a double tap on the little dragon will bring up its inventory screen. it's just an experiment.
the music can be found at the following locations (these are WORLD WIDE WEB links which will teleport you somewhere else!!!):
https://brotherandroid.bandcamp.com/album/maze-music
https://harrisonlemke.bandcamp.com/track/npc
Development log
- Version 1.1.1 releasedMar 09, 2024
- Version 1.1.0 releasedMar 05, 2024
- Version 1.0.1 releasedFeb 29, 2024
Comments
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Cute and unique but a little short
Its OK,i had fun exploring :D
Awwwwwww how cute and sad!! This was wonderful, and I really felt for all the monsters...
Not the rats though. They suck.
a curious assessment coming from "Ratstail91"
Thanks so much for playing!
I loved this game, it was short but super unique. the art style is really cool too.
I found all item buffs exept mp and the secret skull passage,the secret ghost passage and ,the secret mage passage but i cant seem to find any mp...
There's no MP buff, good job finding those secrets though! btw when I said the way to win is within you, I meant in your heart. The game only has one ending. Sorry if I caused you to waste some time!
Is there a way to win?
There is, but it is within you
I’ve been thinking lately about how there can’t really be such a thing as a Bad Guy, and all the monsters in dungeons are just being living in their ecosystem, and what justification do I have for killing them? They only exist to be killed? It’s not right!
anyway: a lovely game.
I've been thinkin this for a long time, all the way back to the 80's with " WonderBoy In Monster Land" for the SMS, such a good game, but wonderboy basically walks into monster land and just starts slaughtering the shit outa any monster he finds. They arent even atacking him, they are defending themselves. There's no implied connection between any of the bosses or the monsters along the way, and every boss is behind a door so he's just busting in and saying "Gimme the key and all your gold", so in the end it's " you just walk into the land and kill everybody". Great game tho but my pre-teen mind had a problem with the plot.
Has anybody figured out what the mummies are saying? Is it a cryptogram?
It's in hieroglyphics.
I treated it as a cryptogram and solved for it. This is what I got:
HOW TERRIBLE THE RAGING OF THE RESTLESS ANCIENT EARTH
and
HOW MERCILESS THE FALL OF KINGDOMS
that sounds like mummytalk to me!
Down In The Monster Maze Walkthrough
Protagonist OP.
i died
Please buff meat leg
we believe that meat leg is currently in the perfect spot balance-wise
The melancholy damage was felt all the way, from out of the computer screen, into the real world.
yikes dude! please drink a potion
The potion merchant wouldn't sell me any potions, he said they were too powerful!
I had an undragonly good time
Dangit, that protagonist is way too OP :/
he's overleveled