Homebrew coder highronn1 and his team has updated their awesome game, Maze Effects, a homebrewed 3D puzzles "with about 20 levels and awesome story."
Developer's note:
In this game you can control 2 characters and you will have to make them help each other to reach the end of the different levels.
HOW TO USE LEVEL EDITOR
- You can manage your levels with 'New', 'Load', 'Save' and 'Settings'.
- With the 'Rows' and 'Cols' sliders, you can choose the size of the grid.
Selection : This mode allows you to edit links (see 'Link' below).
Edition : This mode allows you to select and place elements in the grid. To place an element, select a block type in the menu on the left and left click anywhere on the grid.
Link : To link two cells, select a cell, click 'Link', and select the target cell. Switches must be linked to their targets to work.
- There are different types of cells. The star (*) indicates an element that must be placed somewhere on the grid for the level to work:
NORMAL : Empty cell.
IMMUABLE : Block the player can't move.
*START_BLUE : Spawn point of the blue character.
*START_RED : Spawn point of the red character.
BLOCKING_BLUE : Cell where the player can't put red blocks.
BLOCKING_RED : Cell where the player can't put blue blocks.
BLOCK_NORMAL : Standard block both characters can move.
BLOCK_BLUE : Block only the blue character can move.
BLOCK_RED : Block only the red character can move.
SWITCH_NORMAL : Switch for regular doors. Don't forget to link it to its door (only one door per switch).
SWITCH_BLUE : Optional switch for the blue endpoint. There must be only one in the level.
SWITCH_RED : Optional switch for the red endpoint. There must be only one in the level.
*END_BLUE : Blue endpoint (only one by level).
*END_RED : Red endpoint (only one by level).
HOLE : Hole that can be filled with one block.
DOOR : Regular door. You can link it to a switch to allow the player to open it (only one switch per door)
When you created your level to play it in the game follow this steps:
- Go to MazeEffects/Data/Level/ directory
- Open the file "game_levels.xml" with any text editor
- Add your level by writing a new line
- Dont forget to copy your level MyLevel.lvl in the directory
- Enjot it!!! Share it!!!
There is 4 levels difficulty:
- 0 = tuto
- 1 = normal
- 2 = hard
- 3 = extreme
