Maze Screen

A Maze Screen, leading up to an airplane sequence.

Maze Screens are a common type of screen found in most PCGs.

A screen with a top-down view which is a maze. The main character must not only fmd the correct path, but also solve puzzles to open pathways, get past enemies, etc.

COMMON FEATURES

• Maze screens are often patrolled by 'Guys', some of which may be on motorcycles or have guns. These are sometimes substituted for other types of enemy, however.

• Paths which lead to nowhere. Some paths within the maze lead off the screen, deceiving the player into thinking it's a way out, when in fact it leads to death in one form or another- Often they falloff the edge into a crocodile pit, or are sucked into the vacuum of space, etc.

A complex maze, this one found in a dream.

• Passage to an airport. It's tradition for a maze screen to come immediately before a 'Flight Screen' , with perhaps a one- or tWo~screen interruption, which is usually a puzzle to get into the plane itself. In some games, there was an airplane or space ship in the maze screen itself, while in others one must leave the maze screen to go into an airport.

Appearances

Xaq Series

• Many times in Series 1
• The Fabric of Reality has a maze screen made from mixed elements of the disintegrating reality.

Pierre Series

• "The Evil League of Evil-Ness" features the maze screen in Xaq's backyard.

Squids in Forests

• "The Ancient Secret under Shri" has a massive maze screen when Ari first falls underground, a network of catacombs.

Soul Symphony

• "Genesis" features a maze; though not technically a maze screen, the creator considers it her version of a Maze Screen.

OP RPG

• Episodes 1 and 2 both are laid out similar to maze screens, especially 2.