Welcome to the Hulk Smash Maze Game
Back story
Hulk is stuck behind a whole bunch of boxes and has to get himself out. Some of the boxes are soft enough that he can smash them, and some cannot be smashed at all. He needs to find a way out.
Hulk has to walk around and punch the boxes in front of him to see which ones break. As he breaks the boxes, a path opens in front of him. The opened path exposes a maze which he has to solve.
There are multiple mazes that he has to solve before he is fully free. Each maze becomes larger and more complex compared to the previous one.
The original idea of this game came from my 5-year-old son. He wanted me to make a game where the hulk smashes boxes to reveal a maze.
Controls
- Use the keyboard's arrow keys to move Hulk around.
- Use space bar to punch boxes.
- Use the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons at the bottom of the game world to get a better view of where you are.
Play
Once the game is launched, enter your name when prompted (this is the name that will be used for the leader board) and you'll find Hulk at the left side of the game world. The heads up display at the top right of the screen shows you the current state of the game. The first row indicates the size of the current maze, the second row indicates the number of burgers you have picked up so far, the third row shows your current number of lives, and the fourth row shows the number of seconds you have to finish the current level.
Your mission is to walk around and punch the boxes to reveal a hidden maze. Once you reveal the maze and solve it, the Hulk can enter the door on the right side of the game world to proceed to the next level. So, move around using the arrow keys and punch away using the space bar.
Since this is a maze, you'll end up in dead-ends from time to time. Your only option in those cases is to back-track and find an alternative path. The zooming feature should help you in deciding your next move. Additionally, the burgers that are hiding behind some of the breakable boxes will give you a bit of a boost by adding an extra 20s to your remaining time. These burgers are placed strategically at the dead-ends to give you a bit of extra time to back-track.
A good strategy is to try the neighboring boxes when you find a breakable box to reveal crossroads. This will make backtracking a little quicker.
Hulk gains an extra life after finishing each level. On the other hand, he loses a life if he runs out of time before finishing a level. Running out of time means that he has to begin the level from the beginning. And, running out of lives means that he will be sent back to the first level.
The game has three levels. The first level features a 10X10 maze, the second level is 15X15, and the third level is 20X20. Your finish time is saved automatically after finishing each level and displayed in the leader board if it is within the top five. The game ends with a message after level three.