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Maze/Puzzle Feature!

New Feature

Good evening, folks! We have something brand new to show you, but before I tell you exactly what it is, I'm going to defer to Helmy (#1401), who has used the power of a Slashbot to bring a creative feature to Aywas.

Hi there, I'm Helmy! Today I have something I hope you will enjoy and find a fun addition to the site; Matty's Maze! I've seen many people ask for something to do in addition to Adventure, and hopefully this will cater to those desires. As it is a permanent feature you will be able to explore the maze and earn BP to your heart's content. This new site feature, brought to you by a Slashbot Slot, is very near and dear to my heart, as some of you know that I have a little boy named Matty for whom this is dedicated. I pray that you all enjoy the maze!

~Happy Birthday my sweet boy, you are 10 years old today... though you will not see this now, someday you will. Until then, know that Mommy loves you SO much.

~Special thanks to Eri, Yasu, and Viridian; without whom this could not have happened!

Today we are doing a soft launch of a new maze and puzzle feature!
(You'll have to discern what the overall goal is for yourself as more levels are revealed. *wink*)

Here is how the game works:

Level 1
- You are in Ay City, and must complete a good ol' fashioned maze to travel onward. Simply click on any tile surrounding the character to move to that spot.

- Once you successfully find the Exit, you will receive a BP reward, small prize, and unlock access to a puzzle.

- The puzzle you will encounter asks you to arrange mysterious Aywas glyphs in a particular order. The game uses a drag-and-drop method and will tell you how many glyphs you have in the correct spot--but won't tell you which ones. It's sneaky like that. To find out how many you have right, simply arrange the glyphs in your preferred order and hit "Check Answer."

- Once you successfully solve the puzzle, you will be rewarded with your very own Paw Glyph, which will unlock the forum title "Puzzler."

-*- Click here to play! -*-

Currently, you can just play through the level once since this is a soft launch.
We will be adding additional obstacles/challenges and features to the maze portion, the ability to replay, lots of artwork, and difficulty options.

One of the great structures that we have built into this feature is the prize system, which has the ability to award the first X amount of users a particular prize. Everyone who completes the maze and puzzle portions of Level 1 will currently receive the same prize, but we will have the capability to make this feature more competitive in the future.

There will ultimately be at least five levels in this feature, each with a maze component and a unique puzzle component. Before building the entire feature completely, we are doing this soft launch to see how both you and the site itself handle the core of the gameplay. :3

For ideas/feedback and any glitches that you encounter, please use the following threads:

Think Tank - Maze Ideas/Feedback
and
Glitches and Issues - Maze Bugs

Thank you!

I hope you guys are even half as excited as we are about having a new feature with tons of possibilities!
Please be respectful in your feedback and be sure to thank Helmy for creating something that we can all enjoy. c:

Have fun, and good luck solving these!

- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:04pm

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Viri - See Profile (#597)

Posted on: Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:42am

Thanks, Helmy! And YAY! XD
- V

Ivory Ebena (#43812)

Posted on: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:09am

Thanks.. this is really fun... and Happy Birthday Matty!

Lihmeth (#20720)

Posted on: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:09am

Wonderful new game,thank you Helmy :)
And happy birthday to your son.

Flash (#34634)

Posted on: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:31am

Can't get past the puzzle x-x'' thank you for the new feature though ^-^''

bd84 (#2783)

Posted on: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:32am

Glyphs took a bit, but I got it! :D

Sunny (#41814)

Posted on: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:38am

Happy Birthday, Matty - you have got a WONDERFUL mum - I HOPE that one day, you get to be with her, with no problems again. Sooner than later, I am holding that thought.

And Helmy - thank you for using your slashbot to create a new game for the site, permanently, too! :D Amazing - everybody should love this! :D

~Stronger (#1401)

Posted on: Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:45am

Thank you SO much all who posted support. It matters more than you could possibly know. <3 I'm going to screen share the new post and going through the maze with him this week during our hour. He knew about this project for the last 6 months, and has been very very excited for it (He kept asking me was I sure it would work). Thank you Aywas. Thank you for being here as a site, s a community, and as just generally awesome people. Most of all, Matty, when you see this, Mommy loves you SO much. A maze just takes time to solve, but in the end... there is always a way out. We'll get there in the end.
~Helmy

kemp (#33337)