IntroductionMazes, mazes, mazes! Can't get enough? Then this is definitely the game for you. Not only does Intricacy come with plenty of mazes, but more will be available for download on Pyrames Software's web site (http://pyrames.virtualave.net). Intricacy is not like most maze games, though. On the more difficult settings you can't see the whole maze, just the area directly around your token. Suddenly those 30x30 mazes take on a much bigger level of difficulty! Or for those "easy" smaller mazes there's the new Challenge features, which includes such challenges as Blackout, Random Warp, and Backwards Controls. Or you can find a friend and play the hunt-and-chase style two-player mode. And with over fifty mazes included (plus an infinite more possible, as Intricacy comes with Maze Editor, which lets you create and edit mazes from 2x2 to 30x30 in size!), you'll have plenty of options.
How To PlayThe object of Intricacy depends on which mode you're playing in. In one player mode, the goal is to reach the bottom right corner of the maze in the least amount of time and fewest steps possible. Two-player mode presents two different objectives. The first player (Blue) is attempting to capture the second player (Red) by covering the red token with the blue token. The only way the second player can win is to avoid the first player's token for more that sixty seconds. Maze Editor, the maze creating program that comes with Intricacy is a rather simple program to use. To create your own mazes, simply click on one of the blue lines (an opening) to change it to a black line (a wall). Click as many as you like until you have made the maze the way you like it. ControlsThe blue token (player one) is always controlled using the arrow keys (up, down, left and right). The red token (player two), which is only used in two-player mode is controlled using the letters A,S,D and W (Up=W, Down=S, Left=A, Right=D). There are two different ways to load a maze. Clicking Game, Load Maze (or the Page Up button), will bring up the file open box, and you may select the maze you would like to try. If you click Game, Random Maze (or the Page Down button) Intricacy will randomly select one of the mazes in the Intricacy directory. Game, Exit, as expected, ends the program. You can select either one or two-player mode by clicking Edit, Players, and then either One or Two. Clicking Edit, Edit Mazes will load Maze Editor, the maze creation program that comes with Intricacy. To set the level of difficulty, click Edit, Difficulty, and then the desired challenge leve. Each setting has different features, which grow increasingly more difficult. Maze Editor itself is a rather simple program to use. Clicking on the gray bars makes the black, and clicking black bars makes them gray. The gray bars represent open spaces, where there will be no walls, and the black bars stand for walls in the maze. The button in the top right corner of the program is the menu button. Click it to display the different options. New will clear the current maze so that you can create a new maze. The Options window will also appear, letting you set the size, title, and author name of the maze (or you can click cancel and change this later on). Clicking Save will bring up the save window, in which you can enter a file name and location for your new maze. Load lets you load a previously created maze (NOTE: You cannot change the author's name in a maze that has already been created. Make sure you set this option before you save the file.). Options will bring up the Options window, in which you can set all the properties of the maze as follows:
About Intricacy
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