MAZE LORD

> Be me 🙋‍♂️
> Looking for a game to flex my maze-solving skills 🕵️‍♂️
> Stumble upon Maze Lord on Steam 🎮
> Think, "Eh, why not?" 🤷‍♂️
> Boot up the game and dive into the maze 🏃‍♂️
> Intrigued by the dungeons and dragons promise 🐉
> Kinda hooked by the changing layouts 🔄
> Monsters around every corner, but I got gear ⚔️
> Feeling a bit like Indiana Jones, but with less charming hair 🎩
> Snagging loot like a semi-pro, more like a loot-snagging enthusiast 💰
> Each level's a new challenge, I guess, like trying to assemble IKEA furniture without instructions 🤔
> Hidden Treasury's a thing for the lucky and skilled, or those who accidentally stumble upon it while lost 🍀
> Spend hours wandering, solving, and it's... alright, I guess it beats staring at a blank wall ⏳
> Maze Lord has its perks—okay puzzles, decent gameplay, lotsa levels, and a hefty price tag, yay? 🎉💸
> But seriously, where's the undo move button? Asking for a friend who's prone to pressing the wrong keys 🔄
> Mess up once and you're toast, just like that time you tried to cook without a recipe 🍞
> Overall, it's a solid 6/10, or a 7/10 if you've run out of Netflix shows to binge-watch 🎯📺
> Might get lost in those mazes again, maybe, especially if they go on sale and I've got nothing better to do 🤷‍♂️🐉🔦💎🎮
> Plus, it's perfect to play while listening to a podcast or a long video, or to de-stress with some chill tunes in the background. It's like a mental workout, but with dragons and treasure chests instead of dumbbells 💪🧠

[The scene opens in the Council of Elrond. Gandalf stands at the head of the table, surrounded by Frodo, Sam, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Merry, and Pippin. In the center of the table sits a laptop with Maze Lord running.]

Gandalf: Ah, my dear companions, it is time for us to embark on a new quest, one filled with twists and turns, much like the road to Mordor itself. 🧙‍♂️

Frodo: But Gandalf, what manner of adventure is this? It looks as perplexing as the riddles of Gollum. 🤔

Gandalf: Fear not, Frodo, for we are about to enter the realm of Maze Lord, where cunning and strategy shall be our greatest weapons. 💪

Sam: Aye, Mr. Frodo, just like navigating the Dead Marshes. ⚔️

Gimli: Bah, enough talk! Let us delve into these mazes and show them the might of dwarven determination! 💥

Aragorn: Agreed, Gimli. But tread carefully, my friends, for danger lurks around every corner, much like the shadows of Mirkwood. 🌲

Legolas: Fear not, Aragorn, for my keen elven eyes shall guide us through these mazes, much like navigating the forests of Lothlórien. 🏹

Boromir: And what of the enemies we shall face? Shall they be as fearsome as the Uruk-hai of Isengard? 🗡️

Gandalf: Indeed, Boromir, but worry not, for we shall face them with the courage of the men of Gondor and the skill of the elves of Rivendell. 🛡️

Merry: And what of the treasures that await us in these mazes? Shall they be as valuable as the jewels of Erebor? 💎

Pippin: I hope so, Merry! Maybe we'll find something to rival the spoils of Smaug himself! 🐉

[They all gather around the laptop and begin playing Maze Lord, occasionally shouting in excitement or frustration as they navigate the mazes.]

Frodo: By the Shire! These mazes are more twisted than the paths of the Misty Mountains! 😱

Sam: Keep your spirits up, Mr. Frodo! We'll find our way through, just like we did in the Mines of Moria! 🕯️

Gandalf: Ah, but beware the traps and pitfalls, my dear hobbits. They are as devious as the schemes of Saruman himself. 🕸️

Aragorn: Fear not, Gandalf. With our combined strength and skill, we shall overcome any obstacle, much like we did at the Battle of Helm's Deep. 💪

Legolas: I've spotted an enemy approaching! Prepare yourselves for battle, my friends! 🎯

Gimli: Stand aside, Legolas! Let me show you how a true dwarf handles these foes! 💥

[They engage in battle, with Legolas shooting arrows and Gimli swinging his axe, while the hobbits cheer them on.]

Boromir: And watch out for those tricky traps, Legolas! One does not simply walk into them! 🚫

Gandalf: You shall not pass... up the opportunity to solve this maze, my dear hobbits! For it is a challenge worthy of our fellowship! 🛑

[As they progress through the levels, they encounter tougher challenges and more elaborate mazes.]

Frodo: It's like navigating the Paths of the Dead all over again! 💀

Sam: Keep your wits about you, Mr. Frodo. We'll make it through this, just like we did in the land of the living. 🌿

Gandalf: Remember, my dear hobbits, even the smallest person can change the course of the future, much like a hobbit from the Shire. 🌄

Aragorn: Wise words, Gandalf. Let us press on, for the fate of Middle-earth depends on it. 🌌

[They finally reach the end of the game, exhausted but triumphant.]

Frodo: We did it, my friends! We conquered the Maze Lord, just like we conquered the Dark Lord Sauron! 🏆

Sam: And just in time for second breakfast! 🍳

Gandalf: Well done, my friends. But remember, the journey doesn't end here. There are always more mazes to explore, more treasures to uncover. 🌟

Aragorn: Indeed, Gandalf. Our quest may be over for now, but our fellowship remains strong. 🤝

[They all share a hearty laugh and raise their mugs in celebration, knowing that wherever their adventures may take them, they will always be bound by the bonds of friendship and fellowship.] 🍻

[i] Buriru (Hatsune Miku) - Secret Police

Useless! You're just lost in a maze
Wherever you try to flee
We aim for the treasure, hidden away
We'll never let you break free
Every turn you take, we'll anticipate
Tracking your every move!
You're wandering in confusion
Our traps and monsters, they'll ensnare you
Everyone around you
From knights to thieves,
Even dragons, trolls,
They're all here to stop you

We are!
The guardians of the maze,
The lords of labyrinth, the keepers of the realm!
The masters of the maze, lurking in the shadows
Guarding the ancient secrets
We're watching you from dawn till dusk!
We're watching you from dawn till dusk!
We're watching you from dawn till dusk!

We're watching you from dawn till dusk!

We'll confound you with every twist and turn
Using every trick up our sleeve
Repeating puzzles or conjuring
Magic spells that you won't believe
Or guarding the treasure you seek to find
We won't let you succeed!

So
The guardians of the maze,
The lords of labyrinth, the keepers of the realm!
The masters of the maze, defending our domain,
Protecting the ancient artifacts
We'll keep watching you every step of the way!
We'll keep watching you every step of the way!
We'll keep watching you every step of the way!

We'll keep watching you every step of the way!

The guardians of the maze,
The lords of labyrinth,
The keepers of the realm!
The masters of the maze, lurking in the shadows,
Guarding the ancient secrets
We're watching you from dawn till dusk!

Oh, Maze Lord, ruler of twists and turns, 🌀
In your labyrinth, the challenge burns. 🔥
Through corridors of puzzling plight, 🚶‍♂️
We wander lost, in endless night. 🌌

Your traps, they spring with cunning glee, 😈
Thwarting heroes, as they seek to flee. 🏃‍♂️
With every step, a new surprise, 🎁
A test of wit before our eyes. 👀

In your domain, we roam and roam, 🚶‍♀️
Seeking treasures to bring us home. 💰
But every corner holds a jest, 🃏
A riddle, a puzzle, put to the test. 🤔

Yet still, we brave your maze's wrath, ⚔️
Though it leads us down a treacherous path. 🗝️
For in the heart of your winding halls, 💖
Lies the reward that calls to all. 🎉

So here's to you, Maze Lord supreme, 🥂
The master of every cunning scheme. 🎩
Though you may baffle, confuse, and confound, 🤯
In your challenge, true adventure is found. 🌟

Strategic MAZE dungeon crawl, fighting easy monsters for 120 levels focusing on making it through each maze in the least amount moves (killing the least amount of monsters as possible and not unlocking all the doors). Treasure earned at the end of each level depending on stars earned. Treasures earned are converted into artifacts. Last two achievements making 20 and 30 artifacts is a grind. Another FUN Jetdogs Studios easy but intricate game. 15 achievements and 15 trading cards. Even with the grind still worth the price.

This game Achievement is completely dumb.
You can't finish last 2 steam achievement about traders artifact. (20 & 30 trade).
Even if you clear all 120 stage, trading progress only around 15~18.
Some people said, the only way to clear those achievement by playing some random stage (no idea how many, but must be more than 5 random stage) to trigger bonus stage, if you lucky got bonus stage then you got some item.
4 or 6 Bonus stage = 1x artifact trade (this is ridiculous stupid wasting time).
the item it self cant be traded for another item, so if you got it wrong you cant trade for artifact.
so goodluck with bonus stage thingy.

Quite an interesting puzzle game with many levels,most of which are very easy,but there are as many as 120 levels,as you progress through new traps and enemies.I recommend it to kill your free time.

Just a poor mobile port: tedious repetitive and shallow. Don't waste your time and money.

Also, 80% of the UI buttons don't work... useless piece of garbage.

Time to complete all levels, 3 stars: +- 4h.
Time to grind the same levels over and over to get currency to get the last two achievements: +-3h.

There is no point at all on levelling up, as it does not bring any benefits, and the trading system is mostly useless, since you can easily do all levels without needing cheating perks. Besides, only being able to use the mouse is just terrible.

The developers had an idea, and the game is polished, but they didn't quite think about the execution.

A fairly simplistic mobile game, with the 3 stars to achieve in each puzzle and level as you progress. Still, it's quite fun and there's no freemium currency involved either.

Edit: A bit of a fresh air due to the lack of freemium, but of course, it's a pretty simple version of better games like Desktop Dungeons, but it's a fun little time waster.

Another pretty cheap and easy puzzle game, quick to learn but challenging enough to keep you interested. The game looks and plays like a mobile game. Try it out on sale as the $5 is a bit steep.

I really did quite enjoy this little puzzle game which is clearly a "mobile port".

Graphics/assets are bright/clean. Sound is adequate for what is it.

It was simple enough to pick up and there was enough level variation for me as I proceeded to complete the 120 levels. I found it easy enough to master "3 stars" on each level and to get 14/15 on the achievements (last one would require an awful lot of grinding I'm afraid).

Advise to pickup up on sale if you like your simple strategy/puzzlers!.

7/10.

Tags: Casual - Object Routes & Flinger
Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library

TLDR: Nice on a tablet. Really poor offer on the PC. No tooltips, limited gameplay, simplistic. Next to no animations, no music in levels, very basic sound effects. No options menu to speak of. Seems to have been designed with power ups, gems and other mobile market nonsense in mind.

For a better example of this exact same concept I would recommend playing this instead
http://store.steampowered.com/app/310070/The_Nightmare_Cooperative/

It's okay (okay okay). Starts off exiciting and gets ridiculously complex at times. Ending is not exactly an ending, and the last (usually two) achievements require a lot of grinding to get. Grab it for £1 or £2 if you feel like killing time in an afternoon. Don't expect too much.

A simple turn-based puzzle game you would play on a mobile device. The graphics look really too big for my 24" screen. I got it on sale for $1, and it's worth that much.

A solid puzzle game with nice assets and level variety. No knocks on this game, it's just a well done mobile port that plays great on the pc. Enjoy genre fans!

120 Levels at the moment to beat. 120 times you need to make your way. Its not so easy get trough, its even harder to get all 3 stars. There are many practise levels to learn the 24 object abilities/ enemies and than mostly give you 1-2 easy levels, till its get harder. Its really a good strategy/ tactical game where 1 wrong move can destroy all (if you lose all keys), but you can collect red rubins in treature rooms to buy helps like fire, extra moves, extra life, only the costs are a bit high. Cant await the add on part because its so good balanced, sure sometimes it could have more routes, but its fine. What is personally dislike it has to much steam trading cards. 5 would be enough, 6-7 okay and it has to less achievements, could have more from all (coins, monsters, pick up item x,y,z 1,5,10,20,50 times, beat enemy x,y,z 1,5,10,20,50 times and pick up that treature 1,5,10 up. The last achievement is really a bit overdoing, to grind it you will take some time because the artifexts are so expensive. But int he end its a good game so i give 94 % for strategy fans, 88 % for achievement hunters, 80 % for gamers that like indie and dont dislike this genre.Thx 4 reading.

"Light weighted Mind Exercise for a day"

Maze Lord is clever puzzle game which for mobile and now comes to PC. I feels good to solve it's puzzle and get my mind exercise and relax.

Good:
- Easy to learn puzzle rules
- Each few stages have new enemies and rule set
- Rule set and control combined seamlessly
- 3 stars score is challenging
- Great price and have trading cards

Bad:
- Item collectibles system is not that useful
- Main character gears looks all the same through out the game
- Very very lazy ending

Verdict:
Very nice little that recommend for puzzle fans
7.5/10

This is a very little puzzle game. You can not help but seeing how it was thought as a phone app, not a PC game. And thus, the overall feeling to it, if you don't even take into account the price, is a "meh...", and you will quickly forget about it.
It's not that the game is bad, there were probably some efforts put into it! It's just that, like all these little smartphone apps, it's more a toy than a real game. Very repetitive, not really rewarding... I don't think I will ever finish it, unfortunately.

I dislike not recommending games when they're honestly made, but I can't recommend this one (except if you're looking for such a game on PC).

Fun little puzzler

Neat little puzzle game. 120 levels, well designed. The learning curve is good, you have one hard level follow by a couple of easier levels to ease you back into a new concept. Simple and easy to pick up and play.

Puzzle games like this usually get more and more impossible but all the levels are doable without requiring too many do overs.

I like that it's light with a relatively easy to medium difficulty, with only a handful of hard levels.

There can be a bit of frustration but you can try a new path or sit down and map it out in your head. I left a couple that I 1 or 2 starred and came back them later and cleared easier with a fresh mind.

7.5/10.

I'm really glad that I picked up this game! It's a fun little puzzle game that is turned based and low stress. The 120 puzzles are all on the easier side so I beat the game within ~5 hours. If you've played Microsoft's new Minesweeper puzzle game, this is similar to that. The few things that I'd change about this game is that when there's a bonus treasure level, you should be able to just hold the "down" key as scrolling all the way down with the mouse is annoying so I completely stopped doing them but all they give you is more rubies so there's really no point. I also feel like the game should've had a few popups explaining what everything was but it's still easy to figure out. If you want a little game for cheap and to kill some time, I'd recommend this but if you sit down and play it, you can finish it really fast.

Maze Lord is a fantasy and dungeon themed puzzle game. There is no true combat, so if you're looking at this thinking it plays like a board game, it does not.

The puzzles in Maze Lord are fun and simple. It is a very casual experience. Each puzzle has a set number of moves in which you must complete it. The more moves left over when the puzzle is finished, the higher your star rating (out of 3). Each star is worth 10 experience.

Experience points let you gain account levels. There are certain break points where you need a specific account level or higher to access later game levels. You can always replay the levels to achieve a better star rank and thus more experience.

As you complete levels and earn 3 stars, you'll open trinkets. Trinkets can be turned in for rubies. Rubies can be spent to purchase power ups for those tougher puzzles. You can purchase a number of items with rubies (no real money purchases in the game. There is no cash shop...whew!), such as fire to kill a random enemy at the start of the puzzle, a key to unlock a random door at the beginning of the puzzle, a coin to purchase items on the ground, or an extra life point.

There are 120 puzzles in Maze Lord. I would say it's well worth the $2.99 price tag, though it has been mentioned in the community hub that the game is free elsewhere. For me, $2.99 ($4.99 after the sale, still worth it) was well worth giving the developer for a game that killed me a bit of time and gave me some fun doing it!

There are 120 dungeons to explore and each chamber has only one solution. You are rewarded for finding the shortest path to the exit. New artifacts are unlocked as more traps and monsters appear. This is not an action title or RPG. It is a strategic brain-game.

I recommend this for any fan of logic puzzles.