OVERVIEW

AMAZE is a 3D dungeon rescue game that challenges you to navigate a vast and treacherous maze. You take on the role of a knight on a critical mission: a princess has ventured too deep into the winding dungeon, has lost her way, and is now unable to return home on her own. It is up to you to find her and guide her to safety!

The path is not straightforward. The maze is large, but all hope is not lost, as you will find signposts along the way to help guide you toward the princess. Your journey will be blocked by heavy pillars, but these obstacles can be shattered and cleared using a sledgehammer.

To understand the complex maze layout, you can find and consume magic mushrooms. This special item allows you to detach from your body and see the maze from an alternate dimension; revealing the layout from underground, to help you plan your path.

AMAZE is ideal for fans of dungeon-crawlers and maze games who value the replayability that procedural generation provides.

GAMEPLAY VIDEO

SCREENSHOTS

CONTROLS

The game is designed to be played using a combination of keyboard and mouse controls.

KEYBOARD - MOVEMENT

W	Move Forward
A	Move Left
S	Move Backward
D	Move Right

KEYBOARD - ACTIONS

SPACE	Jump
E	Eat Mushroom

MOUSE - MOVEMENT

UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT

Direction Control

MOUSE - ACTIONS

LEFT MOUSE-BUTTON

Use Sledgehammer

KEY FEATURES

LOST PRINCESS

The ultimate goal of your perilous quest is to find the lost princess, who desperately awaits a hero deep within the maze. Rescuing her is how you complete your mission and win the game!

PROCEDURALLY GENERATED MAZE

Navigate a different challenge every time you play, thanks to a massive, procedurally generated maze that enhances replayability.

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

To gain a strategic advantage, you can find and consume magic mushrooms. This special item temporarily transports your consciousness to an alternate dimension, granting you an out-of-body view of the maze's true layout.

SLEDGEHAMMER AND DESTRUCTIBLE PILLARS

Your path will often be blocked by large pillars, but these can be destroyed using sledgehammers found within the dungeon. This tool is consumed upon use, breaking along with the obstacle; but more can be discovered as you explore.

SIGNPOSTS

While the layout is always new, helpful waypoints in the form of signs will point you in the general direction of the princess.

GRIM DISCOVERIES

The maze is also filled with grim environmental details, including the bones and skeletons of previous visitors long forgotten, and the tragic items left behind by children who ventured into the maze but never found their way out -- just like the princess.

BACKGROUND MUSIC

The atmospheric backround music is designed to help you focus on the mental challenge of navigating the maze.

QUIRKY HUMOR

To balance the dungeon's otherwise foreboding atmosphere, the game includes touches of quirky humor. Gulp down your magic mushrooms and your ultimate success will be rewarded.

CHARACTERS

This section introduces the main characters in the game, providing descriptions of their roles, abilities, and appearances.

KNIGHT (PLAYER CHARACTER)

The player takes on the role of the Knight, the hero of the quest. Brave and determined, the Knight is the only one willing to venture into the perilous dungeon to rescue the lost princess. While others have met their end within the dungeon's winding paths, the Knight pushes forward. He relies on his wits to solve the labyrinth, his strength to shatter obstacles with a sledgehammer, and his courage to face the grim remains of those who came before him. He is the princess's only hope.

PRINCESS (GOAL)

The Princess is the ultimate objective of the Knight's quest. Instantly recognizable by her royal crown and vibrant purple dress, she has wandered far too deep into the endless maze and cannot find her way out. She now waits desperately for a hero to rescue her. While the dungeon is a dark and foreboding place, the sound of her gleeful, relieved laugh is what the knight yearns to hear once more. Finding the princess is the only way to complete your mission and win the game.

ITEMS

Items are objects that the player character can either take, use or consume to fulfill his mission and to gain temporary benefits..

MAGIC MUSHROOMS

Found growing in the damp corners of the dungeon, these special fungi are a key consumable for navigating the maze. When consumed, the mushrooms temporarily transport your consciousness to an alternate dimension, granting you an out-of-body, underground view of the maze's true layout. This strategic advantage is essential for planning your path forward.

SLEDGEHAMMER

This heavy-duty tool is the only thing capable of destroying the large pillars that block your path. Sledgehammers are found littered throughout the maze, left behind by previous visitors. Be mindful of their use; the sledgehammer is a consumable item that breaks and is destroyed along with the pillar, so you will need to find another one to clear the next obstacle.

CREATED FOR FCJ9 (2025)

AMAZE was created as a student project for the Finnish College Jam #9 (2025). This event is part of the wider Finnish Game Jam, an annual event where teams collaborate to design and build a complete game from scratch within a highly compressed timeframe. Our team, a group of second-year game development students from Riveria in Outokumpu/Finland, had a total of four days to complete the entire project.

The jam's submission window opened on October 27th, 2025, at 9:00 AM and closed on October 30th, 2025, at 11:59 PM, giving us this intense period to take the game from initial concept to a finished, playable state. We hope you enjoy the result, such as it is. XD

DEV-TEAM

The core dev-team consists of the following creatives:

Suomalainen Aleksanteri Project Lead	Hakkarainen Timo Technical Lead	Puustinen Artem Asset Modeller
Tähtinen Teea Graphic Artist	Salin Sami Graphic Artist

CREDITS

This final section acknowledges the contributions of all team members involved in the game project. It provides a detailed breakdown of roles and responsibilities for each participant, giving credit to individuals for various aspects of the game's creation, from leadership and programming to art, audio, and testing.

Suomalainen Aleksanteri

• Leadership Roles
• Project Leader
• Gameplay Concept
• Lead Programmer
• Issue Tracking
• Version Control
• Build Management
• Unreal Engine > Development
• Blueprints > Player Character Controls
• Blueprints > Core Gameplay Logic
• Blueprints > Interactible Objects
• Blueprints > Procedural Maze
• Blueprints > Item Spawners
• Unreal Engine > Graphics
• Particle Effects > Niagara > Primary Weapon
• Unreal Engine > Audio
• Sound Cue > SFX Tweaking
• 3D Modeling > Blender
• Modeling of Maze Prefabs
• Gameplay Testing
• Bug Hunter
• Gameplay Tester

Hakkarainen Timo

• Unreal Engine > Level Design
• Custom Materials
• Additional Level Design & BluePrints
• 3D Modeling > Blender
• Maze > Wall Textures
• Gameplay Testing
• Bug Hunter
• Gameplay Tester

Puustinen Artem

• 3D Modeling > Blender
• Asset Modeling
• Video Production
• Editing of the Gameplay Trailer
• Audio Production
• Music production
• In-Game Audio Effects
• Gameplay Testing
• Bug Hunter
• Gameplay Tester

Tähtinen Teea

• In-Game 2D Art > Adobe Illustrator
• The Princess
• Audio Production
• Music & Audio Asset Management
• Gameplay Testing
• Bug Hunter
• Gameplay Tester

Salin Sami

• Unreal Engine > Graphics
• Blueprints > VFX (Drunken Post-Processing Shader)
• Online Content Design
• ITCH.IO > Project Page > Design
• ITCH.IO > Project Page > Content Authoring
• ITCH.IO > Project Page > Theme Customization
• ITCH.IO > Project Page > Maintenance & Updates
• Art & Media Management
• In-Game Screenshots & Gameplay Footage
• Gameplay Testing
• Bug Hunter
• Gameplay Tester