Maze Art: Black

[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote] Maze Art: Black is an asset flip, what Valve calls a "fake game". The "developer", My Label Game Studio, took a template for a simple maze game, reskinned it and changed it around a little, and dumped the results onto Steam as a cash grab scam. My Label Game Studio has shown a repeated pattern of ripping off simple game templates, reskinning them and dumping them on Steam. Don't believe me? Here's some other asset flips from exactly the same template, all shamelessly dumped on Steam as nasty cash grabs: These are the asset flips from "Blender Games": [list] [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1543470]Amaze Gears 3[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1181220]Amaze Gears 2[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1031540]Amaze Lunar[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1017350]Amaze St Patrick[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1001880]Amaze Valentine[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/986990]Amaze Christmas[/url]" [*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/949030]Amaze Halloween[/url]" [*] "[url=https:/…

Typical shovelware: a barely-passable game that could probably be made in less time than it takes to actually beat the game. You can mute the music but not the SFX; you can use WASD or the arrow keys, but not both; the ball moves too slowly in the first levels and too quickly later on, and speeds up when rolling against a wall for some reason. Worst of all, the 'mazes' are barely mazes at all. A five-year-old could beat this 'game' and then complain that it was too easy. Unless you're an eighty-year-old dementia patient trying to relearn hand-eye coordination, it's not worth the price, whatever it is.

I got this from a giveaway site for free. When I thought I was done with "aMaze" games in my library a long time ago, "Maze Art" is here to replace it. Still as unremarkable as ever and not worth money, in my opinion. You move a ball using WASD or the arrow keys to navigate through a maze, collect hearts and reach the exit. There are 50 levels in total, with the difficulty (or rather complexity since there is no real challenge) increasing. I guess you could say it's relaxing gameplay, but then I'm not sure if I'm using it as a euphemism for "boring" at this point. There really isn't much else to say. Like the "aMaze" series, it's just a bunch of same-ish games using the same template, only with different themes and levels (which you probably could auto-generate and manually tweak a bit for technically unlimited content). Basically, this entire franchise is an infinite-money exploit (in theory). Once you've played one, you've played all of them. I wouldn't directly say that these are "bad" games, but they are unremarkable at best. They're just not worth money. You can find these at the back of your cereal box. I don't really see the "Art" part of this either, especially for this …

Easy Achievements, 100% / ~60min.

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Not too much to say here. The controls are pretty clean, the interface is easy to navigate, and it is a casual game to play in your down time. I think my only thoughts is to make at least the control dot a different color; potentially the hears and finish as well. That way it is easier to see for those that may have some visual impairments. :) A nice game to kick away an hour of time <3