Maze Chase

One of the oldest styles in video games, and still one of the tensest. The maze decides where everyone can go, something is always coming for you, and your only weapons are the corners.

The rules

• Walls decide where you AND the hunter can go; the maze is the whole game.
• Something chases you and it never stops.
• You win by collecting or escaping, not by fighting back.
• Getting caught costs a life, and lives run out.

Games like this: Pac-Man, and every stealth level ever made.

Lessons that build this style

• 01 Top-Down Movement
• 05 Enemy Follows Player
• 06 Enemy Patrols
• 08 Collect Coins and Items
• 10 Timer Countdown
• 11 Lives System
• 12 Win and Lose Screen
• 13 Multiple Levels
• 14 Make Your Own Signal
• 15 Main Menu
• 16 Sound Effects
• 17 Background Music
• 18 Simple Animation
• 21 How Sprites Work
• 22 The Animation Player
• 24 Don't Get Caught the sample