Mavea
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
MAVEA is a short puzzle game that lets you explore
and eventually escape a surreal temple
made for the Adaptive Music Jam
Controls
- move: WASD, left analog stick or D-pad
- sprint: left shift or left bumper
- interact: E, return or controller button 1
- shoot: left mouse button or controller button 2
- pause/menu: escape or start/menu
- show crosshair: right mouse button or right bumper
- the puzzles in this game rely on audio
Credits
- art, game design, music, sound design & programming
by Henning Behrendt - eye design by Pia Raab
- playtesters: Marco Dreckkötter, Benedikt Raab, Mathias Riediger,
Jan Schreiter & Jasmin Schürmann - assets used: Flat Kit by Dustyroom, Geometry FX Particles by beffio, InControl by Gallant Games, Humpback Whale by janpec, PBR Killer Masks by Jesper Molander & Translucent Crystals by SineVFX
- palette used: comfy52 by bess
- software used: Aseprite, Blender, Cubase, FMOD, GIMP, Inno Setup, Perforce, Unity & Visual Studio
Download
Click download now to get access to the following files:
Development log
- One Year AnniversaryOct 16, 2022
Comments
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Neat experience! Loved the sound design in this game, it’s well done! This game only seems to have one type of sound based puzzle, it would have been cool to see it fleshed out a bit more. I also didn’t understand what the mask was for? (I think it’s telling you where to go?) Regardless, it was an enjoyable experience!
Hey, thanks for making this video! I really enjoyed watching it. :)
You pretty much figured everything out.
The mask is more of an extra to make the maze feel more alive, have a bit of a creepy surprise element and to be able to shoot something.
It will just show up in random places and watch you. When shot it will re-materialise somewhere else. At first I wanted it to be able to kill the player and have a whole health and ammo system and whatnot, but since this was done for a game jam in a limited time period I decided to scrap this idea.
I might come back to this project after a while and expand upon it though.
There is one thing you missed. When looking out the window in the room with the checkered floor you can see a whale flying by at times. It doesn't do anything other than being eye candy and an additional hint for the ocean sound though.