Lex's Project - MileStone #1

Lex’s Path is a puzzle platformer in which you attempt to get from one side of the screen to the other by drag and dropping the path you want to take with the pieces provided. Avoid obstacles as you move your character along the path you create! With an increasing level difficulty level difficulty and plenty of ways to solve each puzzle, Lex’s Path will provide a challenging and fun overall experience.

How to Play! : 

Drag and Drop with your mouse to move the white (and green) pieces. 

Use A and D to move your character (the little circle)

Get from the platform you start on to the identical one on the right side of the screen to advance in the game

Avoid red walls. 

Good luck!

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The original design goal of Lex’s Path was to create a platformer that my little sister could play, and that is not what this prototype is. The goal changed into creating a puzzle game with platformer elements and slowly became a game more in the challenging subgenre. This is executed by placing more walls, or walls in more strategic places, coming up with multiple ways to get from one end to the other, and taking away stability over time by giving you less normal pieces and less pieces all together.

The most challenging design problem was coming to terms with the large exploit in my game, being able to use one platform and simply carry the ball across the screen. I didn’t know how to effectively get rid of that exploit with the game I’d made. So instead I designed later levels around that exploit, making it a core strategy in solving each puzzle.