The Labyrinth of Startle: Prophecy of the Forgotten Prophecy

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A high-score chasing, speedrunning adventure with a totally unique plot twist: save the princess.

HOW TO PLAY:

WASD

Shift - Sprint 

LMB - Spear attack

RMB - Holy Invincibility Ward  (Use sparingly! It does not replenish) 

ESC - Mouse sensitivity settings (you have to press it twice in the Itch browser).

Ctrl-Alt-Del - Save yourself from the wrath of the Labyrinth 

THE STORY:

Princess Patricia Rincess, your destined love, has been kidnapped by the dark necromancer Rez Matel and placed into the mildly impenetrable Labyrinth of Startle. In an effort to rescue her, you made a pact with the evil caster: "Let me into your evil maze. If I fail, my soul is yours to keep." 

Intrigued by the opportunity to gain another easy soul, Rez Matel responds with a booming "Okay" and graciously you the opportunity to enter  the Labyrinth. The task is no simple one, though: You must start by collecting all six keys in order to unlock the cellar hatch, located in the middle of the maze, and descend toward her rescue...all while the Labyrinth slowly awakens and increases in difficulty every 15 seconds. 

The Labyrinth lives by two rules:

• If you succeed, you succeed. 
• If you fail, you fail.

Can you survive the Labyrinth of Startle, or will its spookies ensure that the princess lives her final days in dark captivity? Only time, and actually playing the game, will tell.

 

GIVEAWAY:

I will be giving away 9 Steam keys for my game Peek upon it's release, given to 9 unduplicated users. In order to qualify for the giveaway, you must post a video of your run here in the comments (except for category 3). There will be three keys per category:

-1) High score (Levels 1 - 3) (technically there is a max high score for this game, so in the unlikely event there is a tie in high score, I will use finish time as the tie breaker) .

-2) Best time (Levels 1 - 3).

-3) First 3 people to beat ALL levels. You'll have to dig for this one...

Peek is planned to release at the end of June if all goes well and I don't run into a bunch of nasty bugs, so categories 1 and 2 will lock on the light night of June at midnight PST (July 1st, technically). Or, if nobody submits anything by that point, I'll keep it open until the first 6 do.

This giveaway is unofficial and unaffiliated with Itch.io or Steam. Just for fun.

Peek on Steam

Peek on Itch