EkoScape

🤖 EkoScape is a minimalist 3D step-based game where you race through a maze rescuing your fellow aliens, called Ekos, like a 3D Pac-Man. It includes robot enemies, fruit (alien raspberries), and portals. The maps are also simple text files that you can edit!

The game is reminiscent of that famous 3D Maze screensaver from Win95.

Features:

• 🕹️ Joystick/Gamepad support.
• 📱 On mobile & tablet browsers, simply tap (do not drag) the top, bottom, left, or right edge of the screen to move up, down, left, or right. Tap the center of the screen to select. Hold both left & right to reverse movement. The screen is divided into thirds (1/3) for touch input.
• 🛡️ Works in sandbox mode in the official itch app so that you can safely play there.

📜 Story

Your alien kin, the Ekos, have been seized by Robots! Can you rescue them all without being crunched by these mechanical fiends? Or will you feast upon an alien raspberry and munch on the Robots instead! In the final moments, seek out your copper-clad spaceship to make a daring escape. Will you hear the trumpets of victory? Or taste the cold, steel teeth of death? Brace yourself for... EkoScape!

🗺️ Maps

You can edit the Map files or create your own! They're just simple text files.

Read about editing the Map files online here or read the file assets/maps/README.md that is included with the game.

You can share your custom Maps in the comments at the bottom of this page using a Markdown code block (backticks) or on GitHub. Please let me know if you'd like your map to be included in the next version! Thanks!

🧑‍💻 Code

The code is fully open source on GitHub under the GPL. This is a remake of a game I made way back in 2004. It's written in C++20 using SDL2 and legacy OpenGL 2.1.

💻 System Requirements

Web:

• WebGL 2.0+ (OpenGL ES 3.0+)
• It's recommended to turn on hardware/graphics acceleration in your browser's settings.

Desktop:

• OpenGL 2.1+
  • Use Mesa if you have a lower version.
• Linux x86_64 (AppImage)
• macOS arm64 or x86_64
• Windows x64

🙏 Credits

• The Dantares Engine by Ryan Witmer
• Monogram font by datagoblin
  
• Star textures by Kronbits
• Piskel for pixel editing.