EkoScape

🤖 EkoScape is a simple 3D step-based game where you run through a maze rescuing your fellow alien Ekos, like a 3D Pac-Man, with robot enemies, fruit, and portals. The maps are simple text files that you can edit!

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

🛡️ EkoScape has been tested to work in sandbox mode in the official itch app.

📜 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

• OpenGL 2.1+
  • Use Mesa if you have a lower version.
• Linux x86_64 (AppImage)
  • glibc 2.14+ (Ubuntu 22.04+; Fedora 16+)
    
• 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.