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Operation Rescue: Evade and Escape

While reading Mazes for Programmers, I created a game based on randomly generated mazes. 
Here is the jar file with the game. Just copy it to your computer and run it.  
Note: You will need Java on your PC to run this.
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op_rescue_v1_6.jar
File Size: 2729 kb
File Type: jar
Download File


Below is the Welcome screen and several sample screens from the game. 
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Below is a sample screen of the maze when the player uses an orange jewel to see where the guards and jewels are.   
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The player can use a information jewel to show the nearby area (left below), or where they have been (right below).
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You can also create custom mazes with various options: (click on the images to see them better)
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Below are some sample mazes from the game.  If you are familiar with Mazes for Programmers, you will recognize the Sidewinder maze, the Recursive Backtracker maze, the Recursive Division maze, and the use of masks to change maze shapes. 
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The copyright screen gives some playing hints...
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