The Dark Maze Game

[Karkat Vantas]

I remember there being something like this on the old if forums. Anyway, this is the idea:

You are in a maze. However, it is very dark! So dark that you can't see anything...

Posters in this thread will post one of the four cardinal directions (north, south, east, west). The player character will then go in that direction. You can do any of the following:

You can bump into a wall, in which case you will lose one point.
You can walk into a not-wall, in which case you will gain one point.
You can find a treasure chest, giving you ten points.
You can find a hintbox, which will give you a hint as well as two points.
You can find a lantern. More on that later.
You can run into a monster, who will eat you. You will thus lose five points.
You can find the exit, which will give you ten points!

Okay. So, let's start.

Points:

Tsunami: 1
Cryptica: 0
Barubu: 0
Green: -6

Bumped into 8 walls
Walked into nothing 8 times
Took 17 steps
Bumped into 1 monster
Escaped the maze 0 times

 

[ultraviolet]

Shouldn't you start by saying which direction we're facing? Otherwise we could potentially lose three points before even doing anything.

 

[Green]

Walk 'left'.

 

[Karkat Vantas]

You're not facing in any direction, really. We're watching with a birds' eye view, so it makes no real difference what direction he's facing.

The man turns to the left, knowing that beginner's luck will guide him through the ma-

Ow! The man shook his head. It seems that there's a wall to his left... (-1 point for Zapdos)

 

[Tsunami]

*walks up*

 

[Karkat Vantas]

There isn't anything of note above you. Thank god there wasn't a wall there.

 

[Tsunami]

Let's try this again, then. Walk Up.

 

[Barubu]

Um... I'll go East.

 

[Karkat Vantas]

It seems that up is the way to go, as you are successfully able to move upwards.

You try to move eastwards, but you bump into a wall and fail.

(If you need to, I'd recommend making a map and using the actions to figure out what's a wall or not)

 

[Mad MOAI]

Okay, I'll start my own round by walking west.

 

[Tsunami]

Up again. I'm feeling lucky.

 

[Karkat Vantas]

(Everybody is playing on the same maze. It's groupwork.)

Time to go to the wes-- bah! You hit another wall. Maybe this "moving horizontally" thing isn't working out...

You manage to step northwards, though. My god, it's dark in here.

 

[Tsunami]

So we have up, up, up... up? *walks forward*

 

[Barubu]

Do we all start in the same place?

 

[Tsunami]

Yes, probably.

 

[Barubu]

Um, south...I....guess?

 

[Tsunami]

NO BARUBU! UP! NORTH! THREE TIMES!

 

[Barubu]

But no one's gone down yet. What if that's the way out and there's a dead end in front of you?

 

[Karkat Vantas]

You walk upwards, thinking that it's impossible to hit a wa-- ow! Your luck finally ran out... Guess it's time to move around.

You are obviously able to backtrack by going southwards. Dur.

 

[Tsunami]

Let's see here... Up, up, up, left. Let's try Left. *walks left, crossing fingers*