Maxwell's Odyssey
A downloadable game for Windows
Explore the dungeons of an ancient castle in search of a vanished sorceress, blasting monsters, solving puzzles, and dodging deadly traps. Deep inside the castle of the Blood‑Spitting Prophet, the sorceress of Amber Valley awaits rescue.
Scavenge dynamite, shotgun shells, and plasma cells as you push through secret chambers brimming with loot, cutting down undead and giant gloomtoads who stand between you and the sorceress.
Features
• Explore a pixel‑art castle with its many dungeons and chambers in this action‑adventure.
• Unlock abilities that help you explore the darker and more perilous areas of the castle.
• Fight its bosses and minions who stand between you and the sorceress of Amber Valley.
• Find upgrades to become a worthy opponent to the Blood-Spitting Prophet himself.
• Enjoy a beautiful, exciting soundtrack powered by vibrant synths.
DEMO is live! Try it out now!
Want to help shape Maxwell's Odyssey all the way to release? I'm looking for dedicated testers to play new builds (Windows only for now), break things, and give honest feedback from now until launch. If that's you, join the Discord to grab a beta key: https://discord.gg/8Tpkv5Cb8d
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As a big fan of your adventure games, this looks great! Unfortunately it doesn't want to work on Linux with WINE (it launches & opens an empty window, but refuses to render any menu or graphics.) If anyone knows a way to get this to run, I'd love to hear it.
The menu music is killer at least!
I'll have to try it on a Windows machine later but I would love to see a Linux compatible build. (I tried it on a desktop system for now, but I love playing games like this on my Steam Deck.)
Is this running a custom engine?
Thanks for the kind words!
I'm using GameMaker for the game. I plan to provide a Linux build at launch, and potentially a macOS as well. It will also run on the Steam Deck. As for the demo, I'm afraid I won't be able to work on it in the near future.
Nice, thanks for that! I ended up trying the demo out on a Windows machine, it's lovely. The vibrant colours and sprite/tilework really make it pop. It plays well, the sprites are fluid, and the music is *awesome*.
My only complaint is I died and reloaded a save, only to find that all the enemies had respawned - I get that it's part of the style, but really not a fan of that. Makes me feel like I've lost all my progress. I'd love to see non-respawning enemies as an option in the final game.
Glad to hear! Enemies respawn when you die but your progress isn't reset when your game is saved (using a waterfall or an exit) - your ammo, weapons, pickups, unlocked abilities all stay with you. :)
The game appears to run fine for me on Linux with wine-10.12, or with Proton 8.0-5 (added to Steam as non-Steam game).
(I didn't try it on the Deck yet.)
[Edit:]
I just noticed that there already is a demo on Steam - that one works with Proton 8.0-5, too!
Great to know, thanks! :)
Awesome game! I cannot wait for full version!
Thanks so much! :)
Love when a dev of one of my favorite niche gaming genres switches over to ANOTHER of my favorite niche gaming genres. Only things that is missing now is a fixed cam survival horror and a detective computer sim game!!
But yea, I enjoyed it though I got stuck after getting the gun... The overall game design reminds me of Janosik with the one huge map. The in-game map... kinda sucks. So small... would be nice to zoom in and pan. It gets a bit disorienting. But otherwise I enjoyed it
Thanks! You can press M for a much bigger map (unless that map also felt small for you?)
Well there's the mini map in the corner, and then I pressed some button to see another one. But I mean small as in the fact that it is too zoomed out, so everything in it is really small and hard to make out. That why zoom and panning options would be great
very good
Thanks!
A bit different than Cosmic Void's usual, looks incredible - I can't wait to play it!
Thanks! Hope you have fun!
Looks great - your graphical style is incredibly well suited to this type of game!
Thank you! :)