The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where enemy tails could clip through the foreground art layer on The Garden

• Fixed a bug where XP dots could be uncollectable on The Garden

The game has been patched to add a new maze, new upgrades, upgrade balancing, community items, and more!

News

Hey everyone! As previously announced, this is the penultimate content patch for Maze Mice. The next content patch will coincide with the game exiting Early Access. You can read more about that here if you missed it:

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New Content

• Added another unlockable maze

• Added 3 more unlockable upgrades

• Added a music track for the boss fight

• Added a longest game stat

• Added an auto-pick button (it appears when the upgrade pool is limited to 2 or less upgrades)

• Added Steam trading cards and community items

Game Balance

• Boomerang's base damage is now 500 (instead of 400)

• Boomerang's damage increment is now 250 (instead of 200)

• Boomerang's XP gain is now 2.5% (instead of 5%)

• Fleas' base damage is now 3 (instead of 4)

• Marbles' cooldown is now 9 seconds (instead of 10 seconds)

• Recycling's cooldown is now 25 seconds (instead of 30 seconds)

• Recycling's cooldown decrement is now 2.5 seconds (instead of 3 seconds)

• Rubber Band's damage increment is now 125 (instead of 100)

• Snowball's base damage increase is now 0.2% (instead of 0.1%)

• Sunflower Seeds' cooldown is now 40 seconds (instead of 30 seconds)

• Sunflower Seeds' cooldown decrement is now 4 seconds (instead of 3 seconds)

• Thumbtacks' ammo increment is now 20 (instead of 15)

• Toothpicks' base damage is now 5 (instead of 8)

• Toothpicks' damage increment is now 5 (instead of 8)

• Toothpicks' cooldown is now 12 seconds (instead of 10 seconds)

• Zen now only appears if 5 or more upgrade slots are filled

Balance Reasoning

Boomerang made gaining multiple levels more trivial than I would like. Reducing the XP gain while increasing the damage will make the upgrade a bit more risky to take at early levels, while still being strong at later levels.

Fleas were able to deal a large amount of damage to the boss very quickly if obtained early in a run. Reducing the upgrade's base damage by even a single point will help bring it in line due to its exponential nature.

Marbles and Recycling were less powerful than I'd like them to be, but not by a large amount. Slightly reducing their cooldowns will make them more viable. The same goes for the damage increases for Rubber Band and Snowball, as well as the ammo upgrade for Thumbtacks.

Sunflower Seeds made it too easy to effectively stockpile HP above the player's maximum HP. While this strategy is still something I'd like to allow, increasing the cooldown of the upgrade will prevent it from being too powerful.

Toothpicks could easily make the boss fight trivial, while still frequently one-shotting enemies at early levels. It's for this reason that they've received the most drastic nerf among all the upgrades changed.

Zen was frustrating to see when the player had only a few upgrade slots filled. I suspect making Zen only appear with 6 or 7 upgrade slots filled would be too powerful, so this is a good middle ground.

Please let me know your thoughts either in the comments or in the official discord!

-Dan

Maze Mice will receive The Garden Update on June 20th at 1PM EST and will exit Early Access with The Dream Update on July 11th at 1PM EST.

News

Hey everyone! First off, thank you to all the wonderful people who have played Maze Mice while it's been in Early Access. Your feedback has been vital to making the game the best it can be. That being said, the game won't be in Early Access for much longer, as the majority of the game's unreleased content will be ready much sooner than I expected!

Upcoming Content

• 2 mazes (the second of which has a layout that changes during gameplay)

• 3 upgrades (1 weapon, 2 utility)

• ~150 achievements (these will unlock retroactively)

• A music track for the boss fight

• An auto-pick button

• Steam trading cards

• Upgrade balancing

These updates will bring the game to the state that I promised it would be at by the end of Early Access, and then some.

After exiting Early Access, Maze Mice might receive some more content updates, but it is not incredibly likely as the game is still very far from making back what it cost to have it made. This might change though, you never know! I might do a blog post down the line breaking down the game's budget, so consider subscribing to my newsletter if you're interested in seeing that.

As always, thank you for reading and for your continued support of my work. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them and I'll do my best to answer.

-Dan

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where Mirror Image wasn't defeating enemies while the player was powered up by Star
• Fixed a typo in the Korean translation

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where damaging effects from Mirror Image sometimes had the wrong draw layer
• Fixed a typo in the French translation

The game has been patched to fix a bug.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where closing the results screen while the unlock bar was still being filled caused some game data to not be saved

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where Duplicator could add levels to upgrades that were already at their maximum level
• Fixed a bug where the player highlight arrow disappeared after opening and closing the options menu

The game has been patched to fix a bug.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where enemy pathfinding could break if the player got too far away from a Chaser on The Racetrack

The game has been patched to add a new maze, some new upgrades, difficulty modifiers, stat-tracking, and more!

New Content

• Added an unlockable maze
• Added 2 more unlockable upgrades
• Added unlockable difficulty modifiers to each character
• Added a stats menu
• Added a sound effect for when the boss is defeated
• Added a sound effect for when Chaser enemies change their pathfinding

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where upgrade descriptions could clip through their UI cards with some language/font/scaling setting combinations
• Fixed a bug where the Display Monitor setting often wasn't working properly (it's also now hidden and applies automatically when changing any setting)
• Fixed a bug where some UI panels weren't appearing if the language was set to Arabic
• Fixed a bug where Russian strings weren't displaying properly if the player had Dictionary and the font setting was set to OpenDyslexic
• Fixed a bug where English upgrade descriptions were sometimes grammatically incorrect if they contained a number that started with "8"
• Fixed a bug where Anti-Cheat wasn't damaging stationary enemies
• Fixed a few typos in the European-Portuguese and Turkish translations
• Reduced lag when the player had 100 or more Lilies or Stinky Clouds

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where enemy status text could appear behind some XP dots
• Fixed several spacing errors in the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese translations

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Lowered the volume of the damage sound effect
• Made the damage sound effect play less frequently when using Anti-Cheat
• Fixed a bug where Ball of Yarn sometimes wasn't attracting enemies
• Fixed a bug where enemies would sometimes die when attracted by Ball of Yarn

The game has been patched to fix a bug.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where players sometimes got stuck rounding corners while powered up by Sugar Cube

The game has been patched to fix a bug.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where the "Next patch in..." text was appearing on the Game Over screen, causing misalignment

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where players weren't turning corners properly when powered up by Sugar Cube
• Fixed a bug where enemies could have their pathfinding break while the player was powered up by Sugar Cube
• Fixed a bug where Ball of Yarn wasn't making enemies change their pathfinding

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where a new run could be accidentally started from the Options menu with specific inputs
• Fixed a bug where the game would softlock if changing specific settings during Endless mode

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where Humphrey would sometimes immediately take damage when pressing the Retry button
• Fixed a typo in the European-Portuguese translation

The game has been patched to modify the upgrade selection pool.

Changes

• Made it so that the player is more likely to be offered upgrades they've already added during the run

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where Flame Trail wasn't despawning at Level 13 and up
• Fixed a bug where multiple levels couldn't be gained if more than one level's worth of XP was gained at once

The game has been patched to fix a bug.

Changes

• Fixed a bug where Babel was gaining about 4.75 levels from Dictionary (instead of 4 levels)

The game has been patched to fix a few bugs.

Changes

• Made it so that the player's score increases by 250 if they've defeated the Boss
• Made it so that newly spawned Wheels are invisible if 100 or more Wheels are currently spawned (invisible Wheels still deal damage)
• Fixed a bug where a line break was missing in the status text for the Boss
• Fixed a typo in the Simplified Chinese translation

Maze Mice is out now! [previewyoutube=EHFA0JTCG9c;full][/previewyoutube] After the success of my previous game, Luck be a Landlord, I was unsure if I even had it in me to make another game. Now that Maze Mice is available in Early Access, I know I was wrong and I have plenty more games I would love to make. Thank you for being a part of this journey with me, and I'm so thrilled to bring my next game to you. Also, you may notice that the number of characters and upgrades in the game is actually double what I initially advertised. If you're curious as to why that is, you can read more about it on my blog post here.

Maze Mice is releasing into Early Access on May 2nd! [previewyoutube=uaFqfZt0O0s;full][/previewyoutube] To help you wait until then, the demo for Maze Mice is still available. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3385410 Don't forget to wishlist the game if you haven't already!