OilFish is a flash-based, online maze game developed at the NYU Game Center. The player navigates a dolphin through a maze of oil, pushing oil out of the way to create new pathways. The player will encounter other members of the oceanic animal kingdom who need rescuing from the oil maze. The ultimate goal for the player is to free the other animals, avoid an enemy, and escape the maze into open water. We are using the open source PushButton Engine to develop our game. The authors of this game are Katya Hott, Chad Bullard, Zach Ross and Nien Lam.
The game explains how to play, but just in case you can’t figure it out here the directions.
Objectives:
- Get to open water while staying alive.
- Don’t forget to save your friends.
Controls:
- Use the arrow keys to move around.
- When next to a brown oil block, hit the space bar to push the block.
- Black oil blocks are unmovable.
