The Hunger Maze

The Hunger Maze is a cooperative game designed for two players. The story behind the game takes place in a high-rise building where a professor conducts a psychological experiment on people, specifically focusing on their eating behaviors. For the experiment, he has chosen two volunteers, two friends named Erick and Patrick, due to their completely different body structures and eating habits. The professor observes how they navigate and balance their food choices while cooperating with each other. However, as the professor becomes more and more obsessed with his experiment, he poses a threat to the participants. Realizing they need to escape from him, the friends must find a way to overcome the challenges and risks he presents, using their intelligence to outwit the professor and ensure their own safety. Everything has spiraled out of control, and it's all about survival itself.

The players' objective is to help the friends escape from the building by progressing from the top floor to the ground floor where the exit is located. Each floor represents a level, featuring a maze filled with obstacles, various types of food, and exercise equipment. To advance to the next level, the friends must utilize the elevator. However, the professor has sabotaged the elevator to prevent their escape. In order to drop the elevator to the next floor, they must collectively reach a specific weight, which can be based on their lean body mass rather than just their fat content. Players can collect food for the characters to consume it to gain weight and prevent them from starving to death. Nevertheless, they need to strategize their choices, as the food affects their physical proportions, speed, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels.

To win the game, the players must work together to overcome obstacles and navigate through a maze of paths and tunnels, utilizing each friend's unique abilities. Erick the food-lover is slower but stronger, capable of passing through certain walls, enduring strong winds, and moving heavy objects. On the other hand, Patrick the slim player is faster and more agile, able to maneuver through narrow paths and tunnels, but is more susceptible to hunger. Are you brave enough to face the obstacles from the professor and save the friends from him while fighting hunger to survive?

If you thought navigating through a maze was tough, try doing it on an empty stomach!

Logo of the game was created by the graphic designer Tomáš Pekárek.