Maze

You approach the tree and pick an apple. It is bright red, and unnatrually perfect. Hesitantly, you bite into it. The apple is juicy, flavorful, and unbelievably delicious, and you quickly devour the entire apple. It is very filling, and you do not see the need to eat any more. [[Move away from the apple tree->Start]]

You decide to head back to the house where you came from. The other house could have anything in it, and the certianty of a warm chair by a fireplace sounds much better to you. You enter the house and sit back down in the chair. You consider your options. You can either stay here or leave. [[Stay->Tbd3]] [[Leave->Outside]]

You sit down on the bench. It is suprisingly comfortable, and you feel yourself getting sleepy. Maybe a short nap would be nice... [[Wake up->Courtyard2]]

You sit down on the bench. It is suprisingly comfortable, and you feel yourself getting sleepy. Maybe a short nap would be nice... [[Wake up->Courtyard]]

You sit down on the bench. It is suprisingly comfortable, and you feel yourself getting sleepy. Maybe a short nap would be nice... [[Wake up->Start]]

You approach the old laptop. It is covered in a thin layer of dust, and you wonder if it will even turn on. You brush aside the dust, and time seems to slow down when you stare at the blank screen. You boot it up, and suddenly a music video starts playing. (text-colour:red)+(text-style:"bold")[//Never gonna give you up//] You try to exit out of it, but you have no control whatsoever. When the video ends, it starts all over again. With a sigh, you turn the laptop off. You will get nothing out of this. [[Move away from the laptop->Courtyard]]

You are stuck inside a maze. Escape is impossible. You are in a small courtyard with an apple tree, a bench, and an old laptop. There are two paths into the maze, one to your right and one to your left. [[Sit down->Bench3]] [[Investigate the laptop->Computer]] [[Eat an apple->Apple]] [[Take the right path->Path3]] [[Take the left path->Path4]]

You are stuck inside a maze. Escape is impossible. You are in a small courtyard with an apple tree, a bench, and an old laptop. There are two paths into the maze, one to your right and one to your left. [[Sit down->Bench2]] [[Investigate the laptop->Computer]] [[Eat an apple->Apple]] [[Take the right path->Tbd]] [[Take the left path->Tbd2]]

You set along the left path. The path begins descending, and you notice that the courtyard is set on top of a huge mountian. The map mentioned that the door will appear in the wall, so you plan to head towards the giant looming wall in the distance. You are absorbed in your thoughts until you reach what appears to be a rope bridge. However, the bridge has been cut and a chasm stands between you and your destination. You feel a moment of panic, and then you remember the note on the back of the map. You have been cursed with invulnerability. You will not die when you fall. You step back and take a running start. You leap off of the ledge. [[Continue->rip]]

You open the door and step inside. The interior is dimly lit and it smells faintly of mildew. The walls and floor are made of rotting wood. You are faintly disturbed and turn back to the door to exit, but you find it locked. Panic fills you as you look around the dark room. The only furniture is a rickety wooden table in the corner. The floorboards creak under your weight as you venture towards the table. The table is made of wood, just as depreciated as the rest of the room. There is nothing on the table, yet you see a mysterious shadow underneath it. You crouch down to look under the table and you see a trapdoor. After a closer inspection, you notice a message carved into the wood reading, "Return three times, and you will find the key. In your refuge from ice, you will see." You slowly open the trapdoor and see only darkness. All you can see is a ladder leading into mysterious void. [[Enter the trapdoor->Trapdoor]]

You take the right path. The path begins descending, and you notice that the courtyard is set on top of a huge mountian. However, you come to a point where the path is blocked by massive boulders. You feel a sense of despair as you realize that you must turn around. As you climb back up the hill, you see something carved into the cliff face. A simple yet ominous door. [[Enter the door->aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]]

You approach the nearest house, and you find the door unlocked. Warmth fills you as you enter the house and see a large, inviting fireplace. You sit down in an extremely comfartable chair next to it and soak in the heat. When you feel warm enough, you get up and look around. The house is as empty as the street and you can't help but feel nervous. Where did everyone go? You find a winter coat that fits you perfectly in the closet, but the rest of the house contains nothing of value. You look outside the window to find a heavy snowstorm obscuring your visibility. You sit back down in the chair and consider your options. You can either stay here or leave. [[Stay->Tbd3]] [[Leave->Outside]]

You look around to see the island has a tree, and a dock with a rowboat. You make your way to the dock and look in the rowboat. Inside, you see an old and faded paper map. You cannot make out what the map is of. However, there are words hastily scrawled on the paper. It reads, //Fall asleep, and things are not as you remember. Nourish yourself, and you end up where you began. Avoid distractions, life is a circle. Time is the only key, do not be discouraged in your travels. There is no escape, there is no// The rest is of the message smudged out... [[Pick up the map->Map]] [[Leave the boat->leaveboat]]

You walk along the path to your left, which is overgrown with foliage. You quickly become lost in the dense maze of plants. [[Continue->Left2]]

The bushes get thicker as you journey on, and you have to get on your hands and knees to crawl under them. After what feels like hours, you emerge into a small clearing where you can stand up. You take a moment to stretch, and feel much better after crawling through a dense jungle. As you look around, the sun is still in the middle of the sky, the same place it was when you started. In addition to this, the surrounding foliage is suspiciously empty of animals. After a short rest, you continue on. [[Continue->Left3]]

You emerge into a familiar courtyard. [[Continue->Courtyard]]

The map crumbles to dust in your hand. [[Leave the boat->leaveboat]]

You wake up. You remember nothing. [[Continue->Start]]

You step outside of the house, and your thick coat protects you from the winter. The snowstorm is still going on, but you can see far enough to walk up to another house. as you stand at the door, you wonder if you should go inside. The other house is safe and this house could have something dangerous lurking inside. [[Turn back->Backtohouse]] [[Enter the house->Enter]]

You take the right path, which resembles a long walking path. as you continue on, the sun stays exactly where it is. You do not grow tired or hungry. After several hours, you stop. Where does this road lead? Why do you feel like you're going nowhere? You must decide if you should continue or turn back. [[Continue->a]] [[Turn back->tb2]]

You take the path to your left. After a short an uneventful walk, You reach a wall that blocks your path. In the wall is a door. You can either turn back or enter the door. [[Turn back->Turnback2]] [[Enter the door->Enter]]

Welcome to ''The Maze'', an exciting adventure game where you must learn the rules of the world in order to find your way out alive. [[Start->Start]] (set: $hasLamp to false) (set: $n to 0)

You take the path to your right. It gets colder as you venture on, and you start to shiver. Snow starts to fall, but you keep walking. Just when the cold becomes unbearable, you see a light in the distance. You start running twords it, turning numb from the freezing cold. The light gets bigger and bigger, and just as you are about to give out, you arrive in a small village. The houses are made out of wood and you can see lights through the windows. The streets are curiously empty, and you wonder, have you made it out of the maze? [[Take shelter inside->House]] [[Turn back->Turnback]]

You are stuck inside a maze. Escape is impossible. You are in a small courtyard with an apple tree, a bench, and an old laptop. There are two paths into the maze, one to your right and one to your left. [[Sit down->Bench]] [[Investigate the laptop->Computer]] [[Eat an apple->Apple]] [[Take the right path->Right]] [[Take the left path->Left]]

You set out on the left path and admire the foliage that lines the dirt pathway. The walls are covered in beautiful flowers and the weather seems extremely pleasant. You find yourself whistling an upbeat tune as you happily walk along the path. You don't care where the path leads, you are overjoyed just to be walking along it. You cannot contain your rising euphoria. Deep inside, something feels wrong. You try to stop yourself, but you only get happier and happier. You start running along the path. Why should you fight the rising happieness? You run faster and faster. You are feeleng better than you have ever felt before in your life. The world blurs around you as you run. You try to stop yourself, but you can't. You run and run and run. Your legs burn and you gasp for breath. Suddenly, the ground falls out from beneath you. The uncontrollable joy vanishes in an instant. You look down and see a vast and turbulent ocean beneath you. Behind you, a rocky cliff rushes by. Before you have time to fully realize the true nature of your situation, you plunge into the icy water. The current slams you into a rock and you feel the wind go out of your lungs. Reality slowly fades into black. [[Continue->new]]

You decide to take the left path and set out. As you stroll along the path, a you notice a cool breeze. It starts out small, but quickly turns into a severe wind. You try to seek shelter, but there is nothing to take cover with. The wind picks you up and lifts you up over the walls of the maze. As you fly over the maze, you look for a way out only to see the entire landscape below you shrouded with fog. Suddenly the wind dies any you find yourself falling towards the fog. You scream as you plummet from the sky, only to land in a large, deep lake beneath a canopy of fog. There is no land in sight except for a small island about twenty feet waway. You swim to the island and climb out of the lake, soaking wet. [[Investigate the island->Island]]

You decide not to leave the house. Outside is a snowstorm, and the house offers warmth and safety. The chair you are sitting in is comfortable and you would gain nothing by leaving. You close your eyes and feel your conciousness fading. [[Continue->aaaaaaa]]

(if: $hasLamp is false)[You descend the ladder slowly and carefully, but suddenly a rung breaks and you fall. You excpect to hit the ground immediately, but you keep falling. There is no light, and you reach out for the ladder but nothing is there. There is only darkness. Out of everything you have faced in this maze, you are sure that this is somehow the key to finding your way out. If only you had some light... You slowly drift into unconsciousness. (text-style:"fidget")+(color:red)+(text-style:"shudder")+(text-size:2)[''GAME OVER''] (text-size:0.5)[Please do not exit the game, it is not over yet.] [[Continue->MemoryLoss]] (set: $n to $n+1)] (if: $hasLamp is true)[You descend the ladder slowly and carefully, but suddenly a rung breaks and you fall. You excpect to hit the ground immediately, but you keep falling. There is no light, and you reach out for the ladder but nothing is there. There is only darkness. Out of everything you have faced in this maze, you are sure that this is somehow the key to finding your way out. If only you had some light... Just as you are about to drift into unconsciousness, you remember. You have a lamp. You turn it on and suddenly the entire area is illuminated. The ladder is gone. You cannot see any walls, yet a rough concrete floor is rapidly approaching. You feel the crushing weight of the impact as you hit the ground. Despite the pain, you are unhurt and the lantern is still lit. You pick it up and walk along. [[Continue->next]]]

You decide not to enter the eerie houses. You are on the verge of collapse from the cold as you leave the village behind and return the way you came, but after a few minutes it starts getting warmer. The increasing temperature gives you the strength to keep walking, and you finally emerge into the courtyard that you came from. While the journey back from the village seemed to take much less time than the journey there, you are too relived to care. [[Continue->Courtyard2]]

You decide not to enter the mysterious door. Instead, you turn around and walk back to the courtyard where you came from. [[Continue->Courtyard2]]

You walk on. Eventually you stop countiing the days. After a long time, you forget you are walking. Your legs automatically keep keep walking. You find that you don't need eyes to see, and so you close them. There is no noise, and no smell. You stop thinking and just walk. You slowly forget who you are. This continues on, until suddenly, you trip. [[Get up->getup]]

You see something in the distance. [[Continue->aaaa]]

It's a small wooden rowboat. It slowly drifts towards the island. You wait for what feels to be an eternity before it finally reaches the shore. You climb into the rowboat and start rowing. The island gets smaller and smaller as you row away. Eventually it dissapears. You become tired and fall asleep. [[Wake up->aaaaaa]]

You wake up to find the rowboat on the shore of a much larger island. The beach is rocky, with massive cliffs reaching towards the sky. You climb out of the boat and step onto the beach. There is a small tunnel carved into the cliff, and you enter it. The tunnel becomes pitch black, and you keep walking. You eventually emerge into a familiar courtyard. [[Continue->Start]]

(if: $n >= 3)[You wake up. You are in the same house, in the same chair, yet something feels wrong. You sit up and instantly feel a chilling wind. Your eyes quickly settle on an open window that is letting in the freezing air. It's strange, you don't remember the window being open before. As you make your way across the room to close the door, you suddenly trip and find yourself on the floor of the room, blood pouring out of your nose. You pick yourself up off of the floor and you find that the object you tripped over is a simple oil lantern. You pick it up, and something falls out of it. A map. A map of the maze. The map reveals that the maze is a circle 300 miles in diameter. The maze holds oceans, mountians, deserts, and forests. There are small towns scattered throughout the maze, such as the one you are in, and and there are hundreds of miles of roads between them. At the very center of the map is a courtyard. You turn the paper over, and on it you find a hastily written note. //If you are reading this, you found my life's work, a map of the maze that us both are trapped in. I thought I was alone here, until one day I met another human. I was overjoyed at first to find someone other than myself, until I realized what that meant. There are hundreds of us, maybe even thousands. Some of us die, but others such as me are cursed with invulnerability, and we can fall asleep and wake up somewhere else. If you are like me, do not fall asleep. This is how they keep you from escaping. Find the door. It will appear in the wall, or where you least expect it. I made another map, before this one, but I had to leave it behind. It is on an island. Take this lamp. Illuminate the darkness. Survive the fall. Escape.// You stand up and grab the lamp. You will find a way out. You have to. Suddenly, you collapse on the floor. You try to fight it, but you cannot. You feel yourself fading and you fall asleep. [[Continue->newstart]] (set: $hasLamp to true) ] (if: $n < 3)[You wake up in the same chair with a restlessness you cannot explain. You get up and leave the house. You run. You run through the cold and the snow, you run until you loose all feeling, until you loose all thought. You collapse into the snow. [[Continue->MemoryLoss]]]

You get to your feet and open your eyes. You are blinded, and it takes several minutes for your eyes to adjust. When they do, you see a courtyard. [[Continue->Start]]

You climb out of the boat and head back to the island. As you look around, youu see something that you didn't notice before. A park bench, looking out of place on the tiny island. Suddenly feeling tired, you sit down on it and close your eyes. [[Continue->Bench3]]

You wake up on a tiny island surrounded by an endless, calm ocean. The island is roughly 15 feet wide and made entierly of sand. You feel a crushing sense of despair as you realize there is no way to get off of the island. There is nothing. [[Continue->aaa]]

You wake up in the courtyard with the lamp and map still in your hands. The massive stone walls are destroyed and you can see a massive circular wall in the distance. The apple tree is on fire, and the bench is broken. There are two paths. Somehow you feel that this decision is the most important one you have made and will ever make. You must decide. [[Take the right path->Escape]] [[Take the left path->Death]]

You plummet through the air. [[Continue->rip2]]

You feel a sharp pain as you slam into the ground. Everything hurts. You scream in agony, and it is at that moment you realize that you are no longer unkillable. (text-style:"fidget")+(color:red)+(text-style:"shudder")+(text-size:2)[''GAME OVER''] [[Restart->Realstart]]

You turn around and start walking back the way you came. You walk for many hours, and soon you start to question if you are going anywhere at all. You stop and look around. The road you are standing on is paved with small stones, with a stone wall roughly fifteen feet high on each side covered in vines.. The surface of the wall is too smooth to climb, and the vine breaks off in your hand when you try to grab it. In frustration, you slam your fist into the wall. You expect it to hurt, but you feel nothing. With a sigh, you turn away from the wall and continue walking on. [[Continue->a]]

You open the door and ste through it. You emerge in the courtyard, still holding the lamp. However, the courtyard now appears completely intact. You turn around to see that the door you stepped through is gone. You fee//l// the crushing weight of desp//a//ir as you realize that what a//p//peared //t//o be y//o//ur only chance at esca//p//e has vanished. As you look arund the familiar courtyard, you see the two paths, the computer, the bench, and the tree. How are you ever going to escape? [[Continue->lastcourtyard]]

You are stuck inside a maze. Escape is impossible. You are in a small courtyard with an apple tree, a bench, and an old laptop. There are two paths into the maze, one to your right and one to your left. [[Sit down->Bench3]] [[Investigate the laptop->Computer2]] [[Eat an apple->Apple]] [[Take the right path->Path3]] [[Take the left path->Path4]]

You approach the old laptop. It is covered in a thin layer of dust, and you wonder if it will even turn on. You brush aside the dust, and time seems to slow down when you stare at the blank screen. You boot it up, expecting to see the same music video that this laptop always plays, however a message appears on the screen instead. (text-colour:red)+(text-style:"bold")[//Take the left path. Do not hesitate.//] You close the laptop and stand up. You know what you have to do. [[Move away from the laptop->lastcourtyard]]

You walk for some time, the lantern only illuminating the floor, until you reach a wall. The wall stretches farther out in every direction than the light you have, and there are two doors in the wall. Between them, there is a small plauqe with a short poem inscribed on to it. You hold the lantern up to it to read the words. //You stand before two doors, you have reached the end. One leads to your freedom, and one to where you began. Use caution and be thoughtful, be careful what you've done. For you may open either door, yet enter only one.// [[Open the door on the right->rightdoor]] [[Open the door on the left->leftdoor]]

You take a deep breath and open the door on the right. You instantly recognize what you see on the other side. Your memories instantly come back to you. You remember your life. You know that this door leads to your freedom. [[Examine the other door->next]] [[Enter the door->end1]]

You take a deep breath and open the door on the left. On the other side, you see a village inside of the maze. Unlike the village that you encountered, this one is full of people. You think back to the writing on the back of the map. From the start, you knew that you did not belong in the maze. However, you are an anomaly. Do these people know that they do not belong in the maze? You want to go through this door, tell them the truth, and help them escape, but you stop yourself. Your own freedom is at stake as well. If you step through this portal, you may never escape. You are torn between helping them and saving yourself. [[Examine the other door->next]] [[Enter the door->end2]]

You step through the right door to your freedom. [[Continue->end]]

You step through the left door back into the maze. [[Continue->end]]

(text-style:"tall")+(color:blue)+(text-size:3)[''Congratulations! You have beat the maze!''] Start a new game [[here->Realstart]] or read a cheat guide [[here->cheat]].

Welcome to a cheat guide that will teach you all you need to know in order to beat the maze in an instant! There are three different courtyards, and each one has different paths. Eating an apple will take you to the original courtyard, and investigating the laptop will take you to the second one. The bench will take you from courtyard to courtyard. For example, sitting down on the bench in the first courtyard will take you to the second courtyard, and sitting on the bench in the second courtyard will take you to the third. The left path in the second courtyard will take you to a door, and that will take you back to the first courtyard. After you have repeated that process three times, return to the original courtyard and take the right path. After this, choosing to stay in the house will trigger the sequence of events that leads to the end of the game. When you wake up in the destroyed courtyard, take the right path. Taking the left path will result in your death. When you step through the door, take the left path from there. The computer will tell you what path to take, and any other option will take you back to the first courtyard. After you take the left path, you will come to the door. If you turn back, you will be sent to the third courtyard. If you enter the door, you will win the game. [[Back->end]]