After a short break, Maze Adventure is back with a juicy new version: v0.7.8. And this one doesn’t just bring gameplay changes — it comes wrapped in a retro-styled box, backed by a fictional publisher, and launched with its own 1980s-style commercial. Yes, really.
Let’s unpack it all 👇
🕹️ What’s new in v0.7.8
Gameplay-wise, this version lays a few strong foundations for what’s coming next. Here’s what’s new:
- 🎵 Background music finally arrives! A looping chiptune track now plays during gameplay. It’s the first time I’ve recorded the game with music.
- 👻 Patroller NPCs have been added — moving enemies that damage you on collision. They bring life and danger to the maze.
- 🧭 A level selection screen now exists, mainly for easier debugging (and for people who want to skip around).
- 🧠 Maze generation has improved with multi-path layouts, making each level more strategic and replayable.
- 📦 And perhaps most exciting for me: automatic multiplatform builds via GitHub Actions, providing downloadable binaries for:
- Linux (amd64)
- macOS (arm64)
- Windows (amd64)
🧪 I’ve tested the binaries on macOS and Windows — both work fine. I haven’t tested Linux yet 😅, but feel free to report any issues.
📦 The (fake) Collector’s Edition
To celebrate this release, I let myself go full nostalgic — and ended up designing a fictional box art for Maze Adventure, as if it were a 1980s video game.
🖼️ Here’s the box cover (yes, it’s ridiculous, and I love it):
It features:
- A mysterious astronaut exploring a colorful maze
- A label by the legendary (and entirely made-up) publisher Maurotron
- My childhood dream fulfilled: “Designed by Juanan Cid”
📺 The TV Ad (yes, really)
To complete the time-travel experience, I created an 8-second TV commercial, inspired by the fast-paced, hype-heavy ads from the 80s and 90s.
It has nothing to do with the actual game.
It’s just pure joy.
🎥 Watch the ad here →
🎬 And the real gameplay?
Of course. This is the actual gameplay update (v0.7.8) and what the game really looks and sounds like now:
▶️ Devlog 7 — Watch Maze Adventure with Music for the First Time:
💾 Download the game
You can find precompiled binaries for all major platforms (macOS arm64, Windows amd64, Linux amd64) on the GitHub Releases page.
If you’re on another architecture or OS and want a build — just open an issue or ping me on X.
🔧 Behind the scenes
This version took a surprising amount of effort — not just because of the features, but because of all the invisible pieces:
- Setting up GitHub Actions to build, test, and publish binaries per platform
- Fixing weird cross-platform bugs (especially Linux builds, which required a deep dive into
libasoundandX11) - Finding the right balance between nostalgia and nonsense for the fake assets 😄
But hey — now Maze Adventure has:
- Platform-specific binaries
- A (fake) cover
- A (fake) TV ad
- And real momentum for future updates
💬 Final thoughts
This project started as a fun playground to explore game development with Ebitengine and Go — and it still is. But somehow, it’s starting to feel like a real game.
If you’re enjoying the journey, follow me on X @juanancid — I post updates, screenshots, devlogs, and occasional nonsense there.
Thanks for playing — see you in the maze.
— Juanan
Walking the Stack 