How to Play: use the cursor keys (up, down, left, right) to move the avatar in order to collect the cupcakes.

About: My thesis research is concerned with paths, mazes and in some respects how we navigate these spaces through rewards. I produced this simple flash game as a way of understanding navigation through the avatar. The path through the maze is essentially ‘hidden’ on  first playing, yet with practice the player is able to visualise where it is and how to retrieve the cupcakes. As the avatar is moved, its eyes change to the direction it is moved in, therefore giving visual clues as to whether it is possible to move up, down, left or right at certain points along the path.

The points add nothing to the game play, other than through the recognition of highscores and the social aspects of play. The points remain the same on each playing, there is no progression based reward for collecting points as the game never comes to a complete end.