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Thanks, but it does not run by default on windows7, because it asks for directx12. To be very specific, I got this error message:

"DX12 is not supported on your system. Try running without the -dx12 or -d3d12 command line argument."

However, using simple human thinking, I managed to run the game anyway, by creating a shortcut file and appending -d3d11 to the end of the command line. You do not use any fancy graphical stuff that may really require directx12, so the game ran just fine without any problems.

You can add an automatic startup script to your next release for windows7 users by creating a simple text file, naming it for example "run.txt", then writing into it:

@Echo off
"%~dp0Mazex.exe" -d3d11

Then saving it, and renaming it to "run.bat".

The %~dp0 means the file path to where the "run.bat" script is, so it should be put exactly next to the Mazex.exe file. And be sure to leave the double quotes around "%~dp0Mazex.exe", just in case the file path contains spaces.

So, anyway, I managed to play it, and have some suggestions, about what you could improve. Sure I know that the game is still in a very early alpha phase, so you may be already working on these, but anyway I feel like writing it down xD

Please add and option to set the display speed of the text. I'm a rather fast reader, so I would prefer to increase it.

Please add an option to mute the typing sound effect while the text is displayed. For a while it feels cool that you are somehow trying to substitute voice acting with this by dynamically setting the pitch and the tempo of the same sound effect, but the more I hear it, the more I get tired of it, and it eventually gets annoying.

Please if you are adding more graphics options, also add settings to change the gamma and the brightness of the game, because it feels too bright for me.

The thing irritating me may be just some kind of bloom or depth of field effect what makes the environment overly shiny, but I rather think you are still not using these effects. In any case, if you add or already added bloom and depth of field effects, please give us an option to disable them.

I didn't really notice any motion blur effect, but I totally hate that evil thing, so if you add or added any of it, please make sure to let the players disable it.

Your shadow effects are okay, but with these simple visuals, I would prefer to turn off shadows, so please also add an on/off option for shadows.

Finally, I must say, that I totally got lost in your maze. You really should at least add a compass or something to help the user. Or maybe add there more enemies and do not make their corpses disappear, so at least I would know where I was once already.

Oh, and please add background music. It really gets very quickly lonely and boring to wander in your maze, so I have given up on it for now.

Anyway, thanks for the free game, and I wish you good luck developing it.

:)