The Legendary Maze Windows game

The Backstory

The Inventor

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A once great man, whose name has been lost to time, now only known as the Inventor. At one time his ability was astounding, his works were sought after by all who heard of their greatness. He reveled in this, sharing the wealth he procured with his son and village. One day his son, a young man reaching adulthood at this point, approached him with a concept of an invention he wanted to see his father make. The inventor took this challenge, looking over the drawings and figures his son had made. There was little to alter from the design, and within a week his son’s idea came to life. It was something simple, a peddled machine to create flight. The inventor's son was eager to try out the creation, but his father warned it had not been tested. Ignoring his father, the boy took off in the machine, slowly gaining height. The people around the town looked on in shock at what was happening above them, many of them rushing to the temple to praise the gods.

Something happened that changed the Inventor's life. The rotating wheel that kept the machine lifted flew off, dropping his son to the ground. On that day, he was left without a son. He vowed to the gods he would never make another creation again.

The Gods

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The gods approached one another, something no mortal had heard of. The Norse, The Egyptian, The Greek, and even a few unheard of or forgotten gods gathered. They gathered for discussion, as some of them had procured something that they did not know what to do with. It was agreed that they could not keep it with them, as it would affect all of them and their people. That it needed to be protected from both mortals and immortals that could use it.

They fought for a seemingly endless amount of time on how to protect it. Some gods thinking to simply put it where no one could find it.Others saying they needed to create something to house it. One approached them, silencing their shouts and screams. The one brought forth a machine, one that could allow mortals to fly as if they were gods themselves. The one suggested to the others, why not allow the creator of this machine to build a machine for them to house what they had.

The Proposal

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The gods approached the inventor, finding him looking over the designs of the machine that robbed him of his son. They spoke to him, asking him to create a machine to keep something safe, that he could never see. The inventor declined the offer at first, stating he swore to never create another invention again. The gods had a proposal for him. They would return his son if he would make the machine. The inventor didn't hesitate. The gods gave him a month to design it, never once telling him what it would house.

The inventor came through with his end of the bargain, coming up with a machine to house whatever the gods wanted. It was an ever changing labyrinth of dungeons, tunnels, caves, rooms, and corridors. He showed the gods what he had designed, but told them he could not create it, as it was far beyond the scope of a mortal. The gods talked with one another and came to an agreement. They offered whatever he needed to build it, power, creatures, anything. The inventor accepted, knowing if the gods were this willing to give him anything in order to build this, it must be fairly important for them, and whatever they were hiding was of great importance to be hidden.

It took little time for him to finish it, as the powers he was granted made what would have taken him years take minutes.

The spread rumors

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The gods gave the inventor his son back, removing the memory of the maze from the inventor and the memory of death from his son. Things were back to normal for them. One of those days, the son stumbled upon his fathers' ideas for the labyrinth. He rushed to town, showing everyone at the taverns and wineries. He gathered a small group of people to search for his fathers' creation, taking more than 2 weeks to do so. They all went into the labyrinth to find what the gods had hid from the world. None survived.

The story of the inventors' labyrinth spread from tavern to tavern, enticing those who sought adventure, fame, glory, or simple riches. To this day you can hear the tails of this labyrinth, though the story changes with each telling.