Dark game searching for bright prerendered keys?? [The Yeerk Pool]

dumpsterac1d · Post by **dumpsterac1d** » Tue Feb 08, 2022 12:43 pm

This is like a feeling bubbling up, not sure what platform, but I get a sense that either it was first person or it didn't have a traditional recognizable character, I just remember a black background and a maze, where the keys were brightly colored and a sort of shadowed, pre-rendered 3D. There's not much else except I think I was good at it?

This was possibly around 1993-1997 or 1998. I had access to Windows 95, 98, DOS, Mac (whatever OS version was out around then), and probably rudimentary browser-based games. It could have been an educational game, could have been something I found on the internet, could have been on a friends' computer. I do know it was a computer game!

Any help would be super appreciated.

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Tue Feb 08, 2022 3:25 pm

Possible candidates, maybe too basic, not sure if there are keys to find:
Asylum or Asylum II.
Also a similar game for other platforms:
Hexan

At least there is something to build on; anything else to mention; any npc interaction or just 'escape the room' type maze?

dumpsterac1d · Post by **dumpsterac1d** » Tue Feb 08, 2022 3:29 pm

Thanks for the assistance, it was definitely later than those. Specifically these keys were definitely 2D but prerendered in 3D.

Not a lot of interaction, I remember it being super bland and basic but definitely had a vibe. Ineffable lol

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:41 am

A pure maze game: Escape the Labyrinth from 2018, way too late I know, but is this the type of gameplay and 1st person view your game had?

dumpsterac1d · Post by **dumpsterac1d** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:14 am

You know, the more I look at these the less I think it was 1st person. It feels more or less top down, but I don't remember what the character looked like.

Not a lot to go off of i know.

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:05 am

Hmm...full top-down is usually 2D, maybe it was isometric pseudo 3D or possibly a birds-eye view?
You usually have a view of your character or party with those views. And a maze would be difficult to make challenging if you get an overview.

dumpsterac1d · Post by **dumpsterac1d** » Sun Feb 13, 2022 9:49 pm

Oh my god I found it. I knew it was trash but wow.

https://animorphs.fandom.com/wiki/Yeerk_Pool_(game)

Rwolf · Post by **Rwolf** » Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:07 am

Thats a wierd one, thanks for the update.

Obligatory Mobygames link: The Yeerk Pool

I don't think I've heard of these books/characters - I was expecting a game with 'Morph' claymation in your link :-)