Yazzie

About

Yazzie is a compact puzzle platformer where timing and clever routing matter more than brute force. You play a gold-hungry adventurer crawling through a spooky mansion’s interconnected rooms, each crammed with moving enemies, fire traps, and precarious ledges. The goal is simple: grab every gold bar without getting touched. One hit resets the level. Enemies patrol set paths and use ladders, forcing you to bait them into dead ends or time jumps between their movements. Special tools add variety, dig through dirt with a pickaxe, detonate explosives to clear rubble, or trigger bridges to cross gaps. Levels are small but dense, with passwords letting you pick up where you left off. The game’s charm comes from its retro pedigree and tight design. Originally a ZX Spectrum title that placed third in a 2019 competition, Yazzie retains the stripped-down intensity of old-school homebrew. Its lack of combat keeps the focus on evasion and brainy solutions. With ports on modern and vintage systems alike, it’s a quick but satisfying challenge for fans of precise platforming. The mansion’s eerie vibe and varied hazards ensure no two rooms feel quite the same.

Storyline

Take on the role of a care-free gold digger as he navigates a dangerous old mansion in search of untold treasures. Help the hapless hero as he finds gold, avoids deadly traps, and dodges the dangerous denizens of the mansion.