You don’t have to publish a collection to see your work in the game. Maze Design Mode lets the game load your live, unpublished mazes — your latest edits, exactly as they are in the editor — so you can playtest before submitting a collection for review.
This is the recommended way to check your mazes while a collection is in Draft, Modified, or Pending Review.
Why this exists: Publishing requires administrator approval. While you wait for approval — or before you submit at all — Design Mode gives you a private preview of your own content without affecting what other players see.
How it works
In Design Mode, the game identifies itself with a device code (a unique ID generated by the game). Once you’ve registered that code in the Maze Editor, the game fetches your unpublished collections instead of the published catalog. No publish step required.
There are three one-time-ish steps, then a simple reload loop while you iterate.
Step 1 — Register your test device
Each install of the game generates its own persistent Device ID.
- In the game, open the Credits screen — your Device ID is displayed there.
- Copy the Device ID.
- In the Maze Editor, open the user menu (top-right avatar) → Test Devices.
- Click to add a device, paste the Device ID into the code field, give it a recognizable label (e.g. “My iPad”, “Dev laptop”), and register it.
You only need to do this once per device. (If you ever reinstall the game, it generates a new Device ID — just register the new one.)
Step 2 — Switch the game to Design Mode
In the game:
- Open Settings.
- Find the Mode option and change it from Game to Design.
While Mode is set to Design, the game requests your live unpublished content instead of the published catalog. Switch it back to Game at any time to return to the normal published experience.
Step 3 — Reload after each change
This is the iterate-and-preview loop:
- Make a change to a maze or collection in the Maze Editor and save it.
- In the game, reload the mazes.
- Your change appears immediately — no publish needed.
Repeat as often as you like. Every reload pulls the current state of your collections straight from the editor.
When you’re ready to go live
Design Mode is only a preview for you and your registered devices — it never changes what the public sees. When your collection is ready for everyone:
- In the Maze Editor, open the collection and click Submit for Review.
- An administrator reviews it and approves it for publishing.
See your collection’s status badge in the editor for where it stands: Draft → Pending Review → Published.
Troubleshooting
- The game still shows published mazes. Confirm Settings → Mode is set to Design, then reload the mazes.
- My latest edit isn’t showing. Make sure you saved the change in the editor, then reload the mazes in the game. Design Mode always serves the most recently saved version.
- Nothing loads in Design Mode. Check that the Device ID from the game’s Credits screen exactly matches the code registered under Test Devices in the editor. Re-copy it if in doubt.
- I reinstalled the game and Design Mode stopped working. A reinstall generates a new Device ID — register the new code under Test Devices.
