Zem

Help Zem!

All Zem wants to do is walk on and on, straight ahead without thinking. Sadly, Zem is walking through some pretty dangerous areas. 

Use your cursor to place blocks for Zem to maneuver to safety. Use special action blocks to make Zem perform actions.

Features

• 35 increasingly challenging stages
• 3 save files
• Customizable controls
• A fully featured stage editor for creating your own shareable levels becomes available after completing Stage 8.

How to Play

Use an onscreen cursor to pick up and place the limited blocks available in each stage to help Zem reach the exit.

Default for picking up and placing blocks is X on keyboard and A on Xinput controllers. Controls are fully customizable through in-game menu.

The stage editor will require the use of keyboard for some text input.

macOS Note

If downloading the macOS edition, you may have to execute additional steps to open the game. If you play many games on itch, you might be familiar with the workarounds. Sequoia and later versions have made this more difficult.

Credits

John D. Moore
Game design, programming, graphics, animation, sound design

Sound effects created with bfxr by increpare.

Fonts used:
Jots on Dots, Karen Bold (by Paul Spades), and Extra Thick (by VEXED, used under CC BY 4.0 license)

Stage clear fanfare by  Little Robot Sound Factory (used under CC BY 3.0 license)

Music by Eric Matyas
www.soundimage.org