Mario Maze Muncher

Android app · signed APK · 2.0 MB · one file works on a TV and on a phone

This button always serves the newest build. The address never changes, so it is safe to share: amber-tassel-rhgz.here.now

Install on an Android TV

Install Downloader by AFTVnews from the Play Store on the TV.
Open it, type the address above, and pick the APK file.
Allow installing from unknown sources when asked.
Launch Maze Muncher from the TV home row.

Install on a phone or tablet

Tap the download button above, then open the file from your notifications or Downloads.
Allow installing from unknown sources for your browser when asked.
The app appears in your app drawer.

Version 1.0.2 fixes the TV build. Android TV has no Chrome, so 1.0.0 fell back to a plain browser: a URL bar, a mouse pointer, and a D-pad that moved that pointer instead of the game. 1.0.1 runs the game in its own full-screen view with no browser chrome. 1.0.2 also declares the INTERNET permission, which 1.0.1 omitted — with no browser to borrow the connection from, that build could not load the game at all and showed “Webpage not available / net::ERR_CACHE_MISS”. Install it over the old one — same signing key, so Android upgrades it in place and the saved records are kept.

Updating it

There are two layers, and only one of them ever needs your attention.

Game content updates by itself. The app loads the live game, so new stages, fixes and tuning appear in every installed copy as soon as they are published — there is nothing to download. When a new build is detected, the game shows a "A new build is ready" bar with a Reload button; tap it, or simply close the app and open it again.
The app shell changes rarely. Only a new icon, banner, TV declaration or permission needs a new APK file. When that happens, download it again from this page and install it over the old one — it is signed with the same key, so Android upgrades it in place and keeps the game's saved records.
Because the app is installed from a link rather than a store, Android cannot update it silently the way a Play Store app updates itself. If you ever want true background updates, the app would need to be published on Google Play (a one-off developer account and a review).

If it ever looks like an older build: close the app completely and open it again. The first launch after an update swaps in the new version. If it still looks old, open the game in a browser once, or reinstall from the button above.

Playing it

TV: the D-pad steers, OK starts, the media play/pause key and Back pause, and OK fires a bomb while a mushroom charge is live (the count is shown at the bottom left). The maze keeps a 5% margin so the edge of the screen never cuts it off.
Phone: drag anywhere on the board to steer, tap to start, two fingers or the pause button at the top right to pause. The bomb button sits at the bottom left and fills up when you eat a mushroom. Hold the phone in landscape.
Ten stages, an original chiptune soundtrack. The same build runs in a browser at bright-pocket-ppx8.here.now.

What it is

Signed, so Android installs it without complaints.
Declares a Leanback launcher activity and a TV banner, so it appears on the TV home row instead of hiding.
The website publishes a Digital Asset Links file for this app's signing certificate, so Android runs it full screen rather than in a browser tab with a URL bar.
Version 1.0.2 · package com.superfunrchme.mariomazemuncher
SHA-256 of the current build (verify your download): 51a885e92090a33c638ece0a2ad675f22a5cc9a965d0c4bb248f89b0496e218c