Hermie’s Adventure

Name: Hermie's Adventure
Author: Tim Vasil

Coming soon to the App Store
iPhone
iPad

Hermie’s favorite ball is missing! Guide an adventurous Frenchie through colorful mazes packed with wildlife, hazards, traps, and surprises.

Hermie’s Adventure: The Soundtrack♫ Listen on Bandcamp →

Hermes, a grey French bulldog with pale blue eyes and big ears, grinning up at the camera on a lawn — The real Hermie — Hermes, officially — who inspired the whole thing.

Level 1, Palm Springs: Hermie in a hedge maze across a golf course, with sandstone walls, a pond, kibble, coyotes and a dove overhead — Level 1: Palm Springs, Escena.

How to play

Hermie is on a quest to catch the ball that somehow keeps getting away. He can find it at the end of the maze.

: Walk Swipe or drag a finger anywhere on the screen to walk him. Hold it down to keep going. A tiny flick just turns him to face that way.
: Bark Tap to bark. A bark goes pretty far and can make an enemy or barrier disappear.
: Kibble Walk past to eat them. Every hundred adds a life.
: Biscuit A biscuit treat is twenty points and adds life.
: Sticks and locked doors Hermie needs a stick to jimmy open a locked door. One is always somewhere before the door, and it’s used up once he opens it.
: Shoes and water Hermie doesn’t like getting his paws wet. Find the shoes and he can walk on water for the rest of the level.
: Bacon There’s a strip in every level. Pick it up, then tap the bacon button when you need it: fifteen seconds of zoomies. Hermie’s faster, nothing can hurt him, and anything he runs into is done for.
: Chasers Something prowls every maze’s corridors and comes after him. A touch costs a life, so bark first.
: Spitters A spitter glows, then spits down the corridor. Step out of its line, or bark it away.
: Sprayers Sprayers sit in corners and let loose every few seconds. Wait for the spray to stop, then run past.
: Blockers Something prickly or heavy often blocks a corridor. Bark it to pieces from where he stands.
: Flyers Flyers cross the whole maze in a straight line, over walls and barks alike. Just get out of the way. What they drop is worth five pellets.
: Stairs Bigger mazes have floors. Tap while he’s on the stairs to climb up or down. Step away and go back to use the stairs again. The way out is on the top floor.
: Lives Three lives to start, and never more than five.
: The way out The wall lit green on the right is the way out, and where you’ll find his ball.

Features

Fast, approachable maze gameplay with increasing difficulty. Four skills, from Puppy, where nothing can hurt him, to Hard, where the creatures hunt.
Distinct cities with unique scenery, wildlife, hazards, and music. Twelve of them, from Palm Springs to New York, five neighborhoods each.
Dynamic levels that change each time you play. Every maze is generated fresh as you reach it.
Dozens of enemies, obstacles, and surprises. Each city has its own: rats and cockroaches in New York, sea lions off San Diego, moose in Maine.
Multi-floor mazes for an extra challenge. From one floor to five, joined by stairs, with annexes only a flight of stairs can reach.
Power-ups and useful gear to discover. Shoes to cross the water, a stick to pick a lock, treats for a life back, kibble everywhere.
High-score challenges and replayable levels. Best scores kept for every skill, and any level you have reached is a tap away.
Colorful pixel-art environments.
Play in portrait or landscape. One thumb, a game controller or a keyboard.
No Wi-Fi needed. Once it’s downloaded, the whole game plays offline: on a plane, on the trail, anywhere.
No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. Just the full game.

Featured cities

Each of the 12 cities offers unique walls, ground cover, creatures, and music. There are 5 levels per city.

Austin6th Street · Barton Springs · Congress Avenue Bridge · Lake Travis · Rainey Street
BostonCentral Square · Charles River · Freedom Trail · Harvard Yard · South End
ChicagoLincoln Park · The Loop · Magnificent Mile · Northalsted · Wicker Park
Los AngelesBeverly Hills · Echo Park · Grand Park · Santa Monica · West Hollywood
MiamiBrickell · Downtown · Key Biscayne · Little Havana · South Beach
Mt. Desert IslandBar Harbor · Cadillac Mountain · Carriage Roads · Jordan Pond · Sand Beach
New York CityBroadway · Central Park · Grand Central · High Line · Times Square
Palm SpringsArenas · Escena · Hiking Trail · Palm Canyon Drive · San Jacinto
PortlandLake Oswego · Oregon Trail · The Pearl District · Pittock Mansion · Willamette Valley
San DiegoBalboa Park · Coronado Island · Hillcrest · Marina District · Point Loma
San FranciscoBay Bridge · The Castro · Embarcadero · Fisherman’s Wharf · Golden Gate Park
SeattleCapitol Hill · Pike Place · Queen Anne · Space Needle · Waterfront

Meet the real Hermie

Hermes lying flat on the carpet, legs stretched out behind him, beside a blue and yellow ball — Guarding the ball so it won’t get away.

Hermes in a blue harness on a desert sidewalk, a stick clamped in his teeth — Out patrolling Palm Springs.

Hermes standing on a sunny lawn holding a long branch in his mouth — Negotiating a good-sized stick.

Hermes stretched out on a black leather bench in front of a window onto a cactus garden — Keeping watch over the cactus garden.

Hermes lying upside down on a grey armchair, paws in the air — Off duty.

Hermes lying in a sploot on a lawn scattered with yellow blossoms, a stick between his front paws — Stick-n-splooting.

Hermes in a red harness on a gravel path, grinning, with a long string of drool — Drooling mid-adventure.

Tim on a grey sofa with Hermes curled in his lap — Relaxing with me after a fun day.

Game support

Something wrong, something you’d like, or something you need help with? Please let me know.

Privacy policy & guarantees

No accounts. Nothing to sign up for or log in to.
No ads. None, anywhere in the game.
No analytics or tracking. No usage data is collected, and you’re never tracked across apps.
No third-party code. Just the game and Apple’s own frameworks.
Nothing about you reaches me, except game support requests. The game collects no personal information.
Optional Game Center data sharing with Apple. Your scores and achievements go to Apple’s Game Center leaderboards under your Game Center name.
Everything else stays on your device. High scores, the level you reached, the skill you last chose and the sound setting. Deleting the app removes them.