How to play the 3D maze
- Tap the screen to start. You will see the maze through your own eyes: the walls get closer and farther as you move.
- Use the joystick (or the keyboard arrows) to move forward, back and turn. The minimap at the top right helps you get your bearings: it is drawn as you explore and marks your position with a yellow arrow.
- Look for the green exit portal, which is always at the farthest point of the route. When you reach it you move up a level, and the next maze is bigger and has more monsters.
- The monsters chase you slowly through the corridors and bite when they catch you. Aim with the crosshair in the center and press the fire button: the shot is instant.
Tips for not getting lost or caught
All the mazes are perfect: they have no loops and no isolated areas, so between any two points there is exactly one path with no backtracking. That means no dead end is deceptive: if you reach one, go back to the last fork. A classic rule always works: keep to one wall (for example, the right one) and follow it with your eyes; sooner or later you pass through the whole maze, including the exit.
The monsters are much slower than you, but they wake up when you are close and never give up. The best thing is to take them out from far away: get into a straight corridor, wait for them to turn the corner and shoot when they are in the center of the crosshair. The blue ones take more than one shot and show up on the high levels. Each monster you defeat scores 100 points, and when you exit you get a bonus for the level and for speed.
When you move up a level you recover part of your health, but not all of it: health is the resource that matters most. If you get bitten, back off a few steps and shoot: the monster is stunned for a moment after biting. The whole game is calculated in your browser and only your best score is saved on your device.
Things to keep in mind
- It is a simple raycasting engine of our own, like the first first-person games: the walls are straight, on a single floor, and the monsters are drawn as flat figures that always face you.
- The image is deliberately drawn at low resolution so it runs smoothly even on modest phones; if the device falls short, the game lowers the resolution by itself. There is no sound.
- Your best score is saved only in this browser. On a phone, the joystick and the fire button can be used at the same time with two fingers; the game pauses by itself if you switch tabs or apps.
Frequently asked questions
How do I play the 3D maze on a phone?
With your left thumb you move the joystick: up goes forward, down goes back and sideways turns. With your right thumb you press the fire button. You can use both at the same time.
How do I find the exit?
It is a green portal that you can see in the distance when it is in view and that shows up on the minimap as soon as you have seen it. It is always at the point farthest from where you start.
Can I play with a keyboard?
Yes. Arrow keys or W and S to move forward and back, left and right arrows (or Q and E) to turn, A and D to strafe, space or F to fire and P to pause.
What do the monsters do?
They chase you through the corridors at a lower speed than yours and, if they catch you, they take a bit of health with a bite. If your health reaches zero, the game ends.
Why does the image look pixelated?
It is on purpose: the game draws at low resolution and scales it up, which gives it the look of classic games and lets it run well on modest phones.
Is my best score saved?
Yes, in this browser. It is not sent to any server and your score is not recorded: all that is counted is that you finished a game, with none of your data.