A thrilling 3D maze adventure where you collect pellets while avoiding intelligent AI ghosts in dynamically generated mazes!
Navigate through procedurally generated 3D mazes as a blue sphere, collecting yellow pellets while being hunted by colorful AI ghosts. Use power-ups strategically to survive and achieve the highest score possible!
- Collect all yellow pellets in the maze to win
- Avoid getting caught by the AI ghosts
- Survive with your 3 lives and achieve the highest score
- Open
index.htmlin your web browser - Adjust maze settings if desired (size, type, camera angle, brightness)
- Click "Start Game" to begin your adventure
- Use WASD keys to navigate through the maze
- W - Move Forward (North)
- A - Move Left (West)
- S - Move Backward (South)
- D - Move Right (East)
- SPACEBAR - Activate Dash (speed boost for 3 seconds)
- V - Activate Overhead View (top-down perspective for 7 seconds)
- Q - Manual Respawn (after death - press to respawn with protection)
- R - Reset Camera Angle to default
- Start Game - Begin a new game session
- Reset Game - End current game and return to menu
- Regenerate Maze - Create a new maze layout (only when not playing)
- Angle Control: Adjust viewing angle from 0° (top-down) to 90° (side view)
- Automatic Angle Setting: Each maze type has an optimized default camera angle
- Brightness Control: Adjust lighting from 0.1 to 3.0 for better visibility
Choose from three distinct maze generation algorithms:
-
Perfect Maze
- Classic maze with one unique path between any two points
- Optimal camera angle: 50°
- Best for strategic gameplay
-
Imperfect Maze
- Multiple paths with loops and shortcuts
- Optimal camera angle: 50°
- Allows for more tactical movement options
-
Pac-Man Style Maze
- Open corridors with strategic barriers
- Optimal camera angle: 65°
- Fast-paced gameplay with clear sight lines
- Adjustable from 5x5 to 25x25 grid
- Larger mazes = more challenge and longer gameplay
- Default: 10x10 for balanced experience
- Activation: Press SPACEBAR
- Effect: 50% speed increase for 3 seconds
- Cooldown: 12 seconds
- Strategy: Use to escape from ghosts or quickly traverse open areas
- Activation: Press V key
- Effect: Switch to top-down view for 7 seconds
- Cooldown: 20 seconds
- Strategy: Get your bearings and plan optimal routes
- Appearance: Large golden spheres
- Effect: Activate "Power Mode" for 8 seconds
- Power Mode Benefits:
- Ghosts turn blue and become vulnerable
- Eat ghosts for bonus points (200, 400, 800, 1600...)
- Ghosts respawn after 15 seconds
- Brightness automatically decreases if you don't collect pellets
- Starts after 3 seconds of no pellet collection
- Decreases by 0.2 every 3 seconds (minimum 0.1)
- Reset by collecting any pellet
- Creates urgency and prevents camping
- Red Ghost (Chase): Uses advanced A* pathfinding to hunt you directly
- Pink Ghost (Scatter): Uses heuristic movement with some unpredictability
- Cyan Ghost (Ambush): Employs BFS pathfinding for strategic positioning
- Orange Ghost (Random): 70% player-seeking, 30% random movement
- Normal: Full speed hunting behavior
- Frightened: Slower, blue color, vulnerable during Power Mode
- Eaten: Returning to spawn point at high speed
- Respawning: Temporarily inactive after being eaten
- Duration: 1.5-2.7 seconds after game start
- Effect: Ghosts move slower and less aggressively
- Purpose: Gives you time to get oriented
- Regular Pellet: 10 points
- Power Pellet: 50 points
- Ghost (during Power Mode):
- 1st ghost: 200 points
- 2nd ghost: 400 points
- 3rd ghost: 800 points
- 4th ghost: 1600 points
- Start with 3 lives
- Lose a life when caught by a ghost
- Game over when all lives are lost
- Manual Respawn: After death, press Q to respawn with 3 seconds of protection
- Learn the Layout: Use Overhead View (V) to memorize maze structure
- Corner Safety: Ghosts have trouble with tight corners - use this to your advantage
- Dash Timing: Save Dash for emergency escapes, not general movement
- Save for Crowds: Use when multiple ghosts are nearby for maximum points
- Chain Eating: Try to eat multiple ghosts during one Power Mode
- Safe Zones: Know where you can retreat when Power Mode ends
- Bait and Switch: Lure ghosts into dead ends, then escape with Dash
- Brightness Management: Collect pellets regularly to maintain visibility
- Camera Optimization: Use the optimal angle for your chosen maze type
- Respawn Protection: After pressing Q to respawn, you have 3 seconds of safety
- Ghost Patterns: Learn individual ghost behaviors to predict their movements
- Power-up Cycling: Manage cooldowns - don't waste power-ups when others are available
- Maze Type: Choose your preferred algorithm
- Maze Size: Adjust difficulty with grid size
- Camera Angle: Set viewing perspective (auto-optimized per maze type)
- Brightness: Adjust lighting for comfort (auto-maximized after you start a game)
- Score: Current points earned
- Lives: Remaining life count
- Pellets: Collected vs. Total
- Power Pellets: Collected vs. Total
- Active Ghosts: Number of ghosts currently hunting
- Power-up Status: Cooldowns and active effects
- Pellet Collection: Yellow sparkles
- Power Pellet Collection: Golden burst
- Power Mode Activation: Blue energy effect
- Ghost Eaten: Gray explosion
- Player Hit: Red impact effect
- Automatic Adjustment: Lighting optimized for each maze type
- Brightness Decay: Visual feedback for pellet collection urgency
- Power Mode: Enhanced lighting during special states
- Collect all pellets in the maze
- Achieve the highest score possible
- Survive with remaining lives for bonus satisfaction
- All 3 lives lost to ghost encounters
- Must restart to try again
- Procedural Generation: Every maze is unique
- Multiple Strategies: Different approaches for each maze type
- Score Competition: Challenge yourself to beat your high score
- Mastery Curve: Advanced techniques reward skilled players
Developed by Aran Gain, Nairan Zargar, Shuja Waraich