Accessibility · 3D maze · audio perception · voice control

Blind 3D Maze Sound Game

Navigate a random 3D maze by voice, scan real 3D shapes, letters, and numbers, then identify blockers before passing.

This prototype is designed for a blind player. Audio is the main interface: empty air is silent, surfaces make clean tones, and raised 3D strokes or shapes can be scanned with a pointer. The maze stays stable between commands so each position can be compared by sound.

Open Game Quick Start How It Works

Audio-firstSilent empty space, clean surface tones.

Ranked hidden modeOrdinary mode by default; hidden mode to rank.

Scannable 3D levelsShapes, raised letters, numbers, mixed challenges.

Prototype game

Voice Maze Scanner

Press Start Audio, then Start Voice Commands. Move by voice, scan local 3D surfaces, identify the obstacle, and continue through a solvable maze. The game stays audio-first, but the visual UI is clearer for testing, presenting, and debugging.

Identified 0

Step 1 Start Audio

Audio is silent until activated by the user. Use Tab then Enter, a screen reader, or the visible button.

Step 2 Move and scan

Say “move forward”, “turn left”, “scan center”, or use keyboard controls.

Step 3 Identify blocker

Correct identification removes the obstacle and opens the path.

Ranking Hidden mode only

Ordinary visual mode is for practice. Only clean hidden-mode runs are ranked.

Default Ordinary mode

Visual helpers visible. Good for learning and demonstrations. Practice scores only.

Ranked Hidden mode

Hide visual helpers and solve by audio/voice/keyboard to qualify for leaderboard ranking.

Audio Clean scan tones

No background noise when aiming at empty air. Objects use local surface signatures.

Level Level 1 Simple shapes

Player Column 1, row 7 Facing east

Front Open corridor Ready

Objective Reach exit Identify blockers first

Game controlsAudio-first controls with sighted practice helpers

Start

Level

Start at level

Movement

Sound

Sound mode Scan mode

Maze scanner3D viewport and live sound/readout panels

Ordinary visual practice

Voice: start level zero · edge mode · mark this place · hidden mode to rank

Live feedback

Audio-first state and visual helper map.

MazeRandom maze

Position—

Facing—

Front cell—

Goalnorth-east exit

Scan hitNo

Distance—

Frequency—

Pointer50%, 50%

Voice heardOff

Moves0

Wrong0

Scans0

Hints0

Score0

ModeOrdinary

TrainingReal maze

MemoryNone yet

KeyNo key

PlayersRegister, submit, and rank clean hidden-mode runs

Tournament

Register a player name, keep points, and compare daily scores. The game starts in ordinary mode. To appear on the ranked leaderboard, switch to hidden ranked mode before playing.

No player registered

Player name

Hidden ranked mode

Ordinary mode is active. Visual helpers are visible for learning/testing. Switch to hidden ranked mode to qualify for the ranked leaderboard.

Only clean hidden-mode runs are ranked. Ordinary-mode scores can be submitted as practice, but they stay out of the ranked leaderboard.

Daily rank—

Register or refresh to load scores.

Audio mapping: empty air is silent. Closer surface = higher/brighter tone. Shapes have face/edge/curve/tip signatures. Letters and numbers are raised 5 by 7 block characters: raised strokes make tone, gaps are silent.

Silent empty spaceNo background noise when aiming at nothing.

Stable positionsThe maze rests between orders for comparison.

Front-face character scanLetter/number backs block scan to avoid reversed reading.

Obstacle disappearsCorrect identification clears the cell.

Command guide

The game does not repeat the spoken order. It gives short confirmations only, so the microphone does not re-record the page’s own voice.

Keyboard: W / A / D · Shift + arrows scan

move forward turn left turn right scan center identify cube identify A identify number 3 where am I start level two next level new maze help register player Alice submit score leaderboard hidden mode ordinary mode

How the maze teaches 3D form

1. Random maze

Each level builds a new 3D maze from wall blocks, corridors, and randomly placed obstacles. Level 1 uses real 3D primitive shapes. Level 2 uses raised 3D alphabet characters made from block strokes. Level 3 uses raised 3D numbers. Later levels mix letters, numbers, and shapes.

2. Voice navigation

The player says move forward, turn left, turn right, or turn around. The camera moves one cell at a time.

3. Continuous sonar

The scan pointer sends a ray into the 3D scene. Empty air is silent. On surfaces, a clean continuous tone changes with distance, face, curve, edge, cap, and tip position.

4. Shape gate

A 3D obstacle in the next cell blocks movement until the player identifies it, for example “identify pyramid”, “identify letter A”, or “identify number 3”. Each obstacle has restricted identification sides. For alphabet and number obstacles, only the raised front face produces sound; the back side is silent and blocks identification. The solution path is generated so required characters face the route approach.

5. Mental mapping

The player learns the maze by comparing fixed positions, turns, distances, walls, and shape signatures.

6. Accessible fallback

Everything works with keyboard buttons too: W/Up to move, A/Left and D/Right to turn, Shift+arrows to scan.

Future upgrades

Add French voice commands and bilingual shape names.
Add headphones mode with richer stereo panning for left/right corridor detection.
Add downloadable lesson packs: raised 3D alphabet only, raised 3D numbers only, geometry only, and mixed mazes.
Add uploaded `.glb` objects from your Image → 3D generator as maze obstacles.
Score, moves, wrong answers, hints, scan count, mark/return, key object, memory list, Level 0 training, player registration, daily leaderboard, tournament scoring, ordinary default mode, and hidden ranked scoring are now implemented.
Add haptic controller vibration for wall distance and object contact.