Think, Move, Win: The Maze Robot Escape Alibaba Cloud Web Game

This is a submission for the Alibaba Cloud Challenge: Build a Web Game.*

What I Built

I built Maze Robot Game, a fun and interactive browser-based puzzle game where players guide a robot through a maze to reach its goal. The game is built using React, TypeScript, and Vite, and styled with Tailwind CSS for a clean and responsive design. The goal is to combine logic and pathfinding with a simple, engaging UI that anyone can play in the browser.

Demo

👉 Live Demo: https://maze-robot-game.vercel.app/

👉 OSS deployed url: http://maze-robot-game.store

rajdhokai / maze-robot-game

A React-based interactive game where a robot navigates through a dynamically rendered maze. Built with Vite, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript for lightning-fast performance and modern styling.

🧠 rajdhokai / Maze Robot Game

🤖 Maze Robot Game

Maze Robot Game is an interactive browser-based puzzle game where you help a robot navigate through a maze to its goal!
Built using React, Vite, TypeScript, and styled with Tailwind CSS, it's designed for smooth gameplay and modern UI.

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🎮 Game Features

🧠 Maze Logic & Movement

• The robot moves through a grid-based maze.
• Players control movement with arrow keys.
• Logic prevents wall collisions and ensures valid paths.
• The structure allows for dynamic mazes in the future.

🎨 UI & UX

• Responsive and clean layout using Tailwind CSS.
• Smooth transitions and mobile-friendly controls.
• Designed for clarity and accessibility.

⚙️ Development Tools

• Built with Vite for lightning-fast HMR and builds.
• Code is modular and scalable with TypeScript.
• Uses ESLint and Prettier for clean, consistent code.
• Icon support with Lucide React Icons.

📦 Tech Stack

• React…

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☁️ Alibaba Cloud Services Implementation

✅ Object Storage Service (OSS)

OSS is ideal for hosting static sites. It’s fast, globally available, and straightforward to use.

How I used it:

• Built the game using npm run build.
• Uploaded the output files directly to an OSS bucket.
• Enabled Static Website Hosting on the bucket.
• Set index.html as the default entry file.
• Used an OSS-Accelerate endpoint for improved global performance.

🚀 Benefits

• 🌍 Extremely fast and low-latency static asset delivery
• 🧾 No server management or backend configuration required
• 🛠️ Easy setup and integration through the Alibaba Cloud Console

⚠️ Challenges

• 🔒 Regional restriction for some core services (like ECS), but OSS worked perfectly as a workaround.
• 📘 Slight learning curve around bucket policies and safely enabling public access.

🎮 Game Development Highlights

• 🔁 Dynamic Maze Logic: The maze is built with a scalable structure allowing for future upgrades like procedural generation or different difficulty levels.
• 🎯 Grid-Based Movement: The robot moves within a constrained grid, allowing intuitive navigation and potential for future pathfinding algorithms.
• ⚡ Built with Vite: Super-fast development and hot module replacement made the build process smooth and efficient.
• 🧩 Component-Based Structure: The project is organized into clean, reusable components, making it easy to maintain and expand.
• 🎨 Tailwind-Powered Design: Quick UI styling with Tailwind enabled responsive layout and a polished interface with minimal effort.