Troubleshooting

Updated 13 November 2026

Most problems with Infinite Maze come from browser audio rules, touch gestures being intercepted, or a very small viewport. Work through these checks in order.

No sound

• Make the first gesture. Browsers block audio until you interact. Click, tap or press a key once; music and effects start from that moment.
• Check the speaker button. If it shows a slash, sound is muted. Press M or click the button again — unmuting plays a short confirmation chime.
• Check the tab and the system. A muted browser tab, silenced device or connected headphones with no volume will beat any game setting.
• Try another browser. Web Audio is supported everywhere modern, but embedded webviews and some private modes are restricted.

Swipes do not move the player

• Start and finish the swipe on the maze itself, not on the HUD, the mode bar or the page below.
• Swipes need roughly 24 pixels of travel; short flicks can be ignored.
• Vertical page scrolling is normal outside the playfield; inside it, the maze captures the gesture.
• If the D-pad is missing on a hybrid laptop, tap the screen once — the game reveals it after the first touch.

Controls feel unresponsive

Movement is capped at roughly one cell per 70 ms with a deliberate easing; holding a key repeats only after a short delay. If the page has been in a background tab, it pauses itself to save battery, and resumes when you return. Click the game once to restore focus before using the keyboard.

Low frame rate

• Close other heavy tabs; the game renders at a fixed device-pixel cap of 2×.
• Very small windows trigger the "enlarge the window" prompt instead of an illegible maze.
• Reduced-motion settings remove easing and transitions, which also helps on slow devices.

The timer does not move

In every arena the clock waits for your first move — that is by design, so you can look at the maze before it starts. If you have not moved yet, the time and the drones are both frozen.

Progress disappeared

The game intentionally stores nothing between visits. A reload, a new tab or a mode change starts a fresh run at level 1. There is no account to sign into and no saved data to recover.