Escape Road Game | HTML CSS JavaScript Project

Escape Road Game

Race to survive in Escape Road, an addictive browser game built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Steer your vehicle to dodge traffic, collect points, and outrun the rising speed. Ideal for portfolios, game experiments, or casual play right in the browser.

Key Features

• Smooth lane-based or free-movement steering using keyboard or touch
• Randomized traffic and obstacle generation for replayability
• Score tracking, high score persistence, and increasing difficulty
• Mobile-friendly controls and responsive canvas layout
• Lightweight code with canvas rendering and clean CSS for UI

How to Play

• Use arrow keys (← →) or on-screen controls to move the vehicle
• Avoid incoming cars, obstacles, and road hazards
• Collect score pickups if available to increase points
• Survive as long as possible — the speed increases over time

Why Build Escape Road?

Escape Road is a great small project for learning game loops, collision detection, random spawning, and responsive input handling in JavaScript. It’s perfect for beginner-to-intermediate developers who want to practice canvas rendering and performance-optimized animations.

The game is easy to integrate into personal websites, portfolios, or learning resources and encourages experimentation with AI opponents, power-ups, or level design.

Common Uses

• Add a playable demo to a developer portfolio
• Use as a coding exercise for learning canvas/JS game patterns
• Create themed versions for holidays or events (e.g., night mode, rainy roads)
• Embed into landing pages to increase user engagement
• Prototype advanced features like power-ups, leaderboards, or multiplayer

Tip: Add a gentle acceleration curve and visual speed lines for more sensation of speed and challenge.