HTML5's canvas element opened up a lot of possibilities. Early in its lifespan, it's usefulness in game creation was already obvious. While working at ePrize (now HelloWorld), this was something that I saw as obviously useful. This is something I wrote to help explore the possibilities of the new technology. While it never progressed beyond this proof of concept, I still think it's pretty cool.

Note that the barriers are generated randomly, so it’s possible for the map to spawn with the player (die) trapped in the corner. If that occurs, just refresh the page and it will re-generate everything.