This is my attempt at a reverse PacMan game. You control the ghosts in an attempt to stop LS-MAN from stealing your pellets.
--- If you are having trouble selecting the ghosts, try the post-compo version. The only changes on that are the ability to hit numbers 1-4 to select specific ghosts. ---
Oh man, if we merged your pacman and my pacman, we would have the best reversed pacman ever :-)
I loved the idea of clicking the ghosts to select them. I think a mix of your control scheme and mine (click the ghost to select them, click for the destination, or control with the arrows) would be great.
Also, those voice sounds were just too adorable. The "nam nam nam" had me lolling at my chair!
Thanks for all the motivational posters!
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Cake&Code19 Dec 2012, 05:57
Haha, I had a list of games I knew people would role-reverse, and Pacman was most definitely on it!
I agree with Komradus, adding a button shortcut to select ghost would have been really great, it is hard to click them when they're moving. More often that not I won by accident while trying to direct a particular ghosty.
Nicely executed. Were it slightly easier to select the ghosts you could have put in the pill that makes LS man dangerous too. Perfect look and feel and idle movements of unselected ghosts is great.
An interesting idea, but uncomfortable to play. Ghosts are too little to hit; they automatically deselect when I direct them and get directed when I click another ghost. But I liked the controls. I remember playing a game where you control 3 police cars and have to capture the criminal. It shows that if you make a strategy game that relies on speed, you should make selecting and targeting as obvious and simple as possible.
Not nearly as much fun as pacman. The ghosts were had to select and control. Not really sure how it fits the theme. The graphics were the default pacman graphics, so I have to give you a low rating for graphics and innovation.
Hm... it was a bit laggy for me. :( For selecting - in many cases you could calculate distance to nearest item and "guess" that user wants to click on it... if mouse is not too far...
The ghosts are too hard to click on in order to control them. Really liked the concept, just needs to have larger ghosts so you can select them, or easier click-targeting or something.
The sound effects are great, so is the strategic component of choosing where each ghost should go.
Choosing the ghosts with the mouse is hard but you already fixed that. The only thing left is a really hard opponent so that the game requires some thinking (or just power pellets).
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I loved the idea of clicking the ghosts to select them. I think a mix of your control scheme and mine (click the ghost to select them, click for the destination, or control with the arrows) would be great.
Also, those voice sounds were just too adorable. The "nam nam nam" had me lolling at my chair!
Thanks for all the motivational posters!
I agree with Komradus, adding a button shortcut to select ghost would have been really great, it is hard to click them when they're moving. More often that not I won by accident while trying to direct a particular ghosty.
I hope you keep developing this!
I remember playing a game where you control 3 police cars and have to capture the criminal. It shows that if you make a strategy game that relies on speed, you should make selecting and targeting as obvious and simple as possible.
For selecting - in many cases you could calculate distance to nearest item and "guess" that user wants to click on it... if mouse is not too far...
Bad:
-It feels like there isn't too much reward for completing your goal.
-It seems a bit lacking in polish.
Good:
+Very nice control method.
+Epic opening whistle!
+Superb A.I.
Choosing the ghosts with the mouse is hard but you already fixed that. The only thing left is a really hard opponent so that the game requires some thinking (or just power pellets).