It's like good ol' pacman. But with only one level. Sounds boring? Appearances are deceptive!
In every round the rules get bend. And in the end... its absolutly not like pacman.
How to start: - if you have a relative up-to-date webbrowser use the web link - for desktop version (running on Windows, Linux, MacOSX, ...) install Java (jre) and start with: "java -jar ld31-nyup-4.jar"
How to play: - use wasd / arrow keys to move - press enter or space to restart lost level - if there are too many ghost to win a level, try to get rid of them hint: you can eat ghost under special circumstances
Level 0 - Classic pacman. · mostly classic pacman rules · get all coins, ghosts will kill you · eat mushrooms and you can eat ghost (8 seconds long) · green beans will boost your speed for a second Level 1 - Classic Pacman. Difficulty++ · same as level 0, except a litte bit harder Level 2 - Attention! Attention! · beware of the lasers! contact will kill you instantly Level 3 - Goal! · go to the goal in the middle of the map Level 4 - I need energy! · you have 25 health (see top left status line) · you lose one health point every second · get energy to get healthier (energy? laser!) Level 5 - Secret key! · get the red key to shutdown the red laser · then get the yellow key for the yellow laser · go into the goal Level 6 - 42 · collection exactly 42 coins · go into the goal Level 7 - 20 Step to Haven · you die on step 21 · go to the goal · use a secret "door" in the wall left to the goal
Interesting, but it gets into a lot of situations where it's nigh impossible to proceed, like 4 ghosts clustered around the last dots and refusing to budge.
Interesting take on a classic. I always like it when people get the classic and try to find ways to improve them. With a bit more polish I feel like the experience would of been more fun. Good Work!
@AgentParsec: Yeahh, the ghost movement is bad, and thats a problem. But did you know, that you are able to kill ghost? This helps, at least in most situations.
Even from the outset, the movement is fluid enough to make you feel like you are in control of PacMan. Good take on the theme, I did have to ragequit not very far in though.
Enemies moves randomly, so sometimes its impossible to proceed. The sound is awful especially when have lot of lasers at the same time on the screen. Very challenging
Got through the 7 levels. Nice concept! You could have made us explore the level a little more.(I nearly never went to the right of the screen...) The controls were fluid too.
A suggestion: you can do small changes to the pitch (up and down) to make a variation of the sounds (you can do that with audacity, it is very easy), so it wouldn't be so difficult to hear a sequence of them. You can also limit the maximum number of sounds you play at the same time, for example the lasers.
Good work - very interesting. But I'm not so keen on those controls - feels a bit "floaty and imprecise" to me. Maybe it's just because I know the original controls too well ;)
Great game. Controls are a bit weird on mobile (Kindle Fire) so I didn't get very far (Level 3). The ghost AI should be more predictable and less random. But nice game overall.
Ah. I got stuck on level 6. Didn't figure it out. I saw a coin that was in an inaccessible place and gave up :P
Nice concept, although the laser sound effect should really be much shorter if you wanted to set it off so many times, because when they overlap and become much louder it's a little annoying...
Also the idea that lasers gave you health in that one level was a little too cryptic. I beat it but I didn't even know that happened. A sound effect would have helped, because I still had to mindset of "laser's kill me". I ended up beating it because I was lucky and the lasers never blocked my path
Lots of levels