Pac Ghost is an arcade style game similar to Namco/Midway's 1980s arcade classic, except now, you're in control of one of the ghosts, and it is your job to hunt down Pac-man before he can eat all of the dots in the maze.
Controls with WASD or arrows for the game, and the mouse for the menu.
The artwork for Blinky and Pac-man are derivative works from Namco's original sprites, albeit heavily modified to suit the game's retro-neon look.
I had a blast making this! It was my first Ludum Dare, and I had enough fun that I'm definitely gonna be here for the next one.
Impossible to catch pac-man as the ghost moves too slowly and has no abilities of his own to counter the classic power pill. Sound effects and graphics good but concept is weak.
Great minds think alike. Very good! Included many concepts I had to leave out. I thought the game was impossible too at first but then found out it's rather easy once you figure it out. :)
For all the Pac-man spinoff fangames I've seen (and made in one case!), it's weird but I don't recall ever seeing a switch to you controlling the ghost. It seems like the simplest twist you could do to Pac-man!
Decent implementation of the idea, and very pretty. I'd have given you full marks for graphics if Pac-man and Inky had been redone, the neon on everything else is lovely.
Very good game. It is difficult but that is something good in this kind of game. Great job!
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TaoPhoenix3 Sep 2015, 02:52
Hmm. Okay, I found the game quite easy and beat it within minutes. For those of you who find it difficult, your key is that you can "wiggle" the ghost and PacMan really doesn't, so you can box him in pretty easily. So He goes for the power pills too fast, then he's stuck with dots everywhere.
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Decent implementation of the idea, and very pretty. I'd have given you full marks for graphics if Pac-man and Inky had been redone, the neon on everything else is lovely.
Really liked this overall!
But brilliant concept!