Pac Ghost by zagony

made by zagony for LD33 (COMPO)

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.

-zagony

Web	https://www.dropbox.com/s/p1so95rri0d94yz/Web.html?dl=0
Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/r9t09nly8296gmu/PacGhost-Windows.zip?dl=0
OS/X	https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvuj9wzvz30vwjg/PacGhost-OSX.zip?dl=0
Linux	https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4hp1e4p4g9cwwg/PacGhost-Linux-x86.zip?dl=0
Source	https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bb0wusp8buw5uj/PacGhost-Source.zip?dl=0
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=57513

Ratings

Coolness	28%	1981
Overall	3.29	322

Audio	2.53	541
Fun	2.88	570
Graphics	4.00	100
Innovation	3.07	416
Theme	3.63	313

Feedback

jorgemoag

24. Aug 2015 · 12:08 UTC

hahaha very nice! it's very original

TackoramaLtd

24. Aug 2015 · 19:40 UTC

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.

drakekin

25. Aug 2015 · 10:38 UTC

Neither the web link nor the embed version work on Chrome 44/Windows 8 :(

dsoft20

26. Aug 2015 · 09:39 UTC

Very well executed reverse-pacman :D.

Novaki

26. Aug 2015 · 09:43 UTC

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. :)

NAL

26. Aug 2015 · 09:45 UTC

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.

Really liked this overall!

JoseArias

27. Aug 2015 · 19:00 UTC

Very good game. It is difficult but that is something good in this kind of game. Great job!

TaoPhoenix

03. Sep 2015 · 02:47 UTC

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.

But brilliant concept!

ZNCatlaw

13. Sep 2015 · 03:26 UTC

HA HA HA! The hunter has become the hunted, but who will survive! I think this could also be really neat with more than one player.