Pacman

A recreation of the arcade game "Pacman" with rust and the bevy engine.

Despite its age and appearance, Pacman was a quite complex game. Therefore, this project aims to battle test bevy.

Play the latest WASM build (last updated December 3, 2024)

(Use WASD or arrow keys to control pacman. Click into the canvas if it's not working)

State of the game

The game is on version 1.0.0. As I implemented every feature listed in the pacman dossier (as far as I can tell), I consider the game feature complete.

There are still other things one can do, like:

• the main menu, with an introduction to all ghosts
• level transition cutscenes
• persisted high scores
• bugs from the original game, like Pinky cannot walk upwards or the "death screen"
• a new WASM build (would require an update of asset preload first)

The game was also designed (and therefore overengineered) with a map editor in mind (or at least custom maps). Maybe this will come to fruition one day.

Main resources

• the great pacman dossier: (multiple links, because this beautiful article gets nuked frequently)
  • https://pacman.holenet.info
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20220118071921/https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/the-pac-man-dossier
• the game in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CbyAk3Sn9I
• longplay until the game glitches out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuoH0vz3Mqk

Font

• Press Start 2P Font: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Press+Start+2P

Sound

Thanks to all these nice people for providing the sound effects:

• all in one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPjEhbRFTUk (contains cutscene in good quality)
• start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwyAwPLHqnM
• waka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPv04IRMjiA
• siren 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGluoDwbWJs
• siren 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2FnGBJ1jo4
• fruit eaten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hXMlrXdkrk
• ghosts scared: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGCz6Zbjuuo
• ghost returns to house: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJtnQasS5ak
• ghost eaten: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hwM76RZ77ZE
• pacman dying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxSj2T2vx7M
• highscore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO9x-jQ5WCA

Downloaded with yt-dlp

Did some cutting with LosslessCut and https://mp3cut.net

(Tip: Don't even try to download the sounds from other sides than YouTube. The quality is trash and the tracks are incomplete)