MazeWalkGame

About

Pac-Man is Namco's 1980 arcade maze-chase game in which the player eats all the dots in a maze while avoiding four ghosts, using Power Pellets to briefly turn the ghosts vulnerable. MazeWalkGame is a dot-eating maze game the author describes as made for learning programming, playable in-browser via the Pyxel Web Launcher and controllable with a gamepad or keyboard. It has only one stage and no extra lives — the run ends the moment the player character is caught once.

How it differs from the original

Unlike Pac-Man, this clone has only a single maze/level and no lives system: getting caught by an enemy once ends the game immediately.

Getting started

Play directly in a browser through the linked Pyxel Web Launcher, using a gamepad or keyboard to move through the maze and avoid the four enemy characters, each of which moves differently.

History

The author describes making the game while reminiscing about nostalgic retro-gaming days, as a programming-practice exercise.

Known issues & limitations

• content: Only one level available.
• gameplay: No remaining lives after character is defeated once.

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