21st Century Roguelike Pac-Man
Pac-Man was great in the 80s, but it doesn't quite match up to today's standards, so I added a couple of features that every modern game needs to have.
1. Instead of eating ghosts to defeat them, you now look at them and press the shoot button until their health reaches zero.
2. Game now has an open world and a minimap.
3. Pac-Man will die if his hunger meter runs out.
4. Core gameplay involves crafting, building, and mining.
5. Farming is an essential part of obtaining food.
6. Pellets can be used as currency to buy items at shops.
7. You can customize Pac-Man with cosmetic hats.
8. I added "Roguelike" to the name so that people will think it's good.
9. There is a boss fight that's just an evil version of Pac-Man.
10. Complete quests to get rewards and stop your quest log from overflowing.
11. Multiple endings.
12. Craftable weapons that break after a couple of uses.
13. Skills can be upgraded to trivialize the game's challenges.
14. Creature training mini-game with innovative turn-based combat.
15. Lots of emergent gameplay (bugs).
Credits
Pac-Man and all related assets are owned by Bandai Namco. This game qualifies as fair use due to being transformative and satirical.
Code and extra art were made by me.
Extra music is public domain tracks taken from OpenGameArt.org
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power pellets dont work
also turning corners quickly doesn't work
Please, I am very addicted to this game. I have been playing the same "map" for more than 8 hours, a lot of map discovery and completing missions. But I don't know how to use the "teleporter". I imagine I have to create waypoints to teleport, but I don't know how to craft them.
I just know that [SPOILERS]:
Can somebody help me?
PS. The game itself is wonderful :D
You can craft a waypoint using a gem and an iron block (wooden block + 2 iron)
Great idea for re invent a historic video game!
I gathered 1000 pellets and "win game" appeared but couldn't win. What can I do for that ending?
If you return to the beginning and eat all the pellets in the original stage, the ghost house will open and you can enter it to get the silver trophy.
Thanks! I really enjoyed the game! By the way, How can I use the teleporter?
This is "it's not the destination, it's the journey" personified. Amazing how much there is to do and how little you need to in comparison. (Although I'm guessing I'll have to if I want to see some other endings!) Fantastic work.
This thing is unironically good. I wanted to simply check it out and ended up playing it for good half an hour. And I intend to come back!
It is not just a parody (a very good one, in fact), it also remembers that it is a game that has to be fun. And it is! Challenging and fair, though getting some single, stray pellets may be slightly annoying at times. It is playable without download so I really don't see a reason as to why not give it a go.