A downloadable game for Windows and Linux


Description

Made for SAGE (Sonic Amateur Game Expo) 2021 hosted by Sonic Fan Game HQ.

Gameplay video:


Inspired by Pac-Man Arrangement.
Up to 4 Player Local Co-Op! Play with your friends.
Featuring:

  • 10 beautiful mazes
  • 6 funky tracks
  • 4 special power-ups
  • 1000+ pac pellets

....AND the NEW DASH MOVE! No power-up necessary.

  • The longer you charge it, the farther you'll go.
  • But don't be greedy because you only get 3 dashes - each on a cooldown.
  • Use it wisely to save your life


Controls:

ESC: Exit Game
F11: Toggle Fullscreen

Keyboard:

- ARROW KEYS: Move
- Z: Charge Dash
- X: Back

Controller:

- D-PAD: Move
- A: OK
- B: Back
- X: Charge Dash

Special Items:

Mirror: Create a mirror image of Pac-Man that can help you collect dots and eat ghosts?
Roller Skates: Give Pac-Man a temporary speed boost to outrun ghosts
Shield: Temporarily protect Pac-Man from all harm
Stop Watch: Stop the ghosts in their tracks!



Credits:

Programming:

  • John Blat (@frog_jb on twitter)

Art:

  • Stephen Bath
  • Colton Powell

Music:

Optionstest ( Main menu music ) by Colonel Sandwich (https://twitter.com/SandwichColonel)

DisFunkTional by ThatAndyGuy (https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/989543)

Rock Paper Funk Take Off by Broken Groove (https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/996469)

Don't Worry We've Got Warp Speed by Broken Groove (https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/992244)

Flyin Eggs in those Treetops by TeraVex (https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1059849 )
  Tropical Climate in the Control Room by Broken Groove (https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/989037)

Technical Details

- Created in C and SDL2 (libSDL2, libSDL2_ttf, libSDL2_image, libSDL2_mixer)

- Utilized The Pac-Man Dossier (https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3938/the_pacman_dossier.php?print=1)  as reference material

StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, Linux
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Authorjb_frog
GenreAction
TagsArcade, maze

Download

Download
PacManSDL-2021-08-20-Windows.zip 33 MB
Download
Pac-Man-SDL-2021-08-20-x86_64.AppImage 36 MB

Comments

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Big ups for offering an Appimage version of this!. Any chance we might see an SDL3 version of Mario Bros (1983)?.