Pacman is an old arcade game which was created by Namco. This is my attempt at creating a game which looks and behaves similar to it.
The game has been implemented using OpenGL and the SDL and the SDL Mixer libraries. Due to this the game will run both on Windows and on Linux. It should run on other platforms too, which have support for the above libraries, but I haven't tested on any other platforms. If you do run it on any other Operating System please let me know. You will need all the libraries mentioned here to play/build the game. The windows package provides the required SDL libraries.
Here is one screenshot:
You can download the binaries or sources from the project page at sarovar.org.
The game of Pacman consists of a maze filled with small dots (pills), large dots (super pills), monsters (the dark things with red eyes) and pacman (the yellow thingie which we control). The main object of the game is to run around through the maze eating all the pills, while staying away from the monsters. If you run into a monster you die. If you eat a super pill then you gain super strength and the monsters can't eat you for a certain period of time.
Note: In the original game when Pacman ate the super pill, he/she/it was able to eat the monsters, this is not the case in this game.
If you eat all the pills you win.
Controls are the standard ones.
This program has been written by me: Rohit Krishna Kumar. I'm a Computer Science engineering student studying in CUSAT. This was supposed to be a small graphics mini project in our 7th semester. I'm relatively new to the world of OpenGL, so pardon the poor graphics. If you are interested in more about me you can look at my home page. If you want to send any comments to me about this or any other program of mine, feel free to contact me.
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