Pacman

This is an advanced version of the famous Pacman game.

This is also a process of me learning Pygame.

Here I'm going to introduce how the game's played and a bit of its inner workings

Structure

• A maze map and its food based on a text file
• A 16 x 16 grid map
• A 592 x 592 map
• Player (Pacman)
• Ghosts (Red and Purple)

Text file to map

• | means an apple (later description)
• A star means a wall

It allows users to make their own map.

Sprites

Pacman (user-controlled)

Red Ghost (follows and chases Pacman)

Purple Ghost (teleports to Pacman)

Levels

• Level 1: one ghost (red only)
• Level 2: two ghost (red and purple)
• Level 3: two ghost but faster

Controls

W, A, S, D --> up, left, down, right

Win and Lose

• Win: Get a total of 250 points

• Lose: Be touched by a ghost

How to get points?

By eating food

• apple: 2 points
• pellets: 1 point

What to install to run the game

• Python 3.10+

• Pygame

pip install -r requirements.txt

To run the game

python pacman_chasing.py

File description

• pacman_chasing.py: the game's main file
• map2.txt: the map
• pacman.png, wall.png, red_ball.jpg, food.png, ghost.png, ghost(2).jpg: The Pacman, the wall grid, the apple, the pellet, the red ghost, the purple ghost respectively

My progress

This is a project I made while learning Pygame. Hope this game is enjoyable to others to play. I'm proud of the progress I made in my journey in game design.

AI Implementation

Disclaimer: This project is 100% made by me, completely on my own. However, I did ask AI for advice for specific numbers, such as color scale (styling), sizes of the start and end menus, fonts etc.. Generated the .gitgore file, if that counts.

Future possible improvements

• Add a feature that connects an AI to generate a new map everytime
• Add special effects when eating or when ghost teleports
• Make better UI and graphics with Godot.
• Save high scores for individual users.
• Add lives so that players won't instantly die.

Conclusion

This is a really fun game I made, I had a lot of fun making it and hopefully everyone can enjoy it too. This project has broaden my horizons on game design with Pygame and explored possibilities of further improvements.