Beldaran
05-02-2009, 10:11 PM
I mentioned a while back that my final project for one of my classes was to develop a Pacman clone using C++. Here is what my group and I came up with. Bear in mind that ultimately we had less than a week to work on this, and that includes an all nighter the day before.
Why is it so difficult? The ghosts are evil.
The Beast (pink ghost) - He hunts for you at a normal speed, but he has the ability to catch your scent. That's right, he can smell Pacman. If he smells you, he gets really excited and starts chasing you at a high rate of speed.
The Sentinel (red ghost) - The sentinel is very possessive about the upper left corner of the map. He'll go up there and just sit and brood. However, if he catches you in his area, he gets really mad and chases you all over the place. He's moody like that.
The Flash (orange ghost) - The flash is a sprinter, not a marathon runner. He races around the map at high rates of speed, but if he sees you he gets timid and follows you at only a normal rate of speed. By himself, he's not much of a threat, but he can cause you some problems in concert with the other ghosts.
Warp Drive Willy (cyan ghost) - Warp Drive Willy is a psycho, and even worse, he has a teleportation device. Not only that, but he has an Acme Pacman Locator. Fortunately for you, the device is a little disfunctional, and Willy can only tell which hallway you're in, but not where in the hallway you are. But don't sit still! It only takes him 2 teleports to kill you if you fail to throw off his locator device.
If you need a reprieve from the aggression of the ghosts, try drinking a bottle of Mountain Dew. You will find four of them located in the map. Drinking the Mountain Dew sends the ghosts scurrying away and causes them to be vulnerable to your fury. If you eat a ghost, he disintegrates and is forced to wander home, giving you a few precious moments to eat some more sweet, precious yellow dots. However, this short reprieve is the only reward you get for eating a ghost. No bonus points will be awarded. A few more seconds of survival is all the reward you need. Plus, Pacman just really likes drinking Mountain Dew because it increases his fury!
This game is not for the weak. The ghosts will rape you.
Good Luck! You'll need it. (http://www.forrestkyle.com/projects/Pacman 2 The Revenge.rar)
Why is it so difficult? The ghosts are evil.
The Beast (pink ghost) - He hunts for you at a normal speed, but he has the ability to catch your scent. That's right, he can smell Pacman. If he smells you, he gets really excited and starts chasing you at a high rate of speed.
The Sentinel (red ghost) - The sentinel is very possessive about the upper left corner of the map. He'll go up there and just sit and brood. However, if he catches you in his area, he gets really mad and chases you all over the place. He's moody like that.
The Flash (orange ghost) - The flash is a sprinter, not a marathon runner. He races around the map at high rates of speed, but if he sees you he gets timid and follows you at only a normal rate of speed. By himself, he's not much of a threat, but he can cause you some problems in concert with the other ghosts.
Warp Drive Willy (cyan ghost) - Warp Drive Willy is a psycho, and even worse, he has a teleportation device. Not only that, but he has an Acme Pacman Locator. Fortunately for you, the device is a little disfunctional, and Willy can only tell which hallway you're in, but not where in the hallway you are. But don't sit still! It only takes him 2 teleports to kill you if you fail to throw off his locator device.
If you need a reprieve from the aggression of the ghosts, try drinking a bottle of Mountain Dew. You will find four of them located in the map. Drinking the Mountain Dew sends the ghosts scurrying away and causes them to be vulnerable to your fury. If you eat a ghost, he disintegrates and is forced to wander home, giving you a few precious moments to eat some more sweet, precious yellow dots. However, this short reprieve is the only reward you get for eating a ghost. No bonus points will be awarded. A few more seconds of survival is all the reward you need. Plus, Pacman just really likes drinking Mountain Dew because it increases his fury!
This game is not for the weak. The ghosts will rape you.
Good Luck! You'll need it. (http://www.forrestkyle.com/projects/Pacman 2 The Revenge.rar)