Super Pac-Man is an arcade game created in 1982 as a spin-off of the popular game Pac-Man. In the western world Pac-Man's reception was a resounding success and is an iconic landmark in gaming history.
This is an (unpolished and old) project with the desire being an emphasis on good object-oriented design, modern ANSI/ISO C++ and comprehensive unit testing. The majority of the final code was written in a day or two and there are still several issues with the design and implementation - the monolithic handler classes for example. Still it is a nice little project.
The game runs on the Windows and has been confirmed to work with WINE on Linux.
Start Pacman.exe
Most people should be familiar with the Pac-Man game loop. You control a sprite moving through a maze, eating fruit and running away from ghosts.
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The maze contains:
- Fruit in (initially) locked sections
- Pac-Man, the player avatar
- A couple of ghosts
- Keys which open doors to the locked sections.
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Pac-Man is controlled by the player and can move around the maze but not through the maze walls or locked maze sections.
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The ghosts move on their own throughout the maze, including any opened sections, and they chase Pac-Man (in a basic manner). They cannot move through the maze walls or into unopened sections. If any of them touches Pac-Man, he dies, and the game is over.
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Whenever Pac-Man moves over a key it disappears and one, or more, doors to the locked sections of the maze can be opened allowing Pac-Man to enter and eat the fruit. If Pac-Man eats all the fruit contained in the locked sections the game end with you as the winner.
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The maze contains at least two power pellets. When Pac-Man eats one of these the ghosts change colour and can be eaten by Pac-Man. This state lasts for a short period of time. If a ghost is eaten it re-spawns in the centre of the maze.
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The score is displayed and updated.
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The structure of the maze is read in from a file.
