Pac-Mazing

Pac-Mazing is a homage to Pac-Mania, an arcade game developed by Namco in 1987.

Main differences from the original version:

• Procedurally generated mazes
• Bonus rounds

Gameplay

Pac-Mazing is an isometric maze game. The player controls Pac-Man, a yellow circular creature that must eat all the pellets in each stage while avoiding the colored ghosts - Blinky, Pinky, Inky, Clyde and Sue. Eating large Power Pellets will cause the ghosts to turn blue and flee, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points and send them to the house in the middle of the stage. Clearing the stage of pellets will allow Pac-Man to move to the next.

Pac-Man has also the ability to jump, allowing him to escape capture by the ghosts by passing over them. Later areas of the game will introduce two new ghosts - Funky and Spunky - which also have the ability to jump. Pac-Man can still jump over them, but the player must choose more precisely when to jump.

Eating a certain number of pellets will cause a bonus item to appear in the middle of the stage, which Pac-Man can eat up for points. Some of these items will increase Pac-Man's movement speed or double the point values of blue ghosts.

Every 3 stages, Pac-Man enters a bonus round where he has to eat all the blue ghosts or fruits before the time runs out.

At 50000 points and then every 150000 points, the player earns an extra life.

Tips & tricks

When you jump over a ghost, it becomes disoriented and for a few seconds it is unable to change direction. Use this to your advantage.

Options

You can choose whether to start a game with 3 or 5 lives.

There are 3 difficulty levels to choose from: Normal, Hard, Expert.

Controls

Arrow keys, controller lever or gamepad D-Pad = Move Pac-Man in the four directions.
Spacebar, Ctrl keys, or any controller button = Jump.

You can also use the WASD or IJKL keys as directional keys, and the Z or M keys as fire button.

While playing, press P to pause or Home to stop the game and go back to the title screen.

While the top scores are showing, press Shift+Del to reset the ranking.

History

Version 1.0

• First release.

Version 1.1

• You can now choose whether to start a game with 3 or 5 lives.

Version 1.2

• In fullscreen mode, the game could be jerky using certain video cards.

Version 1.3

• You can now use the WASD or IJKL keys as directional keys.
• You can now use the Z or M keys as fire button.
• You can now use the gamepad D-Pad.

Version 1.4

• Music is now suspended when the game is paused.
• There are now separate score rankings based on the game options you choose.
• You can now use the controller to enter a top score name.
  

Version 1.5

• More controllers are now recognized.