pacman-canvas

An old classic, re-written in HTML5. Visit http://pacman.platzh1rsch.ch to see it live.

Sounds from http://soundfxcenter.com/ and http://soundfxnow.com/

If you like this project, feel free to buy me a coffee:

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License

Feel free to use / copy / modify my code, as long as you reshare your version and give some credit to the original author (me).

Pacman Canvas by Platzh1rsch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://github.com/platzhersh/pacman-canvas.

Get started

To just run the game locally, run npm start. If you want to see the console logs in your browser, use the npm run start:dev instead.

To modify the game for your needs, look at the pacman-canvas.js file and make your modifications. To change the look and feel, edit the pacman-canvas.css file or also the index.htmfile, where everything comes together.

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Version history

Version 1.0.5 - 22.03.2021

• add webpack config
• fix finished game state
• show console logs when started locally

Version 1.0.4 - 26.12.2020

• remove highscore reset endpoint

Version 1.0.3 - 26.12.2020

• fix speed issue

Version 1.0.2 - 26.12.2020

• add get started section in README
• limit to 10 levels for now
• small refactorings
• add score validation in JS

Version 1.0.1 - 6.10.2020

• add bump-version.sh to make versioning easier

Version 1.0.0 - 5.9.2020

• use "default" version number format, go up to 1.0.0
• add package.json
• add server.js
• you can now run pacman running an express JS server, using npm start
• don't use ajax async: false anymore to load map config, since it has been marked as deprecated

Version 0.93 - 8.1.2020

• add ads.txt

Version 0.92 - 6.3.2018

• remove navigator.vibrate() calls

Version 0.91 - 15.01.2016

• more tests to avoid cheaters
• better highscore form validation
• timer integrated (not in use yet)
• "your screen is too small to play in landscape view" message removed
• fix number of points for eating a ghost

Version 0.9 - 15.10.2015

• different difficulties depending on level
• scatter / chase indicated through wall colour
• extended instructions

Version 0.87 - 08.10.2015

• fix a bug that allowed resuming a game after game over

Version 0.86 - 25.05.2015

• some security fixes to avoid cheaters from adding highscores

Version 0.84 - 09.11.2014

• fixed bug that caused game to crash when leaving game area to the right side while holding the right arrow

Version 0.83 - 07.05.2014

• not possible to stop by turning into walls anymore
• mute / unmute the game by pressing the "M" key

Version 0.82 - 02.04.2014

• small bugfixes
• swipe gestures detection on the whole screen not only game area

Version 0.81 - 16.03.2014

• Ghost Modes Scatter & Chase
• Pathfinding AI for Blinky
• Ghosts need to return to Ghost House when dead

Version 0.8 - 13.11.2013

• lots of small changes in the backend
• when you go in landscape mode and your screen is too small to display the whole site, you get notified to rotate your phone into portrait mode
• all onClick and onMousedown in HTML removed and replaced by EventListeners in JavaScript
• Pacman Canvas now uses ApplicationCache to cache its content, so you can play the game offline!

Version 0.78 - 05.11.2013

• navigation via buttons should be less delayed by using onMouseDown event instead of onClick
• refreshRate is now a game attribute and could be changed easily during the game (not yet implemented in frontend)

Version 0.77 - 24.05.2013

• Ghosts start to blink before to undazzle
• Pacman now dies with style

Version 0.76 - 02.05.2013

• You can now use the usual arrow keys to control pacman
• fixed 2 small bugs regarding KeyEvents

Version 0.75 - 28.04.2013

• You can pause / resume the game by pressing SPACE
• ESC is no longer used to pause / resume, but to go back to the main view
• Game Menu only showing while game is paused
• some css tweaks
• Simple Highscore implemented using Ajax, Json and Sqlite3

Version 0.74 - 25.04.2013

• You can pause / resume the game by pressing ESC or clicking into canvas
• Swipe Gestures using hammerjs
• replaced alerts by nice html overlay messages

Version 0.73 - 17.04.2013

• You can play on until you lost all your 3 lives
• Ghosts state gets reset everytime they get eaten or new level starts

Version 0.72 - 30.01.2013

• Ghost Base Door
• Reset Game after winning

Version 0.71 - 30.01.2013

• Ghosts can die too

Version 0.7 - 29.01.2013

• Powerpills & Beastmode

Version 0.63 - 29.01.2013

• Pills now get loaded over external json file (map.json)
• ghost collisions implemented -> dying
• tried to clean up the code a bit

Version 0.62 - 23.01.2013

• disable zoom on Mobile
• change name to Pacman Canvas (Alpha)

Version 0.61 - 12.01.2013

• all walls defined (incl. collisions)

Version 0.6 - 12.01.2013

• small fixes for mobile view
• sound control (default: muted)
• collision control for walls
• json datastructure design for all game objects (pills, magic pills, walls)

Version 0.41 - 10.12.2012

• Mobile Design Fix
• New Icon

Version 0.40 - 08.12.2012

• Control Buttons for mobile
• Small Design Updates

Version 0.30 - 05.12.2012

• Touch Support via jGestures
• Responsive

Version 0.20 - 22.11.2012

• Code Refactored for further development
• Sound added
• Appcache implemented

Version 0.13 - 29.10.2012

• Never miss a dot: Pacman now always stays in the grid.

Version 0.12 - 19.10.2012

• Pacman is now able to eat the dots. Eating a dot equals 10 points for now.
• LiveScore implemented.
• Game ends when all dots are eaten.

Version 0.11 - 15.10.2012

• Placing white Dots and storing them in a Hashtable
• Monster/Ghost Prototype
• Score Prototype
• Pacman had to get smaller (r=15px)
• Display Grid
• Refactoring HTML

Version 0.10 - 23.08.2012

• Started cleaning up the code using Objects
• Pacman now turns around when changing directions