Don’t Die To Ghosts is a 2 dimensional side view game inspired by the classic arcade game Pac-Man.
\nThe aim of Don’t Die To Ghosts is to complete successive levels (to beat the best score) by munching all the dots (244 of them), munching the bonus fruit (nom nom), and trying not to Die To Ghosts (eek).
\nThere are two power pills per level which enable the player to munch ghosts for a short time, and like Pac-Man, the player can leave either side of the screen and reappear on the opposite side.
\nControls:
\nDon’t Die To Ghosts is best enjoyed in full-screen mode with some chip music playing in the background.
\nDon’t Die To Ghosts has been tested working in Firefox and Chrome web browsers on Windows10 laptop, and Chrome and DuckDuckGo on an Android device. Mileage might vary with other browsers, devices, and operating systems.
\n","source":"Antix-Development/Dont-Die-To-Ghosts","stars":1,"comments":[{"at":315647333,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"I liked the simplicity of the game which made it easy to pick up and start playing. The sound effect were good and sounded pretty authentic. I liked the graphics. Maybe the ghosts could have different “personalities” like the arcade game.
\n","games":["Bee Kind"]},{"at":315660822,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"All round good entry, a nice twist on a classic game. All very well put together!
\n","games":["Soul Jumper"]},{"at":315683531,"author":"Almut Kieffer-Jones","login":"mxlle","gh":6170306,"text":"I like the way the dots move! Also nice idea in general.
\nDidn’t reach level 2 though =\u001e (at least not visibly). But also my record was only about 9000 on my phone, maybe it’s a bit easier on desktop…
\n","games":["Deadly Echo"]},{"at":315740481,"author":"Jerome Lecomte","login":"herebefrogs","gh":1383818,"url":"herebefrogs.com","text":"Would have loved to hear the iconic waka-waka sound of Pacman munching on dots.
\n","games":["Stand By Me"]},{"at":316050674,"author":"Christian Staudte","login":"t4khosu","gh":28463194,"twitter":"t4khosu","text":"Creative take on the classic Pacman. Loved the background and the font design.
\n","games":["Book of Death"]},{"at":316164480,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"At first I though this was going to be a lazy remake, but honestly I could imagine this being a real pacman spin-off mini-game. The music is legit and fits the theme. I like that the balls stick around on the floor for a while. This game would be even better if the ghosts had proper falling/jumping physics. It’s pretty hard to win, so i’m not sure how the game ends :) But i did give it a good several tries!
\n","games":["Planet B"]},{"at":316336437,"author":"Thiago Romão Barcala","login":"thiagorb","gh":821208,"text":"Graphics are simple but very smooth, and the transitions are very pleasant. I didn’t understand if the things that come out of pacman do anything.
\n","games":["Death Tournament"]},{"typ":2,"at":316810997,"author":"Maximilian Schaum","login":"ixam1","gh":74653168,"url":"https://ebay.com","twitter":"ebaytechberlin","text":"Really cool take on pac-man. Very simple but intuitive and fun gameplay. Visuals and sounds are well done. Nothing really to say other then great job!
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":316814277,"author":"Joep van Duinen","url":"https://poki.com","twitter":"joepvduinen","text":"Can’t go wrong with such a classic! I like how you’ve captured the Pacman feel with the horizontal movement scheme instead of the conventional maze. I would maybe have opted for an endless game with the same type of difficulty progression to keep the flow of the player intact. Death is inevitable in Pacman so strong candidate for the theme!
\n"},{"at":316848477,"author":"Harry Cummings","login":"hgcummings","gh":1159423,"url":"http://tinear.games","twitter":"hgcummings","text":"Nice implementation of a simple concept. I like how the gameplay subtly changes as you get towards the end of a level and there aren’t many dots left to collect. I also like how you have to carefully time the powerups for when the ghosts aren’t all out of reach.
\n","games":["kill -9"]},{"typ":2,"at":317029971,"author":"Filip Dukat","login":"fdukat","gh":87642690,"url":"https://people.andersenlab.com","twitter":"filip_dukat","text":"Small but fun game, quite challenging because of amount of ghosts that are hunting you but I like the idea of reviving pacman style, visual and sound effects are good, ghosts are moving in a pattern that is possible to avoid so in terms of balance everything is okay.
\nReally cool entry, I don’t have anything to point out that is bad or needs improvement. Would love to see your more complex games though, with some kind of storyline and more options than running left and right :D
\nGood job!
\n"},{"at":317070871,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"Crunchy and cool sound effects. I love that we’re able to see when the ghosts are almost turning back to normal, making it easy to plan ahead. I also think it’s cool that there are a limited number of points in the game, making the rules the same as Pacman. Easy to move the Pacman, and I felt I had good control.
\n","games":["Hang by a thread"]},{"at":317273884,"author":"Salvatore Previti","login":"SalvatorePreviti","gh":6913178,"twitter":"SN74HC00","text":"Good and smooth animations! Nice mashup of pacman and other games of that era, definitely a different take. Sounds fits well with the game.
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