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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1055 | 3.733 | 3.733 |
| Overall | #1057 | 3.607 | 3.607 |
| Presentation | #1128 | 3.733 | 3.733 |
| Enjoyment | #1226 | 3.356 | 3.356 |
Ranked from 45 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Instead of playing as Pac-man, you are the last dot in the stage, and you must try to escape being eaten.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Comments
Ha I love the little scene at the beginning, even though time was running out i was determined to add one to my game as well (just before the boss fight). This was a really fun concept and quite addicting
I must say that this game was very fun to play!
I think the ghosts are a little overpowered, maybe you can add levels with less of them so that Sac-man isn't always diying from them haha
Great game, okay graphics and the way you displayed the UI was cool too! I enjoyed it! Thanks!
Thanks for the review! I will definitely be changing something about how the different NPCs interact in the game if I am to fix it after the jam.
i love that little cutscene to the game :) it adds a lot of context as to what the game's about and why you play as the dot. the gameplay is the perfect length for a jam game too. i dont really have any strong complaints about this game lol. amazing game for 48 hours! :D
Thanks for playing and leaving a review!
I loved the intro to the game and the concept is executed pretty well :)
I wish it was clearer why we were winning though. Often times I'd just press the berry button and seconds later I'd win. I think it's because "Sac-Man" is hitting the ghosts but it's hard to tell with the camera placed squarely on the pip.
Otherwise, good job :)
Nice game smooth movement and fun being chased by Pac-man and epic intro cutscene good job. my only feedback is that its pretty easy and a 2D art style might have fit better. but fun game! =)
Extra cool intro! I give you an extra star for this. Nice fast paced game. Also a creative approach to take the dot as playing character. Most Anti-pacman games give you the role of a ghost. Perhaps the difficulty could be increased somehow though I also don't know how. You already made the ghost enemies of the dot too. Altogether a good job done!
Btw: you made it to my list:
unofficial List of Pacman Games in GMTK Game Jam 2023
https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2023/rate/2159180#post-8162405
Pacman forever!
haha thanks for the list lmao
Loved the cutscene, great idea!
Cool game! I thought the visuals were good and I thought the UI was really fluid. It would be nice if the game had a few more difficulty options, since there were some times when the level would end very shortly after starting. But it was all very well put together.
Thank you for playing!
Got the idea! The major problem of this game is that I need to see the whole map so make a strategy, not only a single part. Want to try it with this modification!
Thanks for playing! I intentionally made it zoomed in so you could hear when he's coming instead. I thought that it would make it more clear where the player was, but I suppose it unintentionally made things more confusing elsewhere.
Impressive game! I thought the ghosts were friends :\ it was pretty fun tho
Thanks for playing! Originally, the ghosts were going to help you out, but the pathfinding system got too complex to figure out, so I had to scale it back.
Cutscene is very cool. Wish the game lasted a bit longer because its fun and a cool concept! Also your menu is immaculate.
Thanks for playing!
Great cutscene! I think going with a 3d game instead of a 2d is quite nice -- it really makes it more intense! When you lose it says "start" but takes you to the menu -- it should probably say "menu" and then also add a separate button that says "restart"? Very good though!
Thanks for the review! The buttons on the lose and win screens say "Start" because I was just feeling lazy :3
The intro cutscene is great! It was fun trying to manipulate pac-man towards the ghosts but making sure not to touch the ghosts at the same time. Hope you add even more to this post jam!
thanks! I just might add more things based on all the feedback I've been getting.
An interesting twist for sure! The only critique I can give is that the game can end way too fast, and while the spinning camera when you spawn in looks cool at first, it can quickly become dizzying if you die and restart a few times.
Thank you for playing! I'll make sure to write that down for if I update it.
I love the idea a ton, and the intro was epic, but it was way too easy. It was also possible to win immediately after pressing play before you can even see pacman. Maybe if you zoom out the camera and spawn multiple pacman it would be more fun. There was also a bug where when pacman eats the food, he sometimes flies and can no longer die or kill you. When I was brainstorming old arcade games to reverse the roles of, I'm shocked that I completely forgot that Pacman existed lol, but I ended up happy with Asteroids.
thanks for playing! I was aware of that bug actually but I was hoping nobody would run into it lol
Wow, I like this a lot. The intro scene was pretty nice and I like how you can bait him into running into ghosts. Great work!
Thank you!
I don't understand why the ghost kill the dot. Also, the game felt a bit too short since pacman just "randomly" died in my run.
It's neat that you have a cutscene. I also liked that the button to continue after dying was in the same place as the start button.
thanks for your input and for playing!
From one pac-man dev to another: nice. Love the intro and how you can lure him into the ghosts. I do wonder, is there a win condition?
Thanks for playing lol! The win condition is luring pacman into the ghosts.
Great intro! I like the concept but the game was too easy for me. However, good job!
Hell yeah! At first I thought this is one of those "Starts immediately" games, so I was pressing buttons like mad when the intro played ;-)