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A jam submission

1K Puck Man #Pico1KView game page

Pellet muncher demake in less than 1000 characters for #Pico1k Jam
Submitted by SkyBerron (@SkyBerron) — 12 days, 3 hours before the deadline
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Characters/Bytes used
992 chars

Source Code
_set_fps(60)n=mget::s::s=0f=0t={1,0,0,-1,-1,0,0,1}m=mset::l::r=0for i=0,672do j=i-384v=ord("###########1[C&2#C$B_TDB;SFbA[C9;SF&1[CB#CDbA[C3###B_TDB###1[CF9###bbJ++5BBLKK_bBEC+Z@JMM5Z@,%E_bB---``H++Ubb$###",i\6+1)-35k=1+v\2^(i%6)%2sset(16+i%48,i\48,k)m(j%17,j\17,k)end
m(8,9)g={}add(g,{x=8,y=9,d=1,l=0,n=1})for i=0,3do
add(g,{x=3+i%2*9,y=3+i\2*10,d=1,l=0})end
?"\asfc1c2g1ec2g1cc"
z=btn::_::cls(1)camera(4,4)pal({[0]=9,1,8})palt(0)map()pal()palt(1,1)f+=.5for i=1,#g do
e=g[i]k=7u=0v=0e.l+=.08d,x,y=e.d,e.x,e.y
if(d>0)u=t[d]v=t[d+1]
if e.l>=1then
e.l-=1x+=u
y+=v
if(i<2and n(x,y)>0)m(x,y)s+=1r+=1?"\as1ceg"
if(r>141)goto l
repeat
d=i>1and 1+((e.d-3)\2+rnd(3)\1)%4*2or e.n
u=t[d]v=t[d+1]
if(n(x+u,y+v)==1)d=0u=0v=0
until d>0or i<2end
e.d,e.x,e.y=d,x,y
if(i<2)k=(f%5)\1k=k<3and k+4or 9-k
if(z(0))e.n=5e.f=1
if(z(1))e.n=1e.f=nil
if(z(2))e.n=3
if(z(3))e.n=7
a=8*(x+e.l*u)b=8*(y+e.l*v)
if(i<2)p,q=a,b
if(i>1and abs(a-p)<2and abs(b-q)<2)goto s
pal(2,9+i)spr(k,a,b,1,1,e.f)end
?s,64,50,1
flip()goto _

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DeveloperSubmitted

Thanks! Before ghost logic wasn't finished I wasn't sure if random movement would make for a challenging game. But 4 ghosts wandering in a small maze at the same fast speed as you move without stopping or getting stuck definitely gives it a nice difficulty.

Submitted

got to like 110. How's the ai work for this? Can't understand the code above, Do u use some kind of pathfinding algorithm?

DeveloperSubmitted (1 edit)

The key code for movement is:

d=i>1and 1+((e.d-3)\2+rnd(3)\1)%4*2or e.n

That code executes when a character reaches a 8x8 tile and decides in which direction index 1+2*(0...3) it moves afterwards. Player takes i=1 and follows the next movement you selected before reaching the cell (it's a bit buggy because in order to leave a straight movement you have to set new direction just before you arrive to the tile). Ghosts take a random direction as long as it's not blocked and is different from going back. So no pathfinding, only random movement plus some logic to avoid weird behaviour.

HostSubmitted

This is awesome! 👏😮
Looks, plays & sounds  great.
Had no idea Pacman would be so much more stressful without the power pills!
Great entry. 👍

DeveloperSubmitted(+1)

Thanks!

The gfx for the power pill is in the game. But implementing it would have required some more chars... Anyway, it adds to the difficulty, along the nasty bug which requires very precise timing for turning at intersections without getting stuck.