I''m creating a Pacman-style game for my programming major but I don''t want it to be just another clone... What sorts of new features would people like to see from Pacman? Any ideas at all. This could be in terms of graphics, sound, new abilities, methods of play... anything you can think of. Thanks for any suggestions.

Well, here''s just a few ideas I came up with right now:

-an actual storyline with levels that arn''t odrinary (ie. the ones creative asylum used in their pacman game. don''t copy them, but the look looks awesome)

-Different types of powerups. (ie. warpers,speeders,etc)

-Bonus games between levels. maybe pinball type minigame?


You don''t wanna make the game too different from the original that it looses it''s pacman gameplay though.

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A running pacman would be really cool. Instead of pacman just floating around in this maze, have it so he can fun, and make it a side scroller so he can jump and stuff. That would be cool.

Missile weapons might add something to it.

How about powerups that even the enemies could pick up and use?

I imagine certain things would make it still feel like Pacman and help make the game more endearing, like a safe house for the enemies and tunnels that loop the playfield.

Supply an editor to create custom levels >:-)

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I made a pacman like game but it was way different. It kind of like zelda. It`ll be on the internet soon.

Hmm.... I think combining the snake from the SNAKE GAME into pacman would be cool. Basically pacman would have to try to eat the tail of the snake until he ate the whole thing. I created a stupid pac man demo. Basically you could shoot fireballs at the ghost. Once you shot them about 3 times then they would turn colors allowing you to eat them.