pacmango

Classic pacman for the terminal, written in Go

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Features

• Authentic Pacman gameplay with pellets, power-ups, ghosts, and scoring
• 9 challenging levels with progressive difficulty and unique maze layouts
• Smooth continuous movement with pending direction system for responsive controls
• Intelligent ghost AI that chases and flees based on power-up state
• Terminal-optimized UI using goncurses
• Cross-platform compatibility - runs anywhere Go runs

Installation

Via go install

go install github.com/ashish0kumar/pacmango@latest

Build from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ashish0kumar/pacmango.git
cd pacmango

# Build the application
go build

# Move to a directory in your PATH
sudo mv pacmango /usr/local/bin/

Usage

# Start the game
pacmango

# Start from a specific level
pacmango --level 5

Controls

• Arrow Keys or WASD: Move Pacman
• P: Pause/unpause the game
• Q: Quit the game

Gameplay

• Eat all pellets (.) to complete the level
• Power-ups (*) make you invincible and allow you to eat ghosts
• Avoid ghosts unless you're invincible
• Score points by eating pellets and ghosts

Acknowledgements

• Original Pacman by Namco
• goncurses for terminal UI capabilities

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have ideas for improvements or bug reports, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

© 2025-present Ashish Kumar