A downloadable game

Pac-inator is a game developed during the "Remake the Classics #1" game jam where games were meant to recreate classic games with changes to improve or add new mechanics.  The game was developed during the 2-week jam period.

Pac-inator is the idea of a time-traveling pac-man that comes from the future to hunt down the ghosts that have terrorized his family.  

CONTROLS:
This game was built to use both the keyboard and game pad.

Game Pad Controls:

  • Up, Down, Left or Right = DPad (not thumbsticks)
  • Shoot = X Button
  • Drop Bomb = B Button
  • Ready / Menu Select = A Button
  • Change Menu Item = DPad Up or Down
  • Change Menu Option Value = DPad Left or Right
  • Quit Game = Back Button (two screens on xbox game pad)

Keyboard Controls:

  • Up, Down, Left or Right = Arrow Keys
  • Shoot = A Key
  • Drop Bomb = D Key
  • Ready / Menu Select = S Key
  • Change Menu Item = Arrow Keys Up or Down
  • Change Menu Option Value = Arrow Keys Left or Right
  • Quit Game = ESC Key

STORY:
You are Pac-inator, the cyborg ghost-terminating machine, sent back in time to get revenge on the ghosts that have terrorized the pac-man family for years.  Your mission is to terminate the four original ghosts and put an end to their tyranny.  But beware of the Black Necromancer ghost that can revive them after they die.

VERSIONS:

1.0Initial release of the game.
1.0.1Removed duplicate "publish" folder.


Download

Download
Pac-inator-1.0.zip 95 MB
Download
Pac-inator-1.0.1.zip 47 MB

Install instructions

The game has been published as a self-contained .NET 6 project.  This means you should be able to extract the zipped folder and run the "Pac-inator.exe" file.

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