shivangg / batch5-pacman

Realtime Multiplayer Pacman

batch5-pacman

Overview:

Multiplayer PacMan game which is very similar to the classic pacman game, along with the option to play with a random player.

Goals:

Build the Multiplayer PacMan game which would work smoothly with various fun features and should be user engaging.

Gameplay Logic:

• Pacman should move in four directions.
• There are four Ghosts in total.
• Ghosts are initially in the “monster pen” which is at the center of the maze, emerging from it.
• On every intersection, ghost direction is computed pseudorandomly.
• There are 244 dots in the maze, 240 normal dots with ten points each and four energizers with 50 points each.
• When the PacMan consumes the ghosts, 200 points are added.
• Bonus Symbols (fruits) - Four in total.

Features:

• Player Modes : Single Player and Multiplayer
• Authentication
• Difficulty Levels
• Leaderboard

Ghost Modes:

• Chase Mode
• Scatter Mode
• Frightened Mode

Tech Stack:

• Project management: GitHub Projects
• Game Rendering: Canvas
• Deployment: AWS (Backend), Netlify(Frontend)
• Authentication: Token based (JWT) / Passport.js
• Database: Mongodb (mlab)
• CI/CD: CircleCI

URLS:

• Game-staging: https://mc-pacman.netlify.com/
• Server URL: https://pacman.us-east-2.elasticbeanstalk.com/