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Problem-Man released!

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Problem 18 Developer
Problem 18 Developer
Software Engineer, upcoming Game Developer

Problem-Man is out!

Experience the classic Pac-Man gameplay through the Problem-verse! Four unique mazes, each based on a previous game of the Problem 18 challenge.

What's the game?​

A straight up Pac-Man clone, except the ghosts are actually smarter (I hope)! Navigate through the classic maze, or take a trip through the story by experiencing the maze as a tribute to the four previous games I made. Each maze has its own art, and some sound effects are unique to the maze as well.

We're making our way through game #5, and thus mark the challenge to be halfway done! I'm very proud of myself, of what I have achieved, learned, and released so far! Every game feels like an improvement over the previous one and I cannot wait to keep learning, and find out what the next game will bring!

A tribute, you say?​

Yeah, from the very beginning I knew that I wanted game #5 and #10 to be a tribute to the four games before it. Pac-Man felt like a perfect fit for it, since every maze I could adjust to the theme of Tricat, or Keybricks, ...

Alongside the classic maze and sound effects, each maze has its own art, unique sound effects, and represents one of the previous games.

The four mazes​

  • Tricat: The maze colored in Tricat colors, make your way through all the treats, collect the bigger snacks and grab a collar to scare away the witches hunting for you!
  • Keybricks: As haunted keycaps look for you, be the ball that hit them the same way they were hit in the original game by collecting well-known letters like "GG"! Grab a keyboard for extra points!
  • I need to go: This man never stopped needing to go. Find your way through the biker lane colored maze and look for the urinals to get an extra boost to your score!
  • Cheese Chasers: Even in this maze through space, the mice continue to seek the cheese. Evade them as you collect all cheese balls, a power-up does exactly what you think.

As always, a development post will come later, please look forward to it!

Let's play!​

The game's available on itch.io, so give it a try and let me know what you think! I'm sure you'll find one of the unique mazes to be your favorite.

Thanks for playing! ❤️

Problem-Man's main menu, and transition to the Tricat maze

I want to read more!​

It'd be my honor.