PacM̬̦̩̹̌͢a̪͓̮̼͍̗͑̿ͫn̛̥͈ͅ - A Creepy Cursed Pac-Man ROM Where The Ghosts Behave Very Differently!

PacM̬̦̩̹̌͢a̪͓̮̼͍̗͑̿ͫn̛̥͈ͅ - A Creepy Cursed Pac-Man ROM Where The Ghosts Behave Very Differently!
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[@The1of1000]

Pac-man ghosts actually behaving like ghosts, clever.

[@0fftherockers]

whats this, a spooky game that isn't just hyper-realistic blood and scary images?

[@generalrubbish9513]

Man, it didn't occur to me that something as simple as limiting the player's FOV can make Pacman scary. The ghosts could jump out at you from behind any corner.

[@tyroneblackmann]

This game gives me anxiety just because of the little song not being right.

[@idostuff6179]

Are we just gonna ignore this person's pretty good Pac-Man skill?

[@livvylowe8066]

The detail of the sound cutting out when Orange ghost is in view is just perfectly unnerving.

[@alpharedhand2031]

" Who's been putting disks in the coin slot? "

[@_b1itzkri3g21]

The way that the map deteriorates as you progress is extremely cool. It leaves you to wander aimlessly and follow the lit paths in front of you ehile you're constantly on edge.

[@bean_snake2336]

I love how you and the ghost just stare at each other when you’re caught like “uh... can you just... let me go?”

[@bearnaff9387]

I remember reading the release notes for this game in early form. It read like an SCP experiment log, it was beautiful.

[@fullmetalcoats7236]

If you slow the video down, you can read the words that flash glitch onto the screen.

[@MisterVercetti]

Reminds me of that Dorkly sketch:

[@12DAMDO]

friend: what you playing?

[@shopnil4]

Honestly, only being able to see pellets and ghosts down where PacMan himself can see them is a pretty creative difficulty curve.

[@noodlezz7545]

You know the it's good horror when you get jumpscared by silence

[@publicspeakingwithdon]

I admire this game for being unlike most "haunted" ROMs, and not relying on screamers or creepy image flashes to scare the player.

[@UghZan11]

I think that this game is probably the best example of .exe-type game. It's "glitched" in just the right proportion - no hyprerelistick blod!!!!, no "dead children spirits", only glitched sprites and music, something that looks like it COULD happen to a game and that's what makes it scary - realism. Also, the dead silence instead of some cheap jumpscares or Pac-Man exploding into bloody bits is a lot more scarier, however surprising it sounds for all young horror game developers. The FOV concept isn't new, but fits the game perfectly with it's one-wide corridors and enemies popping in and out. The enemies are fine and pretty creepy too, especially the red-train-of-spook-one, even though Slendy is a little bit too intrusive, IMO. Overall, that's what horror game makers, especially "haunted software"-like, should strive for - simple, but refined, realistic, but not hyper-realistic, thought-out and not "i want all the scary shit in my game and also it should have real life murder lore".

[@Dragonsunit]

Blindy: Aimlessly wanders around the maze, hoping it runs into Pac-Man by random luck. Screamy: Also wanders around but will rush towards Pac-Man once he’s in sight, occasionally glitches into ’normal’ sprite. Slendy: Behavior is similar to Slender Man, randomly appears in front of Pac-Man, turn away from it to survive, will not appear when using power pellet. Old One: Will slowly follow Pac-Man through the map, ignores walls and cannot appear when power pellet is used. ???????: The map begins to disappear making it harder to find the pellets. RUN: Shadow version of Pac-Man, follows exact movements and gets faster, eventually reaching Pac-Man. Causes player to go into a first-person version where the game finally ends when it catches Pac-Man.

[@iamcrash5525]

This isn't fear.

[@quinshorethebuttwizardtrue1843]

So Blindy can't see and runs all over the place aimlessly.