A simple game of Pacman

implemented with C++ and Qt

Basics:

• arrow keys to move,
• eat all dots to advance,
• avoid the ghosts
• eat the power pellets to eat the ghosts

Features:

• my simple A* pathfinding engine
• 4 ghost types running A* pathfinding with different strategies
• .txt level files for easy level creation (I recommend https://asciiflow.com)
• high score keeping integrated in level file
• simple collision detection for all entities
• easily extensible class system for adding new entities

level1_32x16.txt preview:

Compilation & Running (linux):

# get Qt the 'canonical way':
sudo apt install qt5-default
# but for me something like that worked: sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qtchooser qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools
git clone https://github.com/woyard/Pacman
cd YOUR_PATH/Pacman
cmake .
make
./Pacman 

Supports Launch Arguments:

arg1: int tileSize = 8
arg2: int frameRate = 60
arg3: string levelFile = "level1_32x16.txt"
arg4: bool debugView = 0

./Pacman 8 60 "level1_32x16.txt" 1

Level File - Minimum Requirements:

first row:

- int width // number of characters in a row
- int height // number of rows 
- int highscore = 0 // highscore for the level (updated by the game)

rest of file:

width x height : grid of chars representing the level

the definitions for the chars are in ./LevelUtilities/tile_definitions.h

decently robust - minimally requires only a Player and a Pellet to function

Level File Format:

16 16 0
###.########.###
###.########.###
##...o.##.o...##
##.# #....# #.##
##.# ###### #.##
##.# D R  D #.##
##.# #ICPB# #.##
##.# ###### #.##
................
##.###.##.###.##
##.#...@....#.##
##.#.######.#.##
##.#.######.#.##
##...o....o...##
###.########.###
###.########.###