KEEP THIS HANDY
Controls at a glance.
- Arrow keys / WASD
- Choose movement direction through the maze.
- Space / Escape / playfield click
- Pause or resume according to the game’s instructions.
- Swipe / on-screen arrows
- Touch navigation documented in the original help.
- Tap the playfield
- Pause or resume in the documented mobile interface.
A useful route has an exit
In early attempts, choose a short loop whose next junction you can see. Long remaining stretches of pills can tempt you into a corridor with fewer escape choices. As a route-planning exercise, inspect where you can turn next before continuing toward a nearby reward. The game’s own ghost descriptions explain this implementation’s pursuers.
Learn the pause action before changing tabs
The original help lists Space, Escape or a playfield click for desktop pause and resume. Its mobile instructions describe swipes, directional buttons and a tap to pause. Those are documented features, not this site’s completed phone test. Give the game focus before deciding that a movement key failed.
Read the older project on its own terms
The README says this repository is unlikely to receive further updates and links a separate React and TypeScript work in progress. This entry describes the older live Canvas host. Its CC0 implementation notice does not grant ownership of the original game’s marks or the sounds credited to external sites.
What happens to your progress?
The source contains score handling. A score table does not establish a resumable maze or cloud save.
Check the save and backup guide ↗A FEW USEFUL ANSWERS
Before the next click.
Does this page launch a new React version?
No. It links the Canvas host named by this repository. The README lists a separate successor project.
Does a high-score entry save the current maze?
A score record and an in-progress game are different. A resumable maze is not established here.
A useful next read.
pacman-canvas: plan the next junction. ↗Follow the source.
Platzh1rsch and contributors; sounds credited to soundfxcenter.com and soundfxnow.com; original Pac-Man rights remain with their owners. Licence notice. CC0-1.0 implementation; third-party sounds and marks retain separate rights.
Latest collected source change: doc: add star history diagram (opens a new tab) . Repository activity does not identify the hosted game version.
All media and source credits ↗
