Pacman

This project implements the classic game Pac-Man using Java

Overview

Pacman is a maze chase game developed in 1980s

• The player controls the eponymous character through an enclosed maze.
• The objective of the game is to eat all of the dots placed in the maze while avoiding four colored ghosts that pursue him.

This application also supports:

• Customized maze
• Customized difficulties and behavior for each Pacman/Ghost
• Play as Pacman/Ghost
• Play with multiple players at the same time

Tech Stack and Java Technologies Involved

• Basic Java
  • Data structures and file IO
  • Swing as GUI interface
  • P2P and centralized network (sockets)
  • Multi-threading
• Java Programming Skills
  • BFS/DFS/A-star algorithm
  • Data synchronization through network
  • Functional programming, lambda and currying
• Object Oriented Programming
  • SOLID principle
  • Inheritance and polymorphism
  • Design patterns
    • Model-View-Controller
    • Factory pattern
    • Static factory methods
    • Interning pattern
    • Command pattern

Documentation

• User manual is located under docs/
• Javadocs are located under docs/javadoc
• Installation and deployment guide and other related information are located under docs/readme.txt
• Installation scripts are under scripts/

Future Development

• Improve AI algorithms
• Add encryption on networking datagrams
• Redesign UI
• Optimization