SIMPLE PAC-MAN

In this project I was able to successfully develop and implement an artificial intelligence that would track the player's location and chase him across a map. The enemy would also enter an evade state if the player posessed a power-up.

Utilizing Finite State Machines

I was able to build this project

in about 3 days. The player

posessed 3 states which were

the 'chase', 'evade', and 'died'

states. These 3 states not only

determine the actions the

player was able to take, but

the state that the enemy was

currently in. The enemy

posessed 3 states of it's own,

which mirrored the 3 player states. These states were designed to ultimately determine the actions the player and enemy would make.

The map in this case was the simple Pac-Man board. The board was developed using a two dimensional array contained of different ASCII values for the map and orb placement. The player will then use the arrow keys to navigate around the map, but not into the walls. The 2D array also denotes the X and Y values for the player location. This allowed me to change the tile to the player icon when it was in teh corresponding location. Also it allowed me to easily determine if the tiles around the player were walls and obstructed the player's mocement.

In This project I was also able to create

power-up pills which make the enemies

vulnerable to being eaten. This power-up

would last for about 5 seconds and during

this time the enemy would run from the

player. Finally I implemented a life system

in which the player has 3 lives before the

game ends.

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