Multiplayer Pacman

A real-time multiplayer Pacman game built using Flutter, Flame game engine, and Go.

Hosted Instance

🎮 Play Now 🎮

Try the live demo and experience the multiplayer action firsthand!

Project Overview

Plat the classic Pacman game as a modern multiplayer experience, featuring:

• Real-time multiplayer functionality with concurrent users
• Responsive and fluid game mechanics powered by the Flame game engine
• Robust client-server architecture with optimized performance

Tech Stack

Frontend

• Flutter: Cross-platform UI framework for the game client
• Flame: 2D game engine for Flutter, used to implement core game mechanics
• WebSockets: For real-time game state synchronization and player interactions

Backend

• Go: High-performance backend server handling game logic and state management
• gRPC: For efficient API communication between client and server
• WebSockets: For real-time bidirectional communication

Architecture

The game follows a client-server architecture:

1. Go Backend: Manages game state, player connections, and core game logic
2. Flutter Frontend: Renders the game UI, processes user inputs, and communicates with the server
3. WebSockets: Enable real-time synchronization of game state across all connected players
4. gRPC: Provides efficient API communication for non-real-time operations

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Docker (for the easiest setup)
• Alternatively: Flutter SDK and Go installed locally

Quick Start with Docker

docker run -p 11200:11200 ras334/multipacman:latest

Then open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:11200

Manual Setup

Backend

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/multipacman.git
cd multipacman/server

# Run the Go server
go run core/main.go

Frontend

cd client

# Get Flutter dependencies
flutter pub get

# Run in development mode
flutter run -d chrome  # For web
# Or
flutter run  # For mobile devices

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Disclaimer

This project is a fan-made implementation of Pacman for educational and portfolio purposes only. Pacman and all related characters, sounds, and assets are trademarks of Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Bandai Namco Entertainment in any way.

All game mechanics, visual styles, and character designs inspired by the original Pacman are used under fair use for educational purposes. No copyright infringement is intended.