Any Pac-Man tutorials on how to make ghost movemements?

ingamez

Hey everyone I'm looking to make movements on enemies such as the ghosts random movements in PacMan.

^^^^ I found this tutorial, but it hasn't helped me and this is all I have found, it's a pretty vague tutorial to me.

Anyone have any other tutorials they know of?

MentalDonkeyGames

Actually, pacman ghosts movement is not that random. It's much deeper than you think.

Here's a pretty deep explanation on pacman AI
gameinternals.com/post/2072558330/understanding-pac-man-ghost-behavior

ingamez

Yeah I've been reading around and found out about it's complexity, but now I'm trying to find a GS tutorial on it.

ingamez

The movements are created using the "pathfind" behavior right?

MentalDonkeyGames

Pathfind would be a perfect method. I don't think there is any specific tutorial for pacman ghosts, but there are pathfinding tutorials and templates available..

Gshelper.com should have a pathfind template.

ingamez

Yep, in the process of looking up pathfind tutorials lol.

Thanks again!

Braydon_SFX

@ingamez said:
Yep, in the process of looking up pathfind tutorials lol.

Thanks again!

Also, here is the cookbook tutorial on A* pathfinding: http://help.gamesalad.com/gamesalad-cookbook/2-making-it-better/a-pathfinding/

-Timo-

We have a free maze pathfinding template. Not exactly what you are looking for but it might help.
http://www.gsinvention.com/product/maze-pathfinding/