Feature Request Thread

[Momo]

Seeing a lot of messages with titles along the line of "X should be Y", figured if we try to consolidate it in one thread devs might have an easier time seeing them.

I'll start by mentioning some frequently requested features, along with some I'd personally like to see:

Quick Restart Button: It sucks getting a "Game Over" and getting booted back to the title screen before trying another run. A quick restart button on the Game Over screen would be incredibly convinient if you plan on doing multiple runs in a single sitting.

Online Multiplayer: Local multiplayer is already fun as hell, but online multiplayer would be great for people who might not have friends/family over all the time to play.

Leaderboards: I'd say this one is almost more important than online multi. It would incentivise people to play more after unlocking everything. Besides, bragging about high scores is the most important part of this game!

Custom controls: Yes the arrow keys work fine. Same for the Xbox 360 controller, which worked for me without issue. But for people who want to use non-standard controllers (fightsticks, for instance) it'd be a nice convinience without having to use Joy2Key or something.

Background Music: Pac-Man Championship Edition had some awesome BGM that made the game more intense. I know the original Pac-Man didn't have any background music, but something going in the background would be nice

[SeonR]

I'm pinning this for easy access - but making no promises about actioning anything added here :-)

[nblackburn]

A button to quit the game would be nice.

[SeonR]

Originally posted by nblackburn:

A button to quit the game would be nice.

There is one in the main menu. Click on the arrow.

[milkfat]

In multiplayer the player scores can cover up a significant portion of the play field. Getting stuck under the scoreboard when ghosts are around is frequently a death sentence.

Perhaps the score tabs could be made smaller and/or transparent. Adjusting transparency dynamically based on player proximity could be an option.

[Alhanalem [DD1 Community Dev]]

Would like to second some BGM. Since the game includes a pacman CEDX+ skin, perhaps there is room to work with them to include music from that game?

[Omnithrash]

Being able to set multiple players from a single keyboard. At the very least players 1 & 2 playable from one keyboard.

4 would be better though so people with 4-Player arcade machines don't have 2 dead sticks for no reason.

[Gill]

Give us tate mode for this, would be Perfect to play on a vertical monitor. Should be easy to implement since mobile version has it.

[[AR] Hiryu]

tate mode will be nice!! and please global leaderboars IN THE GAME :D

[artzpiip]

The "second key priority". What I mean by that is that currently, when you press → while you're holding ↑ (or any movement key), you're still going right, meaning that the key that you pressed first will always take priority. If the game had second key priority, you'd be moving up.

First key priority has caused a lot of game overs for me.

[GamerAva]

Mission Complete. On the GAME OVER screen, can the default be set to the "mission complete" or "free gift" button where either or both are present rather than the "Play again" icon. This way you could press "A" (once, or twice if you also have a free gift) to collect the coins, and then finally "A" again to start a new game. I often automatically press "A" which selects the default play button and then I have to remember to select the button to collect the coins on subsequent game-overs. Small thing I know but it may be very easy to implement.

[GamerAva]

+1 for quick restart button and/or CONTINUE button as found in IOS/Android version.

[GamerAva]

Change the Pac-Men power-up to render the Pac-Men "flat" like Pac-Man himself, and not as isometric (upright) when using "Classic 80's" mode?

[Momo]

Originally posted by GamerAva:

Change the Pac-Men power-up to render the Pac-Men "flat" like Pac-Man himself, and not as isometric (upright) when using "Classic 80's" mode?

Huh, didn't even think to check this one. Does Pac-Men work properly with the other visual skins, or does it only work improperly on Classic 80's Mode?

[Goro3D]

I agree with all the above but was gonna buy this for a friend and myself but unless coop online is added I'm gonna wait. Not sure why this feature was never added. Would make sense and sell a 2,3,or 4 pack or whatever and make some good $ and people get to play with family and friends or make new friends via online.

[mimizukari]

please add a quick restart and maybe different sounds? I know that the sounds are the traditional pac-man we all know and love, but listening to that gets annoying after a while, so maybe different sounds we can choose, or sounds to go with different themes.