Waka Waka 3D

Waka is trapped in a maze he can no longer see.

WakaWaka 3D is a first- and third-person maze chase built entirely from simple shapes. Losing the overhead view is what makes it a different game — and what gives you back your bearings is a 2D minimap and spatial audio that never lies.

The sound never lies

Each ghost hums on its own frequency. Loudness follows the distance along the corridors, not the straight line through the wall — a ghost behind a partition is far, and sounds far. Direction stays true, so you hear "that way, but a long way round". A low-pass filter tells you a wall is in between; a second one tells you it is behind you.

Nothing is random

No dice anywhere in the game logic. The four ghosts are entirely predictable, and that is what makes mastery possible — and death fair. Frightened ghosts flee by an inverted rule rather than wandering at random.

Almost everything is code

The bodies, the fruit, the character's face, the map silhouettes, the icon and every sound in the maze are generated by the program, sample by sample. Nothing was drawn or recorded.

Features

• Four ghosts with the four classic targeting personalities
• Scatter / chase waves, power pellets, fruit, lives, persistent record
• Three camera framings on a single camera
• Side tunnels with one-way portals
• Full gamepad support, menus included
• English, French and Spanish
• Field of view and head bob adjustable mid-game, because a comfort setting you cannot reach when you start feeling unwell is no use

Controls

Keyboard — WASD / arrows to move, mouse to look, right click re-centres the view. V changes camera, Esc pauses.

Gamepad — sticks to move and look, hold RB to keep the view ahead, Y changes camera, Start pauses.

Credits

Programming and art — Richard Trudel and Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic)

In-game music and sound — Claude Opus 5, written by the program

Title music — "Platformer 1" by bbunker, from the 8-Bit Music Anthology — NES Edition, licensed CC BY-ND 4.0

Fonts — Press Start 2P and Rubik, SIL Open Font License 1.1

This game is a non-profit work by a fan, freely inspired by PAC-MAN™, a trademark of Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. It is not affiliated with that company, nor endorsed or sponsored by it. It was made with the assistance of artificial intelligence.