Pac-Man with Guns
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Title really says it all on this
HN · launched Dec 21, 2025 · 7 upvotes (top 64%) · 1 view
Niche: indie video games · 203 launches, 20 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Hardware & robotics
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes A 2D arcade game mashup like Pac-Man with gun mechanics can be built rapidly using standard web game engines like Phaser.js or HTML5 Canvas via AI coding tools.
Discussion
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 62 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #28 of 63 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Looks like the first mover among its competitors.
- pacman-adventures-3d-enhancement · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- atomic-bomberman · github · 2026-10-04 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Pacman-CE-PC-Recomp · github · 2026-10-21 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Pac-Bench · hn · 2026-09-28 · 79 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Jevman · hn · 2026-10-08 · 79 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Pacman AI · hn · 2026-06-11 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- PacManRecomp · github · 2026-10-02 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- Vibe code from phone template repo · hn · 2025-12-22 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.39
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