006 Code 2026

Pac-Man in C

The game running right in the terminal

github.com/giorgiobazet/Pacman-em-C

pacman.c

 1typedef struct {
 2    Posicao pos;
 3    char background_anterior;
 4    int dir_x, dir_y;
 5} Fantasma;
 6
 7typedef struct {
 8    char **grade;
 9    int linhas, colunas;
10    int pontos_totais, pontos_coletados;
11} Mapa;

About the project

Before the web version, Pac-Man started out in C, running in the terminal.

Mazes are read from text files and stored in a dynamically allocated grid. The game reads the keyboard without waiting for Enter using termios, moves the ghosts and draws everything with ANSI colors.

Technical highlights

01 Five maps loaded from files
02 Dynamically allocated map grid (char **)
03 Real-time key input with termios (Linux and macOS)