What would be cooler is making the dots emit as a light source. The horror element is that you can see the ghosts further away but every dot collected would make the maze darker and darker. Turns progressively from a creepy and foreboding horror to a darker jumpscare type; you need the dots to win but they also provide light.

honestly a great way to make Clyde noteworthy would have been to give him everyone else's soundfiles chosen randomly

The fitness gram pacer test would legitimately be the most scary sound in a horror game

The weirdest thing I find about this is that turning the classic Pac-Man into a first person horror game is actually a genius idea and if done seriously, it could be an actually horrifying experience. Writing this I now also realize that something like that already exists in Dark Deception. But if I remember correctly none of the levels use the varied enemy AIs like Pac-Man so that could be fun. Also three ideas for the current version: 1. As mentioned by someone else in the comments (this isn't my idea, just collecting it here), making Clyde randomly use the sounds of the other ghosts would make him more menacing as he would be scaring the player into thinking there's something actually dangerous around. 2. Whenever the map is opened, it wouldn't actually show the ghosts but instead there would be a "blip" like a soundwave every second or so wherever the closest ghost is. Now the map would only tell the player the location of the closest ghost but not live, only every second or so, nor would it tell the player the direction or color of the ghost. 3. Whenever the player "dies", make the camera quickly but not instantly snap at the ghost, giving a final "jumpscare" if the player was running away or if the player didn't have a chance to see the ghost at all, for example if it came around the corner and the player didn't notice.

Pinky is typically referred to as an ambusher since she target’s pacman’s front. (Allowing you to get caged in by two ghosts easily)

I love how theres barely an intro, we're just thrust into CB's insane thought process and premise

I literally rewatched 11:25-12:05 for 20 times and laughed my ass out every single time.

clyde should have the "multi stage capacity test" or whatever thing while the others should have traditionally scary noises. cause clyde's entire thing is that he's different and chaotic.

That iPhone alarm jump scare gave me genuine anxiety, and I never even flinch at regular horror games

It’s always a good year when code bullet uploads

I think the way the ghosts work can be simplified into blinky and inky being chaser, pinky flanking you, and clyde being a bit of a roamer.

2:40 CB: ITS GHOST TIME GHOSTBUSTER SONG PLAYS IF SOMETHING ST- CB: NO NO WE CANT DO THAT

Jokes aside, this made for an infinitely better horror game than I was expecting it to.

Im gonna be real, the minute or two he was frantically running away from a ghost loudly meowing and making weird noises at him was the most primal fight or flight response ive had in a while

i love how Clyde actually has importance in the game for the pacman part

8:51 im afraid at how i see “furry noise” in the bottom left side

This looks hella fun. Each ghost should represent some form of responsibility, so you're really running from responsibility.

Months of coding Weeks of editing 20 minutes of programming hilarity

I like how victory seemingly wasn't even a consideration. At least nothing was mentioned as a result of getting all the dots

Thank you, code bullet. You have both enlightened and taught valuable lessons while entertaining. See your next video in several months, I hope!

The most terrifying part of all of this is that code bullet uses Norton Antivirus.

The final bit with Pac-man as the monster made me think of all the spaceship interpretations. Imagine if the dots were interpreted as ceiling lights and the maze gets progressively darker as he destroys them. The power dots being something like a power center or something and everything goes dark when he gets them.

3:35 why do I just imagine the “ghost” going, “Imma get ya, imma gat ya >=D”

Man do I love Code Bullet's videos. Thank you for continuing to make content!

Every Code Bullet video is equally chaotic, but it feels like he goes through ten stages of character development between each one.

Clyde's pattern was made to work in a maze in 2D, psyching the player out by camping near Pac Man and potentially block his path. When put into a 3D Maze in first person, yeah it all falls apart.

Dude I would love to see a second vid or even a playable version of this. This is funny-scary and I love it. Like how do these 2 totally different emotions collide, wtf, its great.

I like how he went halfway to making a horror game and then just sort of stuck with funny horror

I hope he uses this on his resume, I love the idea of a potential employer looking at his videos and thinking "yeah this is exactly the kind of person we need"

Absolutely loved this, well done CB!

This is amazing, please make more of these game dev videos

I like how the pacer test gets progressively louder while saying that it is a test that gets progressively harder

The ghosts stopping and restarting their noises as the power dot wears off is a nice touch

9:27 bro was trying to appeal to that 20% of his audience 😭

Honestly, being able to jump up onto the walls would be a good idea if the game had stealth elements. Like maybe jumping up out of the trench alerts all the ghosts to your location and they turn aggressive and chase you until you ditch them: so jumping up on to the walls is basically either just a desperation tactic when cornered, or a risk/reward thing to speed up your run.

This reminds me of another horror game where you have to run around collecting crystals while navigating a maze and running from something.

The context for the "looks like you could still use a close shave" quote comes from his boss fight in pac man world 2. In which he drives a wooden ghost mech that launches saw blades out of its mouth.

I was super happy when you did your research on Pacman and its behaviour. Most of the remakes I've seen just make the ghost randomly chase you. That sucks.

I'm in my late 50's and I remember when Pac-Man originally came out. I also remember when Doom first came out. And I was playing both at their release. This has a bit more potential than what you actually realise mate. If you put more work into the graphics, sounds, and increased the fear, whilst taking the comedic element out, you'd have something that would be quite enjoyable to play. It would be very interesting to see what the gameplay would be like if it was developed without the VR, and instead for the desktop. Quake maybe? Good work btw.

I love how CB went from [entertainment-educational AI application] to just [goofing in unity with VR]. Absolutely based. At least someone i follow shares enjoyment (in between suffering) in developing in Unity.

Fun Fact: The "ghosts" in Pac Man werent originally intended to be ghosts, however due to some translation errors on the english version of the game people began calling them ghosts. They were originally supposed to be some kind of monster with some kind of cover hiding their true face, similar to the sheet ghosts that kids used to dress up as for Halloween

11:50 really make me throw my fork to the sky mate 😂😂

It's my first time seeing code bullet and after seeing the intro my mind gets instantly filled with tv man

I think I speak for everyone when I say: we want to play this masterpiece.

Ah the perfect, relaxing Code Bullet video for 2:30AM. Much appreciated

Yes, please make this downloadable for us! I would love to play this with friends lol

CB this video already taught me loads more about Pac-Man than I've ever known before. I didn't know the ghosts had individual names/personalities lol. I didn't know they actually do different things. I've never noticed that Blinky (red) always targets you directly. I've played a lot of Pac-Man arcade machines too. Just never realised all this! Mind-Blown.

Code Bullet... The only channel that low key complains about the months it took them to make the video only to add animated splash screens in between segments XD

11:50 the way that ACTUALLY made me scream 💀💀💀💀

The Inky close shave line comes from his boss fight where he chucks circle saw blades from his ghost bot at you.

Perfect video as always !

14:12 - "I really hate developing in VR, it's so annoying" - Pro tip, many developers find it more convenient to develop games using a 2D monitor and typing code on a normal keyboard, and only use the VR when playing the game. I hope this helps.

Codebullet should replace every computer science teacher

This was just perfect we need more

Even though it's nowhere close to being done, I'd love to be able to play this as-is, even as a timewaster of sorts. Sadly I don't own a VR so I wouldn't be able to play it anyway. Here's some ideas that might inspire further development if you ever plan on continuing working on this game: the map should probably let you walk still, but instead of showing the ghosts location, it could show the ghosts last known location (based on proximity/sounds maybe?) or probably just make the location update every 15/30 seconds or so, so you *know* they're approaching (and likely guess if they are hunting/scattering) but you don't know their exact location. Amazing video as always CB!

Hey Bullet, I wanted to say that your videos are what got me into programming and I just finished my bachelors in Computer science. I don't know if I should thank you or hurt you.

Code Bullet's on his way to becoming a game developer.

"The fitness gram pacer test" is actually terrifying

@ 8:50 I closed my eyes & the alarm dam near made my heart jump out my chest 😂 Exactly why this is my alarm sound.

Codebullet proving to us he doesn't need AI to make a banger video.

Code bullet evolved from creating scuffed AIs to creating scuffed VR games

Nice! A mini-map, "better hearing" (slower sound volume decay) and a rechargable possibility to sprint would be nice :D

11:49 Imagine just walking through a haunted house, you lose your friend and start to get scared, and then he just comes saying “ The fitness gram pacer test is a- “

I point people to your videos when they ask me why software development is stressful and frustrating. You really capture it in a core way that I can't explain in words alone. I can't stop laughing and/or crying when you fall through the wall for the 15th time, after declaring the wall collision working perfectly.

I played pacman at a VR exhibition about 7 years ago with a 360 treadmill, that was a true unexpected horror

bro i’ve been wanting this for so long

I think not being able to outrun the ghosts makes it a way scarier horror game, just knowing they're slowing gaining on you.

The accidental hilarity of bullet building a tunnel running horror game with the same music that Tangoteck uses is just amazing.

It’s always a good year when code bullet uploads. It’s always a good year when code bullet uploads.

We need a full playthrough

Only this guy would remake a classic into an horror game

I never thought I could adore a Pac-Man Ghost but honesty Clyde is now my spirit animal

This level of Clyde disrespect will not be tolerated

Those ghosts make me think of the Cores that were attached to GLaDOS in portal one. Yeah, the one that’s talking about making cake and some other ones that are weird like this one that sounds like it’s a curious child sort of or whatever and I imagine this is what all the cores basically going off and GLaDOS‘s head would feel like.

okay but no fucking shit 11:55 actually jumpscared me

Massive success; It was scary in traditional ways, plus contemporary anxiety inducing ways. Well played sir.

It'd be dope to see an alternative VR mechanic in which movement was controlled with teleports to the dots. The player might strategically leave gaps or try to jump long distances. Could make for some very tense gameplay!

This is actually HILARIOUS, you should make this multiplayer, (with nametags for players) that would be incredible

Yknow, if I had a nickel for every time someone suggested making pacman into a horror game, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice!

Code Bullet is one of those UKpostsrs who upload once every leap year, but it’s always an absolute banger. Other channels like this include: Sam O’nella, Vsauce, and Kutzgersagt.

If you need someone to play test VR stuff, I’m willing to! I’ve spent way too much time in vr so I’m basically not able to get motion sick from it

Loved watching this! It’s awesome to see you expand your range and as long as we get ANY content from you we’re happy. I’m not using “we” to refer to your subs, I’m talking about Precious and I.

top tier content as usual. For someone who makes a lot of jokes about being lazy, your videos always feel very high quality.

Was really hoping you would use the drowning sound from Sonic for one of the ghosts. If anything induces terror, that is it.

Weirdly enough loved the transition pieces the most. Have a playlist for the songs? Because damn they sound good

I absolutely love what this channel has evolved into, this is a golden era that is heading for platinum.

I feel like this was missing two things to make it really Pacman - Constant forward motion and actually being able to clear the maze to move to the next level.

Why do I suspect that code bullet spends more time on the dancing animations than on code

11:42 Why does this feel like something you'd see in an actual nightmare?

this was super cool. :) i love this style of video.

Now we need a large streamer to play this for 10 hours

12:00 why did that actually make me jump

I love the faster uploads btw 😍

That's exacly the video I needed for tonight !

8:55 "imminent responsibility" 🤣

The VR controls going ape shit might have actually been the scariest part. Having zero control over your body while you are flung around a hellish maze, being forced to wake up and attempt to run the pacer test while a serial killer furry chases you.

Me: falling asleep at night to this video Code bullet: yea let’s just put an alarm in here

pinky's actually supposed to be super smart and tries to go around and catch the player infront of them, and i think specifically in a horror game that wouldve been super neat

This is exactly what I needed at 2:30 in the morning. Thank you papa Code Bullet

Game dev stuff is honestly pretty good too, you manage to make it just as hilarious as your attempts at teaching AI 🤣