PacMan on Google homepage, how is it implemented?

Question

I was wondering, how was the PacMan game on Google.com implemented?

Javascript?

see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2884064/howto-download-local-copy-of-googles-pacman-game — Nick Dandoulakis, May 23 '10 at 07:27

score 27 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 08 '17 at 14:25

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JavaScript with HTML for the graphics (no canvas, but sprite divs etc). There is also a bit of flash for the music.

Here is the master sprite: alt text

edited Feb 08 '17 at 14:25

Community

answered May 23 '10 at 07:19

cherouvim

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I may disagree with their methods from time to time, but the people at Google are some serious studs. – Alan May 23 '10 at 07:29
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Yea, considering the time invested into this. They are truly awesome when if comes to doing things differently! But again, I am also not a big fan of Google! – zengr May 23 '10 at 07:32
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makes me want to program a platform game in javascript... – cherouvim May 23 '10 at 07:40

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered May 23 '10 at 07:21

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I had a quick look at the Google homepage HTML, and found a link to this JavaScript script:

So I'd say yes, it's implemented in JavaScript.

answered May 23 '10 at 07:21

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered May 23 '10 at 07:27

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Here is the complete javascript code. You might want to run it through a Javascript Beautifier. It's too long to post here.

answered May 23 '10 at 07:27

Eric

I found this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2884064/howto-download-local-copy-of-googles-pacman-game/2886890#2886890 – zengr May 23 '10 at 07:28

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered May 23 '10 at 07:37

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Yes, Javascript and Html. A rewritten version can be found on GitHub.

answered May 23 '10 at 07:37

MKroehnert

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