I was wondering, how was the PacMan game on Google.com implemented?
Javascript?
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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:
cherouvim
2010-05-23 07:19:53
I may disagree with their methods from time to time, but the people at Google are some serious studs.
Alan
2010-05-23 07:29:33
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
2010-05-23 07:32:23
makes me want to program a platform game in javascript...
cherouvim
2010-05-23 07:40:35
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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.
stakx
2010-05-23 07:21:26
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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.
Eric
2010-05-23 07:27:19
I found this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2884064/howto-download-local-copy-of-googles-pacman-game/2886890#2886890
zengr
2010-05-23 07:28:56
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Yes, Javascript and Html. A rewritten version can be found on GitHub.
MKroehnert
2010-05-23 07:37:20