Mini Project: Pac Man

In this project, you will create a simplified recreation of the famous game of Pac Man in 3D. You will make the character to play as him and make 2 scripts. One to make the player controlling Pac Man do the "Waka Waka" sound when moving and the other a pellet to collect in the world when playing.

Topics:

• Parts
• Material
• BrickColor
• Scripting

Setting up the Project

A pellet a day keeps the ghosts away

1. Get 1 wedge and 2 spheres
2. Add BrickColor and Material
3. Make one sphere slightly smaller and rename it to
   HumanoidRootPart
   , the wedge to
   Mouth
   and the other sphere to
   Head
   
4. Place the
   Mouth
   in a way it will cut out from the
   Head
   to make it look like Pac Man. Don't use the small sphere yet.
   • Hint: Turn off collisions so you can move the
     Mouth
     inside the
     Head
     .

   

5. Select the
   Mouth
   and make it a negative part by selecting the option from "Model" and "Negate" (red in image)
6. Then select both the
   Head
   and
   Mouth
   . Click on the "Union" option (red in image). Make sure you rename the new
   Union
   to
   Head
   .
7. Now place the
   HumanoidRootPart
   roughly in the center of the
   Head
   and make it transparent.
8. Select both parts and group them using "Ctrl + G" and rename the "Model" to
   StarterCharacter
   . Note: This rename is important to be able to play as this object.
9. Add a "WeldConstraint"
10. Connect the
    Head
    to the
    HumanoidRootPart
    by changing the "WeldConstraint" Part0 and Part1 to them respectively (red in image)
11. Add a "Humanoid" to the "StarterCharacter" and change its "HipHeight" property to 1. Note: "HipHeight" changes how far the
    HumanoidRootPart
    is from the floor by studs, you can make it a bigger number if necessary.
12. Place the
    StarterCharacter
    in the "StarterPlayer" folder and click play!

The Scripts

Script some pellets! Add a small sphere, rename it to

Add a script inside the

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
        script.Parent.CanTouch = false -- So you can't touch it again
        script.Parent.Transparency = 1 -- So it becomes invisible and can play sound before dissappearing
        local eat = script.Eat         -- So you get the sound to play
        eat:Play()	                   -- Play the sound
        eat.Ended:Wait()               -- Wait for the sound to finish playing
        script.Parent:Destroy()        -- Destroy the pellet
    end
end)

In this script, we start by adding a function that is only activated when something touches the Parent object (pellet). It then checks it is a Humanoid (which players have). If it is a Humanoid it makes it invisible and untouchable to allow it enough time to play the pellet collection sound before destroying the entire object.

Inside the

Now you can clone it and touch them to eat them!

Now, we will script Pac Man to make sounds! We will be adding some code to have Pac Man make the famous "Waka Waka" sound when walking. Add a Local Script object on the "StarterPlayer" folder and rename it to

Add the following code:

-- Line below gets the code block that is activated when a character walks/runs.
local walk = script.Parent.HumanoidRootPart:WaitForChild("Running")
-- You can change the code below to another walking sound ID if you wish.
walk.SoundId = "rbxassetid://5846853128"

In this script, we access the characters "Running" feature in order to change its properties. One of these properties is the sound made by the character when walking. As such we change the SoundId to the "Waka Waka" sound by getting the ID from one in toolbox.

Congratulations! You will now make the famous "Waka Waka" sound when playing as Pac Man!

Follow Up

1. Decorate the world!