danicat/pacgo resource
A Pac Man clone written in Go (with emojis!) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
56/100
- Activity 53
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2913
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 285
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1218 stars · 139 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Pac Go is a Pac Man clone written in Go that runs in the terminal, rendered with emojis. It doubles as a hands-on tutorial for learning the Go programming language through game development.
Use cases
- learn Go programming by building a game
- terminal pac-man game
- tutorial covering pointers and concurrency in Go
- fun alternative to CRUD-based Go tutorials
- example of terminal escape sequences in Go
When to choose
- you want a fun, project-based introduction to Go
- you already know basic programming and want to learn Go idioms
- you're interested in terminal-based games and escape sequences
When to avoid
- you need a polished, full-featured Pac Man game
- you're a complete beginner to programming
- you're on Windows without a terminal emulator
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
game cli developer-tools education gaming-tools tutorials cli go pac-man terminal-game go-tutorial emojis learn-go command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/danicat/pacgo · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6abe8ec4feef
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| danicat/pacgo | main | 56 |
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