Run through sixteen haunted mazes, gather the magic pearls and dodge the monsters. Pac-Man with gravity, in four colours and 8-bit sound.

Works on desktop and phone. No install, no account.

Kid Odysseus title screen

▮How It Plays

Pac-Man With Gravity

Odysseus runs left and right along the platforms and drops through the gaps. Dash down to smash through the floor and escape.

16 Haunted Mazes

Gather every pearl to clear a maze. Moving platforms, levers, walkways, springs and magnets join in as you progress.

Monsters With A Mind

Each creature hunts differently: walkers, jumpers, flyers, frogs. Learn their patterns, or grab the hammer and fight back.

16 Palettes To Unlock

Four colours on screen, 8-bit audio and a CRT filter you can switch off. Earn coins to unlock new palettes, and the whole game repaints itself.

16 Hats To Earn

Coins buy hats and boosters. Wear the crown, the sombrero or the viking helmet into the next maze.

No Ads, No Accounts

Nothing to sign up for, nothing tracking you. Plays in portrait or landscape, on desktop or phone.

▮The Legend Of The Pearls

Once upon a time, a young boy was looking for adventure. Odysseus loves fantasy tales, and above all the legend of the crystal pearls. On his eighth birthday he sets off on a long journey to find them: sixteen magical mazes scattered around the kingdom.

Be careful, young boy. The mazes are haunted by powerful monsters!

Start the journey

▮Sixteen Mazes

Every maze wraps around its edges, and the later ones bring their own tricks. Here they are as the stage selector draws them, each in a different palette.

  1. Marble Garden Marble Garden
  2. Windy Valley Windy Valley
  3. Lava Mountain Lava Mountain
  4. Desert Road Desert Road
  5. Coco Island Coco Island
  6. Coral Cave Coral Cave
  7. Crystal Lake Crystal Lake
  8. Sky Sanctuary Sky Sanctuary
  9. Space Lagoon Space Lagoon
  10. Hidden Palace Hidden Palace
  11. Treasure Wall Treasure Wall
  12. Jungle Waterfall Jungle Waterfall
  13. Emerald River Emerald River
  14. Misty Forest Misty Forest
  15. Hunted Castle Hunted Castle
  16. Magic Night Magic Night

▮How To Play

TouchKeyboardGamepad
Run left / rightswipe left / right← →left stick
Dash downswipe down↓left stick down
Jump (with the boots)swipe up↑left stick up
Pause / backpause buttonEscB
  • Pearl Gather them all to clear the maze.
  • Coin Spend them on hats and boosters.
  • Heart One more life, per round.
  • Magnet Pulls the pearls to you.
  • Boots Swipe up to jump.
  • Feather Speed boost.
  • Hammer Smash the monsters for a while.
  • Spring Bounces you back up.
  • Box Dash down to break through it.
  • Moving Platform Rides up and down, or side to side.
  • Walkway Carries you along.
  • Bridge A thin floor across the gap.
  • Lever Run through it to switch it, run back to switch it off.
  • Spikes Do not touch.

Every hit costs a heart. When the last one is gone you can revive on the spot for coins, and the price goes up each time, or call it a run and take your score to the results screen.

▮Meet The Monsters

▮Sixteen Hats

Coins buy hats. Some need a level first. Odysseus wears his cap by default.

▮Sixteen Palettes

Four colours at a time. You start with Arcade; the others are unlocked with coins as you level up, and the whole game repaints itself, monsters and menus included.

▮In Motion

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“Fun take on a classic, with interesting progression. Support is also responsive and effective. 5/5 will play again.”

— Eddy

“I like it a lot. It is like Pac-Man but with gravity!”

— Ggg Ggg

▮Screenshots

Run through the mazesGather the magic pearlsFight the monstersFun and retro

▮Play Free, Or Say Thanks

Browser

Free

The complete game, right here. Nothing to install.

Play now

Mac & Windows

On itch.io

Offline, full screen, any window size. It is the "thank you" that keeps the lights on.

Get it on itch.io

Android

Coming back

The Google Play version is being refreshed with this release.

Google Play

What's New In 1.3

  • plays in portrait or landscape: the maze fills the short side of the screen, the HUD moves around it
  • keyboard and gamepad controls next to the original swipes
  • free in the browser, downloadable on Mac and Windows