Pareidolia (or, Why I Saw Pac-Man Everywhere In 2020)

Pareidolia (or, Why I Saw Pac-Man Everywhere In 2020) is my game-essay entry for the Critical Distance pandemics and games essay jam which was held in early 2021. pah-reh-dolia the psychological phenomenon where we see recognizable shapes in clouds, rock formations, or otherwise unrelated objects or data This short Bitsy game shares the connections I felt between Pac-Man and that weird year that was 2020. And please dont come away from the game thinking that I hate Pac-Man I still have a great fondness for the pucky little game. As with my other Bitsy games, Pareidolia was another attempt to p...