Chap who coded Google’s Pac-Man clone reveals how the game freaked out Firefox

Marcin Wichary, who has held senior design roles at Figma, Medium, and Google, shares the behind-the-scenes story of creating Google's 2010 Pac-Man Doodle. The challenge involved rebuilding the entire game in HTML and CSS while integrating iconic sound effects and replacing the original maze with one that navigated the letters GOOGLE. Google proceeded with development before securing permission from Pac-Man owner Namco, planning to impress them with a near-finished product. Wichary described the task as "terrifying" given the homepage's importance at the time.

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