Pac Claw

Pac Claw is a goofy neon browser arcade game about protecting your data from a rogue claw that absolutely should not have access to anything.

Move through maze-like systems, stop the claw before it deletes too much data, survive bonus rounds, unlock suspiciously useful tools, and try not to think too hard about why the claw wants your API keys.

What starts as a simple data-protection chase turns into a full arcade incident: claw swarms, backup restores, firewall drops, packet blasting, boss fights, mystery payloads, and a growing suspicion that someone definitely skipped the security review.

The result is part maze chase, part arcade chaos, part cybersecurity joke, and part “why is the claw still learning?”

## Features

- 20 levels across two escalating stages

- Fast retro maze-chase gameplay with constant data-deletion pressure

- Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty options

- Browser-based HTML5 play with no install required

- Original generated arcade sound effects and silly boot-up music

- Bonus rounds with claw collecting, packet blasting, and reverse Donkey Kong-style claw climbs

- Boss fights where collected claws become your ammo

- Mystery payloads with random rewards and risks

- Backups, restores, cooldowns, power meters, and other extremely official nonsense

- A claw that learns, escapes, multiplies, and keeps making this your problem

## Unlockable Tools

- **VPN** — slip through danger

- **Data Dump** — unload chaos when things get ugly

- **Packet Blaster** — fight back directly

- **Overclock** — move faster when panic becomes strategy

- **Firewall** — block the claw’s worst ideas

- **Captcha** — slow things down with bureaucratic nonsense

- **DataBurst** — clear space when the system gets crowded

## Controls

- **Move:** Arrow Keys or WASD

- **Select / Continue:** Enter or Space

- **Fire Packet Blaster / Bonus Shots:** Space

- **Restart Run:** R

- **Toggle Sound:** Title screen checkbox

## Content Note

Pac Claw contains no real data theft, no actual cybersecurity advice, and no legal guarantee that inserting your API key into an arcade cabinet is a good idea.

## AI Disclosure

This game was created with generative AI assistance and hand-edited during development.