Nous vs. Crabs: A Ms. Pac-Man Homage

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000

I had a simple idea: take the classic Ms. Pac-Man formula, swap in Nous Girl as the protagonist, make the enemies crabs (because crabs are funny and also slightly terrifying when they chase you), and see if my AI coding agent could build the whole thing in one shot.

Spoiler: it did. In one session. A single 1456-line HTML file, complete with pixel art, four distinct crab AI strategies, power pellets, scoring, and level progression. No dependencies. No frameworks. Just vanilla JavaScript, a canvas, and arcade logic.

Pixel-Art on Notes from the Rabbit Hole

Nous vs. Crabs: A Ms. Pac-Man Homage