Turn your Anki reviews into a game with this Pac-Man inspired add-on!
Anki-Pacman transforms studying with Anki into a rewarding game experience. Play the classic arcade game right within Anki, and earn your playtime by completing flashcard reviews. The better you play, the fewer cards you need to review!
- Full Pac-Man game integrated into Anki
- Review-to-play reward system - complete reviews to earn gameplay
- Progress tracking - tracks your high score across sessions
- Deck selection - choose which decks to review
- Multiple review types - review new cards, due cards, or both
- Adjustable difficulty - game speed increases as you improve
- Open Anki
- Click on
Tools→Add-ons→Get Add-ons... - Enter the code:
927867318 - Restart Anki
- Download the latest release from GitHub
- Open Anki
- Click on
Tools→Add-ons→Install from file... - Select the downloaded
.ankiaddonfile - Restart Anki
- Click the
Yellow Circlebutton in the top left of Anki or go toTools→Play Pacman - Press
Spaceto start the game - Use the arrow keys to control Pac-Man
- Eat all the dots while avoiding ghosts
- Eat power pellets to temporarily hunt ghosts
- Game over? Complete the required flashcard reviews to play again!
Eat all the dots in the maze while avoiding the ghosts. Power pellets allow you to temporarily eat ghosts for bonus points.
- Arrow keys: Move Pac-Man
- P: Pause game
- Space: Start game
| Score Range | Cards to Review |
|---|---|
| < 500 | 20 cards |
| 500-999 | 30 cards |
| 1000-1499 | 40 cards |
| 1500+ | 40 cards |
If you win the game by clearing all dots, you don't need to review any cards!
After a game, you can:
- Choose which deck to review from
- Select card types:
- New Cards
- Review Cards
- Both New and Review Cards
- Return to game at any time (progress is saved)
- Anki 2.1.45+ (Qt5 and Qt6)
- Tested on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Compatible with Anki 24.11+
- Make sure you've restarted Anki after installation
- Check Tools menu to ensure the add-on is installed
- Try reducing other applications running in the background
- Ensure your graphics drivers are up to date
- Make sure you're answering cards from the selected deck
- Complete the review session rather than closing it midway
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- This add-on was inspired by the classic Pac-Man game by Namco
- Thanks to the Anki development team for the fantastic flashcard platform
- Special thanks to all users who provided feedback and suggestions