Pac-Man GA Any% Route

------ Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Any% Route ------
Notes:
	> APPROX current pellets in a level will be denoted with [number]
	> APPROX current pellets in school will be denoted with <number>
	> Those stupid tube cutscenes that take up about half this run are denoted with "Elevator"
	> Ghosts should be chomp-dashed to when directly in front of you; dash chains are the fastest way to travel
	> Routed-in chomp-dashes are denoted with "CD" followed by the color of the ghost(s) in parentheses
	> At each level end, mash A to skip stats box
	> Run starts on selecting "Yes" on NG screen
	> Run ends on contact with Pineapple in "Ghost of a Chance"

WARNING: Grinding for pellets is literally 20 minutes of the run if you don't wanna do this for 20 minutes don't run this game
	Each cycle takes ~28 seconds
	Each cycle acquires ~60 pellets
	~2 pellets/sec (use this for potential pellet rerouting because grinding sucks)

Intro cutscene (mash A to skip)
:: INVASION! ::
Info screen (mash A)
Double jump across debris
CD (pink)
Elevator [29-30]
Avoid text trigger (walk around checkpoint)
CD (pink)
Bush pellets (5)
CD (pink)
Walk on turntable
CD (up to 3?; most convenient)
Eat all 9 ghosts
Pull switch
All pellets across blue platforms
Double jump + CD to moving platform
Double jump (+ CD if necessary) to checkpoint
CD (blue, pink)
CD (pink around corner)
CD (if convenient)
NO power berry
Dash chain to elevator [70-75]
Trigger and skip Slimetanium text with death
Double jump + dash to fountain
Collect pellets to elevator [80-85]
Power berry (ice)
Ice-Pac info (mash A)
Freeze fountain, jump across
Freeze fire ghosts
CD (fire, fire)
End [~95]

:: PARK PANIC ::
Collect pellets to drop down, cut corner
Bush pellets (5)
CD (pink)
CD (red)
Double jump over corners
Friend cutscene
Save friends (3 chomps)
Pull switch
Elevator [~20]
Bush pellets (4)
Double jump
Double jump + CD
Bush pellets (7)
Double jump left
NO power berry
Double jump
Ring of pellets
Double jump + CD
Bush pellets (9)
Cross platforms
Bush pellets (8?)
Elevator [~68]
Pull switch
Elevator [~70]
CD (red by blue platforms)
Climb platforms (skip last)
CD (green, pink)
Eat all 6 ghosts
Pull switch
Eat all 12 ghosts
End [~85]

:: COLD CASE ::
Power berry (fire)
Fire Pac info (mash A)
Cross platforms to the right
CD (red)
CD (red)
Elevator [19]
Fireball toward pull switch
Pull switch
Elevator [19]
Slide CENTER
Double jump + CD right
Elevator [38]
CD left before cherry cutscene
Melt one fountain
Double jump + CD to higher fountain
End [~40]

:: HEDGE MAZE ::
Wait on first platform
Double jump + CD (corner jump for pellets)
CD (blue)
CD (red)
First platform
Double jump + CD (corner jump for pellets)
Bush pellets (6)
Elevator [41]
CD (red)
Ascend platforms around right
Ring of pellets
Elevator [56]
Double jump up
CD (red)
Elevator [58]
CD (red)
CD (blue)
Bush pellets (8)
CD (red)
Left
CD (red)
CD (pink)
CD (blue)
CD (red)
CD (pink)
Eat all 15 ghosts
Ignore your friends lol
Bush pellets (8)
CD (blue)
CD (red on right)
CD (pink)
CD (boss's tail)
End [~155]

<~375 hopefully more>

---- WORLD 1 DONE ----

:: ROCK 'TIL YOU DROP ::
Power berry (granite ball)
Granite Ball Pac info (mash A)
Dash up half-pipe to switch 1
Dash around to switch 2
Through hole
Jump down left
Charge shot toward platform in center of room
Damage boost onto platform
Double jump + CD
Double jump right
Ring of pellets
Power berry (granite ball)
Push each boulder into the slot
Through hole
Kill golem thing in back of room
Jump off bottom statue on staircase to get to door on right
Around to switch 1
Straight through center to switch 2
Through hole
End [~95]

:: RUBBER AND STONE ::
Power berry (granite ball)
Damage boost to path
Double jump + CD + damage boost TWICE to ramp on left
Power berry on right (granite ball)
Damage boost across right through door
Ride platform up
Damage boost to turntable gear
Power berry (rubber)
Rubber Pac info (mash A)
Wall jump up
Activate switch 1 behind blue sign
Activate switch 2 down left
Wall jump up to switch 3
Wall jump up to switch 4 (middle), 5 (circle platform), and 6 (near exit)
Maze switch 1 (top left)
Keep ascending while it turns
Maze switch 2 (top right)
Fall to bottom while it turns
Exit top right
End [~95-100]

:: GEARS OF WARNING ::
Power berry (rubber)
Wall jump up
Run straight through gauntlet (don't need to wait)
Ground pound spring 1
Ground pound spring 2
Wall jump up, hit both switches
Ring of pellets
Wall jump up with cycles
Spring
Ring of pellets (CD both ghosts if in the way)
Spring
Ring of pellets
Spring
Jump up left side of moving blocks
End [~100]

:: HIDDEN PAST ::
Power berry (chameleon)
Chameleon Pac info (mash A)
Cross with tongue and a double jump
Hit both switches
Double jump to turntable (no tongue)
Jump around second gear (tongue)
Pellets on platform
Continue around gear (TAKE DAMAGE ONCE)
Left path
CD (blue)
Ascending platform
Jump toward red ghost
Walk with edge of gear
CD (convenience)
Double jump + CD
End [~105-110]

<~395-405 hopefully more>

:: SCHOOL ::
GRINDING TO 2600 <~770-780>
Map room:
	Yellow bin
	Circle room
Hall:
	Blue bin
	Yellow bin
	Blue bin
	3 vending machines
	Yellow bin
	Vending machine
Quit to menu
Continue
Per cycle: ~60 pellets, ~28 seconds
Return to map at 2600

:: TEMPLE OF SLIME ::
NO power berry
Cross bridge
Double jump + CD right
Power berry (granite ball)
Cannon at tower 1
Power berry (granite ball)
Cannon at tower 2
Power berry (granite ball)
Cannon at tower 3
Power berry (granite ball)
Cannon at platform pillar
Power berry (granite ball)
Switch
On 10th square ramp thing dash directly left
Boss:
	Sit at power berry (granite ball)
	Boulder attack:
		Dash boulder into teeth (RNG is fun)
	Earthquake attack:
		Getting hit as granite ball is fine
		Jump as Pac-Man
End [~35]

:: RUINED MAZE ::
Bush pellets (4)
Double jump to ring of pellets
Double jump + CD left to ring of pellets
Bush pellets (6)
Double jump + CD
Ring of pellets
Double jump
Double jump
Power berry (rubber)
Wall jump up
Take damage near switch
Switch
Climb crumbling stairs
Moving platform
Double jump + CD to lower platform
Double jump + CD to dome platform
Ring of pellets
Climb up
Eat all 11 ghosts
End [~110]

<~2745 hopefully more>

---- WORLD 2 DONE ----

:: SPIKY VALLEY ::
Power berry (ice)
Freeze lava stairs
Double jump + CD
Down and around right
Climb first section of stairs
Double jump + CD to center platform
Down toward lava falls (left)
Bush pellets (6)
Lava boost (3X)
Down and right
Damage boost across
Power berry (ice)
Platforming
Power berry (if you needed to damage boost)
Double jump + CD (don't freeze)
Double jump + CD down
Double jump + CD (damage boost necessary??)
Pull switch
Lava boost
Power berry (ice)
Pull switch
Autoscroller (spam attack)
Freeze bats
Stand where cherry spawns
End [~190]

:: DRAGON VALLEY ::
Power berry (ice)
Up through doors
Double jump + freeze lava
Damage boost
Double jump + CD
Power berry (ice)
Freeze lava
Left to cutscene (skip)
Avoid fireballs
Cutscene (skip)
Boss:
	Power berry if you lost it (ice)
	Freeze fireballs before dragon inhales
	Phase 2 positioning is hard, try to spread them out
	Phase 3 positioning is harder
End [~45]

:: CASTLE CRASHER ::
Circle around left
CD (red ghost staircase)
Power berry (chameleon)
Stealth
Pull switch
Tongue staircase
Cooking dad:
	Phase 1 eat all the purple stuff
	Phase 2 eat more purple stuff
	Phase 3 eat the purple + green stuff
Power berry (chameleon)
Tongue staircase
Stealth
Pull switch
Cutscene (skip)
End [~40]

:: FIERY MAZE ::
Power berry (ice)
Double jump + CD down left
Platforming, climb stairs
Double jump + CD + damage boost straight
Double jump + CD
Lure ghost
Pull switch
Take damage as stair cutscene starts so you can move again
Double jump + CD
Vending machine if you need HP
Double jump + CD after stairs from corner across
Power berry (ice)
Freeze ghosts
Lava boost
Bush pellets (4)
Double jump + CD (damage boost necessary?)
Power berry if you don't have it (ice)
Dash + CD + damage boost (3X)
Lava boost
End [~40]

<~3060 hopefully more>

---- WORLD 3 DONE ----

:: KILLER FROST ::
Cutscene (skip)
Start moving right
Double jump + CD to ice platform
Power berry (fire)
Jump from purple thing to ice pillar
CD (blue, red)
Melt left ice pillar
Light torch 1
CD (blue)
Light torch 2
Platforming
Light torch 3 (left)
Platforming
Light torch 4 (right by door)
Melt ice ghost for safety
Lava boost (2X)
CD (if convenient)
Lava boost
CD (ghost stairs)
Slide
Eat both big ghosts and eat/kill all others
End [~90]

:: FLURRY OF ACTIVITY ::
Power berry (metal)
Metal pac info (mash A)
CD (convenience)
2D 1 (jumping)
2D 2
Double jump + CD
Damage
Power berry (balloon)
Balloon pac info (mash A)
Float up
Power berry (balloon)
Float up
Power berry (metal)
2D 3 (skip last bar with double jump)
Power berry (balloon)
Ride fan
End [~165]

:: ICY LAKE ::
Climb up (CD when convenient)
Power berry (ice)
Freeze lava and jump across (2X)
Freeze lava and climb (3X)
Cutscene (skip)
Jump to first ice platform
Double jump + CD
Collect pellets while waiting
First pillar frozen
Double jump + CD to platform
Double jump to far pillar
Damage boost (2X)
Spook ghosts
Vending machine pellets
Double jump + CD to farthest ice platform
Double jump + CD
Power berry (fire)
Torches
Slide
Travel around room (CD when convenient)
Power berry (ice)
Bat murder
End [~190]

:: FRIGID CAVES ::
Power berry (ice)
Slide 1 (right path) (get pellets as you go)
Slide 2 (left path)
Slide 3
Platforming (good idea to get most of the pellet rings here, whether before/after the button)
Button
Jump down to big platform
Double jump (+ CD?)
Freeze/eat all ghosts
End [~215]

:: TEMPLE OF ICE ::
Power berry (fire)
Around left wall
After last melting platforms, fireball ice wall across
Torches
Left to gate
Cutscene (skip)
Boss:
	Melt ice up stairs
	Light 3 torches
	Destroy 3 cores
Cutscene (skip)
End [~55]
Cutscene (skip)

:: ICE MAZE ::
Power berry (balloon)
Float up right wall (3 fans)
Spook ghosts by power berry
Power berry (balloon)
Float up under fan to platform + CD
Jump down by big blue ghost
Power berry (balloon)
Up
Power berry (balloon)
Ride first fan (refresh balloon)
Keep going in that direction, ignore fans
Kill all ghosts
End [~35]
Cutscene (skip)

<~3810 hopefully more>

---- WORLD 4 DONE ----

:: METAL MANIA ::
Power berry (fire)
Cutscene (unskippable)
Save friends (fire/chomp)
Elevator [10]
Power berry (metal)
Double jump straight to diagonal beam
2D 1
2D 2 (left path > top platform)
Take damage
Elevator [80-85]
Jump on checkpoint > across beams
End [~90]

:: PAC IN PACOPOLIS ::
Power berry (spin)
Spin pac info (mash A)
Dash everywhere
Pull switch
Dash some more
Dash to get both buttons
Look at all that dashing
Jump across the blue platforms instead of dashing
Power berry (fire)
Collect pellets from bins during voice lines
Kill 40 ghosts (clusters are best)
End [~50]

:: ROUNDHOUSE RUMBLE ::
Cutscene (2X) (skip)
Spook ghosts
Power berry (balloon)
Float to rightmost vertical fan
Power berry (balloon)
Float through both right-facing fans
Power berry (ice)
Kill bat
Power berry (balloon)
Float over closest fan and to platform
Kill ghosts for safety
Power berry (balloon)
Next platform
Power berry (balloon)
Float toward 2 fans
Drop to platform
Power berry (balloon)
Float to bats
Power berry (ice)
Kill bats
Power berry (balloon)
Ride fan up
Float to fan on left (refresh balloon)
End [~20]
Cutscene (skip)

<~3970 hopefully more>

---- WORLD 5 DONE ----

:: A FLUFFY RECEPTION ::
Cutscene (skip)
Boss:
	Make dog charge bone
	Chomp tail
	Eat wizard ghosts
End [0]

:: SCHOOL ::
GRINDING TO 4500 <~3970>
Map room:
	Yellow bin
	Circle room
Hall:
	Blue bin
	Yellow bin
	Blue bin
	3 vending machines
	Yellow bin
	Vending machine
Quit to menu
Continue
Per cycle: ~60 pellets, ~28 seconds
Return to map at 4500

:: TEMPLE OF MYSTERY ::
Jump + CD across platforms to portal 1
Jump + CD across platforms to portal 2 (no berry)
Power berry (granite ball)
Cannon at tower
Double jump + CD from second statue on stairs to portal 3
Power berry (balloon)
Float to other berry (refresh balloon)
Float directly to portal 4
Boss:
	Power berry (ice)
	Stand near spring
	Freeze fireball that will hit spring
	4 times
End [~5]
Cutscene (skip)

:: PIPE MAZE ::
Power berry (granite ball)
Cannon to left tower
Power berry (granite ball)
Cannon to caves by vending machine
Follow right wall
Power berry (spin)
Spin2win
Hit all 3 buttons
Power berry (bounce)
Bounce up, through tunnel
Power berry (balloon)
Float to big blue ghost
Power berry (balloon)
Float to wizard at top
End [~70]

:: GHOST OF A CHANCE ::
Boss:
	Stand on a mirror thing
	Reflect laser
	4X
Run ends on contact with Pineapple

Wow that was a disappointing final boss fight