It's our birthday – so we built everyone this retro game

canary.tools

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I also don't recognize the company but it's a nice little Pac-Man clone. One technical way that it seems to differ it looks like you store a 1-move buffer. So if I am moving upward and press right, then when I get to the first potential right tunnel I move into it.

It’s our birthday - so we built everyone this retro game.

(Complete all levels, and we will send you a special 10-year edition t-shirt)

Who are "we", and why this game in particular?

We build tools (commercial: https://canary.tools) and free (https://canarytokens.org | https://opencanary.org) that help slowdown/detect attackers.

It supports normal(ish) pacman-like activity, except some of the dots you consume might be canaries, which will slow you down/likely lead to you being detected/caught.

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