{"id":8615,"date":"2026-02-05T13:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merlinedv.de\/waiting-area\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:29:30","slug":"waiting-area","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.merlinedv.de\/en\/waiting-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting area"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Welcome to our waiting area.<\/p>

You may be waiting for us to call you back, or we may already be working behind the scenes on a solution to your problem. To make sure waiting doesn\u2019t feel like wasted time, we\u2019ve added a little distraction: a browser-based homage to a true arcade classic. <\/p>

So take a moment, collect the dots, and dodge the ghosts. In the meantime, we\u2019ll take care of the rest. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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shim for font face<\/div>\n\n

PACMAN

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Waiting, retro-style.<\/a><\/p>\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n body {\n background-color: black;\n}\n\n#pacman {\n height: 470px;\n width: 382px;\n border-radius: 5px;\n margin: 20px auto;\n}\n\n#shim {\n font-family: 'Permanent Marker', cursive;\n position: absolute;\n visibility: hidden\n}\n\nh1 {\n font-family: 'Permanent Marker', cursive;\n text-align: center;\n color: yellow;\n}\n\nbody {\n width: 100%;\n height: 100vh;\n margin: 0px auto;\n font-family: sans-serif;\n}\n\na {\n text-decoration: none;\n color: #0000FF;\n}\n\n\n\n \/*jslint browser: true, undef: true, eqeqeq: true, nomen: true, white: true *\/\n\/*global window: false, document: false *\/\n\n\/*\n * fix looped audio\n * add fruits + levels\n * fix what happens when a ghost is eaten (should go back to base)\n * do proper ghost mechanics (blinky\/wimpy etc)\n *\/\n\nvar NONE = 4,\n UP = 3,\n LEFT = 2,\n DOWN = 1,\n RIGHT = 11,\n WAITING = 5,\n PAUSE = 6,\n PLAYING = 7,\n COUNTDOWN = 8,\n EATEN_PAUSE = 9,\n DYING = 10,\n Pacman = {};\n\nPacman.FPS = 30;\n\nPacman.Ghost = function (game, map, colour) {\n\n var position = null,\n direction = null,\n eatable = null,\n eaten = null,\n due = null;\n \n function getNewCoord(dir, current) { \n \n var speed = isVunerable() ? 1 : isHidden() ? 4 : 2,\n xSpeed = (dir === LEFT && -speed || dir === RIGHT && speed || 0),\n ySpeed = (dir === DOWN && speed || dir === UP && -speed || 0);\n \n return {\n \"x\": addBounded(current.x, xSpeed),\n \"y\": addBounded(current.y, ySpeed)\n };\n };\n\n \/* Collision detection(walls) is done when a ghost lands on an\n * exact block, make sure they dont skip over it \n *\/\n function addBounded(x1, x2) { \n var rem = x1 % 10, \n result = rem + x2;\n if (rem !== 0 && result > 10) {\n return x1 + (10 - rem);\n } else if(rem > 0 && result 5) { \n return game.getTick() % 20 > 10 ? \"#FFFFFF\" : \"#0000BB\";\n } else { \n return \"#0000BB\";\n }\n } else if(eaten) { \n return \"#222\";\n } \n return colour;\n };\n\n function draw(ctx) {\n \n var s = map.blockSize, \n top = (position.y\/10) * s,\n left = (position.x\/10) * s;\n \n if (eatable && secondsAgo(eatable) > 8) {\n eatable = null;\n }\n \n if (eaten && secondsAgo(eaten) > 3) { \n eaten = null;\n }\n \n var tl = left + s;\n var base = top + s - 3;\n var inc = s \/ 10;\n\n var high = game.getTick() % 10 > 5 ? 3 : -3;\n var low = game.getTick() % 10 > 5 ? -3 : 3;\n\n ctx.fillStyle = getColour();\n ctx.beginPath();\n\n ctx.moveTo(left, base);\n\n ctx.quadraticCurveTo(left, top, left + (s\/2), top);\n ctx.quadraticCurveTo(left + s, top, left+s, base);\n \n \/\/ Wavy things at the bottom\n ctx.quadraticCurveTo(tl-(inc*1), base+high, tl - (inc * 2), base);\n ctx.quadraticCurveTo(tl-(inc*3), base+low, tl - (inc * 4), base);\n ctx.quadraticCurveTo(tl-(inc*5), base+high, tl - (inc * 6), base);\n ctx.quadraticCurveTo(tl-(inc*7), base+low, tl - (inc * 8), base); \n ctx.quadraticCurveTo(tl-(inc*9), base+high, tl - (inc * 10), base); \n\n ctx.closePath();\n ctx.fill();\n\n ctx.beginPath();\n ctx.fillStyle = \"#FFF\";\n ctx.arc(left + 6,top + 6, s \/ 6, 0, 300, false);\n ctx.arc((left + s) - 6,top + 6, s \/ 6, 0, 300, false);\n ctx.closePath();\n ctx.fill();\n\n var f = s \/ 12;\n var off = {};\n off[RIGHT] = [f, 0];\n off[LEFT] = [-f, 0];\n off[UP] = [0, -f];\n off[DOWN] = [0, f];\n\n ctx.beginPath();\n ctx.fillStyle = \"#000\";\n ctx.arc(left+6+off[direction][0], top+6+off[direction][1], \n s \/ 15, 0, 300, false);\n ctx.arc((left+s)-6+off[direction][0], top+6+off[direction][1], \n s \/ 15, 0, 300, false);\n ctx.closePath();\n ctx.fill();\n\n };\n\n function pane(pos) {\n\n if (pos.y === 100 && pos.x >= 190 && direction === RIGHT) {\n return {\"y\": 100, \"x\": -10};\n }\n \n if (pos.y === 100 && pos.x = 10000 && score - nScore = 190 && direction === RIGHT) {\n npos = {\"y\": 100, \"x\": -10};\n }\n \n if (npos.y === 100 && npos.x 3 || rem < 7;\n };\n\n function calcAngle(dir, pos) { \n if (dir == RIGHT && (pos.x % 10 < 5)) {\n return {"start":0.25, "end":1.75, "direction": false};\n } else if (dir === DOWN && (pos.y % 10 < 5)) { \n return {"start":0.75, "end":2.25, "direction": false};\n } else if (dir === UP && (pos.y % 10 < 5)) { \n return {"start":1.25, "end":1.75, "direction": true};\n } else if (dir === LEFT && (pos.x % 10 = 1) { \n return;\n }\n\n ctx.fillStyle = \"#FFFF00\";\n ctx.beginPath(); \n ctx.moveTo(((position.x\/10) * size) + half, \n ((position.y\/10) * size) + half);\n \n ctx.arc(((position.x\/10) * size) + half, \n ((position.y\/10) * size) + half,\n half, 0, Math.PI * 2 * amount, true); \n \n ctx.fill(); \n };\n\n function draw(ctx) { \n\n var s = map.blockSize, \n angle = calcAngle(direction, position);\n\n ctx.fillStyle = \"#FFFF00\";\n\n ctx.beginPath(); \n\n ctx.moveTo(((position.x\/10) * s) + s \/ 2,\n ((position.y\/10) * s) + s \/ 2);\n \n ctx.arc(((position.x\/10) * s) + s \/ 2,\n ((position.y\/10) * s) + s \/ 2,\n s \/ 2, Math.PI * angle.start, \n Math.PI * angle.end, angle.direction); \n \n ctx.fill(); \n };\n \n initUser();\n\n return {\n \"draw\" : draw,\n \"drawDead\" : drawDead,\n \"loseLife\" : loseLife,\n \"getLives\" : getLives,\n \"score\" : score,\n \"addScore\" : addScore,\n \"theScore\" : theScore,\n \"keyDown\" : keyDown,\n \"move\" : move,\n \"newLevel\" : newLevel,\n \"reset\" : reset,\n \"resetPosition\" : resetPosition\n };\n};\n\nPacman.Map = function (size) {\n \n var height = null, \n width = null, \n blockSize = size,\n pillSize = 0,\n map = null;\n \n function withinBounds(y, x) {\n return y >= 0 && y = 0 && x < width;\n }\n \n function isWall(pos) {\n return withinBounds(pos.y, pos.x) && map[pos.y][pos.x] === Pacman.WALL;\n }\n \n function isFloorSpace(pos) {\n if (!withinBounds(pos.y, pos.x)) {\n return false;\n }\n var peice = map[pos.y][pos.x];\n return peice === Pacman.EMPTY || \n peice === Pacman.BISCUIT ||\n peice === Pacman.PILL;\n }\n \n function drawWall(ctx) {\n\n var i, j, p, line;\n \n ctx.strokeStyle = "#0000FF";\n ctx.lineWidth = 5;\n ctx.lineCap = "round";\n \n for (i = 0; i < Pacman.WALLS.length; i += 1) {\n line = Pacman.WALLS[i];\n ctx.beginPath();\n\n for (j = 0; j 30) {\n pillSize = 0;\n }\n \n for (i = 0; i < height; i += 1) {\n\t\t for (j = 0; j < width; j += 1) {\n if (map[i][j] === Pacman.PILL) {\n ctx.beginPath();\n\n ctx.fillStyle = "#000";\n\t\t ctx.fillRect((j * blockSize), (i * blockSize), \n blockSize, blockSize);\n\n ctx.fillStyle = "#FFF";\n ctx.arc((j * blockSize) + blockSize \/ 2,\n (i * blockSize) + blockSize \/ 2,\n Math.abs(5 - (pillSize\/3)), \n 0, \n Math.PI * 2, false); \n ctx.fill();\n ctx.closePath();\n }\n\t\t }\n\t }\n };\n \n function draw(ctx) {\n \n var i, j, size = blockSize;\n\n ctx.fillStyle = "#000";\n\t ctx.fillRect(0, 0, width * size, height * size);\n\n drawWall(ctx);\n \n for (i = 0; i < height; i += 1) {\n\t\t for (j = 0; j < width; j += 1) {\n\t\t\t drawBlock(i, j, ctx);\n\t\t }\n\t }\n };\n \n function drawBlock(y, x, ctx) {\n\n var layout = map[y][x];\n\n if (layout === Pacman.PILL) {\n return;\n }\n\n ctx.beginPath();\n \n if (layout === Pacman.EMPTY || layout === Pacman.BLOCK || \n layout === Pacman.BISCUIT) {\n \n ctx.fillStyle = "#000";\n\t\t ctx.fillRect((x * blockSize), (y * blockSize), \n blockSize, blockSize);\n\n if (layout === Pacman.BISCUIT) {\n ctx.fillStyle = "#FFF";\n\t\t ctx.fillRect((x * blockSize) + (blockSize \/ 2.5), \n (y * blockSize) + (blockSize \/ 2.5), \n blockSize \/ 6, blockSize \/ 6);\n\t }\n }\n ctx.closePath();\t \n };\n\n reset();\n \n return {\n "draw" : draw,\n "drawBlock" : drawBlock,\n "drawPills" : drawPills,\n "block" : block,\n "setBlock" : setBlock,\n "reset" : reset,\n "isWallSpace" : isWall,\n "isFloorSpace" : isFloorSpace,\n "height" : height,\n "width" : width,\n "blockSize" : blockSize\n };\n};\n\nPacman.Audio = function(game) {\n \n var files = [], \n endEvents = [],\n progressEvents = [],\n playing = [];\n \n function load(name, path, cb) { \n\n var f = files[name] = document.createElement("audio");\n\n progressEvents[name] = function(event) { progress(event, name, cb); };\n \n f.addEventListener("canplaythrough", progressEvents[name], true);\n f.setAttribute("preload", "true");\n f.setAttribute("autobuffer", "true");\n f.setAttribute("src", path);\n f.pause(); \n };\n\n function progress(event, name, callback) { \n if (event.loaded === event.total && typeof callback === "function") {\n callback();\n files[name].removeEventListener("canplaythrough", \n progressEvents[name], true);\n }\n };\n\n function disableSound() {\n for (var i = 0; i < playing.length; i++) {\n files[playing[i]].pause();\n files[playing[i]].currentTime = 0;\n }\n playing = [];\n };\n\n function ended(name) { \n\n var i, tmp = [], found = false;\n\n files[name].removeEventListener("ended", endEvents[name], true);\n\n for (i = 0; i < playing.length; i++) {\n if (!found && playing[i]) { \n found = true;\n } else { \n tmp.push(playing[i]);\n }\n }\n playing = tmp;\n };\n\n function play(name) { \n if (!game.soundDisabled()) {\n endEvents[name] = function() { ended(name); };\n playing.push(name);\n files[name].addEventListener("ended", endEvents[name], true);\n files[name].play();\n }\n };\n\n function pause() { \n for (var i = 0; i < playing.length; i++) {\n files[playing[i]].pause();\n }\n };\n \n function resume() { \n for (var i = 0; i < playing.length; i++) {\n files[playing[i]].play();\n } \n };\n \n return {\n "disableSound" : disableSound,\n "load" : load,\n "play" : play,\n "pause" : pause,\n "resume" : resume\n };\n};\n\nvar PACMAN = (function () {\n\n var state = WAITING,\n audio = null,\n ghosts = [],\n ghostSpecs = ["#00FFDE", "#FF0000", "#FFB8DE", "#FFB847"],\n eatenCount = 0,\n level = 0,\n tick = 0,\n ghostPos, userPos, \n stateChanged = true,\n timerStart = null,\n lastTime = 0,\n ctx = null,\n timer = null,\n map = null,\n user = null,\n stored = null;\n\n function getTick() { \n return tick;\n };\n\n function drawScore(text, position) {\n ctx.fillStyle = "#FFFFFF";\n ctx.font = "12px BDCartoonShoutRegular";\n ctx.fillText(text, \n (position["new"]["x"] \/ 10) * map.blockSize, \n ((position["new"]["y"] + 5) \/ 10) * map.blockSize);\n }\n \n function dialog(text) {\n ctx.fillStyle = "#FFFF00";\n ctx.font = "18px Calibri";\n var width = ctx.measureText(text).width,\n x = ((map.width * map.blockSize) - width) \/ 2; \n ctx.fillText(text, x, (map.height * 10) + 8);\n }\n\n function soundDisabled() {\n return localStorage["soundDisabled"] === "true";\n };\n \n function startLevel() { \n user.resetPosition();\n for (var i = 0; i 0) {\n startLevel();\n }\n }\n\n function setState(nState) { \n state = nState;\n stateChanged = true;\n };\n \n function collided(user, ghost) {\n return (Math.sqrt(Math.pow(ghost.x - user.x, 2) + \n Math.pow(ghost.y - user.y, 2))) < 10;\n };\n\n function drawFooter() {\n \n var topLeft = (map.height * map.blockSize),\n textBase = topLeft + 17;\n \n ctx.fillStyle = "#000000";\n ctx.fillRect(0, topLeft, (map.width * map.blockSize), 30);\n \n ctx.fillStyle = "#FFFF00";\n\n for (var i = 0, len = user.getLives(); i < len; i++) {\n ctx.fillStyle = "#FFFF00";\n ctx.beginPath();\n ctx.moveTo(150 + (25 * i) + map.blockSize \/ 2,\n (topLeft+1) + map.blockSize \/ 2);\n \n ctx.arc(150 + (25 * i) + map.blockSize \/ 2,\n (topLeft+1) + map.blockSize \/ 2,\n map.blockSize \/ 2, Math.PI * 0.25, Math.PI * 1.75, false);\n ctx.fill();\n }\n\n ctx.fillStyle = !soundDisabled() ? "#00FF00" : "#FF0000";\n ctx.font = "bold 16px sans-serif";\n \/\/ctx.fillText("\u266a", 10, textBase);\n ctx.fillText("s", 10, textBase);\n\n ctx.fillStyle = "#FFFF00";\n ctx.font = "14px Calibri";\n ctx.fillText("Score: " + user.theScore(), 30, textBase);\n ctx.fillText("Level: " + level, 260, textBase);\n }\n\n function redrawBlock(pos) {\n map.drawBlock(Math.floor(pos.y\/10), Math.floor(pos.x\/10), ctx);\n map.drawBlock(Math.ceil(pos.y\/10), Math.ceil(pos.x\/10), ctx);\n }\n\n function mainDraw() { \n\n var diff, u, i, len, nScore;\n \n ghostPos = [];\n\n for (i = 0, len = ghosts.length; i < len; i += 1) {\n ghostPos.push(ghosts[i].move(ctx));\n }\n u = user.move(ctx);\n \n for (i = 0, len = ghosts.length; i < len; i += 1) {\n redrawBlock(ghostPos[i].old);\n }\n redrawBlock(u.old);\n \n for (i = 0, len = ghosts.length; i < len; i += 1) {\n ghosts[i].draw(ctx);\n } \n user.draw(ctx);\n \n userPos = u["new"];\n \n for (i = 0, len = ghosts.length; i (Pacman.FPS \/ 3)) {\n map.draw(ctx);\n setState(PLAYING);\n } else if (state === DYING) {\n if (tick - timerStart > (Pacman.FPS * 2)) { \n loseLife();\n } else { \n redrawBlock(userPos);\n for (i = 0, len = ghosts.length; i < len; i += 1) {\n redrawBlock(ghostPos[i].old);\n ghostPos.push(ghosts[i].draw(ctx));\n } \n user.drawDead(ctx, (tick - timerStart) \/ (Pacman.FPS * 2));\n }\n } else if (state === COUNTDOWN) {\n \n diff = 5 + Math.floor((timerStart - tick) \/ Pacman.FPS);\n \n if (diff === 0) {\n map.draw(ctx);\n setState(PLAYING);\n } else {\n if (diff !== lastTime) { \n lastTime = diff;\n map.draw(ctx);\n dialog("Starting in: " + diff);\n }\n }\n } \n\n drawFooter();\n }\n\n function eatenPill() {\n audio.play("eatpill");\n timerStart = tick;\n eatenCount = 0;\n for (i = 0; i < ghosts.length; i += 1) {\n ghosts[i].makeEatable(ctx);\n } \n };\n \n function completedLevel() {\n setState(WAITING);\n level += 1;\n map.reset();\n user.newLevel();\n startLevel();\n };\n\n function keyPress(e) { \n if (state !== WAITING && state !== PAUSE) { \n e.preventDefault();\n e.stopPropagation();\n }\n };\n \n function init(wrapper, root) {\n \n var i, len, ghost,\n blockSize = wrapper.offsetWidth \/ 19,\n canvas = document.createElement("canvas");\n \n canvas.setAttribute("width", (blockSize * 19) + "px");\n canvas.setAttribute("height", (blockSize * 22) + 30 + "px");\n\n wrapper.appendChild(canvas);\n\n ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');\n\n audio = new Pacman.Audio({"soundDisabled":soundDisabled});\n map = new Pacman.Map(blockSize);\n user = new Pacman.User({ \n "completedLevel" : completedLevel, \n "eatenPill" : eatenPill \n }, map);\n\n for (i = 0, len = ghostSpecs.length; i < len; i += 1) {\n ghost = new Pacman.Ghost({"getTick":getTick}, map, ghostSpecs[i]);\n ghosts.push(ghost);\n }\n \n map.draw(ctx);\n dialog("Loading ...");\n\n var extension = Modernizr.audio.ogg ? 'ogg' : 'mp3';\n\n var audio_files = [\n ["start", root + "audio\/opening_song." + extension],\n ["die", root + "audio\/die." + extension],\n ["eatghost", root + "audio\/eatghost." + extension],\n ["eatpill", root + "audio\/eatpill." + extension],\n ["eating", root + "audio\/eating.short." + extension],\n ["eating2", root + "audio\/eating.short." + extension]\n ];\n\n load(audio_files, function() { loaded(); });\n };\n\n function load(arr, callback) { \n \n if (arr.length === 0) { \n callback();\n } else { \n var x = arr.pop();\n audio.load(x[0], x[1], function() { load(arr, callback); });\n }\n };\n \n function loaded() {\n\n dialog("Press N to Start");\n \n document.addEventListener("keydown", keyDown, true);\n document.addEventListener("keypress", keyPress, true); \n \n timer = window.setInterval(mainLoop, 1000 \/ Pacman.FPS);\n };\n \n return {\n "init" : init\n };\n \n}());\n\n\/* Human readable keyCode index *\/\nvar KEY = {'BACKSPACE': 8, 'TAB': 9, 'NUM_PAD_CLEAR': 12, 'ENTER': 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