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The Original

Power Pong is a variation of the classic arcade game Pong that was originally released on November 29, 1972.
The game was created by Allan Alcorn. The game was quite popular and spawned many imitators such as this game.


The New

The new variation adds various power ups that can help the player that hits them with the ball. These power ups include a spinning square that blocks the player from the next score. A vibrating square that enhances the players speed. The last power up that is represented by a square that enlarges then shrinks that grants the player a larger paddle.


To Do

If I get sufficient interest in this project I would really like to work on a local multiplayer version, as well as controller support.
Another thing I would like to get around to do is getting the single player bot to be half decent at the one thing it is supposed to do:
(play pong)


Download
https://pentamonium-studios.itch.io/power-pong


Any feedback would be appreciated.
(NOTE: if I don't reply right away It's probably because I'm in high school right now and my teachers seem to think that my life revolves entirely around preparing for the next test .)


Screenshots

First of all good game!

Second I found some issues, the collisions with the powers only checks the X axis, so I can get them even if I don't really touch them. Sometimes it wouldn't increment my score when I actually scored and the ball reseted (maybe there was a shield? You should display something indicating that I can't score, some games used a solid white line behind the paddle indicating that there was a wall covering and you couldn't score).

Other imrovements you could make are stuff like particles and effects that make it pop alive a little more, or music. Also configuring the speed would be nice.

The AI is really well balanced and doesn't feel invincible and that is great!

Keep it up!

Positive07 wrote:First of all good game!

Second I found some issues, the collisions with the powers only checks the X axis, so I can get them even if I don't really touch them. Sometimes it wouldn't increment my score when I actually scored and the ball reseted (maybe there was a shield? You should display something indicating that I can't score, some games used a solid white line behind the paddle indicating that there was a wall covering and you couldn't score).

Other imrovements you could make are stuff like particles and effects that make it pop alive a little more, or music. Also configuring the speed would be nice.

The AI is really well balanced and doesn't feel invincible and that is great!

Keep it up!

Hey thanks for the feedback. I'm pretty sure it would only do that with the shield power up, but I will add a visual indicator as soon as I can.
The collision on the y axis for the power ups is an ongoing problem that I am finding difficult to fix it, but I am working on it.

I tried it out, it was pretty cool and fun. However, I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to close the game lol. I was getting my butt handed to me by the bot and I wanted it, so naturally I go for the escape button, that didn't work for me so I just start spamming for anything that'll get me out of there. I ended up just ctrl+alt+deleteing my way out. Is there even a way to close the game properly?

Sir_Silver wrote:I tried it out, it was pretty cool and fun. However, I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to close the game lol. I was getting my butt handed to me by the bot and I wanted it, so naturally I go for the escape button, that didn't work for me so I just start spamming for anything that'll get me out of there. I ended up just ctrl+alt+deleteing my way out. Is there even a way to close the game properly?

Hello, and thank you for trying the game. I'm glad you enjoyed the game. I checked the code and it seems I forgot to put in a proper way to exit the game. Anyway I fixed that now so that the escape button will bring you back to the choose game screen. At which point you can to to them menu then quit or you can try the game again.

Hey guys!

Fixed a couple of things in this update.

First of all the hit-boxes for the power ups now work properly.

Second when you have the shielding power up a white line will appear between your paddle
and the wall.

Any other recommendations and/or criticism would be greatly appreciated.

I just uploaded another version that includes particle effects for when you hit the power ups