November 2017 GameDev Challenge: Pong!

Kevin Hawkins · 2017-12-25T16:47:15

Pong Challenge! Make a single player Pong, with a twist. Game Requirements The game must have: Start screen Key to return to the start screen Score system AI Player Graphics at least for the UI and players Sound effects for ball and paddle and when a player scores A unique gameplay element that makes your Pong game stand out from others The actual gameplay must happen on a single screen (no camera translation) Art Requirements The game must be 2D The art must be your own Duration 4 weeks - November 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017 Submission Post on this thread your entries: Link to the executable (specifying the platform) Screenshots: if the screenshots are too big, post just a few, if they are small, you can post more, just don't take the entire space A small post-mortem in a GameDev.net Blog, with a link posted in this thread, is encouraged, where you can share what went right, what went wrong, or just share a nifty trick Source-code link is encouraged

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Started by khawk October 31, 2017 06:12 PM

27 comments, last by racsoth 6 years, 10 months ago

Avalander

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November 09, 2017 03:12 PM

You still have three weeks to go, should be enough to create a pong game

kburkhart84

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November 12, 2017 06:19 AM

I may do something for this...trying to make something unique with pong will make me think some though. Maybe some combination from some other random game would do it(like I saw Tetris combined with a snake game or something).

racsoth

November 15, 2017 05:25 AM

Hi everybody!

I decided to use this challenge as an excuse for learning to use Game Maker (or I wanted to learn Game Maker and decided to do it while participating in this challenge; pick one :P). My project is called "Power Word: Pong". It's available for Windows here: https://racso.itch.io/power-word-pong

I still want to improve the AI, as it's still quite dumb, and I want to give some variety to the ball (angle and speed changes), but I'm almost done with the game. Still, as always, feedback is appreciated!

I hope you like the twist of the game. You may find the game source in this repository. I'll create a post-mortem after I finish working in the project.

Regards!

Endurion

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November 17, 2017 06:41 AM

That looks very good, can't currently try it though (office)

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Finalspace

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November 17, 2017 07:26 AM

Looks really great, i will try to test it when i get home.

My youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/F1nalspace

Awoken

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November 22, 2017 02:41 AM

For future reference, am I able to program something for these challenges in html and java-script?

[ edit ] after reading up more on these challenges I think I can answer my own question. Perhaps if any game-engine is allowed for a particular challenge then someone could? I'm not sure, slippery slop.

Finalspace

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November 22, 2017 06:10 AM

3 hours ago, Awoken said:

For future reference, am I able to program something for these challenges in html and java-script?

[ edit ] after reading up more on these challenges I think I can answer my own question. Perhaps if any game-engine is allowed for a particular challenge then someone could? I'm not sure, slippery slop.

You can always do the challenges months/years later, but you wont get any rewards (trophies etc.). Regarding the second question: It depends how to challenge is limited. If a challenge is limited to C++ only - which the one from oct. and nov. isnt´t you can write it in every engine/framework/language you want. But to be clearly sure, you have to read the challenge requirements - for example, some require special art.

My youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/F1nalspace

NubDevice

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November 25, 2017 05:40 AM

Windows Platform : MK_Pong.zip

Edit: One of the missed requirements was adding sound. OpenAL is my go to library for this but unfortunately has not been addressed.

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frob

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November 27, 2017 02:19 AM

Couldn't resist, yet another pong clone from me. My twist is that I set the 2D game inside a classic Pong arcade cabinet in VR. Probably disqualifies me, but whatever. Took about 10 hours to build, write up, and upload all the parts.

Writeup.

Zip file for Windows executable and assets. (39 MB)

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