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Lightum
Simple pong
Jan 4th, 2010, 9:35am  
I just made this simple game which can be seen here...

openprocessing.org/visuals/?visualID=6814
(Sorry new user here Sad)

The ball travels at a constant speed. You control the pad with your mouse. You can reset by clicking on the screen. If the ball hits the bottom of the screen you lose one life of three. Once all your lives are gone the ball becomes invisable.

I just need help with a few things.

  • How to I make the text for displaying how many lives you have left clearer?? Its almost unreadable atm.

  • And. How would I incorporate an AI at the top of the board to play as another pad which would return the ball ??



Thanks in advanced:D
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antiplastik
Re: Simple pong
Reply #1 - Jan 5th, 2010, 5:07am  
1) I would add more padding at the bottom of the window, so you get enough space to write the score.

2) I would make a class for the Pad object, so you can easily add another pad. AI is another challenge, though.
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Chrisir
Re: Simple pong
Reply #2 - Jan 6th, 2010, 5:51am  
For the AI:

It is enough to take the same X-Value for the AI-Pad as the X-value of the ball. You can add a random-value to allow for errors. You can even add a small X via random.

Greetings, Chrisir
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PhiLho 
Re: Simple pong
Reply #3 - Jan 6th, 2010, 6:45am  
Well, it would be more realistic to add some limitation on the speed of the computer's pad, so it can try to follow the ball but might be too late...
Can also add some inertia, decelerating before stopping and moving (with acceleration) on the other direction.
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