Pong

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Test The Project!
• Code
• Technologies
• Resources
• Donations

Overview

This project is a recreation of the classic arcade game known as Pong, one of the first ever computer games released in 1972! This solo project was developed in Unity using C# as part of my minigames series where I utilize various resources to remake simple games in order to further my learning as well as to have fun!

Pong consists of two paddles on either sides of the screen & a ball. The goal is to deflect the ball from going into the goal on your side of the board. Get the ball into your opponents goal to score! I have setup a single player mode in which you have control over one paddle against the computer, and a two player mode where you have control over both paddles.

Test The Project!

In order to play this version of Pong, follow the link to a in-browser WebGL build (No download required!).

Code

A brief description of all of the classes is as follows:

• The Ball class handles the resetting of the ball position as well as giving it an initial velocity.
• The BloomColorChange class handles the glow/bloom post processing effect in the scene that cycles through a gradient of colors.
• The BouncySurface class increases the speed of the ball whenever it collides with a paddle or wall.
• The ComputerPaddle class inherits from the Paddle class, and handles the control of the computer paddle based on the position & direction of the ball.
• The GameManager class is a singleton class that handles scoring, resetting, and updating UI.
• The MenuManager class is a signleton class that handles scene loading.
• The Paddle class is a base class that all paddle classes inherit from, it contains a reference to the rigidbody & paddle speed.
• The PlayerPaddle class inherits from the Paddle class, and handles input & movement of the player paddle.
• The ScoringZone class handles increasing the score whenever the ball collides.
• The TwoPlayerPaddle class inherits from the Paddle class, and is used in two player mode for each player paddle to take different inputs.

Technologies

• Unity
• Visual Studio
• GitHub
• GitHub Desktop

Resources

• Credit goes to Zigurous for the helpful base game tutorial!
• I made use of Unity Post Processing for the glowing color effect!
• Pong SFX

Donations

This game, like many of the others I have worked on, is completely free and made for fun and learning! If you would like to support what I do, you can donate at my metamask wallet address: 0x32d04487a141277Bb100F4b6AdAfbFED38810F40. Thank you very much!