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Program Announcements / Pong - My First Game

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TillyLala
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Posted: 7th Sep 2009 02:11 Edited at: 8th Sep 2009 01:20
Hey

This is my first ever game - a very basic remake of the original classic pong. It's 2 player - for now, AI will be added at some point...

Here are some screen shots:





DOWNLOAD HERE

Feedback and comments welcome! Also, special thanks to n3wton for helping me when I hadn't a clue what to do! And for making me the music to go with it
Thanks, TillyLala

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thenerd
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Posted: 7th Sep 2009 02:56
it's great! the gameplay was seamless with few bugs.
i loved the intro with your forum sig, and the pink theme made me smile


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Jimpo
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Posted: 7th Sep 2009 04:41
Bonus points for doing something other than the traditional black + white graphics. It's a shame the actual gameplay wasn't as bright and colorful as the menu

Everything worked well for a first game.

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Posted: 7th Sep 2009 13:55
i agree! and the little touches like the exe icon were great!


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TillyLala
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Posted: 7th Sep 2009 14:53
Quote: "It's a shame the actual gameplay wasn't as bright and colorful as the menu "


It will be changed! Looking into it now.. It's gunna be Groovy Pong! Hehe

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Posted: 7th Sep 2009 19:04
you should also add a single player mode with some basic AI...


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TillyLala
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Posted: 7th Sep 2009 20:50
That's what i'm going to do next hopefully cause when I was testing it I was rubbish playing against myself :p

thenerd
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Posted: 8th Sep 2009 00:13
same with me...


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Quote: "cause when I was testing it I was rubbish playing against myself :p"


Me too! Good game. Nice job making it your own, and congratulations on finishing a project!

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TillyLala
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Posted: 8th Sep 2009 01:19
Thank you

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Posted: 8th Sep 2009 10:32
Well the mechanics work, so on that aspect good job. Otherwise it's very boring. Just needs some more flare.

Maybe add some physics, say if you move the paddle when you hit the ball you can alter the trajectory.

I'd add some particle trails to the ball, and some particles when the ball hits wall or paddle.

Some music would be nice.

Ever changing background would be nice as well, maybe a trippy color effect.

Maybe add floating power ups like:
-super ball
-sticky ball
-paddle reducer
-massive ball
-mini-ball
-gun turrets(they can randomly shoot at paddles to stun them or the ball to change it's trajectory)

I'd say keep adding on till it doesn't look like pong anymore.

Good luck.


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Posted: 8th Sep 2009 19:48
I was making my own Pong Tournament in GameMaker but it got dead.I had 4 player madness mode where you have 4 paddles,two horizontal and two vertically.Looks good so far.

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Posted: 8th Sep 2009 21:44
I agree with what josh mooney said - the features he mentioned would make the game even more impressive.
may i see the source code?


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TillyLala
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Posted: 8th Sep 2009 23:01 Edited at: 8th Sep 2009 23:04
Yes you can..

Menu: (thanks to n3wton)



Game:


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Posted: 8th Sep 2009 23:14
ah, so you are using pro? good choice! if you end up finding out that making games is your thing, it helps to have the pro version. it just has a lot more great features (no offense to you dbc users).


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Hmm...that is some nice clean code, do you have previous programing experience? My first game in DB looked like a wet Chewbacca...


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Quote: "Hmm...that is some nice clean code, do you have previous programing experience?"


No i don't, I had n3wton sat next to me though helping

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my first db game, i couldn't get the sync rate above 10.


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I'm going to start a new account as a girl.
Your game has had more plays than mine and more feedback... and it's PONG!

I want robotic legs.
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Your game has had more plays than mine and more feedback... and it's PONG!"


Hmmmm.....
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ah, but then you will not get the "pistol of Awesomeness"!


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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 15:59
Nice pong and first game Tilly!

TillyLala
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 21:03
Thank you Zeus

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sorry for the bump, you still here? hope you didn't leave because your other thread got locked...


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Yeah honestly, that happens here though. It had nothing to with her.

And your welcome Tilly.

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Yeah i'm still here Just been pretty quiet tbh Don't worry, you haven't got rid of me hehe

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@Butter Fingers
Quote: "I'm going to start a new account as a girl."

I thought you WERE a girl.

Apart from being the opposite sex, girls are kind of a rarity on the forum. If someone's cat posted a program I'm sure we'd all have a look at it. Hang on, what am I saying???

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Posted: 18th Oct 2009 16:32 Edited at: 18th Oct 2009 16:32
Quote: "If someone's cat posted a program I'm sure we'd all have a look at it."

Isn't that exactly what Scraggle's been doing for years?

Edit: oh yeah, nice-looking first game

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Edit: oh yeah, nice-looking first game "


Thank you

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Posted: 18th Oct 2009 18:16
Tilly is awesome huh?

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Quote: "Tilly is awesome huh?"


Finally somebody realises... hehe

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na, you need to make another game before you can be declared awesome. because that would prove you aren't just doing it for/because of N3wton. may I suggest another remake, maybe pacman?


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i never said what I was awesome at I'm pretty rubbish at coding and it confuses me really bad... I did partly have a go at it just to show N3wton I love him and I do want to understand what he's on about and not look like the dumb blonde. And I wanted to show people girls can have a go at it too, cause a lot of people are blind folded when it comes to girls and computers.. And that doesn't mean i'm a whizz kid cause i'm not - N3wtons my tech support and then Google is if he's not available.

Rant over. Yes, Pacman is a good idea

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sorry, that was not really what I meant...


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TillyLala
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Well I apologise for my rant anyway. But i still stand by what I said

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haha nice and easy.. good job dude! for the 1st time its not bad.. now make an MMORPG xD

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TillyLala
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Haha! Thank you Sergey K - Hmmmmm... I'll have a think about that I wouldn't be surprised if you never see me make anything else

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Tilly, you could make something if you wanted to, you easilly smart enough, just dont be affraid to guess, with darkbasic you'll probably guess right

(i love you)

N3wton

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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Biggest smile EVER

I Love You Too N3wton

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Quote: "(i love you)"


Quote: "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Biggest smile EVER
I Love You Too N3wton
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I want robotic legs.
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just cos tilly aint your bitch

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Quote: "just cos tilly aint your bitch "


You do realise i'm going to have to delete all your code, and your back up of it, for that comment now don't you N3wton?

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Quote: "just cos tilly aint your bitch "

Yes, that's totally true dude. I'm jealous of your girlfriend.
Granted I've only seen an icon of her, and read some of her forum posts, but I'm already considering leaving my amazing partner (of 6 years) to find tilly.
(sarcasm off).

Tilly, I feel sorry for a girl who lets herself be refered to as "bitch" by someone who says they love her! I'd have more respect for my woman than that... your boyfriend just called you a dog.

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Yes, he did call me his bitch.. I couldn't care less. I know my boyfriend well enough to know that he was infact joking and being sarcastic. I know that he loves me and he thinks the world of me, no silly little joke posted on a forum will change that. You can't go judging people either, it could be an inside joke and actually be really hilarious to me and him for all you know.

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nevermind.


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Quote: "Yes, he did call me his bitch.. I couldn't care less. I know my boyfriend well enough to know that he was infact joking and being sarcastic. I know that he loves me and he thinks the world of me, no silly little joke posted on a forum will change that. You can't go judging people either, it could be an inside joke and actually be really hilarious to me and him for all you know."


Good point, but lets not turn this into an argument guys.

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Yum, chunks...

But seriously, this is a programming forum not a lovemaking forum, and I think most members would prefer it if you kept that stuff in your private lives rather than sprawling it across the internet.

cheers...

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I really liked the in game colour scheme actually

One thing - is there any way sound could be turned off (like have it as an option?). I don't play many games when I can't turn the sound off if I want because I like having my own music playing in the background (just went to see Buried Inside tonight and got another one of their CDs - just giving it a first listen but I got all beeping and bumping over the top)

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One thing - is there any way sound could be turned off (like have it as an option?). I don't play many games when I can't turn the sound off if I want because I like having my own music playing in the background (just went to see Buried Inside tonight and got another one of their CDs - just giving it a first listen but I got all beeping and bumping over the top)"


Yes - it's called clicking on your speaker icon, opening up the volume mixer and muting the game Hehe - Unfortunately no. If i ever remake it, i'll put that option in for you 'Cause it annoys me too when you have music and stuff on a game you can't turn off - I like to listen to music uninterrupted too

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I can't seem to run this, having an error: unable to find MSVCP71. Same thing on both my computers, XP and Vista.

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