The purpose of this project is to create Pong using Python. Pong is a classic 2-D arcade game originally released in 1972 and created by Allan Alcorn. To learn more about the origins of Pong, click here.
Download Pong.py from this repository. After downloading this file, run it.
This game requires two players. The objective of the game is to bounce the ball away from your side of the screen using your paddle. If you miss the ball, your opponent scores 1 point.
The controls for Player 1 are:
w - go up
s - go down
The controls for Player 2 are:
"Up Arrow" - go up
"Down Arrow" - go down
To increase or decrease the difficulty of the game, open Pong.py in a code editor (such as VSCode) and change the lines of code found below on lines 37 and 38.
ball.dx = .33 # movement speed of the ball dx
ball.dy = .33 # movement speed of the ball dyIncreasing these values will increase the ball speed and therefore make the game more difficult. If you find that the ball is moving too slow, increase these values. However, increasing these values too much will cause the ball to shoot across the screen, which does not allow the paddles enough time to get to the ball. If the ball is moving too fast, decrease these values.
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For future development, I would add sounds to the game. For example, sounds when the ball hits a paddle and when players score points. This would make the experience much more fun and engaging.
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One important feature to implement is a "winning score." Currently, the game does not end!
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I would also create a simple computer opponent to enable a single player mode.
Author: Michael Mishkanian
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