PONG GAME

(LYKA MAE CRUZA, JUSTIN JAMES M. MACAPILI)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Pong is a simple 2D table tennis sports game, and there’s no further possible description for it. That’s all
one could talk about its concepts.

Its simplicity is fascinating, and yet so hard to grasp when compared with modern videogames. The most
optimistic will tell that it was good in its time or it didn’t age well, which are synonymous for I think it
looks like rubbish. It takes more effort to understand why its good than to just accept that it’s bad.

From the first glimpse, anyone can easily get what Pong is all about. There’s no need for a tutorial or an
explanation of how table tennis works. A stick on each side of the screen and square at the center
immediately make the game’s objectives clear. When someone misses the square, a point is awarded to
the opponent and that’s about it for goals.

CHARACTERS

 Player 1: Player 1 can control the left side paddle.

 Player 2: Player 2 can control the right-side paddle.

STORY

Pong is one of the first computer games that ever created, this simple “tennis like” game features two
paddles and a ball, the goal is to defeat your opponent by being the first one to gain 10 points, a player
gets a point once the opponent misses the ball. The game can be played with two human players, or one
player against a computer control paddle.

2.1 THEME

It’s all in plain black and white, which can just be limitation from that time, but also happens to be the
best possible choice. It’s not what we imagine when we think about good design, but the truth is that in
essence good design is not about fashion and style. It’s about functionality.

GAMEPLAY

Pong is a two-dimensional sports game that simulates table tennis. The player controls an in-game
paddle by moving it vertically across the left or right side of the screen. They can compete against
another player controlling a second paddle on the opposing side. Players use the paddles to hit a ball
back and forth. The goals is for each player to reach eleven points before the opponent; points are
earned when one fails to return the ball to the other.

Goals

Each participant in this straightforward two-player game moves a paddle up and down on one side of
the screen. The idea of the game is to use the paddle to knock a ball back and forth across the screen
with the intention of getting it to pass your opponent's paddle and score a point.

Skills user

What are the fundamentals of Pong game? Forehand and backhand hits, pushes, flicks, loops, spinning
the ball, and serving are the most fundamental Pong game techniques. The three most important
techniques a table tennis player has to master are forehand hits, backhand hits, and serving.

 Forehand.
 Backhand.
 Serving.
 Pushes.
 Flicks.
 Spinning the Ball.
 Loops.
 Footwork.

Example:

When the ball is delivered slowly but has the ability to veer violently after bouncing, it is referred to as
the "pong" game in cricket. Spinner is the term used to describe the bowler.