Daft Pong by mikelovesrobots3

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made by mikelovesrobots3 for LD26 (COMPO)
What if Pong was massively multiplayer? What would happen? You should find out!

Ratings

Coolness 76% 2
Overall 3.91 53
Audio 3.12 302
Fun 3.76 60
Graphics 3.24 416
Humor 3.80 31
Innovation 4.09 33
Mood 3.51 141
Theme 3.98 176

Feedback

Spierek
29. Apr 2013 · 03:20 UTC
Amazing idea and execution. Kudos.
Mark Hildreth
29. Apr 2013 · 03:58 UTC
Really cool idea! I just wanted to scream to everyone on my team to just pick a spot and stay there so we cover the entire side rather than everyone trying to hit the ball.
EdoMiyamoto
29. Apr 2013 · 04:11 UTC
omagad it was SO FUN I don't know how it's possible but suddenly i became Admin and was moving freely spawning multiball with 1 :O AWESOME
AlgidPlasma
29. Apr 2013 · 05:24 UTC
If you make a wall, there is literally no way to lose.
bitiotic
29. Apr 2013 · 05:43 UTC
Nicely done! Minimal for sure, multiplayer and very smooth. Gameplay, graphics, and sound all worked together nicely.
sanojian
29. Apr 2013 · 10:02 UTC
Great idea and nice execution. Not sure players are all playing the same game or is it just collecting names? Will have to investigate the source...
Sos
29. Apr 2013 · 12:27 UTC
Wow! An MMO in 48h! Mad props, man! And it plays so smooth!
xgeovanni
29. Apr 2013 · 15:32 UTC
At first, I thought it was awesome that it was semi-MMO pong. Then I realised that it wasn't actually multiplayer, and then I knew the meaning of awesome.
rzfmzn
29. Apr 2013 · 15:33 UTC
Loved the Idea!!!! Gratz!
Holofire
29. Apr 2013 · 15:34 UTC
Very great game. Pong is as minimal as you can get really :D
Jarcas Studios
29. Apr 2013 · 15:35 UTC
I have just been through a roller coaster of emotions.

First, I read the description. Oh wow, I thought. Someone really tried to go for a large scale multiplayer game? And it's pong? What a cool idea! I have to see this!

Then, I saw the message about how many hundreds of players were playing right now, and I thought, really? I don't know, maybe... if so, awesome!

Then, I saw all the other players paddles. That's when I started to get suspicious. Nobody was AFK. People are always AFK with stuff like this. They were also all moving in very similar ways that looked like AI control to me. Very suspicious at this point.

Then, I clicked away from my browser and saw that the game paused. Boom! I thought! Busted! What a scam! This isn't multiplayer at all! This dev is trying to pass off a fake MMO. Pfft. Loser.

Then, I saw the fake error message and the Admin mode and the crazy Multiball stuff. Oh! Wait! It's a joke. The dev is in on it, and I am just now getting it. Back to "This is awesome!"

Well played, sir. Well played. :)
Ysty
29. Apr 2013 · 15:36 UTC
Brilliant, the most fun I've had with an LD game. I literally laughed out loud when I became admin for some reason and spawned a hundred extra balls.
quill18
29. Apr 2013 · 16:40 UTC
After spending the weekend creating a multiplayer game for LD26, I was completely blown away by how smoothly your netcode was working.

So blown away that I had to download the source and Check. Through. Every. File. to find out exactly how it worked.

You can't do that to my sleep-deprived brain.
omaromeir
29. Apr 2013 · 20:46 UTC
Lol I started playing and I was very confused. I laughed when I became admin and realized it was a joke. Awesome game, really funny stuff.
badlydrawnrod
30. Apr 2013 · 18:22 UTC
Hysterically funny. Excellent!
CataclysmicKnight
30. Apr 2013 · 20:43 UTC
Such an awesome idea, and it's so genius to see play out!!!! Fantastic job!
tompudding
30. Apr 2013 · 21:48 UTC
Bloody brilliant idea. I was completely misled until I got the multi-ball. Mind blowing!
Loren
01. May 2013 · 15:05 UTC
very cool :) Great use of theme!
jadams
01. May 2013 · 21:27 UTC
Well played.
little_polygon
07. May 2013 · 05:06 UTC
Perfecto! Me and 'BarackObama' rocked it :P
JustinMullin
08. May 2013 · 02:12 UTC
There are so many things that are incredible about this game, I don't even know where to start. I laughed, I cried...10/10, have all of the prizes.
TheSarcastic
10. May 2013 · 00:49 UTC
WOw! Amazing man :)
Pacifist Games
13. May 2013 · 12:45 UTC
I liked it a lot, super fun! :)
Where did the list of player names come from, because I was "Pacifist Games" and I saw another player on my team called "PacifistGames" did you pull them from your twitter followers?
allinlabs
13. May 2013 · 14:48 UTC
I love that, when the ball goes too fast, it's actually making some sort of minimalist 8bit music :p
Fun, well done.
Beldarak
13. May 2013 · 21:37 UTC
This is simply awesome. You forgot to put AFK AI too :D
Beldarak
13. May 2013 · 21:40 UTC
Wait... I saw some AFKs :D
🎤 mikelovesrobots3
14. May 2013 · 01:43 UTC
WeaselZone did an awesome Let's Play of Daft Pong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3oOe9tF3IQ
blackarm
16. May 2013 · 08:42 UTC
This is not an MMO. Why would you claim it as an MMO? This is just AI with a random list of fake usernames...