Pong Beat by Reivert
Our first foray into LDjam made by me (@reivert) and @pattpasta





We try to incorporate a simple balancing Pong game with music game, due to personal circumstance I neither have the will nor the brain power to soldier on and finished all the features we planned out to do. Here's hoping the next one will be better than what we have done in this jam.
The control schemes are:
Arrow Keys or A&D : Move
Space or Enter : Knock the ball
Please give our game a try and leave us a feedback.
| macOS | https://www.dropbox.com/s/6l95g0ata3vtrs6/OSX.zip?dl=0 |
| Windows | https://www.dropbox.com/s/nmx4djujdoydstq/Win.zip?dl=0 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/pong-beat |
Ratings
| Overall | 629th | 3.413⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 580th | 3.304⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 964th | 2.87⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 936th | 3.043⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 376th | 3.804⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 595th | 3.273⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 3🗳️ | 10🗨️ |
Hey if your not to busy could u look at my game. It’s not good but it’s playable and I need advice for future add ons
It's fun and polish.
I enjoy playing it. Simple but effective.
Really like the ball vanishing animation and the paddle impact animation. They were smooth and fit nicely with the action. They're something small that really increases the quality of the game.
The music gave the game some good atmosphere.
The game is quite intuitive and it doesn't need much explaining, which is definitely a positive
The text effect for the quality of hit was pleasant and fit nicely on the screen.
**Improvements**
I would like some indication that the game is a ping pong setting. It's hard to tell you're using a ping pong paddle.
I think you were planning on incorporating the music in the game, but by your description, I didn't see it.
I'm playing on full screen and can't interact with the options menu. It's nice you have one but you need to activate the mouse.
The swinging motion makes no sense to me. I feel that I'm hitting the ball while the paddle is aiming down.
Would like to see previous points and maybe how many points I get after each successful ball turn.
Hope to see you in the next compo!
This is a really nice game. Graphics are minimalists but that's cool! Basic concept but i really liked to play! Good luck