{"author_link":"\/users\/297980","author_name":"LDJam user 297980","author_uid":1297980,"comments":[{"id":847381,"author_name":"Sh4dUp","author_uid":"sh4dup","epoch":1664832588,"text":"It felt awesome moving my hands and controlling the the box. really Unique game","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":847384,"author_name":"Keerti Shetty","author_uid":"keerti-shetty","epoch":1664832598,"text":"something new\nvery nice concept\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":847432,"author_name":"BayLock","author_uid":"baylock","epoch":1664833001,"text":"The concept just blowed my mind. I never thought i will be playing Pong like this. Great Job.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":852106,"author_name":"Chakit","author_uid":"chakit","epoch":1664862685,"text":"Great Idea!! Would be great if you can achieve it for WebGL! May be I am being too demanding!! :up: \nNice to See some unique concepts which are taking gaming industry to next level.  That too in a game jam. \nHats off!!  Cheers!\nGraphics could be better!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":854001,"author_name":"Aayush shah","author_uid":"aayush-shah","epoch":1664878424,"text":"Great Game And Concept Also\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":872933,"author_name":"Suzanne Hardison","author_uid":"suzanne-hardison","epoch":1665071584,"text":"Really great idea and game! Loved it ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":873017,"author_name":"Sublustris","author_uid":"sublustris","epoch":1665072707,"text":"It could be a nice simulator of small tennis ))","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":873127,"author_name":"LDJam user 297980","author_uid":"297980","epoch":1665074658,"text":"@chakit Thanks for the valuable feedback. Will look into Porting this to WebGL!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":873128,"author_name":"LDJam user 297980","author_uid":"297980","epoch":1665074696,"text":"@sublustris That is a great Idea!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":874013,"author_name":"fabula_rasa","author_uid":"fabula-rasa","epoch":1665085552,"text":"Very cool concept! Unique and creative.\n\nIt generally plays fine, although sometimes it didn't recognize well when I moved my hand far left. But that might just have been my positioning relative to the webcam. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":875214,"author_name":"DJTequila","author_uid":"djtequila","epoch":1665106673,"text":"This is really creative! Feels really cool to control a game this way. Unfortunately my inputs didn't always register, it could have been my webcam setup though.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":875467,"author_name":"BenTheTwoOfUs","author_uid":"benthetwoofus","epoch":1665111978,"text":"I admired your idea and your execution ability to make them a reality.\nThanks to you, I pulled out my dusty 11-year-old webcam again.\nUnfortunately, with my 8-year-old computer or my older webcam, the gesture recognition wasn't fast enough to play games normally.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":875489,"author_name":"morcado","author_uid":"morcado","epoch":1665112651,"text":"nice game, i think mmodels could look a little better to keep the track of where the balls are going to hit :) ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":881848,"author_name":"Hora-Timer","author_uid":"hora-timer","epoch":1665313113,"text":"Wow! Incr\u00edvel ideia inovadora","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":882888,"author_name":"Barna","author_uid":"barna","epoch":1665345308,"text":"Such an unique idea! Nice work! I can't help it but i'm thinking about that this mechanic would perfectly fit a jedi themed AR game :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":883667,"author_name":"reinhpash","author_uid":"reinhpash","epoch":1665392412,"text":"I used my laptop camera for the first time in five years","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":885291,"author_name":"LDJam user 297980","author_uid":"297980","epoch":1665484160,"text":"@barna That might be my next project!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":885582,"author_name":"frigusterio","author_uid":"frigusterio","epoch":1665504071,"text":"I would've never expected a game like this. Very fun and amazing!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":885720,"author_name":"Heisenberg_0050","author_uid":"heisenberg-0050","epoch":1665512652,"text":"Cool concept ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":885836,"author_name":"fosf0","author_uid":"fosf0","epoch":1665518476,"text":"Very fun and good concept! nice","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":886677,"author_name":"royal_10","author_uid":"royal-10","epoch":1665593535,"text":"Amazing Game I have Ever Played Till Now. Very Good Idea. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":886718,"author_name":"OminusGalaxy44","author_uid":"ominusgalaxy44","epoch":1665595329,"text":"I did not expect to see a game like this in the jam\nvery fun concept :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":887360,"author_name":"LDJam user 259666","author_uid":"259666","epoch":1665664512,"text":"That's a really good concept, GG! 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The paddle movement itself though was pretty solid which I'm sure was the hardest part of the development.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":891305,"author_name":"DAXPL","author_uid":"daxpl","epoch":1666123027,"text":"Amazing!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":892119,"author_name":"ChillerTyp","author_uid":"chillertyp","epoch":1666233756,"text":"Nnnice! :sunglasses: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld51\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"66425","g_author":"1297980","g_event":"LD51","g_eventkey":"114","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"285210","g_title":"Howdie Pong","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"27","g_site2_node_id":"306775","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"306775","n_urlkey":"285210","n_parent":"296586","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/howdie-pong","n_slug":"howdie-pong","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"297980","n_created":"0","n_modified":"0","n_version":"948808","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"id":306775,"parent":296586,"superparent":9,"author":297980,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2022-10-03T21:22:38Z","created":"2022-10-03T16:25:23Z","modified":"2022-10-11T10:29:20Z","version":948808,"slug":"howdie-pong","name":"Howdie Pong","body":"A pong game where YOU are the paddle.\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/Wb0DiJKJyzk\n\nControls-\n-Use your hand to control the paddle on screen to avoid the ball hitting you.\n\n\nEveryone has played the classic pong game in some point of his\/her life. 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