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WGJ50 -- Definitely Not Pong -- Post-mortem

Definitely Not Pong
A browser game made in HTML5

Well, as I've been saying, this was our version of a "week off",  Don't expect much.  The point of the project was to figure out 2D physics and recreate a classic game, with a twist.

  • Initially, I couldn't get the RigidBody2D to work, for the life of me.  After combing through tons of irrelevant, outdated tutorials, I finally dug up an (albeit, old) tutorial and translated its steps into the updated engine's equivalents.
  • Before finally finding the solution, the balls' physics were completely hardcoded, using some rather weak physics math.  Thankfully, that code was discarded due to finding the actual solution.
  • The balls still don't pick up velocity like I want them to, but they at least work
  • The idea was to create some sort of surprising twist to the game, where you would have to dodge projectiles while waiting on the good ball to return.  A bullethell was considered, but I have no love for bullethell level design.  So, this was the result.

TL;DR:  This was our lazy week-- a version of a "week off", so the game is pretty much shit, as it was never intended to be anything special. /excuses

Files

  • DNP_A1_HTML5.zip 6 MB
    Jun 27, 2018
  • DNP_A1_Linux.zip 13 MB
    Jun 27, 2018
  • DNP_A1_Faildoze_64Bit.zip 13 MB
    Jun 27, 2018
  • DNP_A1_MACOS 26 MB
    Jun 27, 2018
  • DNP_A1_Faildoze_32Bit.zip 12 MB
    Jun 27, 2018
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