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My Pong Game

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 4:44 pm
by Marksie
Hi all,

I have just set up SFML on Visual Studio and I am attempting my first ever graphical game.
I have decided to jump in right at the deep end and go for Pong.
Please see below for my progress so far.
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So far I can move the left hand paddle up and down. No collision detection so it just goes off the screen.

More to follow.

Re: My Pong Game

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 4:05 am
by Marksie
OK I have gotten up early this morning and decided to crack on with this modern day masterpiece.

I have gotten the ball moving, so far it heads towards the left hand side of the screen.
I have added some basic collision detection as per below, this means that if the ball hits my paddle it changes the speed so it goes in the opposite direction.

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// Check Poistion of ball for Paddle collisions

		boundingBoxBall = Ball.getGlobalBounds();
		RectangleBox = rectangle.getGlobalBounds();
		PCRectangleBox = PCrectangle.getGlobalBounds();
		
		if (boundingBoxBall.intersects(RectangleBox))
		{
			BallX = 3;
		}

		if (boundingBoxBall.intersects(PCRectangleBox))
		{
			BallX = -3;
		}


		Ball.move(BallX, BallY);
My next steps are as follows:

Get the Computer controlled paddle moving.
Get collision detection set up, so that paddles cannot go off the screen.

Re: My Pong Game

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 4:39 am
by Marksie
I have implemented some basic code to get the computer paddle moving:

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//Move the computer controlled paddle

		//Move the paddle up
		if (BallPos.y < PaddlePos.y)
		{
			PCrectangle.move(0, -1);
		}

		//Move the paddle down
		if (BallPos.y > PaddlePos.y)
		{
			PCrectangle.move(0, 1);
		}

Re: My Pong Game

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 2:37 pm
by dandymcgee
Cool! Thanks for sharing your progress. It looks like you're getting through this pretty quick, nice work!