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Extreme Pong by sesteves86

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made by sesteves86 for LD32 (COMPO)
My first try at Ludum Dare and second game (currently doing coursera's XNA course).

Pong your way up to 10 points to win the game.

- Avoid balls from reaching your side.
- Collect power-ups to improve your "snake"
- Multiple balls can be in play at the same time
- Be careful with the Evil Ball

Controls:
- Player 1- WASD
- Player 2- arrow keys

Engine:
- XNA (C# in Visual Studio)

To run the game you shoud need the components recommended for XNA 4.0 listed on http://xboxforums.create.msdn.com/forums/t/1988.aspx (includes install links).
Those are:
1- .NET Framework 4 Client Profile or .NET Framework 4 Full, depending on whether or not your game uses features that are in Full but not Client.
2- XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0 (and 4.0 Refresh) - the C++ redist and the relevant DirectX components are included in the XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0 and do not need to be installed separately.
Windows https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByZ1Muneisq4NzNGVFZiNHcxcG8/view?usp=sharing
Source https://github.com/sesteves86/Pong-Extreme
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=51975

Ratings

Coolness 32% 1952
Overall 3.13 590
Graphics 2.47 881

Feedback

dreadzilla
21. Apr 2015 路 19:48 UTC
I couldn't run it. Do I need visual studio?
peecestudios
23. Apr 2015 路 20:20 UTC
Would not load for me!
Trafulgoth
23. Apr 2015 路 20:23 UTC
It ran fine for me. I didn't have anyone to play with, but for some reason, playing it versus myself was still entertaining, probably because it was so hard.
馃帳 sesteves86
24. Apr 2015 路 07:21 UTC
I just updated the description. Apparently it needs .Net Framework and XNA Framework Redistributable 4 to work... I'll see if I can swap to Unity on the next contest to avoid these problems and to be readily available on web.

@dreadilla, peecestudios: Does it work after following the instructions from microsoft website?
SiENcE
24. Apr 2015 路 11:06 UTC
You could distribute xour game with mono/monogame runtime, this wouldn't require to install xna and .net.
But anyway, for the first game great achievement!
ruerob
24. Apr 2015 路 12:45 UTC
Very nice first entry! well done! Hope to see you next LD again!
sekaru
24. Apr 2015 路 18:08 UTC
Gave it a go and it seemed there was a good base for a mechanic there but it was a bit hard to understand what was going on half the time.
DraKlaW
24. Apr 2015 路 18:32 UTC
Physics is a little weird, and not sure about how much of an 'unconventional weapon' I saw, but the game is still pretty fun to play.
Anti
29. Apr 2015 路 20:39 UTC
Pretty hard and fun!
agmcleod
09. May 2015 路 01:48 UTC
Neat game. I like the extra additions to pong. Though i wish the hit boxes were a big bigger to match the art. Also i fail to see how this applies to the theme, so had to rate you low there. Otherwise good entry.