{"author_name":"Buch","cat":"LD #32","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"March 26, 2015 8:24 am","epoch":1427376240,"text":"Add a picture on here next time, we love pics and your game looks nice","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1427314620,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"21440","p_author":"Buch","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"56790","p_title":"CPong \u2013 another circular pong","p_cat":"LD #32","p_event":"LD32","p_time":"1427314620","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1429228800","event_key":"27","event_name":"LD32"},"text":"<p>CPong is my first-time-LD entry for MiniLD 58<\/p>\n <p>Game page: <a href=\"http:\/\/buch415.github.io\/cpong\">http:\/\/buch415.github.io\/cpong<\/a><\/p>\n <p>Entry page:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/minild-58\/?action=preview&amp;uid=28337\">http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/minild-58\/?action=preview&amp;uid=28337<\/a><\/p>\n <p>Since I haven&#8217;t programmed any game for quite a long time (almost a year actually) my target here was to get back into developing rather than putting together a really original game. Still, I tried to put as much polish as I could in this little game. Minor tweaks of various sort will come in the next few days after some playtesting with other players and possibly feedback.<\/p>\n <p><strong>Current mechanics:<\/strong><\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>the\u00a0paddles move along the circumference, the ball moves in straight lines<\/li>\n <li>when bouncing, the\u00a0ball is affected by the speed of the paddle<\/li>\n <li>ball speed increases with time, so that there&#8217;s a physical limit to the duration of a set<\/li>\n <li>the paddle sizes are adjusted according to the difference of scores between players &#8211; the player with the higher score gets a smaller paddle, and vice versa<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p><strong>Planned mechanics <\/strong>(or: what I wish I could add but am not sure if I ever will)<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>multiple balls<\/li>\n <li>3 player mode<\/li>\n <li>a proper menu or something of that sort<\/li>\n <li>more visual effects (like, screenshakes and such)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Any feedback is warmly welcome.<\/p>\n <p>Enjoy!<\/p>","time":"March 25th, 2015 3:17 pm","title":"CPong \u2013 another circular pong"}