A mix between Pong and Brickbreaker! In this game you must place blocks in places on the screen using keys on the keyboard, and keep the ball from touching your side. If you let the ball past 3 times, you lose!
Just when you thought every Pong variant had been done, this comes along. Wonderful entry, here. Both a fun and creative way to reinvent two classic games.
I like the game. Interesting concept, graphics and good sound. I think the game would be easier with the players at the top and bottom instead of left and right. I won multiple times by sheer luck.
Interesting concept, not sure when I can place the blocks. Would be easier if my blocks were on the bottom like how the keyboard is on the bottom of the monitor, the difficulty I feel would make a lot more sense then.
No skill... so random. I think it'd work better if the key defences were arranged differently. Liked the style and presentation more then the gameplay itself.
Bah, I'm guessing this requires java 1.7. I should really get round to updating my OS one of these days. There are no 1.7 packages for my current version.
Good game, like the ideas. Thought the music was a bit jarring, though... I great to play an actually very fun game.
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Cake&Code8 May 2013, 07:06
Oh wow this is so difficult! I wish I could get this going with multiplayer to go head-to-head against some friends :)
It was a real challenge to keep track of the ball and then figure out which section of the keyboard it would go towards.
Any reason the virtual keyboard is sideways rather than horizontally? Is that just to make visualizing it harder? Or simply because pong works that way and you just inherited that setup?
@Cake&Code At first I just inherited the style from Pong, but when I realized that it would be more convenient to play horizontally I was too far in. Also I felt there wouldn't be as much room for the ball to bounce between keyboards, decreasing reaction time.
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I should really get round to updating my OS one of these days. There are no 1.7 packages for my current version.
It was a real challenge to keep track of the ball and then figure out which section of the keyboard it would go towards.
Any reason the virtual keyboard is sideways rather than horizontally? Is that just to make visualizing it harder? Or simply because pong works that way and you just inherited that setup?