> First Piero writes after a long time and now Chris :)
> Nice to see messages from both of you.
I agree! I'm especially tickled to see Piero, given what a
trailblazer he was--even in terms of Pong revamps :-)
Speaking of Pong, I thought you all might be amused by
this Gamespy sidebar, a 1976 Creative Computing strategy
guide "Playing Pong To WIN!"
http://www.gamespy.com/asp/image.asp?/articles/july03/25smartest/pong.gif
It actually provides some insight to the mechanics of the game...
they must use the same trick I do only resetting the vertical
position and not the horizontal position or speed of the ball.
>
> > How about this? You have a wall that's 2 bricks thick. (or whatever number)
> > Hitting the outermost layer is worth a point, hitting inner bricks are worth
> > more. Maybe getting the ball past the opponent's bat is worth five. Here's the
> > kicker: you can rebuild your wall, but you have to spend your hard won points
> > to do it!!!
It is a cool idea, but I think the cost/benfit ratio of two walls
in terms of A. complexity and B. programmability over gameplay might
be too high relative to a single wall.
But having wall parts cost is a cool idea. And it might even be doable
without interrupting gameplay...press the joystick, and if you're over a
hole, a brick is added and a point subtracted. (Sigh...though realtime
repair is another argument for slowing things down a bit, getting
a more floaty feel to it)
Hrrm, even though I think the core JoustPong idea is a ton more
captivating than ordinary Pong, I do recognize it's limited...I still
might like to include a classic mode just to carry the torch of
one button control.
(Heheheh--evil thought...who needs joysticks? Once the game has
started, just let p1 use select and p2 use reset...the first interactive
atari game with NO CONTROLLERS)
The way this went from a motion demo to a game in like a week
gives me hope - hope that I didn't have a month ago - that I can
add in some of these features.
Thanks all,
Kirk
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