Planning
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Our group thoughtfully considered how best to create our code. We followed the following steps to successfully create Gravity Pong:
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1. We wanted to find a simple Pong game on the internet that we could make all of our specific modifications to. (Version 1.0)
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2. After finding our Pong game, we wanted to make these modifications: UI (color/text), making it repeatable, making it faster and having variable deflection, and creating a “gravity” function.
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3. UI: We changed the background color and changed the name on Repl (it doesn’t show up on Canopy).
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4. Making it repeatable.
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We deleted the “Game Over” function screen, which made the game stop and the ball disappear once you died. (Version 2.0)
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Next, we made the ball regenerate on the screen after you died. (Version 2.1)
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We modified the ball to regenerate in the same spot in the middle of the screen after you died. (Version 2.2)
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5. Making the gravity effect.
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We first created a gravity effect so the ball wouldn’t bounce off all of the walls, it instead rose and fell like it would with real gravity. (Version 3.0)
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We increased the speed of the ball and paddle.
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We created different “zones” on the paddle that decreased or maintained the speed of the ball (Variable Energy Return). (Versions 4.0 and 4.1)
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6. Debugging.
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We fixed an issue that made the ball roll inside the paddle when you hit it on the very corner. (Version 4.2)
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