ok
nice time waster
Reviews for "Pong... Reloaded"
Heh, a mix of Pong and Breakout
Well, as I can see and looking at the flash title, this is not just a normal Pong game. It's also a mix of Breakout without the bricks. I would usually prefer to have the bricks on a game like Breakout since I think it makes the game more fun, but instead, this game is a mix of Pong so I guess there shouldn't be any bricks since there were no bricks on Pong. Meh, an OK game I'd say. You may not be much of a code guy, but I'd say you did well to make this flash game. Nice work.
-Bahamut
Could use some more work
Graphics: They weren´t bad, but I can´t say I´m impressed. The background was probably quite easy to draw, you should put a bit more work in that. The ball and the paddle looked okay, but they were not much special either.
Sounds: The music was alright. I´d say that´s the best part of this game. It´s too bad that you didn´t added any (bouncing) sounds and stuff like that. You should add those, it could improve the game quite a lot.
Interactivity: The controls were very easy, which is good. There isn´t much to do though, just moving from the right to the left, trying to bounce the ball back over and over again. Try to make it a little bit more interesting by adding power-ups, power-downs and stuff like that. A few ideas: Extra life, Bigger/Smaller Paddle, Faster/Slower Ball, Two Balls (so points will go up twice as fast as well), Bigger/Smaller Ball, Field Rotates 180°, I´m sure you can think of a few more yourself.
Overall 5 out of 10, 2 out of 5. It was fun for a little while, but I got bored pretty quickly. The game is just too easy, I probably could´ve made it to 10000 without losing a life if I wanted to. Luckily the ball suddenly went faster and slower sometimes (I don´t think you did that on purpose) so that it was at least a little bit of a challenge. Otherwise I would´ve stopped after 20 points probably. Anyway, try to make it a little harder, work a bit on the graphics and add some powerups. It´ll be a much better game then, keep it up.
I couldn't find that many bugs.
You say you are not that much of a person that likes to program, so I decided to spend a little bit looking for bugs.
The hit identification system is a bit off. The ball does not hit the top or the paddle right and the paddle is programmed a wee bit longer the the paddle grapic is.
It is too hard to manipulat the phisics system. Not a bug, and a common problem, but I'd figure I'd state it here.
okay
nice 'reloaded' idea to it, but overall, it was a very basic and simple pong game. i think that more could've been done to it. the theme to it was fine, but a bigger challenge is what was needed most in this one. that would've helped this one out a lot.