Parker_Jones: PongRL Week 1

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Code Exploration

• I have looked through all the important sections of the code

Non-Header Files

PongBallController.CS

Purpose & Importance:
Manages the behavior, movement, and interactions of the pong ball in the game.

Important Methods & Variables:

• MoveLocal(): Handles the core movement logic, including scoring, rebounding, and vertical wall collisions.

Player.cs

Purpose & Importance:
Manages player attributes, controls, and physics in the game. Serves as the backbone for player interaction.

Important Methods & Variables:

• playerData: Stores data for machine learning and save/loading features.
• scoreboard: Manages the player's score.
• CreateNew(): Initializes a new player.
• ScorePoint(): Adds a point to the scoreboard.

ForceMap.cs

Purpose & Importance:
Helps calculate the force/physics of the ball.

Important Methods & Variables:

• ApplyAt: Manages the velocity/collision of the ball & paddle.
• CalculateRelativeAngle: Determines the paddle-ball collision angle.
• IsNormalAngle: Decides if the collision angle was normal.

Header Files

_Pong.cs

Purpose & Importance:
A good storage place for variables to quickly change game logic, rules, and play.

Important Classes & Variables:

• GameConstants: Contains constants like winning score, ball's center, paddle positions.
• GameCache: Creates a cache for relevant variables.

_Pong-GamePlayer.cs

Purpose & Importance:
Unifies player controls and later the data for the AI.

Important Classes & Variables:

• PlayerData: Not implemented yet, but crucial for AI control.
• PlayerControls: Synthesizes player controls.

PongBall.cs

Purpose & Importance:
Controls logic for scoring and rebounding.

Important Classes & Variables:

• Initialize: Initializes the ball.
• Serve: Resets the ball.
• Destroy Ball: Removes the sprite.
• Reset: Repositions the sprite.

Testing

Example #1

• Modification/Addition: Modified MoveLocal in PongBallController
• Effect: Game intensity increased; paddle always hits the ball if value is too high.

Example #2

• Modification/Addition: Modified GameConstants in _Pong
• Effect: Observed ball scaling and positioning effects.

Example #3

• Modification/Addition: Modified velocity in ForceMap
• Effect: Not much difference, could be a future way to increase difficulty.

Documentation

Non-header files:

• Non-header file Parker_Jones: PongRL Week 1 #1: Pong with RL/Assets/Source/Scripts/Pong/Ball/PongBallController.cs
• Non-header file Julian_Duran:_PongRL_Week_1 #2: Pong with RL/Assets/Source/Scripts/Pong/GamePlayer/Player.cs
• Non-header file Emmanuel_Delgado: PongRL Week 1  #3: Assets/Source/Scripts/Pong/GamePlayer/Force/ForceMap.cs

Header files:

• Header file Parker_Jones: PongRL Week 1 #1: Assets/Source/Scripts/Pong/_Pong.cs
• Header file Julian_Duran:_PongRL_Week_1 #2: Assets/Source/Scripts/Pong/GamePlayer/_Pong-GamePlayer.cs
• Header file Emmanuel_Delgado: PongRL Week 1  #3: Assets/Source/Scripts/Pong/Ball/Pong-Ball.cs