🏓pingpong 1.0.2

GUI-based PingPong game written in Java (Swing).

Features both single-player (with difficulty levels) and two-player modes.

The game includes a special Critical Hit System for dynamic gameplay.

Features

Game Modes

1 Player Mode - Bot Difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard

2 Player Mode - Play locally with a friend on the same keyboard

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Critical Hit Mechanic

Each paddle hit has a 5% chance to trigger a Critical Hit

On Critical Hit:

• Ball speed temporarily increases
• Speed reverts back after that specific hit

On the first paddle hit:

• Ball speed increases by +8

Afterwards:

• Increment by 1 every hit by paddle
• Only increments > 1 again if a Critical Hit occurs

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Sound Effect and Music

• Paddle hits and scoring effects
• Menu with play/exit options

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Recent Changes 1.0.1 -> 1.0.2

Default Attributes

• critChance = .05
• critPowerBonus (critSpeedBoost) = 0
• width = 25
• height = 100
• paddleSpeed = 10

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Paddle Variation

• Default (default critChance, default critPowerBonus, default width, default height, default paddleSpeed)
• Lucky (30% critChance, default critPowerBonus, default width, default height, default paddleSpeed)
• Power (3% critChance, 12++ critPowerBonus, default width, default height, default paddleSpeed)
• Swift (default critChance, default critPowerBonus, default x 3/4 width, default x 3/4 height, 19 paddleSpeed)
• Tank (default critChance, default critPowerBonus, default x 3/2 width, default x 3/2 height, 4 paddleSpeed)

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Installation & Running

1. Clone or Download

You can either clone the repository or Download ZIP.

git clone https://github.com/kuwarte/pingpong.git
cd pingpong

2. Run the Game with Batch Script (CMD or Windows Powershell)

Check the batch script for the process (if want to be done manually)

.\run_pingpong.bat