Pong Game

[Guest ChrisJM]

Hi!

I have just started coding a Pong game using .net, its not much yet! im only just learning .net!

It hasn't even got a ball yet! all it has is a bar at the bottom which you can move left and right and i have made it full screen. The left soft key is to quit...

I will keep you upto date! please post comments, i will have an alpha (which will have a bakk!) within a week :D

Heres a screenshot:

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[Guest Vector]

could be an eclipse beater... :?.......not ;)

hehehe, well done :D

[Guest ferret]

... and at the age of twelve ...

keep it up, better than me :D

[Guest ChrisJM]

hehe, thanks! i have some graphics now, made by Davidrm :D i will update WITH the gfx asap and add a ball tomorrow :lol: hopefully an alpha version tomorrow ;)

[Guest ChrisJM]

Just thought id keep you updated!

It is now called Smartbat. LifeStream id doing gfx, It has a ball and all gfx working! not long before alpha.. :D lsomething to look forward too.

[Guest maxh2003]

Just tell me you're not going to release it on Handango for $12.99... :D

[Guest Richie M]

:shock: you trying to replace my version of Pong Chris? ;)

Seriously, well done & keep going :D

[Guest Disco Stu]

"Smartbat" ?

Isn't there already a homescreen plugin called "Smarbatt" ?!

[Guest ChrisJM]

oh, yea! but thats got two "t"s!

Thanks Richie! yours rocks but its just i need to get used to .net so i thought it would be quite easy so i thought id let people see it and have a go :D

;):D:D

[Guest Richie M]

ChrisJM, if you remember thats basically how my Pong came about - muff and Croccy22 challenged me to make it :D the best way to learn is to try things (and remember manuals/documents and Google are your friends ;))

[Guest ChrisJM]

hehe, yea! anyways, i am adding another bar that is powered by the phone and fixing a few bugs then you will see an alpha version! :D

[Guest ChrisJM]

Ok, now im looking for some testers with e200s! please contact me if you wanna help :D

[Guest squall]

only testing if it has a ball :D

[Guest ChrisJM]

yup, it has a ball! :D

[Guest xavierjohn22]

Waiting for that ball to be tested...........

[Guest ChrisJM]

The ball moves but it leaves a white trail, i think i need to redraw the images after the ball has gone over... :D

[Guest peekie]

my god chris the game looks fab think old grandad mid has got to look out for you the graffics rock wheres my visa card :wink: :wink: :wink:

[Guest midnight]

oy, less of the old :D

[Guest Chimpanzee]

I have an E200 and would like to test it. Get back to me asap.

And you're 12!?!?! I'm 18 and severely struggling with VB

[Guest ChrisJM]

Hi,

I know i said it would be done soon, but i haven't been coding for ages. also i lost the code (somehow!) so here i go again. Im gonna write the program from scratch. So i will keep you up to date! will need beta testers in the news week or two.

[Guest zimyc]

ill beta test

[Guest Jamma14]

Yeh I'm up for a bit of testing as well.

[Guest ultimasnake]

Hey chris good luck, if i can give you some advise (not sure if you know this) but don't use objects like images to do the real graphics try making a backbuffer... assuming you are coding in vb.net (damn can't find any good vb.net code with backbuffers on my computer) well here is a plain C# example then (it's loads and loads faster then vb.net, i tell that from experience with both languages)

private Bitmap gamearea = null;

private Graphics gamedraw = null;

private Bitmap backBuffer = null ;  

private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)

{  

gamearea = new Bitmap(156,169);

gamedraw = Graphics.FromImage(gamearea);

}

private void frmgame_Paint(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs e)

{

 if(backBuffer==null)  

 {

    backBuffer=new Bitmap(this.ClientSize.Width,this.ClientSize.Height);  

 }

 using ( Graphics g=Graphics.FromImage(backBuffer) )  

{

 g.Clear(System.Drawing.Color.Silver);

 gamedraw.DrawImage(raster.Image,0,0);

 e.Graphics.DrawImage(backBuffer,0,0);  

}

}

i think that is it :roll:

if you have ANY questions don't be afraid to ask me :) (think pm will be most proper or IM)

[Guest ppcmd]

Where is the app for d/l I enjoy pong games since they are great time fillers when your waiting.