Pong Source Code

[TheToolbox]

I started with coding in game development. At the time I learnt it and developed a few games, there was no chat gpt. I was surprised today how easy it is now to recreate pong in seconds Maybe a little food for thought to quickly create a small product. And of course I also share the source code, have fun with it

import pygame
import sys

# Initialize pygame
pygame.init()

# Screen size and field colors
display_width, display_height = 800, 600
background_color = (0, 0, 0)
paddle_color = (255, 255, 255)
ball_color = (255, 255, 255)

# Create the game window
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((display_width, display_height))
pygame.display.set_caption("Pong")

# Game variables
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
FPS = 60

# Paddles
paddle_width, paddle_height = 10, 100
player1_x, player1_y = 50, (display_height - paddle_height) // 2
player2_x, player2_y = display_width - 50 - paddle_width, (display_height - paddle_height) // 2
player_speed = 5

# Ball
ball_size = 15
ball_x, ball_y = display_width // 2, display_height // 2
ball_speed_x, ball_speed_y = 4, 4

# Main game loop
running = True
while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            running = False

    # Key detection for Player 1
    keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
    if keys[pygame.K_UP] and player1_y > 0:
        player1_y -= player_speed
    if keys[pygame.K_DOWN] and player1_y < display_height - paddle_height:
        player1_y += player_speed

    # Player 2 follows the ball
    if ball_y < player2_y + paddle_height // 2:
        player2_y -= player_speed
    if ball_y > player2_y + paddle_height // 2:
        player2_y += player_speed

    # Boundaries for Player 2
    if player2_y < 0:
        player2_y = 0
    if player2_y > display_height - paddle_height:
        player2_y = display_height - paddle_height

    # Ball movement
    ball_x += ball_speed_x
    ball_y += ball_speed_y

    # Ball collision with walls
    if ball_y <= 0 or ball_y >= display_height - ball_size:
        ball_speed_y *= -1

    # Ball collision with paddles
    if (player1_x < ball_x < player1_x + paddle_width and player1_y < ball_y < player1_y + paddle_height) or \
       (player2_x < ball_x < player2_x + paddle_width and player2_y < ball_y < player2_y + paddle_height):
        ball_speed_x *= -1

    # Ball out of bounds
    if ball_x < 0 or ball_x > display_width:
        ball_x, ball_y = display_width // 2, display_height // 2
        ball_speed_x *= -1

    # Update the screen
    screen.fill(background_color)
    
    # Draw paddles
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, paddle_color, (player1_x, player1_y, paddle_width, paddle_height))
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, paddle_color, (player2_x, player2_y, paddle_width, paddle_height))
    
    # Draw ball
    pygame.draw.ellipse(screen, ball_color, (ball_x, ball_y, ball_size, ball_size))

    pygame.display.flip()
    clock.tick(FPS)

# Exit the game
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()

 

[cheetahogreen]

Nice job recreating Pong! It's amazing how quickly things can come together now with tools like ChatGPT. Keep up the great work!

 

[doctorpay]

this is very cool, has anyone managed to make a real commercial game with Pygame?

 

[BooSpaceMan]

this is very cool, has anyone managed to make a real commercial game with Pygame?

Quite possibly many have. RenPy which is the go-to visual novel engine most indie visual novels use was built on top of PyGame iirc. And steam has lots. LOTS of those.

 

[doctorpay]

Quite possibly many have. RenPy which is the go-to visual novel engine most indie visual novels use was built on top of PyGame iirc. And steam has lots. LOTS of those.

Thanks for the info, I have no idea what I'm doing and the money on Steam seems incredibly free-flowing. I really need to get into game design