PongD2D

A pong fork written in C utilising Direct2D API (similar to my other project SnakeD2D. Wrappers for Direct2D are written in C++. The application binary has been built on the MSYS2 platform which includes the MinGW port of the GNU C Compiler (GCC) & the GNU C++ Compiler (G++).

Obtaining

Windows binaries can be downloaded here.

Controls

Key	Function
W	Move left wall up
S	Move left wall down
Up	Move right wall up
Down	Move right wall down
Escape	Pause/unpause
Enter	Restart game
F11	Toggle fullscreen

Changelog

• 1.3.3

  • Shut down logic thread before freeing the dxFactory

• 1.3.2

  • Fix UB when going to fullscreen

• 1.3.1

  • Add window resizing support

• 1.3.0

  • Make scoring more engaging, points are given for whole game instead of the number of bounces, game ends at 10 points

• 1.2.0

  • Made ball movement more random/realistic
  • Added random number generator, mt19937-like engine Wiki: Mersenne Twister

• 1.1.1

  • Paddle movement speed is no longer affected by the frame rate

• 1.1.0

  • Move to a more responsive graphics approach.
    Kudos to Creel, his video on D2D real-time game loops.

  • Keyboard response is better too, raised new issue, keyboard response is tied to framerate

• 1.0.1

  • Smoother paddle operation / better keyboard response

• 0.9.1

  • Fix bug when compiling for release mode, add volatile to an important variable

License

This project uses the MIT License.

Credits

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