Dynamic Pong Game

Dynamic Pong is a competitive multi-area physics game that reimagines the classic Pong concept with territorial conquest mechanics. Instead of two paddles, multiple balls battle for control of a divided playing field.

How It Works:

  • The playing field is divided into configurable areas (default: 4)
  • Each area has a unique color pair: background and ball color (complementary)
  • Each ball starts randomly positioned in its home area
  • Balls move in physics-based trajectories, bouncing off walls at realistic angles
  • When a ball enters enemy territory, it “conquers” it by removing square bricks
  • A ball loses when its territory shrinks below 9x the ball’s size
  • The losing area is transferred to the ball with the smallest remaining territory

What Makes It Special: This entire game was conceptualized and implemented using GitHub Copilot. I saw others implementing dynamic pong variations and wanted to explore how AI could help me build a more feature-rich version with configurable parameters and strategic depth.

Configurable Options:

  • Field dimensions (square playing area)
  • Number of competing areas
  • Ball size (width/height)
  • Game speed and physics parameters

Built with React and Canvas, Dynamic Pong demonstrates how AI-assisted development can bring creative game concepts to life quickly while maintaining clean, maintainable code.

Adam Urban

Published on 2025-12-07, last updated on 2025-12-08 by Adam

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