Glow Pong

The theme was "Antiquated Future" so I took an antiquated game and tried to bring it to the future. 

Being a solo developer, I needed a simple idea that could be expanded upon. Because I chose Pong, there was a limited amount of design decisions required of me. I was able to focus more on how the game feels, rather than how the systems within it work.  
I would love to spend some more time making this feel more like a "real" game rather than a fun little exe sandbox, but I will be moving on to more complex things so I can learn more about game development patterns. 

Main differences from the original Pong:

• The game currently goes on forever
  • Plans for the future include a more extensive UI, which would allow players to decide on score limit / time limit
• You are able to turn the paddles left and right to modify the bounce angle
• Balls speed up the longer they are in play
• Have as many balls as you want, just spawn more when you want more
• Can be played solo or with two people
  • In the video preview, I am playing solo with an Xbox gamepad. 

Controls:

• Keyboard
  1. Left paddle - WASD
  2. Right paddle - Arrow keys
  3. Spawn balls - R
  4. Quit Game - Escape
• ONE Xbox controller
  1. Left paddle - left analog stick
  2. Right paddle - right analog stick
  3. Spawn balls -  D-Pad Up

What I learned:

The source code, while understandable by me, would be ridiculous if seen by anyone else. I should be more careful with which things I should put in C++, and which things I should make blueprint implementable. As it is, 99.9% of this game's logic is written in C++ which is pretty dumb if you ask me.