Mission 3: Table Tennis

In Mission 3, you are going to code Table Tennis. Build two paddles, a moving ball and a simple piece of artificial intelligence (AI) to play against. The aim of the game is to keep hitting the ball back to the other paddle and to try not to miss a shot.

The game board will be a simple design. The player will use the up and down keys on the keyboard to control the paddle on the left-hand side of the screen. Every time the ball collides with a paddle, it speeds up. If the player misses a shot, the game restarts.

CODE SKILLS:The Game Board

Build the game board.

CODE SKILLS:Creating the Paddles

Add two paddles to the board.

CODE SKILLS:Add a Moving Ball

Add a ball to the board.

CODE SKILLS:Adding Collision Detection

Make the ball bounce back from the paddle.

CODE SKILLS:Controlling the Player’s Paddle

Add controls so the player can use the keyboard to move the left paddle.

CODE SKILLS:Making the ball bounce

Make the ball bounce unpredictably.

CODE SKILLS:Finishing the ball

Call the new functions to speed up the ball.

CODE SKILLS:The AI Paddle

Code a piece of simple AI to make the second paddle move by itself.

Do it yourself task:Your finished game

Get the finished code for your game.

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