LP's 12 Months of Games // Basic Pong [C++ & SFML]

Completed Via Tutorial 

This is the second project taught in "Beginning C++ Games Programming" by John Horton. The two chapters mainly focused on teaching classes and multiple files so the actual pong game was lacking.

Finished Result:

The "bat" is far to quick and moves off the sides. The ball scrapes along the bat or becomes stuck resulting in ridiculous scores and there's no states like a menu or game over. The basics are there though but I'll be improving this over the next week to add better collision, sounds and "english" (where the ball bounces off the bat with a certain velocity) as well as multiplayer.

I did finally learn how to use Github with Visual Studio though in this exercise. It's quite painless once you get used to it. I still prefer Perforce but for project sharing/collaboration, Github is the clear winner. That won't stop me from using Perforce though.

Code:

I modified the code in the book however it's mainly from the tutorial so I won't be posting. The next Pong game I will though.