Doubles (itch)

Controls

Esc key to exit whether using joypad or keyboard

Joypad controls In menu

• Navigate
  • Up/down on d-pad
• Select
  • Any of the right face buttons

In game

• Move paddle 1 (inner circle)
  • Left analog stick or left/right on d-pad
    • Push left on left analog stick or press left on d-pad for anticlockwise motion
    • Push right on left analog stick or press right on d-pad for clockwise motion
• Move paddle 2 (outer circle)
  • Right analog stick or square/circle (on PS4 controller)
    • Push left on right analog stick or press square for anticlockwise motion
    • Push right on right analog stick or press circle for clockwise motion
• Catch (for paddle 1)
  • L1/R1
• Pause/unpause
  • Options button (on PS4 controller)

Keyboard controls In menu

• Navigate
  • Up & down arrow keys
• Select
  • Return

In game

• Move paddle 1 (inner circle)
  • Z/X key
    • Z for anticlockwise motion
    • X for clockwise motion
• Move paddle 2 (outer circle)
  • Left & right arrow keys
    • Left arrow key for anticlockwise motion
    • Right arrow key for clockwise motion
• Catch (for paddle 1)
  • C key
• Pause/unpause
  • Return

Goal

The first player to score 9 points wins.

Description

Doubles is a 1-to–2 player arcade game in the vein of Pong or Tennis, though aesthetically it bares closer resemblance to Action Button’s Videoball. Credits for music and sound effects go to jaxcheese; colour scheme to a user on COLOURlovers (sorry, I’ve forgotten the exact source!). Thanks to Beyang, Shamil, Kamil, and Ivan for testing/encouragement. Everything else was handled by me.

The game is mostly a prototype. Perhaps I’ll work on an extended version in the future, but for now I’m happy with the barebones result. Feedback is welcome. :-)

If there’s ever a version 1.1, it will include the following—

• Better AI, including the ability to catch/smash the ball
• A pause menu, with the option to exit the game
• Inevitable bug fixes!

And, a version 2.0—

• Multiple arenas
• Player stats to be displayed at the end of each game (number of smashes, backhands, etc)

Version 3.0…—

• Online play