Pixl.js Pong Game

This is a very simple two player Pong game made using Pixl.js and two potentiometers. See the video above for full details on how it was made.

To use this, wire:

Get connected to Espruino with the Web IDE, copy and paste the following code into the right-hand side of the IDE, and click the upload button!

For a two-player, two-Pixl.js based version of Pong, see this page

Source Code

var BATSIZE = 8;
var scorel = 0;
var scorer = 0;

var ball;

function newGame() {
  ball = {
    x : g.getWidth()/2,
    y : g.getHeight()/2,
    vx : (Math.random()>0.5)?1:-1,
    vy : (Math.random()-0.5)*2
  };
}

function onFrame() {
  var batl = analogRead(A0) * g.getHeight();
  var batr = analogRead(A1) * g.getHeight();

  ball.x += ball.vx;
  ball.y += ball.vy;
  if (ball.y<=0) ball.vy = Math.abs(ball.vy);
  if (ball.y>=g.getHeight()-1) ball.vy = -Math.abs(ball.vy);
  if (ball.x<5 &&
      ball.y>batl-BATSIZE && ball.y<batl+BATSIZE) {
    ball.vx = Math.abs(ball.vx);
  }
  if (ball.x>g.getWidth()-6  &&
      ball.y>batr-BATSIZE && ball.y<batr+BATSIZE) {
    ball.vx = -Math.abs(ball.vx);
  }
  if (ball.x<0) {
    scorer++;
    newGame();
  }
  if (ball.x>g.getWidth()-1) {
    scorel++;
    newGame();
  }

  g.clear();
  g.fillRect(0,batl-BATSIZE, 3,batl+BATSIZE);
  g.fillRect(g.getWidth()-4,batr-BATSIZE, g.getWidth()-1,batr+BATSIZE);
  g.fillRect(ball.x-1,ball.y-1,ball.x+1,ball.y+1);
  g.setFontAlign(-1,-1);
  g.drawString(scorel, 10,0);
  g.setFontAlign(1,-1);
  g.drawString(scorer, g.getWidth()-10,0);
  g.flip();
}

newGame();
setInterval(onFrame, 50);

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