Re: [GD-General] Pong ball mechanics

[Joe C. <dar...@ya...>]

I believe the speed of the ball is also a function
of the distance from the center of the paddle as
well. I think its supposed to speed up when the
angle increases... But I suppose you can make it
do anything you want. I don't think there is an
official "Pong Spec" out there :)

--- brian hook <bri...@py...> wrote:
> To answer your question, pong's paddle physics
> basically bounce the 
> ball back at an angle proportional to the distance
> from the center of 
> the paddle.  What you set as the max angle is up to
> you, of course, and 
> I'm not sure if there is an agreed upon standard,
> but you want to set 
> it steep enough that it's not going to take forever
> to bounce back 
> across the screen.


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