This application is a pythonic implementation of Pong, a game originally developed and released by Atari in 1972. pong-arcade
was created using pygame and various resources.
As per PEP 668, it is recommended to use pipx
to install this application, which may need to be installed separately. pipx
installs applications and their dependencies into their own virtual environment.
pipx install pong-arcade
Running pip
as usual may work on your system.
pip install pong-arcade
This application may also be built and installed from source. You may need to install the pip package build
in order to do this. Clone the repository, and then run the following commands in the project's directory.
python -m build # builds the package
pipx install dist/*.tar.gz # installs the application
You could use make
to simplify these commands. This requires GNU Make to be installed on your system.
make install # builds and installs the application
The application should now be on your PATH. Run pong
to execute the application.
make # builds, installs, and executes the application
pong # executes the application
The controls may be examined in-game from the menu.
Esc
QuitC
Controls1
Select first menu option2
Select second menu option3
Toggle third menu option
W
/I
Move upS
/K
Move down
Player1 may use either control scheme in single-player games.
P
/Q
Pause the gameM
/Z
Exit to menu
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.
Github - jacob-thompson/pong-arcade
PyPI - pong-arcade
Jacob Alexander Thompson - [email protected]