Bogus Pong
50 years of video games… Let’s circle back to the basics.
What’s this?
Bogus Pong is a Pong that goes awry in a different way at every round, and you don’t always know how… Can you beat your friends (or your machine) with added gravity? What about a smaller paddle? Or 50 balls flying around the screen? Well, can you??
Features
- Over 42 totally intended bugs!!
- Unlockable bugs!!!
- Combinable bugs!!!
- Moddable: code your own bugs!!!
- Breakable: carefully select bugs to break the game!!!
- Play with up to 3 friends!!!
Controls
Keyboard
F11
to quickly toggle fullscreen- Use
W
andS
for Player 1 (on the left) Up
andDown
for Player 2 (on the right)I
andO
for Player 3 (on the top)V
andB
for Player 4 (you guessed it, they’re on the bottom)Backspace
to disable a player (give control back to CPU, then hide their paddle) from 4 to 1 or to go back in the menusEsc
to pause the game or go backP
to pause the gameEnter
/Space
to select a menu item.
(Also works on AZERTY, Dvorak, bépo… just pretend you’re on QWERTY)
Controller
Controller 1 is Player 1 and so on.
- Use the left joystick or the D-pad to play and navigate the menus.
Start
to pause the gameSelect
/Back
to be disabledA
to select a menu itemB
to go back.
Credits
A game by Hanntac, with Lariat’s music and fonts from Velvetyne (Outward and VG5000) — also be aware that Pong is a hugely successful video game by Atari, not me, I don’t have any rights on it, please don’t sue me
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux |
Release date | Feb 21, 2022 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Author | Hanntac |
Genre | Action |
Made with | Godot, GIMP |
Tags | 2D, Arcade, Local multiplayer, party-game, Retro, Singleplayer |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Xbox controller, Playstation controller |
Multiplayer | Local multiplayer |
Player count | 1 - 4 |
Download
Install instructions
You must keep the .pck
file next to the executable to play the game, except for MacOS.
Modding instructions
Use Godot v3.4.2!
See the example mods archive below for an API overview. Even if you don’t want to mod the game, do download it as it contains ready-to-install mods with new bugs and features not included in the base game!
Development log
- The Big OneFeb 22, 2022
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