domsson / cong

Pong clone in C++ with SFML - an exercise to learn C++

cong's Issues

Options menu does not show correct window size

The game currently starts in a window of size 800 × 600 px, but when entering the Options menu, it shows "640 x 480" as the selected size. Leaving the Options menu will save the options, hence change the window size to 640 × 480 px. This is wrong. The Options menu should show the current window size.

Improved controls including (simulated) analog stick behaviour

Currently there only is support for keyboard control. This makes for a purely digital ("up" or "down", 100% or nothing) movement. There should be support for game pads, to make use of their analog sticks for more fine grained control over the paddle's speed. Ideally, keyboard control should be able to somehow emulate this behavior as best as possible.

Game speed not hardware-agnostic

The game should run at the same speed on all machines, but currently it runs noticeably faster on my desktop machine than it does on my laptop. Something must be off in the game's main loop logic.

Ball physics fail at high velocity

The higher the ball's velocity, the more erroneous the collision detection. First the ball will bounce off the paddles without actually making contact. Once the velocity is very high, the ball will eventually travel through the paddles. This is due to the fact that the collision detection is too simple.