Breakout!

It's breakout! Not much to say really, but it took me a while to fix all of the collision and flickering issues.

pastebin get LTRYaSKt breakout

Controls:

Hold arrow key or mouse button to move paddle
'Q' to quit
'P' to pause

Here's a screenshot:

As you can see, that's a lot of blocks.

Looks nice! Checked code, what i always do for menu and stuff is not

event, key, mx, my = os.pullEvent()

but to make it a little bit less messy and so i have less typing to do ;D I just store it in a table

local ev = {os,pullEvent()}

For the rest, looks great!

Wow! This is like the original! Nicely implemented =)
Also using arrow keys is a bit difficult since the ball seems to move at the same speed as the paddle =P many cases where I was constantly off by one…

Also, how do you win? I got all of the tiles away, but the game keeps playing o.O another suggestion would be powerups =)

supernicejohn, on 30 March 2016 - 06:17 PM said:

Also using arrow keys is a bit difficult since the ball seems to move at the same speed as the paddle =P many cases where I was constantly off by one…

Also, how do you win? I got all of the tiles away, but the game keeps playing o.O another suggestion would be powerups =)

1. Yeah, I increased the speed of the ball to make the game go faster. I'd just use the mouse, but I can quickly halve the ball speed if it's a problem.

2. I never added an end condition…so…um…conglaturations.

3. Powerups? That would be difficult. And, like, what? A gun?

I was thinking more of decreasing/increasing the paddle size or making the ball go through the blocks, but I like it as it is now too. Fun procrastination, which I suppose is what it's designed for =).

New update: Added a pause screen. Press P to use.

Cool game!
I like the controls and graphics but the game gets boring quickly because there are way too many blocks to break and the ball really isn't dynamic.
I'd suggest looking at the arcade version of Breakout or Alleyway for the Game Boy and making the ball physics more satisfying (more directions to choose from and maybe you can make it so that the ball moves faster the longer you play) and greatly reducing the amount of blocks in a level.

CrazedProgrammer, on 30 March 2016 - 08:20 PM said:

I like the controls and graphics but the game gets boring quickly because there are way too many blocks to break and the ball really isn't dynamic.

Aww, I hoped no one would notice how dull the game is. I do agree, there are too many blocks, durnit. Perhaps I should make the blocks two-wide.

CrazedProgrammer, on 30 March 2016 - 08:20 PM said:

I'd suggest looking at the arcade version of Breakout or Alleyway for the Game Boy and making the ball physics more satisfying (more directions to choose from and maybe you can make it so that the ball moves faster the longer you play) and greatly reducing the amount of blocks in a level.

More ball directions would mean I'd have to update the collision detection and handling, and play around with trig functions. And I'll try that.