Pong

 Griffin Shields

The goal of my piece is less to make an easy to use, handy controller perfect for Pong, and more to have thematic fun playing Pong with the controls of the classic Table/Beer Pong. Throwing a ping pong ball (with a bounce, as per usual Beer Pong rules) into one of the two Red Solo Cups successfully will activate the button inside with the impact of the ping pong ball. One button/cup combination is labelled "Up Input" and the other is labelled "Down Input", and they correspond to the up and down arrow key inputs, respectively. The balls roll back to the player down a cardboard ramp and out the cutout in each cup, taking inspiration from arcade basketball, and the player is given 4 ping pong balls so their inputs can come quick enough to keep up with the Ai, as this is primarily for single player, but still expandable with another Circuit Playground.