Unity tutorial - Pong Game - How To Make Mobile Games - part 5C

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This is a tutorial video on how to make a pong style game inside Unity 3D. It follows the game 'Ping Pong Pinball X' available for free on iPhone and Android here:

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Android:

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Happy developing
Martin

[CarnageBunny]

cheers for the videos man. I love how you explain all the codes. The best tutorials i have had cause i am actually learning!

[HowToMakeMobileGames]

Yeah, I'll include in the tutorial some bonus areas like in a pinball machine. if the ball goes between them then the players get extra points.

By the way 'Ping Pong Pinball' just came out for iPhone. Check it out as it's the game I'm following for this tutorial series.

Chat soon :)
Martin

[rodrigolins]

Hey marting even thought I haven't tried, the logic makes since and I am sure it will work for me. I will put in both ball and paddle script. Thx a lot!!!

[HowToMakeMobileGames]

hey carnage. that's great, thanks for the comment :)
I'll keep bringing more out. let me know if there's anything specific you'd like me to talk about.

Happy Developing,
Martin

[HowToMakeMobileGames]

Hey Carnage. I just started to upload part 6 which includes particles and making it more pretty. Part 6A is available now. I'll get the other parts uploaded today

Martin :)

[MrMancioman]

for everybody! add highScore3DText in the inspector of all objects except Main Camera.
If you do this only for GeneralScripts, unity show you the error

[CarnageBunny]

There are a few things, 1. Polishing up the game, particles and looks.

[markuscosmos]

Part 5 section was pretty big! Very Informative though.

[HowToMakeMobileGames]

Hey Rodrigo. No problem at all :)
Sorry the comment didn't put the spaces in correctly, it's all squashed together. Let me know if you have any trouble.

All the best,
Martin

[CarnageBunny]

2. Maybe some more things for the players to get to gain higher sccores

[slughead]

When the ball velocity hits anything over 30 it actually jumps out of the screen...

[HowToMakeMobileGames]

Hi Henrique. Glad you figured it out. Catch me if you have any other questions.

By the way, could you add one of my game play videos to your channel. its just to help spread the news. please let me know if you can. here's the link: bit[DOT]ly/popthefruit

Happy developing
Martin

[HowToMakeMobileGames]

Hi Rodrigo. Thanks for the message.
Try this:
Inside of the ball.js script



//put this at the start of the script
var ballHasStartedMoving : boolean = false;

//add this inside the Update() function
if(Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0) && ballHasStartedMoving == false)
{
ballHasStartedMoving = true;
InvokeRepeating("IncreaseBallVelocity", 2, 2);
}

//comment out this function call inside Awake()
//InvokeRepeating("IncreaseBallVelocity", 2, 2);



Let me know if this works :)
Martin

[rikelima]

I'm sorry... Never mind... I forgot the parenthisis at the end of ".ToString". Thx anyway xD

[HowToMakeMobileGames]

Hey Carnage. No problem. Will get more of the tutorial released soon :)
By the way everyone, feel free to add me to facebook: facebook.com/martin.finch.92

Cheers,
Martin

[bensadler]

Everything works up to now, when my ball goes below the paddle it no longer goes back to the menu scene it just keeps going so i have to leave the game. HowToMakeMobileGames 

[dariushdz]

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
MenuScene.Awake () (at

[HowToMakeMobileGames]

Hi Rodrigo.
Try this: Inside of the ball.js script



//put this at the start of the script
var ballHasStartedMoving : boolean = false;

//add this inside the Update() function
if(Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0) && ballHasStartedMoving == false)
{
ballHasStartedMoving = true;
InvokeRepeating("IncreaseBallV­elocity", 2, 2);
}

//comment out this function call inside Awake()
//InvokeRepeating("IncreaseBal­lVelocity", 2, 2);


Let me know if this works :)
Martin

[XXJOHNATHANXX]

My highscore just stays at 0. What am i missing? I don't even get it saved afterwards.

[mcdemton]

my highscore just stays the same on 0. dont know wat
to do my high score just stays the same!!