Introduction

As a young team, new to the hackathon scene and application building in general. We decided to start off by creating an Android game. While the principles and ideas behind games, and ours in particular, can be quite simple coding a game provides ample challenge. Inspired by classic games such as Pong and BrickBreaker we decided to take and remix their simple elements to create a two-player interactive game.

Game Mechanics

By taking advantage of the multi-touch function on modern touch screen phones this game is only played on one device. Each player has a color, either blue or red, and their goal is to score 10 points on the other player. Players score points in the traditional manner of Pong - by getting the ball past their opponents paddle. However in this game there are a few obstacles in the way. Each player has set of bricks that they must destroy before they can score on their opponent. Each player also has their own ball - and only a players ball can destroy their bricks. For example, the Blue players ball will do nothing to to the Red players bricks. Players can also score on themselves so while letting any ball past your paddle means points for your opponents. The game becomes an exciting race to get rid of your bricks quickly and without messing up.