Ping Pong

A Unity 6 single-player Pong game with difficulty scaling and persistent local leaderboards.

Overview

Ping Pong is a 2D arcade game where one player rallies against a computer-controlled paddle. Enter a player name, choose a difficulty, and keep the ball in play while its speed increases through the rally.

Each successful return adds one point. Sending the ball past the computer adds ten points and starts another serve; missing the ball ends the run and saves the score to the leaderboard for the selected difficulty.

This repository contains the Unity source project. It does not include a packaged, ready-to-run player build.

Project Art

These title assets are used by the Unity menu and leaderboard scenes; they are project artwork rather than gameplay captures.

Main menu title	Leaderboard title

Highlights

• Three difficulty modes tune ball acceleration and paddle movement for Easy, Medium, and Hard play.
• Position-based rebounds change the ball's vertical direction according to where it meets a paddle.
• Persistent local scores are stored separately for each difficulty and displayed from highest to lowest.
• Complete scene flow connects player setup, gameplay, and leaderboard screens.

How to Play

1. Start from the main menu and enter a player name.
2. Select Easy, Medium, or Hard.
3. Move the player paddle vertically and return the ball past the AI paddle.
4. When the run ends, review the saved score on the matching difficulty leaderboard.

Controls

Input	Action
W or Up Arrow	Move the player paddle up
S or Down Arrow	Move the player paddle down

Getting Started

Requirements

• Unity Hub
• Unity Editor 6000.0.24f1
• Git with Git LFS enabled

Clone and run

git clone https://github.com/Dev0910/Ping-Pong.git
cd Ping-Pong
git lfs pull

1. In Unity Hub, choose Add and select the cloned Ping-Pong directory.
2. Open the project with Unity Editor 6000.0.24f1.
3. Open Assets/Scenes/MainMenu.unity if it is not already active.
4. Press Play in the Unity Editor.

Build for Windows

1. Open File > Build Profiles in Unity.
2. Select the included New Windows Profile.
3. Switch to the Windows platform if Unity prompts you to do so.
4. Choose Build and select an output directory outside the repository.

The build profile includes the scenes in their intended order: MainMenu, Game, and Leaderboard.

Tech Stack

• Engine: Unity 6000.0.24f1
• Language: C#
• Rendering: Unity 2D feature set 2.0.1 with Universal Render Pipeline 17.0.3
• Input: Input System 1.11.2, with paddle movement mapped through Unity's Vertical input axis
• Interface: TextMesh Pro and Unity UI 2.0.0
• Persistence: Json.NET 3.2.1 and JSON files under Application.persistentDataPath

Project Structure

Assets/
├── Scenes/                 # Main menu, gameplay, and leaderboard scenes
├── Scripts/
│   ├── Leader Board/       # Local score storage, sorting, and display
│   ├── Manager/            # Persistent game state and difficulty selection
│   ├── Movement/           # Player, AI, ball, scoring, and rebound logic
│   └── UI/                 # Name input, menus, and scene navigation
├── Settings/               # URP assets and the Windows build profile
└── Sprites/                # User-interface and game artwork
Packages/                   # Unity package manifest and lockfile
ProjectSettings/            # Unity editor, input, scene, and player settings

Developer

Created by Dev Patel. Explore the portfolio for more game-development work.

License and Asset Use

This repository does not currently include a project-level license. Some bundled content comes from third-party asset packages and may be governed by separate terms. Review the original asset documentation before reusing or redistributing those files.