My first Game

[CanadianGamer]

here is my first game it took me a week to make and it is still not as good as I wished it would be but I guess it is a a start.
please tell me how I could make it better or more efficient in some way and I will try to learn how to do that.]


Edit: sorry that one is the one i trolled my sister with here is the real one

[Jeeper]

Congratulations on making your first game!

Here are a few things to make it better:

• Change the ball sprite to have a transparent background, it currently cuts with the paddle, alternativly you can draw the circle with love.graphics.circle
• The ball is a bit bugged in the sense that in can only bounce towards the left side when it collides with the player paddle.
• Add some color, simply making the background white or something else than black makes it feel a lot less like pong in 1972. Making the paddle and ball have other nice colors also helps.
• Slight screenshake when the ball collides with something
• Make the score-counter bigger and flashier, in a score-attack game you want to have your score be exciting.
• Scaling difficulty; Have the ball travel faster and faster the longer the game goes, you could also add additional balls as the game goes on.
• Make a leaderboard, in a score-attack game it is fun to try to beat your personal best score.
• Make a menu with a Start, Highscore, credits and quit button.

That should be a good start, there's a ton more that you can do obviously but this is what I would focus on first.

Welcome to the forums by the way!

[CanadianGamer]

Congratulations on making your first game!

Here are a few things to make it better:

• Change the ball sprite to have a transparent background, it currently cuts with the paddle, alternativly you can draw the circle with love.graphics.circle
• The ball is a bit bugged in the sense that in can only bounce towards the left side when it collides with the player paddle.
• Add some color, simply making the background white or something else than black makes it feel a lot less like pong in 1972. Making the paddle and ball have other nice colors also helps.
• Slight screenshake when the ball collides with something
• Make the score-counter bigger and flashier, in a score-attack game you want to have your score be exciting.
• Scaling difficulty; Have the ball travel faster and faster the longer the game goes, you could also add additional balls as the game goes on.
• Make a leaderboard, in a score-attack game it is fun to try to beat your personal best score.
• Make a menu with a Start, Highscore, credits and quit button.

That should be a good start, there's a ton more that you can do obviously but this is what I would focus on first.

Welcome to the forums by the way!

Thanks I'll start working on that as soon as possible. I am also working on a 2 person version.