In this tutorial series you will learn how to make a simple single-player Pong-like game for the Sega Mega Drive using SGDK! If you just want to see the full source code, you can get it from Github.
Megapong BONUS - Flashing!
Alright, we have a complete and working game now. We have graphics, gameplay, scores, game overs…sound is still missing, true, but that’s a topic for another tutorial. However, we can still add something to make our game a bit better: The almighty Juice.
In order to juice things up as it were, we’re going to make the ball flash when it’s hit by the paddle. It’s a small effect, but an important one when it comes to retrogaming. Hitting Robotnik wouldn’t be as satisfying if he didn’t flash, after all. So let’s do this!
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