Chapter 5 Pong Game

We have experienced single-player game snake before. Now, let’s use ESP32 board to play classic two-player pong game. You will experience both 2D and 3D version.

Project 5.1 Pong Game

First, let’s experience the 2D version game.

Component List

ESP32-WROVER x1

Chapter01_00

GPIO Extension Board x1

Chapter01_01

Breadboard x1

Chapter01_02

Rotary potentiometer x2

Chapter09_00

Jumper M/M x6

Chapter01_05

Circuit

Use A0, A3 ports on ESP32 board to detect the voltage of rotary potentiometers.

Schematic diagram

Chapter05_00

Hardware connection

Chapter05_01

Sketch

Sketch Pong_Game

Use Processing to open Pong_Game and click Run. If the connection succeeds, the follow will be shown:

Now you can try to turn the potentiometer to control the movement of paddle without ball. Press space bar to start the game:

Use potentiometer to control the movement of paddle to block the ball back. The game rules are the same as classic pong game:

The game will be over when one side reachs three points. Pressing the space bar can restart the game:

Additionally, you can restart the game by pressing the space bar at any time.

Project 5.2 Pong Game 3D

Now, let’s experience the 3D version game.

Component list

The same as last section.

Circuit

The same as last section.

Sketch

Sketch Pong_Game_3D

Use Processing to open Pong_Game_3D.pde and click Run. If the connection succeeds, the follow will be shown:

Now you can try to turn the potentiometer to control the movement of paddle without ball. Press space bar to start the game:

Use potentiometer to control the movement of paddle to block the ball back. The game rules are the same as classic pong game:

The rest operation is the same as the 2D version.