Activity 1

Leanne Liu

In the game pong, the “play” element is to bounce the ball back to the player’s opponent. The “goal” is to score seven points first, and the player does that by shooting (bouncing) the ball behind the opponent’s paddle. Victory occurs when the goal, which is to score seven points first, is achieved. If the opponent does not successfully bounce the ball back, then the player who made the shot will score a point. Termination occurs when the player’s opponent scores seven points first. The player(s) “pretend” to be a ping pong player through bouncing the ping pong ball back and forth to each other. The “rules” are to slide the paddle up and down to move it to a place where the player can send the ball back. Unfortunately, the paddle cannot move side to side which makes the game more challenging. The ball will also bounce around the borders of the field of the game, requiring the players to think about where the ball will come next. The movement of the ball is predictable when the speed of the ball is slow, which is near the beginning of the game. However the speed of the ball will increase after a number of rallies, reducing the time to think about the next movement of the ball. Thus the ball’s bouncing movements make the game more difficult.