Hey There, Long time reader, first time poster. My name's Sean and I made this game One Player Pong that is going to go live on the App Store tomorrow. I used to work at Disney Mobile, where I was the Lead Game Designer on games like Where's My Perry? Where's My Water?, and Stack Rabbit (a very cool game that absolutely nobody played- not even my wife). Anyhow, I left Disney, and am now trying my hand at making games on my own. This is my first stab at that, a small arcade game that I designed and programmed after hearing Bennet Foddy (QWOP) give a speech at GDC. He said that every game designer should make a Pong variant and a Chess Variant in order to better themselves. So here's my Pong variant: One Player Pong! I'd give out some codes, but the game's free, so you'll have to settle for this goofy trailer. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel DOWNLOAD THE GAME HERE NOW! One Player Pong Sean Kearney One Player Pong: it’s like that popular arcade game, except you can play it ALL BY YOURSELF! Lets face it, you don’t ha… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsOne Player Pong: it’s like that popular arcade game, except you can play it ALL BY YOURSELF! Lets face it, you don’t have many friends. Don’t worry about it, neither do I. That’s why I made One Player Pong. In my youth, I used to go to the arcades, and marvel at all of the fun multiplayer games, with their shiny lights, and their bleeping and blooping noises. I would reach up and put my quarter on the monitor, letting the other arcade attendees know my intention to play the winner, and stand next to the machine, eagerly awaiting my turn. When the game ended, however, both players would always walk away from the machine, hand in hand, leaving me to stare longingly at the attract screen, or even worse, put my quarter in and awkwardly play with myself. Maybe nobody wanted to play with me because I didn’t shower much as a child, or maybe it was the fact that I wore an athletic cup over my pants. Or maybe it was because this was a haunted arcade, and all of the other people were in fact ghosts, and thus couldn’t communicate with the living. I didn't know what it was, and darn it all, I didn't care! "People should always be able to play fun retro arcade games," I would say to myself, “...regardless of how many “friends” they have!" And so my dream was born; I was going to create an arcade game that could be played alone. I was going to make a game for people like me. I was going to make a game for the lonely. I slaved away on my opus, spending every waking hour of the next few weeks tweaking and tuning and programming and building and living and loving and dancing and dying, until finally I had completed it: One Player Pong! It was marvelous; from its simple design, to its elegant presentation, the arcade cabinet was like everything I had wanted to play, but unlike everything I loved before it, I could actually enjoy it. I rushed down to the local arcade, eager to show off my creation, to have it join the other three dozen machines that had taunted me with their required social normality. But alas, when I turned the corner on Sylvan Street, and walked the fifteen steps to the location of the arcade, there was nothing but a fence surrounding a crater in the ground, a crater where the old arcade used to stand. There was an old man smoking a pipe nearby the crater, I asked him if he knew what had happened to the arcade. He gave me a funny look at first, almost as though he was sizing me up, trying to determine if my question was made in jest, and then said, “That old arcade’s been dead for going on fifteen years now. I reckon they're turning the lot into an auto body shop. Or was it a women’s clinic? My dang memory’s got the best of me these days”. My jaw dropped. Had I underestimated the time I had spent working on the game? Had it really been fifteen years that I had been down in the basement, pounding on an old keyboard, trying to make magic out of a few RAMs and a floppy disk cassette? That would certainly explain my long beard and malnutrition, as well as the fact that my new puppy, Sparky, had died the previous week, seemingly of old age. But no, that couldn’t be the case! The only logical solution had to be that the arcade that I had played in, nay, grown up in, was nothing more than a ghostly vessel, a spiritual ship for spirits passing through on their way to the afterworld, a lone ghost ship on the river styx. And I, well, I was now the captain. This game is dedicated to Sparky (1999 - 2014) RIP Sparky! Designs and Codes by Sean Kearney http://www.onlinesean.com Arts by Jeff "Nachotoonz" Campbell http://www.nachotoonz.com/ Trailer Theme Song Words and Music by Sean Kearney and Mark Saul Performance by Mark Saul Special Thanks To: Chad Cable Tim FitzRandolph John Northan Jay Pecho Jake Anderson Patrick Baggatta Chris Gulliver (Without you guys, I wouldn't know how to code a game. Or anything. Thank you.) This game was made with Unity3D www.unity3d.com Sound effects were created with bfxr www.bfxr.net Information Seller:Sean Kearney Genre:Arcade Release:Feb 04, 2015 Updated:Feb 22, 2015 Version:1.2.0 Size:55.9 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (3) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Designs and codes by me http://www.onlinesean.com Art by the very talented Jeff Campbell http://www.nachotoonz.com and Theme Song Performance by Mark Saul http://www.markadamsaul.com Lickzy Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Oct 28, 2013 921 1 18 Director of Sales Winnipeg, MB, Canada #2 Lickzy, Feb 4, 2015 Hey Sean! Good luck with your game dev career. Though I don't envision myself playing pong by myself, the trailer is a great glimpse into your creativity and I will look forward to supporting your future creations. Cheers! bigrand1 Well-Known Member Apr 23, 2010 4,968 6 38 Geriatric Party Animal California, USA #3 bigrand1, Feb 4, 2015 I'll be picking this up! I like this dev already! Has a real good sense of humor! Good luck to you, Sean! Here's to you, making lots of $$$ (clinking my glass with you as a toast)! thatfoolsean Active Member Patreon Bronze May 30, 2013 35 0 6 Game Designer / Writer / Friend Los Angeles, CA #4 thatfoolsean, Feb 4, 2015 Thanks! That means alot! Hopefully they'll be more coming very soon! I can't promise that they'll be any more fun, but they will probably be just as free! thatfoolsean Active Member Patreon Bronze May 30, 2013 35 0 6 Game Designer / Writer / Friend Los Angeles, CA #5 thatfoolsean, Feb 4, 2015 Also, a big toast back at you bigrand! I'll always drink to making lots of $$$! (I'll actually drink to most things, but it's a great sentiment nonetheless!) hraefn Member Feb 1, 2011 15 0 0 #6 hraefn, Feb 4, 2015 Here's a mind bender: I played Stack Rabbit but not Where's My Perry?. Looks kind of amusing. Hope it has a faster mode ROGER-NL Well-Known Member May 21, 2012 4,030 340 83 Male Gamer. THE NETHERLANDS #7 ROGER-NL, Feb 4, 2015 I had a good laugh from the trailer, so count me in, does it has GameCenter. Good luck with your launch tomorrow. thatfoolsean Active Member Patreon Bronze May 30, 2013 35 0 6 Game Designer / Writer / Friend Los Angeles, CA #8 thatfoolsean, Feb 4, 2015 Does it have GameCenter? Oh it has GameCenter, Mr. "I have the top score in the game right now"!!!! Well done! I've never been able to get past 36, and I made the darn thing! You rule! thatfoolsean Active Member Patreon Bronze May 30, 2013 35 0 6 Game Designer / Writer / Friend Los Angeles, CA #9 thatfoolsean, Feb 4, 2015 Oh, so you were the one person who played that! What did you think of it? My friends and I had a blast making it! Thanks for the luck, I'll need it, I think at last count 200 billion games were being released today! Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. 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Hey Sean! Good luck with your game dev career. Though I don't envision myself playing pong by myself, the trailer is a great glimpse into your creativity and I will look forward to supporting your future creations. Cheers!
I'll be picking this up! I like this dev already! Has a real good sense of humor! Good luck to you, Sean! Here's to you, making lots of $$$ (clinking my glass with you as a toast)!
Thanks! That means alot! Hopefully they'll be more coming very soon! I can't promise that they'll be any more fun, but they will probably be just as free!
Also, a big toast back at you bigrand! I'll always drink to making lots of $$$! (I'll actually drink to most things, but it's a great sentiment nonetheless!)
Here's a mind bender: I played Stack Rabbit but not Where's My Perry?. Looks kind of amusing. Hope it has a faster mode
I had a good laugh from the trailer, so count me in, does it has GameCenter. Good luck with your launch tomorrow.
Does it have GameCenter? Oh it has GameCenter, Mr. "I have the top score in the game right now"!!!! Well done! I've never been able to get past 36, and I made the darn thing! You rule!
Oh, so you were the one person who played that! What did you think of it? My friends and I had a blast making it! Thanks for the luck, I'll need it, I think at last count 200 billion games were being released today!