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Atari's Pong was the first game to use a video display, hence its the first videogame. Included in this package is a pong clone for windows, and Java. Source code, and all other files are included too. To play, click here.
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Original post by mike74
The game runs smoothly and works pretty well. Just out of curiosity, what did you use to create the background? It looks pretty jazzy.
Mike C.
I used The Gimp. I talk a little bit of how I made the background art in my tutorial "Level 01 [Pong]" at my website.
Original post by SiKaNrOnG
I don't know if you've played my games, but art is not yet my strong suit. If im not (at all) an artist, do you think the gimp could help my games?
Well I'm certainly not an artist, so I say yes. The Gimp website has a lot of tutorials at different levels to help you. Thats how I found my way around. Also, I find 3D packages such as Blender and Wings3D are easier to create game art with than conventional ways. I can't draw and I'm not a student of perspective or lighting, so I just let the 3D renderer do that. I still have to define 3D shapes, colors, lights, cameras and perhaps a little action. Of course it takes time to learn these tools.
[Edited by - EnemyBoss on June 5, 2005 11:27:38 PM]