Tic-Tac-Pong

A Game By Maeve Philipp

Tic-Tac-Pong is a Player vs. Computer game for the GameBoy Advance. It combines the classic video game Pong with the pen-and-paper game Tic-Tac-Toe.

Objective: Place 3 cyan X's in a row on the Tic-Tac-Toe board before the AI get 3 magenta O's in a row. 

How to Play

• The player and the AI use their paddles to hit the pong back and forth.
• Each you hit the pong with your paddle, it adds energy to your battery battery.
• If you miss the pong and it hits the wall, your battery will lose a little power.
• When your battery is full, you can press `A` to charge your paddle.
• When you hit the pong with a charged paddle, the pong will speed up and become charged.
• When the charged pong passes thru a spot on the Tic-Tac-Toe board, it will place a mark there for the last player to hit it.
• If the charged pong hits a wall twice in a row, it loses its charge and slows back down.
• Get three of your marks in a row to win!

Winning the Game

If either player manages to get three of their marks in a row on the board, they win immediately. If all the spaces on the board are captured, and neither player has three marks in a row, the player with the most marks on the board wins. Each player's total is displayed in the lower corner of the screen.

Controls

BUTTON	KEYBOARD	ACTION
START	Enter	Begin game
UP and DOWN	Up and Down Arrow Keys	Move paddle up and down
A	Z	Charge paddle
Hold SELECT	Hold Backslash (\)	Return to title screen

Difficulty Options

Difficulty	Description
Trivial	Not even a challenge. The AI will almost always miss the pong.
Easy	An easier experience. The AI is more likely to miss the pong, and takes longer to make decisions.
Normal	A medium challenge. Recommended for new players.
Hard	Above average difficulty. Provides a little extra challenge, with a more skilled AI.
Expert	Near perfect AI. It will rarely miss.

You can find the source code for Tic-Tac-Pong at:
https://github.com/MGPAlpha/Tic-Tac-Pong