Pongerground

In Pongerground you’re a highly competitive player, always chasing victory. 

• In this adventure, you play as Sunset, who, after being challenged, enters the Pongerground to face a mysterious villain and soon discovers unexpected twists along the way.
  
• Pongerground is an arcade action game that mixes pong and pinball into fast, fun, and challenging matches that call for a bit of dexterity and quick thinking.
  
• Compete through 18 different levels and always try to beat your highscore.
• Enjoy Sunset’s story told in comic-style panels.

How to play:

• D-pad Left/Right or Crank: Move the player left and right to ricochet the ball.
• B Button: Activate the ball energizer.
• Always try to fill the energizer bar to unleash a fast, powerful ball, but beware, if it hits you back, it can be dangerous.
• Each goal is worth 20 points.
• Score 100 points or more in total goals to win.
• Challenge yourself to beat your high score for each level and the overall run.
• Watch out for the tiebreaker, it can be ruthless and raises the tension!

About Mirror App:

• You can play Pongerground on your Playdate while streaming it to your computer using the Mirror App. Just open the Playdate’s system menu on the game main screen and toggle Streaming on.

This game supports Playdate Achievements! 🏆

Please rate the game :D

If you run into any issues or have feedbacks, feel free to leave a comment on the comment section or reach out at: matheus@mechars.com

Installation:
The game is playable on a Playdate device. To sideload the game, follow Panic's official instructions here.

How to Play a Playdate Game on PC (Using the Playdate SDK)

This guide will walk you through how to install the Playdate SDK and run a Playdate game on your computer using the official Playdate Simulator. This is useful if you purchased a Playdate game on itch.io and want to play it on PC or Mac.

Step-by-step guide

1. Go to the official Playdate developer page: https://play.date/dev/
2. Click Download Playdate SDK and choose the version for your operating system (Windows, macOS, or Linux).
3. Install the downloaded package by following the installer instructions.
4. After installation, open the Playdate Simulator. You can find it by searching for Playdate Simulator on your system.
5. Once the simulator is open, click on File in the top menu and then select Open.
6. Choose the game file you downloaded from itch.io. Make sure the file was properly extracted (you should open the game folder or .pdx file, not a .zip).
7. The game should now load in the simulator. Enjoy playing! 🎮

Programming/Pixel Art: Matheus Nícolas
Banner/Panels Art: Édito Lima
Music: moodytail, juzek, felipe-diez and Simon13666
Holiday Levels Music:  

Song: ko0x - Galaxy Guppy Music provided by BreakingCopyright:    • [No Copyright Music]  ko0x - Galaxy Guppy ...  
SFX: kronbits
Libraries: pd-achievements, Panels and AnimatedSprite
Playtesting: Paty,  jp - amis.co, Hintorex, 
Maguzy, Dallai, Mendelds, filipesoaresds