Plasma Pong gets OS X Port!!!

audiodan · Apr 21st, 2007, 09:11 PM

One of my favorite games has now hit OS X!

http://www.plasmapong.com/index.html

"OS X port for Plasma Pong is finally finished! I've included both the x86 version and the PowerPC version. Since this is a new release, please post any problems you may experience in the new section of the forums and I'll do my best to get it fixed"

irontree · Apr 22nd, 2007, 03:37 AM

Oh man just tried it.... Very trippy!!!!

Atroz · Apr 22nd, 2007, 08:48 AM

Wow.

Make sure you play in the sandbox for a while too.

Macaholic · Apr 22nd, 2007, 05:58 PM

Very cool game!

There is a problem I encountered when playing on a dual monitor system. If you happen to move your cursor out of the gameplay area and into the second monitor, the game pauses until you find the darned thing and return to the gameplay area. Then WHOMP you're thrust back into it. Kind of hard to account for. Putting the displays into mirror mode helps a bit, but there are still dead areas of black on the either of the screens if their resolutions are unable to be matched (widescreen versus standard ratio displays) and the gameplay still freezes. They need an option to disable a second monitor.

I've sent an email in to the author.

Trose · Apr 23rd, 2007, 09:24 PM

I heard about this game awhile ago but never tried it because it was Windows only. Very cool game.

When I first tried it I found the game was very slow paced. My fps was about 20 and everything seemed to be running smoothly so I just figured it was a really slow paced game (I could not get past level one, the ball was just moving too slowly back and forth). I checked out the forums today and noticed someone said the game is unplayable under 30fps. After dropping all the detail to maximize performance I'm now running ~33fps. At this speed this game is awesome and fast paced.

Make sure you're running at at least 30fps!!!

lewdvig · Apr 23rd, 2007, 11:00 PM

Runs poorly on my PowerBook 1.67.

But it is pretty cool. The physics are amazing.

Trose · Apr 24th, 2007, 12:20 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by lewdvig
	Runs poorly on my PowerBook 1.67. But it is pretty cool. The physics are amazing.

It's running fine on my 15" PowerBook 1.67, 1gig of Ram, all settings under performance set to the lowest. (still looks good)

DR Hannon · Apr 24th, 2007, 08:31 AM

very addictive

irontree · Apr 24th, 2007, 09:36 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by lewdvig
	Runs poorly on my PowerBook 1.67. But it is pretty cool. The physics are amazing.

Runs perfectly on my 1.5ghz Mac Mini Core Solo

i stole this name · Apr 24th, 2007, 05:41 PM

Wow this game completely crushed my MBP. on high and 1280x800 it did 17fps

Really addictive though. This is my new lumines

Apr 21st, 2007, 09:11 PM	#1
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Apr 22nd, 2007, 08:48 AM	#3
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Apr 22nd, 2007, 05:58 PM	#4
Macaholic Honourable Citizen Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,754	Very cool game! There is a problem I encountered when playing on a dual monitor system. If you happen to move your cursor out of the gameplay area and into the second monitor, the game pauses until you find the darned thing and return to the gameplay area. Then WHOMP you're thrust back into it. Kind of hard to account for. Putting the displays into mirror mode helps a bit, but there are still dead areas of black on the either of the screens if their resolutions are unable to be matched (widescreen versus standard ratio displays) and the gameplay still freezes. They need an option to disable a second monitor. I've sent an email in to the author. __________________ 32GB iPad WiFi. 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Core2 Duo/6GB/200GB/GeForce 8600M GT 256MB GPU/DL-DVDRW/24" BenQ LCD. MacBook 2.4GHz Core2 Duo/2GB/200GB/DL-DVDRW >3TB of FW drives, 16GB iPod Touch, 8GB 5th gen Nano, Canon HV20 HD-DV cam, Kodak digicam, Canon scanner, Canon iP5400 printer, Jailbroken 8GB iPhone 3G. In memoriam: my Sawtooth "Frankenmac" with dual 1.3GHz G4/2GB/360GB striped RAID/DVDRW/ATI Radeon 9000 Pro

Apr 23rd, 2007, 11:00 PM	#6
lewdvig Full Citizen Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Calgary Posts: 437	Runs poorly on my PowerBook 1.67. But it is pretty cool. The physics are amazing. __________________ Zealot without a cause MacBook Pro Unibody 2.66/4 GB RAM/320/SD/9600m iMac 20" 2.4/4 GB RAM/250 HDD/SD/2400XT PowerMac 2.3/4 GB RAM/250/CD/9600

Apr 24th, 2007, 08:31 AM	#8
DR Hannon Full Citizen Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 555	very addictive __________________ When you stare into the abyss, the abyss is staring into you! MacBook C2D 2GHz 2gigs ram 80gig hard drive Imac CD 1.83GHz 2gigs ram 120gig hard drive MDD Dual 1.25GHz 1gig ram 500gig hard drive

Apr 22nd, 2007, 03:37 AM	#2
irontree Full Citizen Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 852	Oh man just tried it.... Very trippy!!!!

Apr 23rd, 2007, 09:24 PM	#5
Trose Full Citizen Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Westminster, BC Posts: 696	I heard about this game awhile ago but never tried it because it was Windows only. Very cool game. When I first tried it I found the game was very slow paced. My fps was about 20 and everything seemed to be running smoothly so I just figured it was a really slow paced game (I could not get past level one, the ball was just moving too slowly back and forth). I checked out the forums today and noticed someone said the game is unplayable under 30fps. After dropping all the detail to maximize performance I'm now running ~33fps. At this speed this game is awesome and fast paced. Make sure you're running at at least 30fps!!!

Apr 24th, 2007, 05:41 PM	#10
i stole this name Honourable Citizen Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,058	Wow this game completely crushed my MBP. on high and 1280x800 it did 17fps Really addictive though. This is my new lumines __________________ “To create a new standard, it takes something that’s not just a little bit different, it takes something that’s really new and really captures people’s imagination and the Macintosh, of all the machines I’ve ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.” — Bill Gates

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