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Pong running on a 32×32 LED panel
32×32 · Livereal render
GamesLive4 players

Pong

Two paddles, one ball that speeds up every hit. Plays itself; up/down steers the left paddle. Modes: 1 v 1, Doubles (2 v 2, front and back paddles) and 4 Way (a paddle on every wall). Friends join from their phones (local Wi-Fi).

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At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).
Settings14every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings
ButtonsRestart · Autoplaystudio buttons, or app_action over MCP
Sourcegames_classic.pysrc/deskdot/apps/games_classic.py

Game

Players1–4seat 1 on the keyboard or studio, the rest on phones over your Wi-Fi; empty seats are played by the AI
Controllers
Analog stickD-padGamepad

Modes

ModePlayersPlay
1 v 1 default1–2Teams
Doubles4Teams
4 Way2–4Free-for-all

Maps

OpenBlockPortals

Themes

ClassicNeonRetroMonoArcadeCourtIce

Settings

Settings
SettingTypeDefaultOptions / range
General
Speedspeedwhole number51 – 10
ThemethemechoiceArcade
ClassicNeonRetroMonoArcadeCourtIce
AI skillskillHow well the demo AI playsnumber0.80.0 – 1.0
Show scoreshow_scoreon/offOnon / off
Paddle sizepaddlewhole number74 – 12
Points to winpointswhole number73 – 21
Graphics
EffectseffectschoiceFull (particles, shake, flashes)
Full (particles, shake, flashes)Calm (no shake or flashes)Minimal
Game flow
Intro & results screensintro_outroon/offOnon / off
Play itself when idleattractThe AI plays while nobody does (great in a playlist)on/offOnon / off
Plays itself withpilotchoiceBuilt-in AI
Built-in AIFruit-fly brain (sees only the pixels; docs/FLY_BRAIN.md)
Game
Lives (4 Way)liveswhole number31 – 9
Modemodechoice1 v 1
1 v 1Doubles4 Way
MapmapchoiceOpen
OpenBlockPortals
Playersplayerswhole number11 – 4

Try it

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)
$ uv run deskdot preview pong --settings '{"theme":"classic"}' --out pong.png
show it on your panel (engine running)
$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/pong/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Pong on my panel”. It calls show_app with "pong". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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