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PongLCD (Playable!)

This script was made using my EasyAPI script which you can find in the workshop

Here is a link to the blueprint so you don't have to set it up yourself. It just needs power.


This script is a fully playable version of Pong for Space Engineers. You can play PVP, verses the computer, or just watch two AI players battle it out. The controls are implemented on a single Button Panel. Each player has a start button, and a button that reverses their paddle so it moves up or down.

Space Engineers Arcade here we come!


The game supports any combination of Computer and Human players. Yes, that means you can play VS your friends, lol. Just press one or both of the start buttons to toggle that player between Computer and Human.

The goal of the game is to get the ball past the other players paddle to score a point. When you get to 11 points you win.

The game is not optimized for human players and so it is very hard to play. It is more of a proof of concept to show what is possible. But it IS playable.

The buttons on the button panel are as follows:
1. Player 1 switch paddle direction
2. Player 1 start button.
3. Player 2 start button.
4. Player 2 switch paddle direction

Press the start button corresponding to the player you want to play as.

Press the switch paddle direction button corresponding to the player you are playing to change the direction the paddle is moving. This is very difficult to master but since I wanted to keep it as simple as possible it is what it is.

Note: If it's not working make sure all the blocks are owned/accessible to you. Also, on some computers I have had issues with the wide LCD not displaying anything even though the content is in the public text. If this happens, just try using the small LCD.


You will need the following on your Ship/Station for the code to work properly:
1. An LCD Block named "PongLCD" configured to display the public text
2. A Timer Block named "PongTimer" set up to:
1. run this script
2. trigger itself
3. A Button Panel placed a few blocks back from the LCD so you can see the LCD over the top of it.
The buttons on the button panel should have the following actions assigned to them:
1. PongLCD - Decrease Image change interval
2. PongLCD - Increase Image change interval
3. PongTimer - Decrease Delay
4. PongTimer - Increase Delay

Once everything is configured, just trigger the timer block to run the program. If it's working you will see a game start counting down on the LCD and then the AI will start battling. Simply press one of the start buttons to take over as a human player.


The graphics rendering and events are all handled using my EasyAPI script.

I don't know if anyone else has done this before but I came up with a way to read input from a Button Panel and have it trigger events in a Programmable block. Basically, you assign a default value to a changeable block property (like 5.0 to the Timer Block Delay). Then, when you click a button you make it either increment or decrement that value. In the programming block, you can then check to see if it is either greater than the default value (for the button that increases the value), less that the default value (for the button that decreases the value), or the same (no buttons pressed). If the value is not the default value you can then set it in the programming block back to the default. In this way you can detect button presses while using very few blocks. For example in this script I simply use the Timer Delay value, and the LCD Change interval slider to handle four buttons.

Here is a basic code example of how buttons are handled: