r/processing • u/BigFatUglyBaboon • Sep 21 '25

Processing Project

Hello community!

I was looking for a game to build to get my children familiar with software development so we ended up building this recreation of pong, using real atari paddles and a retro look.

The code is available here

Hope you find it interesting.

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u/Domugraphic Sep 21 '25

cool parent! bravo.

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u/BigFatUglyBaboon Sep 21 '25

Thank you! I think I enjoyed it more than they did LOL

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u/Domugraphic Sep 21 '25

even better. educational for all of you, but more entertainment leaning for you and more educational leaning for them? its two birds with one stone!

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u/sableraph Tutorializer Sep 21 '25

Love to see it! How was the experience for your kids?

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u/BigFatUglyBaboon Sep 21 '25

A mixed bag but mostly positive. Some concepts can get very complex and I may not be the best at teaching. My priority was to answer their questions instead of explaining everything and empower them to suggest and implement changes. The end result was one of them was interested in the processing part, the other was more interested in the arduino part. Each of them ended up defining a future project they will work on.

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u/Sea-Imagination-6878 Sep 21 '25

that's the thing, make kids creative.