Teachpack : Ping-Pong

# Ping-Pong

### pingp-play.ss

The teachpack `pingp-play.ss` implements a demonic ping-pong game. The goal is to keep the ball in play as long as possible. The ball bounces on the northern and southern walls but must be kept in play with the paddles at the eastern and western walls. The paddles can be moved with mouse clicks. Occasionally a demon blows the ball into a different direction so that the game becomes more interesting. Enjoy!
The teachpack provides one major operation:
- `go` : symbol -> void
  opens a window with a "ping pong" playing field -- plays demonic game
  use first to demonstrate the game to students
It also provides four operations that change properties of the game:
- `change-speed` : number -> void
  changes how quickly the game is displayed (not the speed of the ball)
- `change-wind` : number -> void
  changes how frequently a demon "blows" the ball into a different direction
- `change-width` : number -> void
  changes the width of the playing field
- `change-height` : number -> void
  changes the height of the playing field
Sample session: Set teachpack to `pingp-play.ss` execute and play:
`> (go 'MyName)`
`> (change-speed 120)
`> (go 'MyName)``
`> (change-wind 88)`
`> (go 'MyName)`

### pingp.ss

The teachpack `pingp.ss` provides the graphical help functions for a student implementation of the demonic ping-pong game:
- `trace : posn speed mover number -> true`
  shows movement of a ball according to `mover`; for example,
  `(trace (make-posn 10 10) (make-vec 1 2) mover 55)`
  constructs a 55-unit trace of a ball that starts at (10,10) and moves (1,2) each time unit. The function `mover` is ternary and consumes the current position, the current speed, and a time period (number).
- `trace-ball : a-ball ball-posn mover number -> true`
  shows movement of a ball according to `mover`; for example,
  `(trace-ball (make-ball (make-posn 10 10) (make-posn 1 2)) ball-posn mover 55)`
  constructs a 55-unit trace of a ball that starts at (10,10) and moves (1,2) each time unit. The function `mover` is binary and consumes a ball and a time period (number).
- `landed-on-paddle? : posn -> boolean`
  tests whether the position is on the paddle in the current configuration
- `play` : `make-ball` `make-speed` `ball-posn` `move -> boolean`
  opens a window and plays the game with programmer-defined functions
The use of the operations is explained in detail in subsection 5.3.