Now available: Pitch Black: Audio Pong!

By Harry, 10 March, 2020

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iOS and iPadOS Gaming

From the developers of Pitch Black: A Dusklight Story, we present Audio Pong!

Take on eccentric opponents in nine different arenas and battle your way to the top of the Pitch Black: Audio Pong championships. Use your ears to win the title and rip through our exotic stages and arenas. Audio Pong uses binaural audio to accurately spatialise and recreate your favorite classic arcade game. Pitch Black: Audio Pong has been built to be entirely accessible for visually impaired gamers. This audio game features fully voice acted characters, created soundscapes, fully interactive game areas, incredibly diverse sound design, an innovative audio only menu system and a featured playlist of our own classic arcade soundtracks.

Brought to you by Purple Jam Ltd, Audio Pong is the first in a series of Audio Games that focus on innovative audio mechanics. Through using binaural audio, Purple Jam Ltd intend to create a diverse list of Audio Game milestones, ranging from arcade games inspired by the classics to completely original audio innovations. Purple Jam Ltd aims to deliver new and exciting audio only games to expand on recent binaural application within the gaming industry, so keep up to date with our latest releases to see what cool and exciting games were developing next!

Trailer - https://youtu.be/B7N_0mPDJ5s

Available on all platforms!

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/pitch-black-audio-pong/id1502114873

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.PurpleJamLtd.PitchBlackAudioPong

Windows (64bit): https://www.purplejamaudio.com/product-page/pitch-black-audio-pong-windows-64-bit

Mac OS X: https://www.purplejamaudio.com/product-page/pitch-black-audio-pong-mac-os-x-1

We hope you enjoy.. AUDIO PONG!!

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By ming on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

just download the game.
but, I am a little bit messing up.
how to hit the ball?

I think the tutorial should be let us try it.
not just listen it.

By ming on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

it is a great work.
and I am looking for more new game titles release soon!

By Harry on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Hi ming, thanks so much for the giving the game a go. Centering the ball is a great place to start, just to get in the swing of returning the ball. Once you've got that practiced you can focus on trying to win.

By ming on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

hey! thanks for the tips

I suggest that next update it can have some "oosh oosh " sound when swing the device...

By Maranatà on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Hi, thank you very much for this game, I just bought it! Please, would it be possible to have a textual manual of the game so can I translate it into Italian using the Google translator? A text instruction manual would be good for anyone who doesn't know English well.

By ming on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

hope someone will do a podcast and tell us how to play!
still can not hit the ball correctly

By ming on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

hey!
I finally win one person!
and hopefully!
the swing sound will be update in the next version.
and hopefully it can have a training or pratice mode.

By Sabrina on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

I agree to the swooshing sound idea.

By Mihir on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Can someone please provide a code for me to download the game

By Siobhan on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Hi. I clicked on the link and found a product not found. Also how much is it? As for the person asking for a code to the game, Really? Way to say thanks for a developing game, gimme a freebie.

By Harry on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Hi Siobhan! The game is £1.99, apologies for that link going down, I've edited the post now!

You can find it here: https://www.purplejamaudio.com/product-page/pitch-black-audio-pong-mac-os-x-1

To Mihir, whilst I appreciate not everyone can afford the game, piracy has a hugely negative effect on studios, particularly small indie studios like ours, and given £1.99 is a very reasonable price it seems inappropriate to ask for a code, particularly on this forum.

By Sabrina on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

I don't see how this makes sense. Every time a new game is released the two main words are podcast and promo code. There is a reason for the game to be paid and also, maybe you should try the game before requesting a podcast?

By Trenton Matthews on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Considering that the game is only $2 in the US at least, a code would not be necessary. Just have someone gift ya the game.

As for the podcast, there's already a demonstration for the game on the Pitch Black YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC42srgZWlR0jcrC2AS5Z_Jg

Not every app made among AppleVis needs a podcast folks.

By Emily Chia on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Is this game on MacBook Air 13 I’m trying to dmdownload this game on my MacBook 13 update

By David Standen on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Yes, there is a mac version available. The link was posted in a previous comment. I started playing this game last night. I'm not very good yet, but I'll get there with practise. Well done.

By Maranatà on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Good morning. I apologize, but I still haven't figured out how to move the ball. Do I have to rotate the phone or are my fingers enough? If I hear the ball in the right headset, should I touch the screen on the right side? Does the ball go in a random direction or can it be controlled? Thank you. I'm playing on iphone x.

By Emily Chia on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

I’m having trouble downloading the game I click on the link and add to cart but uthere’s nothing to purchase is there a easier way to do this

By Harry on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Hi Maranata, yes, a good place to start is to try centering the ball, you control the paddle by touching the left and right side of your screen. By swiping right from your home screen you'll be taken to the tutorial which'll hopefully help you out.

Hi Emily, we can send you a direct download link via e-mail and you pay via our PayPal tip jar. That may be easier.

By charles on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

This is crazy! Wanting a podcast almost immediately after a release? A lesson can be learned from your first few posts, Ming. Notice the first response from the app developer and your response. Common sense tells you to try centering the ball. Based on your response to the developer after getting this tip indicates that the tip helped. I, for one, do not want a podcast showing how to play this soon, as it would be a huge spoiler and take away from the game's replay value. Part of the challenge of any game is to work at success. If someone else does it for me, a lot of the fun is now gone.

By charles on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Rather than having someone give it to you as a gift, buy it. It's only $1.99 if you are in the United States. Although a gift would be nice, is it really necessary? Support Harry.

By charles on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

First of all, this might be a good little time killer. Although an interactive learning experience might be better, I realize that it might be difficult to incorporate. I will listen to what is provided in the game a few more times to figure out the sounds. Now, questions: If the ball is on the extreme left side and I tap there, the ball moves toward the middle, but maybe not all the way there. Is it traveling toward me and is my objective to get it in the middle before it reaches me? If so, should I again tap the left edge?, or should I tap where I think the ball is in order to nudge it more toward the middle? Also, how do I find out the current score of the match against this opponent? Is the match the best 2 out of 3, or is there a winning score to attain before the opponent gets that score? A comment on the demo on the YouTube link previously given: I could not really tell what was going on because music is getting in the way of game sounds or any talking. Other game comments: Thank you for not including music that gets in the way of game play. I also like the somewhat ornery taunts from opponents such as, "I don't know what you brought to the table, but it won't help you here!"

By Emily Chia on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

I would love that link I have been waiting all day to download this on my MacBook the website is just very confusing to me this game on my MacBook I’m not able to make a donate though can you just sent me the download link and how do I buy it that site is not working

If anybody can send me the link that will work while I’m wwaiting for Harry to send me it I’m really want to get the game on my MacBook by tonight the website it’s on just says add to cart but nothing after that

By Harry on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 04:40

Hi Emily! My apologies for the delay. I had some other commitments last night that kept me away from the laptop, you should an e-mail in your inbox now :).

By Harry on Monday, May 25, 2020 - 04:40

Hi everybody!

Audio Pong V2 has (finally) launched!

It fixes some bugs and makes a few general improvements to game play, as well as adding new features..

ENDLESS MODE: This allows you to play until you lose, then submit your high score to the all new cross-platform leaderboard!

TOURNAMENT MODE: This is where you play ever more difficult opponents, all characters from Pitch Black: A Dusklight Story, until you beat the Emperor (the 5th opponent).

We've also improved the tutorial, making it interactive and changing the trainer voice over.

Hope you enjoy this new update everybody! Would love to read your thoughts.

All the best
Harry

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/pitch-bla … 1502114873

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta … kAudioPong

Windows (64bit): https://www.purplejamaudio.com/product- … ows-64-bit

Mac OS X: https://www.purplejamaudio.com/product- … mac-os-x-1

By Brian Giles on Monday, May 25, 2020 - 04:40

Haven't listened to the trailor yet, but this game does sound fun. I may have to check this one out.

A question though: does this game require motion control, or can you move your paddle by swiping or touching different parts of the screen? I normally don't like games that require motion control; I find it a bit too sensative sometimes, never mind that you may not always be in an ideal place for moving your phone around like a Wiimote. Blindfold Pong did that, and it kind of turned me off.

Does this game have a lot of lag if you play with Air Pods. My Pros are all I've got at the moment for headphones.
Here's a suggestion for a future version if it hasn't been thought of already. What about a Break Out or Arkanoid style mode for single player?

As for a podcast, why not? Some people might like a short demo with some tips to play a game, especially if it's a paid game that people aren't sure they will like. As soon as a mainstream game comes out, there are Let's Plays all over YouTube. A podcast wouldn't be any different.