Adventure
Pongerground
After winning a tournament, Sunset was challenged by a mysterious person, and his highly competitive spirit in chasing victory could not refuse it.
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After winning a tournament, Sunset was challenged by a mysterious person, and his highly competitive spirit in chasing victory could not refuse it. Enter the Pongerground on this adventure to face a mysterious villain and soon discovers unexpected twists along the way. Pongerground mixes pong and pinball into fast, fun, and challenging matches that call for a bit of dexterity and quick thinking. Compete through 18 different levels and always try to beat your highscore. Enjoy Sunset’s story told in comic-style panels. Features: Face off against 18 unique enemies, each with their own twist Face off against 18 unique enemies, each with their own twist Climb the leaderboards and chase your highest score Climb the leaderboards and chase your highest score Playdate Achievements Playdate Achievements Optimized for Mirror Optimized for Mirror
- Crank: Required
- Tilt: Not used
- Microphone: Not used
Credits
Credits Programming/Pixel Art: Matheus Nícolas Banner/Panels Art: Édito Lima Music: - moodytail - Juzek - felipe-diez - Simon13666 - Ko0x Libraries: – Playdate Squad - pd-achievements – Cadin - Panels – Whitebrim - AnimatedSprite SFX: - kronbits Playtesting: Paty, jp ( amis.co ), Hintorex, Maguzy, Dallai, Mendelds, filipesoaresds
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This game uses the D-pad, crank, and A and B buttons. The crank sensitivity can be adjusted to suit player preference. The game may require some dexterity. You can enable or disable screen shake, sound effects, and music in the settings.
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Gameplay and impressions / Mechar Software
Pongerground on sale until July 7th!
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Gameplay and impressions / Destination Playdate
Pongerground - Playdate gameplay + impressions
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This Playdate Game was INTENSE! - Pongerground - Let's Playdate
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Pongerground - Playdate Catalog Release Trailer!
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Pongerground
Nick Simberg
2026-06-02
Competitive Pong but with way more going on
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A-Sides - Highscore
- 1 Sparus42 77,560
- 2 bg1333 71,950
- 3 1876627862208542 71,370
- 4 iwashi 70,040
- 5 fmaylinch 69,000
- 6 tallyfoley 67,400
- 7 Abby 67,100
- 8 ugly 65,890
- 9 5855509448412931 65,720
- 10 FewRules 65,390
B-Sides - Highscore
- 1 Buizy 162,380
- 2 grownup_energy 104,960
- 3 BlackJackCm 95,710
- 4 2962887879617768 93,150
- 5 yeet 91,310
- 6 3870025202870959 88,940
- 7 iwashi 87,190
- 8 3428942359490081 82,460
- 9 FewRules 73,720
A-Level 1: B-droid
- 1 3296307176774403 10,450
- 2 Tom78 10,030
- 3 dirtcatDSlite 9,840
- 4 pie19988 9,730
- 5 GroontheDestroyer 9,500
- 6 6536217909542505 9,480
- 7 RomanBoss 9,380
- 8 ZapperFort 9,330
- 9 Nischenliebhaber 9,170
- 10 JohndoGB 9,110
A-Level 2: Billy-B
- 1 Bonzabar 15,430
- 2 Captain_Sausage 13,660
- 3 mezentius 13,620
- 4 GroontheDestroyer 13,560
- 5 EatMyElmo 13,540
- 6 placidcasual 13,310
- 7 sophiethatcher 13,270
- 8 Rosebud 13,150
- 9 3524366789857699 12,870
- 10 fmaylinch 12,850
A-Level 3: P1-P3R
- 1 EatMyElmo 19,430
- 2 Terrducken 18,350
- 3 JohndoGB 16,510
- 4 JTHammer 16,270
- 5 NovaCityRansom 16,260
- 6 6536217909542505 15,400
- 7 WinderWino 15,300
- 8 grownup_energy 15,110
- 9 mezentius 14,210
- 10 Pikakirby 13,950
A-Level 4: U4lly-W
- 1 fmaylinch 16,270
- 2 dirtboy69 14,730
- 3 grownup_energy 14,690
- 4 BigBills 14,570
- 5 MrGarak 14,520
- 6 tallyfoley 14,300
- 7 TrickQuestion 13,730
- 8 kohlrobi 13,620
- 9 0590674451690550 13,570
- 10 GroontheDestroyer 13,450
A-Level 5: R1-NO
- 1 bg1333 20,680
- 2 grownup_energy 20,520
- 3 krukuyemo 20,280
- 4 8142509670261037 18,780
- 5 tallyfoley 18,720
- 6 BigBills 18,110
- 7 attackslug 17,900
- 8 KFizle 17,780
- 9 Cybuch 17,730
- 10 5855509448412931 17,690
A-Level 6: B-LZK
- 1 BlackJackCm 17,310
- 2 grownup_energy 15,990
- 3 Rosebud 15,730
- 4 8142509670261037 14,750
- 5 Aelita 14,670
- 6 iwashi 14,620
- 7 tallyfoley 14,360
- 8 WinderWino 13,970
- 9 placidcasual 13,940
- 10 FewRules 13,800
B-Level 1: B-droid
- 1 TrickQuestion 13,310
- 2 grownup_energy 12,590
- 3 5666643639654808 12,380
- 4 fmaylinch 12,320
- 5 Moineau 12,250
- 6 Sparus42 12,000
- 7 TheGameLlama 11,890
- 8 Tom78 11,600
- 9 2962887879617768 11,430
- 10 Cybuch 11,090
B-Level 2: Billy-B
- 1 3428942359490081 14,680
- 2 grownup_energy 14,040
- 3 bg1333 13,450
- 4 2962887879617768 13,430
- 5 fmaylinch 13,030
- 6 Aelita 12,940
- 7 Buizy 12,490
- 8 iwashi 11,600
- 9 FewRules 11,500
- 10 BlackJackCm 11,220
B-Level 3: P1-P3R
- 1 fmaylinch 15,410
- 2 Aelita 15,040
- 3 grownup_energy 13,970
- 4 Captain_Sausage 13,910
- 5 Vasco1782 13,840
- 6 3870025202870959 13,250
- 7 yeet 12,690
- 8 iwashi 12,620
- 9 Buizy 12,240
- 10 WinderWino 12,180
B-Level 4: U4lly-W
- 1 grownup_energy 16,660
- 2 riugohan 15,550
- 3 fmaylinch 15,540
- 4 Aelita 15,240
- 5 2962887879617768 15,030
- 6 BlackJackCm 14,600
- 7 5855509448412931 13,750
- 8 Tom78 13,730
- 9 iwashi 13,690
- 10 Buizy 13,110
B-Level 5: R1-NO
- 1 BlackJackCm 30,920
- 2 fmaylinch 26,970
- 3 grownup_energy 26,490
- 4 Aelita 26,200
- 5 Cybuch 25,290
- 6 TheGameLlama 24,200
- 7 Captain_Sausage 23,920
- 8 iwashi 23,790
- 9 Sparus42 22,870
- 10 Buizy 22,220
B-Level 6: Sunset
- 1 Aelita 12,150
- 2 fmaylinch 12,070
- 3 iwashi 11,890
- 4 grownup_energy 11,800
- 5 riugohan 11,610
- 6 3428942359490081 10,720
- 7 bg1333 10,150
- 8 yeet 10,130
- 9 Cybuch 10,120
- 10 2962887879617768 9,550
B-Level 7: B-LZK
- 1 3428942359490081 26,960
- 2 2962887879617768 24,300
- 3 grownup_energy 24,010
- 4 Aelita 23,400
- 5 Sparus42 21,730
- 6 3870025202870959 21,660
- 7 BlackJackCm 21,420
- 8 yeet 20,870
- 9 Buizy 19,990
- 10 iwashi 19,750
Bonus: SNO-W
- 1 grownup_energy 22,080
- 2 dirtcatDSlite 17,880
- 3 FewRules 17,520
- 4 riugohan 14,980
- 5 Buizy 14,130
- 6 krukuyemo 13,140
- 7 Moineau 12,790
- 8 JohndoGB 9,330
- 9 3870025202870959 8,730
Bonus: REP1P
- 1 grownup_energy 20,720
- 2 krukuyemo 17,230
- 3 FewRules 14,500
- 4 dirtcatDSlite 13,990
- 5 JohndoGB 13,720
- 6 Buizy 11,780
- 7 3870025202870959 11,500
Bonus: BEAR
- 1 grownup_energy 16,950
- 2 krukuyemo 15,780
- 3 3870025202870959 13,940
- 4 Buizy 12,860
- 5 JohndoGB 12,120
- 6 FewRules 9,210
Bonus: R-DEER
- 1 grownup_energy 17,640
- 2 3870025202870959 17,410
- 3 FewRules 16,780
- 4 krukuyemo 16,580
- 5 Buizy 14,950
- 6 JohndoGB 11,950
Bonus: R4NTA
- 1 grownup_energy 24,940
- 2 krukuyemo 18,460
- 3 3870025202870959 17,940
- 4 JohndoGB 16,030
- 5 Buizy 13,780
- 6 FewRules 12,980
- 7 Moineau 12,740
Age note: This game contains a lot of pong and grounds and should be appropriated for everyone as long as you can handle a bit of pong madness.
AI: This game's developer created it without the use of generative AI.