PolarisPong is the first game built using PolarisKit, our lightweight, modular starter kit for developing 2D games with Pygame.
It’s designed to be fully replayable, polished, and a complete example of what PolarisKit can deliver.
Pong is simple and classic, making it the perfect first test case for PolarisKit.
It requires:
- A complete game loop with clear transitions
- Scene stack handling
- Asset loading
- Input flow
- Save/load persistence
PolarisPong proves that PolarisKit can deliver a small, polished game with persistent save/load, multiple game modes, customization, and achievements.
PolarisPong v1.0 marks the first completed game built on PolarisKit! A milestone for SB Studios.
Think you’re good at Pong? Prove it.
PolarisPong hides a secret challenge inside its achievements.
Solve the puzzle, and you could earn your place in the Polaris Hall of Fame and a cash prize.
➡️ Follow SB Studios on Instagram for details, hints and prize announcements.
- Fully functional and saved between sessions
- Covers:
- Total wins
- Rally milestones
- Mode-specific victories
- Final Pong Legend achievement (unlocked once all others are earned)
- Achievements displayed with name + description in the Results screen
- Classic - the standard mode
- Speed Ball - ball velocity increases over time
- Power Cycle - random power shots
- Paddle Size Shuffler - paddle sizes change randomly
- Paddle Speed Shuffler - paddle speed changes randomly
- Ball Skins: Blue, Green, Purple, Red, Shaded Blue, Shaded Green, Shaded Purple, Shaded Red
- Paddle Skins: Black, White, Blue, Cloud Pattern, Cyan, Galaxy, Green, Red, Purple, Neon Variants
- Backgrounds: Black, White, Grassy Soccer, Soccer, Basketball
- Stores skins, stats, achievements, and settings
- Saves persist between sessions
- Intro Scene
- PolarisKit Splash Scene
- Title Scene (Mode Select, Achievements, Customize, Settings)
- Settings Scene (Create/Delete Save, Toggle FPS, Credits)
- Achievements Scene
- Results Scene (displays wins, rallies, and new achievements)
- Main Gameplay Scene (Player vs CPU)
- Pause Menu (Quit, Resume, Back)
- Ball bounce, paddle hit, and scoring sounds
- Main menu music
- Music and SFX manager built into PolarisKit
- Background music fades and transitions
- First Victory – Win your first match
- Five-Time Champ – Win 5 matches total
- Decathlon Hero – Win 10 matches total
- Serial Winner – Win 25 matches total
- Rally Artist – Reach a rally of 10 hits
- Rally Pro – Reach a rally of 25 hits
- Rally Legend – Reach a rally of 50 hits
- Rally Mythic – Reach a rally of 100 hits
- Classic Winner – Win 5 Classic matches
- Speed Demon – Win 5 Speed Ball matches
- Power Lifter – Win 5 Power Cycle matches
- Morph Master – Win 5 Paddle Size Shuffler matches
- Fast Mover – Win 5 Paddle Speed Shuffler matches
- Pong Legend – Unlock all achievements
PolarisPong is distributed through:
- Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/sbstudios
- Itch.io: itch.io/polaris-studios
While PolarisPong is considered feature complete, future updates may expand achievements, add skins, or improve polish.
PolarisKit currently provides:
- SceneManager stack system (Intro, Title, Game, Pause, Achievements, Results)
- Global pause system (ESC from anywhere)
- Asset + Sound loader for images, SFX, fonts
- Scene lifecycle methods:
on_enter()/on_exit() - Save/Load system for stats, skins, achievements
- Audio Manager for SFX and Music
- Clean, scalable folder structure
The codebase is currently private.
This project is licensed under a proprietary SB Studios license.
See the LICENSE file for details.