Ok well im writing my first game, that i am actually gonna finish :), but its pong and i have the ball moving(left and right only) now i need help witht the hit detection for the ball hitting the paddle. I have the detection down for the paddle's width but im not sure how to keep track of the changing y value. Any tips or ne thing will be appreciated.

Ok the last code i posted was wrong. I now have a code that gets the ball to bounce when y = 20 (the b value) but i cant get the ball to bounce off ne other part of the rectangle.
Please help

heres what i have for hit detection
a is the value of ball x coordinate
b is the value of ball y coordinate
y is the value for the rectangles y coordinate
and 5 is the width of the rectange(its really 10 but i want it to be 5)

if(a == 5 && b ==y)
{
x_p=+1;
}

[Edited by - Swattkidd on September 27, 2006 8:54:17 PM]