Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition

Video game

Where to play

  • In the browser
  • Android and Android TV: private beta

My role

Creative Director and Maker

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Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition is an arcade video game I made in Buenos Aires: a 3D pong with a neon look, asteroids, procedural bosses and titans, and music generated while you play. It runs in the browser, at asteroidpong.online, and has a private beta for Android.

Play at asteroidpong.online

Screenshot of Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition: the blue neon court seen in perspective, with wireframe asteroids on the sides, floating cube blocks and a particle explosion on the paddle.
Game screenshot Hover to see the original colors.

An idea that waited since early 2025

Asteroid Pong started as a concept I'd carried in my head since early 2025: the simplest pong in the world, dropped into an asteroid field. I wanted the bare rule of classic arcades, one ball and one bounce, but in a space that felt alive, bright and a little dangerous. Its full name is Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition.

Where it comes from

  • Pong, Breakout, Asteroids and the Atari: rules you grasp in five seconds and matches that beg for one more.
  • Rez: rhythm as the heart of the game, not as accompaniment.
  • Audiosurf and Thumper: music as the track and as tension, not as decoration.

The music is generated while you play

It's what I'm proudest of. There's no recorded song looping around: the music is procedural and synthesized live while you play. To me a game like this has to sound as alive as it looks.

What's inside

  • Six modes: campaign, endless, bosses, daily challenge, local two-player and the secret retro mode.
  • A boss every 5 levels and a titan every 10. Every run builds its own names, shapes and attacks.
  • Techno, drum n' bass, jungle and breakcore, synthesized live, changing with the level.
  • In Spanish, English and Portuguese, for phone, TV and browser. The beta has no ads and no purchases.

Neon, bosses and a secret retro mode

Visually I wanted everything to glow like a neon sign in a dark room. Bosses and titans are procedurally generated, and there's a secret retro mode I won't explain here.

Screenshot of Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition: the titan Pulsar, a green and orange ring with a pink core, in front of the violet court on level 10.
A boss

Where to play it

In the browser, nothing to install, at asteroidpong.online. The Android version is in private beta, and it also looks good in portrait.

Portrait screenshot of Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition: a green wireframe tunnel with a central ring and a green paddle at the bottom.
Portrait screenshot of Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition in red and blue: a red ring in the middle of the tunnel and a blue paddle at the bottom.

Pitch deck

The game summed up in 12 pages: modes, levels, music, enemies, platforms and status.

Pitch deck in Spanish (PDF, 2.9 MB)

Pitch deck in English (PDF, 2.9 MB)

Frequently asked questions

What is Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition?
Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition is an arcade video game created by Daniel Campos Lozada: a 3D Pong with a neon look, asteroids, procedural bosses and titans, and music generated while you play. It runs in the browser and has a private beta for Android.
Where can I play Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition?
It runs in the browser, nothing to install, at https://asteroidpong.online/. The Android version is in private beta.
Who created Asteroid Pong?
Daniel Campos Lozada created it, a creative director and illustrator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He worked as Creative Director and Maker, inside the Noamdan Lab.
Which games inspired Asteroid Pong?
Pong, Breakout, Asteroids and the Atari games, plus rhythm games like Rez, Audiosurf and Thumper.
Does Asteroid Pong have ads or purchases?
No. The private beta of Asteroid Pong: Beatwave Edition has no ads and no purchases. It's playable in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Is the Asteroid Pong music a recorded track?
No. The music is procedural: it's generated while you play, so it isn't a recorded track on repeat.