Trying to make a pong game: How do i create a party system? (beginner)

[warm pasture]

Hey, I was wondering how I could make a sort of party system where, when two players enter an elevator, it begins the game, making their screen black and making them being able to control a paddle each?

part = script.Parent
tp = script.Parent.Parent.ElevatorTeleport

local playerList = {}
local debounce = nil

part.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    print(hit.Parent.Name)
    print(#playerList)
    print(playerList)
    local humanoid = hit.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
    
    if humanoid and debounce == nil and #playerList < 2 then
        local playerName = hit.Parent.Name
        local humrootpart = hit.Parent:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
        
        
        debounce = 0
        if #playerList == 0 then -- assigns the first player that touches the part
            table.insert(playerList, playerName)
            humrootpart.Position = tp.Position + Vector3.new(0, 1, 0)
        else
            for _, player in pairs(playerList) do
                if player == playerName then -- if player already in the list
                    print("Player already in list")
                    
                else -- otherwise he can join the elevator
                    table.insert(playerList, playerName)
                    humrootpart.Position = tp.Position + Vector3.new(0, 1, 0)
                end
            end
        end
        task.wait(1)
        debounce = nil
    else
        return "Not a player!"
    
    end
    
    
end)

[crimson rune]

what does paddle mean

you mean you want to make a lobby like from the game doors to enter another place?

[warm pasture]

like the blocks to return the ball to the opponent

https://tenor.com/view/p-ong-gif-21099491

[warm pasture]

Well I don't really know what would be the best

should I make people teleport to another place

or should I instantly make them play the game

[crimson rune]

I have never made a game like that but i think teleport to another place is better

[crimson rune]

also if this is the script in ElvatorTouch then it should be a local script

i think

[warm pasture]

yeah we thought so too

how could I assign a paddle to each player?

[warm pasture]

well it works with a normal script but I guess yeah it's better

do I need to use onclientserver and fireserverthen?

[crimson rune]

have you tried it with 2 people?

[warm pasture]

yeah

not with 3 though so idk

but it does print the intended list

[crimson rune]

you probably should beacuse it would teleport eveyone to the tppart

[warm pasture]

uhh

well I made it so only the player that touches the part gets teleported

since the humanoid root part is taken from hit.Parent

[crimson rune]

oh wait i understand

i never thought about doing that

[warm pasture]

ohh

I guess we learn something every day

is that a good way to do it?

[warm pasture]

so does anyone know?

[warm pasture]

@woven agate hey sorry to bother you again, could you look at how I could make the system I want?

youd on't have to

[woven agate]

I don’t actually know how to 💀

You could look up a tutorial

But I haven’t really done something like a party system before

[warm pasture]

ohh I see

thanks anyway man

[warm pasture]

well uhh I managed to do it like this

part = script.Parent
tp = script.Parent.Parent.ElevatorTeleport

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local playerList = {}
local debounce = nil

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local TeleportService = game:GetService("TeleportService")

local TARGET_PLACE_ID = 18757649511 -- game id

local tempTP = script.Parent.TestTP


playersReady = false

part.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    
    local character = hit.Parent
    local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

    if humanoid and debounce == nil and #playerList < 2 then
        local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)
        
        local playerName = hit.Parent.Name
        local humrootpart = hit.Parent:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")


        debounce = 0
        if #playerList == 0 then -- assigns the first player that touches the part
            table.insert(playerList, playerName)
            humrootpart.Position = tp.Position + Vector3.new(0, 1, 0)
        else
            for _, player in pairs(playerList) do
                if player == playerName then -- if player already in the list
                    print("Player already in list")

                else -- otherwise he can join the elevator
                    table.insert(playerList, playerName)
                    humrootpart.Position = tp.Position + Vector3.new(0, 1, 0)
                end
            end
        end

        task.wait(1)
        debounce = nil
    else
        return "Not a player!"

    end


end)

local function teleportPlayers(list)
    local teleportOptions = Instance.new("TeleportOptions")
    teleportOptions.ShouldReserveServer = true
    for i, playerName in pairs(list) do
        local player = Players:FindFirstChild(playerName)
        if player then
            TeleportService:Teleport(TARGET_PLACE_ID, player)
        end
    end
    playersReady = false
    
end


local function countdown(timer)
    for i = timer,0,-1 do
        print(i)
        task.wait(1)
    end
    teleportPlayers(playerList)
end



RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
    if #playerList == 2 and not playersReady then
        playersReady = true
        countdown(5)
    end
end)

probably not the best way but I don't care since it's only gonna be the lobby

[woven agate]

Yeah it looks fine to me

[warm pasture]

nice thanks

I tweaked it a little now it detects when a player leaves in the middle of the teleportation

[warm pasture]

hey man are you there?

I have an issue it's weird

wait I'll just ping you real quick

[woven agate]

Yeah

Not sure when I can respond but I’ll try