Thread: How To Make Pong Ball Slowly Increase Speed

I was making a pong game, part copied code off the internet, part my own code, part my friends code. It works well enough, but the ball starts at one speed, and stays the same. I would like to know how to make the ball slowly increase.

It is a java applet, which shouldn't casue any harm right?

I am quite newish to programming and i dont know the technigal jargon, so please try to give me an answer in laymans terms or just fix the code period.

My code:

    /**
 * Pong Applet
 * Coded by Jordan
 */
 
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Pong extends Applet implements MouseMotionListener, KeyListener {
 
	/**
	 * 
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	int my,bx,by,px,py,xcomp,ycomp,width,height,xspeed,yspeed,ballwidth,ballheight,paddlewidth,paddleheight,score;
	boolean started;
	private Timer timer1;
 
	public void init() {
		setSize(1280,800);
		width = getSize().width;
		height = getSize().height;
		setBackground(Color.white);
		paddleheight = 120;
		paddlewidth = 20;
		ballheight = 30;
		ballwidth = 30;
		addKeyListener(this);
		addMouseMotionListener(this);
		px = 35;
		xcomp = width - 35 - paddlewidth;
		newgame();
		timer1 = new Timer(10,new ActionListener() {
    		public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    			height = getSize().height;
    			width = getSize().width;
				bx += xspeed;
				by += yspeed;
				if (by <= 0 || by + ballheight >= height) {
					yspeed = -yspeed;
				}
				if (bx <= px + paddlewidth && by + ballheight >= py && by <= py + paddleheight && bx > px) {
					xspeed = -xspeed;
					++score;
				}
				if (bx + ballwidth >= xcomp && by + ballheight >= ycomp && by <= ycomp + paddleheight && bx < xcomp + paddlewidth) {
					xspeed = -xspeed;
				}
				if (xspeed < 0) {
					if (ycomp + paddleheight / 2 != height / 2) {
						if (ycomp + paddleheight / 2 > height / 2) {
							ycomp -= -xspeed;
						}
						else {
							ycomp += -xspeed;
						}
					}
				}
				else {
					if (by + ballheight / 2 <= ycomp + paddleheight / 2) {
						ycomp -= xspeed;
					}
					else {
						ycomp += xspeed;
					}
				}
				if (ycomp < 0) {
					ycomp = 0;
				}
				if (ycomp + paddleheight > height) {
					ycomp = height - paddleheight;
				}
				if (bx + ballwidth < 0) {
					py = height / 2 - paddleheight / 2;
					timer1.stop();
					started = false;
				}
				repaint();
    		}    
		});
	}
 
	public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
		if (started) {
			my = e.getY();
			if (my + paddleheight / 2 > height) {
				my = height - paddleheight / 2;
			}
			if (my < paddleheight / 2) {
				my = paddleheight / 2;
			}
			py = my - paddleheight / 2;
 
		}
	}
 
	public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) { }
 
	public void paint(Graphics g) {
		Font font1 = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD, 18);
		Font font2 = new Font("Arial", Font.BOLD,70);
		g.setColor(Color.black);
		g.drawRect(0,0,width - 1,height - 1);
		g.setColor(Color.gray);
		g.fillRect(px,py,paddlewidth,paddleheight);
		g.fillRect(xcomp,ycomp,paddlewidth,paddleheight);
		g.setFont(font1);
		g.setColor(Color.black);
		g.drawString("Points: " + score,20,20);
		if (started) {
			g.fillArc(bx,by,ballwidth,ballheight,0,360);
		}
		else {
			g.setFont(font2);
			g.setColor(Color.blue);
			g.drawString("Pong",width / 2 - 76,height / 2 - 16);
			g.setFont(font1);
			g.setColor(Color.cyan);
			g.drawString("Use The Mouse To Control The Paddle",width / 2 - 145,height / 2 + 30);
			g.drawString("Press 'Space' To Start",width / 2 - 85,height / 2 + 50);
		}
	}
 
	public void newgame() {
		py = height / 2 - paddleheight / 2;
		ycomp = py;
		bx = width / 2 - ballwidth / 2;
		by = height / 2 - ballheight / 2;
		xspeed = 14;
		yspeed = 14;
		score = 0;
	}
 
	public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
		if (e.getKeyChar() == ' ') {
			started = true;
			newgame();
			timer1.start();
		}
	}
 
	public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) { }
 
	public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) { }
 
}