In the game you can inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area. All these abilities have fluid-based kinetic effects on the ball, making Plasma Pong a fast-paced and exciting game.

A Gamasutra interview with game author Stephen Taylor reveals that Taylor was inspired by a research paper on real-time fluid dynamics.

One of my favorite features in the game is a separate play mode called the Sandbox. This is the place where you can simply play with every aspect of the fluid simulation. The Sandbox has a graphical toolbar that lets you manipulate the dynamics and rendering of the fluid. You can slosh around the fluid, add dyes, walls, particles, swirls, explosions, jets, even turn the entire simulation into a big bowl of Jello.

Plasma Pong allows you to inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area.