About Brick Breaker
Brick Breaker is a fast, no-frills take on the bat-and-ball arcade game. A wall of 35 colorful bricks, seven across and five rows deep, hangs at the top of the screen. You slide a paddle along the bottom to keep the ball in play and send it back up to smash them.
What makes it more than a reflex test is the paddle itself: the ball leaves at a different angle depending on where it lands, so you are really aiming every shot. Clear the whole wall with the three lives you are given.
How to play
- Press Play. The ball launches straight away.
- Move the paddle under the ball to bounce it back up. The ball also bounces off the side walls and the ceiling.
- Every brick the ball touches breaks and scores 10 points.
- If the ball drops past the paddle you lose one of your 3 lives and a new ball is served from the middle.
- Break all 35 bricks to clear the board for a perfect 350. Lose your last life and the game is over.
Controls
- Keyboard
- Move the mouse left and right over the game to steer the paddle. Space or Enter starts a new game.
- Touch
- Drag your finger left and right across the game to steer the paddle.
Tips
- Hitting the ball with the middle of the paddle sends it straight up. Hitting it near an end sends it off at a sharp angle.
- Use the paddle edges to aim at the last few stubborn bricks instead of waiting for a lucky bounce.
- Try to get the ball above the wall: it will rattle between the bricks and the ceiling and clear a lot of them for free.
- Watch the ball, not the paddle. After a new serve, be ready, because it can go left or right.
- A very flat shot is hard to follow. Catch the next one nearer the center to straighten it out.
