Brick Breaker
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Brick Breaker is the classic paddle and ball game. Bounce the ball off your paddle to break all the bricks on the screen. You can find it in Menu > Games > Brick Breaker.
Goal
Break all the bricks on the screen with the ball as it bounces off the paddle to advance to the next level. Unbreakable bricks can stay.
Controls
Controls
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- move paddle left
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- move paddle right- Any key except
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- launch the ball at the start of a level, or after you lose a life - / - pause game
How to play
Lives
You have 3 lives, shown as small crosses at the top right of the screen. You lose a life when the ball falls off the bottom of the screen. The ball then goes back onto the paddle and waits for you to launch it again. When you lose all your lives, the game is over.
Each level you clear gives you 1 life back, up to 3.
Scoring
- Each brick hit scores 10 points, multiplied by a combo. The combo counts the bricks you hit before the ball returns to the paddle: the first hit scores 10, the second 20, the third 30, and so on. A two-hit brick scores on both hits. The combo also resets when you lose a life.
- Clearing a level gives a bonus of 50 points times the level number.
Tip
Break several bricks before the ball returns to the paddle for more points.
From level 6, the ball gets a little faster every few paddle hits, up to a top speed for the level. The top speed grows with each level until level 30. On levels 1 to 5, the ball keeps the same speed. Hit the ball with the edge of the paddle to send it out at a sharper angle.
Brick types
| Brick | Looks like | Behaviour |
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| Normal | Solid | Breaks in 1 hit. |
| Two-hit | Open underneath, with only its top and ends | The first hit turns it into a normal brick. |
| Power-up | Solid, with a gap through the middle | Breaks in 1 hit and drops a power-up. |
| Unbreakable | Checker pattern | Never breaks. You do not need to break it to clear the level. |
Power-ups
A power-up falls from its brick. Catch it with the paddle to use it. Losing a life ends all active power-ups.
| Power-up | Icon | Effect |
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| Wide | Double arrow | Makes the paddle wider for 15 seconds. |
| Slow | Wave | Slows down the ball for 10 seconds. |
| Multi | Two balls | Adds 2 more balls. You only lose a life when the last ball falls. |
Game modes
The game menu has these entries: Continue, Daily challenge, New game, Endless, High scores and Instructions. Continue only shows when you have a paused game.
New game
Play the campaign of 50 levels, in order. Levels get harder as you go: the ball gets faster, the bricks get smaller, and new brick types appear (power-up bricks from level 2, two-hit bricks from level 5 and unbreakable bricks from level 11). Your score and lives carry over from one level to the next.
Booster
When you select New game after you reached level 2 or later, you can choose where to start: Level 1, or the highest level you reached. Starting at your highest level is free for subscribers. Other players watch a video ad, once a day; this option shows as Level ... (ad). A boosted game starts with a score of 0 and 3 lives. The booster is only available on Android and iOS.
Daily challenge
One new level each day, the same for every player. You have one try each day: clear the level to win. You can also continue once after a game over, as in a normal game. See Daily challenges for streaks and statistics.
Endless
Play new levels without end. Each level is made for your game, and each one is faster than the one before, up to a top speed.
Continue after game over
When you lose your last life, you can continue from where you lost with 1 life, once per game. The bricks stay as they were. It is free for subscribers, other players watch a video ad. Continue is only available on Android and iOS.
High scores
The Brick Breaker leaderboard ranks players by the highest campaign level reached. Select High scores in the game menu to open it (Android and iOS only). Playing the daily challenge also counts towards the shared streak achievements.