Brick Blast

Tips for Brick Blast

In Brick Blast you aim with the paddle, not the ball. Where the ball lands on the paddle decides where it goes next: near the edge sends it out flat, the centre sends it straight up. Use the edges to reach bricks in the corners and the middle when you just need a safe return.

The real points come from the combo multiplier, which keeps climbing for as long as the ball breaks bricks without touching the paddle. Rather than chipping at the front of the wall, work on one spot until you open a tunnel, then send the ball through it so it bounces around behind the bricks on its own. On the later boards, steel bricks never break, so look for the gaps around them instead of hitting them again and again. Tough bricks need a second hit, so count on that when you plan a way in.

Bonus bricks always drop a capsule, and most are worth moving for. The sticky paddle is the one to save a careful shot with, since it lets you aim the next launch, and three balls at once is the quickest way to build a combo. Do not chase a capsule if it means leaving the ball, because you only have three lives.

How to play Brick Blast

In Brick Blast you keep a ball in play with a paddle at the bottom of the screen and use it to break the bricks on the board. Launch the ball and it bounces off the walls and the bricks and comes back down towards you. Move the paddle under it to send it back up. Where the ball lands on the paddle decides its angle: near the edge it flies off flat, in the centre it goes straight back up. If the ball gets past the paddle you lose a life, and you have three.

Most bricks break with one hit. Tough bricks crack first and need a second hit, and steel bricks never break, so you have to find a way around them. Bonus bricks always drop a capsule: a wider paddle, a slow ball, a sticky paddle that lets you aim the next shot, lasers for ten seconds, three balls at once or an extra life. Catch the capsule with the paddle to use it. Every brick you break before the ball touches the paddle again raises the combo multiplier. The ball speeds up slowly during a board and resets when the next of the eight boards begins.

On a computer you move the paddle with the mouse, A and D or the arrow keys and launch the ball with Space. On a phone or tablet you drag the paddle and tap to launch. P pauses, M mutes and Space restarts. Your best score is saved in your browser.

About Brick Blast

Brick Blast is a brick breaker, one of the oldest formats in video games: a ball, a paddle and a wall of bricks to knock down. The idea goes back to the early arcade era and has been reworked in many forms since, often with power-ups and tougher bricks added to the basic rules. Kiloo's Brick Blast is made by Kiloo and gives the format a neon finish, eight hand-built boards and six kinds of capsule.

What sets it apart is how much control you have. Because the ball leaves the paddle according to where it lands, every return is an aimed shot, and the combo multiplier rewards players who open a tunnel and let the ball work behind the wall. The later boards, with tough and steel bricks, turn into small puzzles about finding a way in. Brick Blast suits anyone who likes quick reactions, from younger players learning to follow the ball to those chasing a higher best score, and it plays with a mouse, a finger or the keyboard in the browser.

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