🧱 Breakout

🕹️ How to play

1. How to start and launch the ball in Breakout: Click Start and the ball sticks to the paddle. Slide the paddle left and right to pick an angle, then tap the screen or press Space to launch it upward. The launch direction has a slight random tilt, so no two rounds trace the exact same path.
2. How to control the paddle on desktop and mobile: On desktop, move the paddle with the ← → arrow keys or A/D, or just move the mouse; on mobile, drag your finger inside the play area and the paddle follows. Where the ball hits the paddle sets the bounce angle — hits near the edge rebound more sharply.
3. How to break bricks, score and clear a level: Send the ball into the bricks above to break them and score; the top rows are worth more. Clear the whole wall to advance to a faster next level. Ball speed rises with every level, so the deeper you go, the tenser it gets.
4. How many lives you lose when the ball drops: If the ball slips below the paddle and leaves the field it costs 1 life and re-serves. Classic gives you 3 lives — when they run out the round ends and shows your score and the level you reached. Chill has 5 lives, Fast only 1.

📖 Rules & variants

Basic rules: a wall of colored bricks sits at the top of a tall field, with a paddle you slide left and right along the bottom. After the launch the ball bounces off the side and top walls; hitting the paddle changes its angle by where it lands — the closer to the paddle's edge, the sharper the bounce.

Scoring: every brick you break scores by its row, and higher rows are worth more, with your score adding up through the round. On a clear or game over it compares your local best score and highest level. This mode has no time bonus and no combo multiplier.

How many levels: the game ships 6 different brick layouts. Clear the current wall to move on to the next level and speed the ball up. After the 6th layout it keeps looping that layout and speeding up each level, until the ball hits its top speed and rises no further.

What the three difficulties change: Chill, Classic and Fast change the starting ball speed, paddle width and number of lives. Chill has a wider paddle and 5 lives, Classic has 3 lives, and Fast has a narrower paddle and just 1 life.

Common beginner mistakes: chasing a fast-dropping ball with frantic paddle moves, watching only the ball instead of the gaps in the wall, and always catching with the middle of the paddle all make the ball hard to control. It is steadier to get in position early, use the paddle's edge for sharp angles, and first open a path up to the top of the wall.

How many players: solo is great for practicing ball control and chasing your record, while pass-and-play suits 2–8 people taking turns on one device. Multiplayer ranks by level reached first, then by score; pick the same difficulty so the results compare fairly.

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