Brick Smash
Brick Smash comes from Frank Force's LittleJS Arcade and gives you five brick layouts to chew through with one bouncing ball. What sets it apart is that power-ups are not random. Each special brick shows an icon inside a colored frame, so you know exactly what drops when you break it.
That turns every shot into a small choice. Do you go for the laser now or save it? The game plays well with a mouse, keys, a controller or a finger.
How to play Brick Smash
After the PLAY button, send the ball up with a click, a tap or the Space bar. It rebounds off the walls and ceiling and breaks any brick it touches. The spot where the ball lands on your paddle decides its angle, so an edge hit sends it wide.
Regular bricks give 100 points and red bricks with a dark dot give 200 and need two hits. Gray bricks cannot be broken and do not count toward clearing a layout. Breaking several bricks before the ball returns to the paddle builds a combo that multiplies each one.
You get 3 lives. Losing every ball in play costs one and wipes your active powers. The layouts run from a plain wall to a pyramid, a castle, a checkerboard and a maze that is built fresh each visit. After the fifth, the set repeats with a ball that is ten percent faster.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move the paddle | Left/Right arrows or A/D | Move the pointer | Drag sideways |
| Launch, release a caught ball or shoot laser | Space or Enter | Left click | Tap |
| Restart | R | — | — |
| Pause | Esc | — | — |
Tips
- Read the icons before you aim. If the ball is low on speed control, the slow-ball brick may matter more than an extra ball.
- Wide paddle pickups stack, and the extra width carries into the next layout as long as you keep your lives.
- Try to squeeze the ball through a gap to the top. Bouncing between the ceiling and the back row piles up a long combo.
- With the laser active, each click fires two shots, which is perfect for chipping away the two-hit bricks on the checkerboard.
- Fireball lasts about eight seconds and plows straight through bricks, so trigger it where the wall is thickest.
If you like Brick Smash, try these
PinballKeeping a ball alive is still the job, using two flippers and a plunger to rack up bumper hits.
Paddle DuelYour paddle meets a computer opponent here, and spin on the bouncing ball decides each rally.
Questions
Does Brick Smash save my best score?
Yes. The game stores your best score and your sound and screen shake settings in the browser, so they are still there next visit on the same device.
How do you get an extra life in Brick Smash?
Look for the heart power-up. It is rare, but catching it with the paddle adds one life to your count.
Can I play Brick Smash on a phone?
Yes. Slide a finger along the screen to steer the paddle and tap to launch or fire. Holding the phone sideways gives the wide playfield more room.
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