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Hold anywhere and drag to move the paddle. Lift your finger to serve.

01 / OVERVIEW

About Brick Breaker

Brick breaker is an original browser paddle-and-ball game on a 128-pixel-wide field with an 8-column wall up to six rows deep. Its depth is all in the bounce angle: the paddle is sliced into six segments, the ball leaves along the angle of whichever one it lands on, and there are only twelve reachable directions in the whole game — so where the ball comes back is something you work out, not something you hope for. The six walls carry 244 hit points between them and a perfect run scores 3965. Every eleven bricks the ball gains a speed step, nine in all, and only level six reaches the top; with three bricks left it drops up to three steps so you can pick off the stragglers, and that help is written into the rules rather than slipped in quietly.

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02 / HOW TO PLAY

How to play Brick Breaker

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    Hold a finger anywhere in the play area and drag sideways — the paddle follows one to one. On a desktop use the left and right arrows or A and D; Esc and P pause at any time.

  2. 02

    While the ball is resting on the paddle the aim line points the way the current field segment serves. Lift your finger to serve, or press space, or wait ten seconds and it serves itself.

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    Only the paddle's top face counts as a catch — clipping the side does not. Which of the six segments the ball lands on decides where it goes, and the closer to the edge, the sharper the angle.

  4. 04

    A brick scores by how hard it is: 10 for one hit, 20 for two, 30 for three. Five in a row within a single life adds 25, and a miss or a completed level resets the streak.

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    A ball that falls past the paddle costs a life and leaves the wall exactly as it was. Three lives ends the run; clearing all six walls finishes it.

03 / RULES

Brick Breaker rules

Three rails enclose the field and the bottom edge is open, with a dashed pit line beneath the paddle — the ball crossing that line is a miss. The wall is 8 columns wide and three to six rows deep depending on the level, each brick 16 by 8 pixels. A brick carries one fewer rib than the hits it has left — no ribs breaks in one, one rib takes two, two ribs take three; the bitten corners count the hits it has taken. Five moulded seams cut the paddle into six segments and each segment's top face carries a notch at its own exit angle. The ball only bounces off that top face, never off the side, and the paddle never pushes the ball along. Bouncing on its own changes direction and nothing else — off a rail, off a brick that survives, off the paddle. Speed is decided by the step rule below, so the hit that breaks a brick can change both at once. There are twelve reachable directions, the flattest 28 degrees off horizontal and the steepest 79. Every eleven bricks the ball gains a speed step, nine in all, and it stops at the top. With three bricks left the effective step drops by up to three, down to the slowest, and the nine-slot ladder on the left rail draws the steps it gave back as hollow outlines — so the help is visible rather than silent. A miss costs a life, clears the combo and leaves the wall standing; the ball returns to the paddle. Three lives ends the run. Clearing a level adds 100, and finishing all six adds 50 for every life still in hand. One seed decides the whole run and every player gets the same six walls, so high scores are comparable. The summary panel copies a link with that seed in it, so whoever opens the link gets the same wall; a run opened with a ?seed= parameter is flagged as a variant and records no high score.

04 / STRATEGY

Brick Breaker strategy tips

The single most useful line: catch with the edge of the paddle to send the ball up the side of the wall, open a channel between the bricks and the rail, and get the ball bouncing along the top. There are 12 pixels of clearance up there, and a ball running that corridor takes several bricks in one pass instead of one at a time from below. Second, learn the six angles: the middle two segments send the ball steeply, the outer two send it flat and wide. Use an outer segment when you want a corner, the middle when you want to keep the rally going. Third, level one's paddle is 48 pixels wide and its travel only reaches the second through fifth segments of the field, so the two sharpest serve angles are not available yet. The paddle narrows every couple of levels, and the narrower it is the more of the serve angles you can reach. Fourth, read the ladder on the left rail: the lit slots are the current step and the dark ones are how much faster it can still get. That is the cue for deciding whether to clear a few more while it is slow. Finally, when three bricks are left the ball noticeably slows down. That is the aiming window the rules hand you — spend it reaching for the stragglers with an edge segment rather than waiting for the ball to find them.

05 / FAQ

Brick Breaker FAQ

How do you play brick breaker?
Hold a finger in the play area and drag sideways to move the paddle, then lift to serve. Bounce the ball back into the wall above and clear every brick to finish the level. On a desktop the left and right arrows or A and D move the paddle, space serves, and Esc or P pauses. Nothing to install and no account needed.
How do you control the ball's angle in brick breaker?
The paddle is cut into six segments and the one the ball lands on sets the direction: the middle two send it steeply, the outer two send it flat and wide. The seams between segments are visible on screen, and each segment's top face carries a notch drawn at that segment's own exit angle. Only the top face catches — clipping the side does not — and a bounce changes direction without changing speed.
What are the best brick breaker tips for a high score?
The best one is to catch with the paddle's edge, work the ball up the side of the wall, and open a channel so it can run along the top — there are 12 pixels of clearance there and a single pass takes several bricks. After that, protect the combo: five bricks in a row within one life adds 25, and a single miss resets it, so staying alive is worth more than rushing.
How does scoring work in brick breaker?
Bricks score by how hard they are: 10 for a one-hit brick, 20 for a two-hit one, 30 for a three-hit one, and a perfect run through every level is 3965. That total comes from four places — the walls hold 244 hit points between them, which is 2440 in brick points; five bricks in a row within one life adds 25, worth up to 775 across a run; each level cleared adds 100, so 600 in all; and finishing the last one adds 50 per life still in hand, up to 150. A full run breaks 170 bricks, and the summary panel gives that count its own line.
Does the ball keep getting faster in brick breaker?
No — the speed is capped. Every eleven bricks adds a step, there are nine steps, and it stops at the top; only level six actually reaches the ninth. The nine-slot ladder on the left rail is the readout. With three bricks left the effective step drops by up to three and the slots it gave back are drawn hollow, and that rule is stated up front rather than applied quietly.
How many levels does brick breaker have?
Six, with a real ending. The brick count climbs from 18 to 38, the wall deepens from three rows to six, the paddle narrows from 48 pixels to 30, and the starting speed rises each level — no level is easier than the one before it. Clearing all six finishes the run and adds 50 for every life still in hand. The same seed builds all six walls, so everybody plays the same set.
Are brick breaker levels randomly generated?
No. One fixed seed builds all six walls, so by default everyone opens the same set and high scores are worth comparing. The summary panel has a copy-link button and the link carries that seed, so whoever opens it faces the same wall you did. A run opened with a ?seed= parameter is flagged as a variant run and writes no high score — the wall changed, so its score does not belong beside the default six.

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