How to play
Two minutes and you are in. Here is everything you need to know about Craballs - the rules, the modes, the controls and how to find a game.
One ball, four walls, no mercy
| The arena | A square court with a wall on every side. The ball keeps bouncing until somebody runs out of lives. |
|---|---|
| Your lives | Every player starts with 20 lives. |
| A miss | If the ball reaches your wall and your paddle is not in the way, you lose one life and the ball goes back to the middle. |
| Out of lives | At zero you are out of the match, and your wall turns solid - from then on the ball bounces off it. |
| The winner | The last player still standing wins. If everybody runs out at the same time, it is a draw. |
Duel or four-way
Duel - two players
One player takes the bottom wall, the other takes the top wall. The two side walls are plain rebounds with nobody behind them. It is the classic duel.
Four-way - four players
Every wall has a player and a paddle. The ball has to be kept alive from four sides at once, so the matches are shorter and much harder to survive.
Those are the only two sizes: a duel has paddles on the top and the bottom wall, a four-way has a paddle on every wall.
You drive the wall you got
The controls follow the wall you were assigned, so you never have to think about it.
| Top or bottom wall | A and D or the ← and → keys |
|---|---|
| Left or right wall | W and S or the ↑ and ↓ keys |
| On a phone | Touch the left or the right half of the screen to move. Up and down work the same way for the players on the side walls. |
| Leaving a match | The Leave button in the upper left corner ends the match for you. The other players are told right away. |
Three ways into a match
The quick match
One room is always open for players who just want to play. Join it and the game starts as soon as somebody else shows up.
The open rooms
The room list shows every room that is still looking for players and how many it needs. Hit refresh if somebody joined while you were looking.
Your own room
Create a room with a name you like and pick two or four players. Send the name to your friends - the match starts once the room is full.
Stay alive longer
The ball always comes back, so there is nothing to gain from chasing it. Stay near the middle of your wall: you cover both corners and you react faster to the sharp angles.
In a four-way match the wall of an eliminated player turns solid and the court gets tighter. That is the moment to go on the attack.
Enough reading - play a round
Open the game, pick a room and defend your wall.
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