Game Controls & Shortcuts

Stage 10 need 99999 score to complete, so you need the shortcut cheets to finish game below.

🎮 Core Gameplay Controls

Ball Launching & Aiming

• Mouse Movement - Aim direction (ball follows mouse cursor)

• Mouse Wheel / Arrow Keys (←→) - Fine-tune aiming angle (±5° increments)

• Left Click / Space - Launch ball (only in playing mode)

• T Key - Toggle trajectory prediction ON/OFF

Game Mode Switching

• E Key / Space - Switch between editing mode and playing mode

• Editing Mode: Install card slots, edit brick suits

• Playing Mode: Launch balls, gameplay

Language Switching

• F1 - Cycle through available languages

• F2 - Switch to Chinese (中文)

• F3 - Switch to English

🔧 Slot Installation System

Installation Controls

• I Key - Open/Close slot installation window

• S Key - Skip slot installation and launch directly

• Mouse Click - Install card slots on bricks (costs slot points)

Card List Navigation

• Page Up / ↑ - Previous page

• Page Down / ↓ - Next page

• Home - First page

• End - Last page

Brick Editing

• Left Click (in editing mode) - Change brick suit/color

🎯 Bat/Paddle Controls

Movement

• Mouse Movement - Move bat left/right (automatic following)

• Left Arrow (←) - Move bat left

• Right Arrow (→) - Move bat right

Boundary Detection

• Bat automatically stays within game boundaries

• Mouse cursor syncs with bat position

⏸️ System Controls

Game Management

• ESC - Pause game (opens pause menu)

Debug Controls (Hidden in Release)

Note: These are disabled in the release version but can be re-enabled for testing

• R - Randomize brick suits and positions

• D - Toggle debug information display

• G - Test brick glitch effects

• H - Test heart chain reaction

• U - Add slot points (+5 points)

• Y - Show slot selection interface

• N - Force next level

• L - Restart current level

• M - Complete current level instantly

• 0 - Jump to level 10

🎨 Visual Feedback

Automatic Effects

• Combo System - Visual and audio feedback increases with combo count

• Screen Glitch - Triggered automatically at high combos (5, 10, 15, 25+)

• Particle Effects - Automatic brick destruction effects

• Score Popups - Automatic score display on brick hits

UI Interactions

• Mouse Hover - Highlights corresponding bricks when hovering over card list

• Click Feedback - Audio feedback on all button interactions

📊 Information Display

Always Visible

• Current score and target score

• Balls remaining

• Current level

• Combo counter

• Progress bar with completion prediction

Conditional Display

• Slot points (when installation window is active)

• Card list (in editing/installation mode)

• Trajectory prediction line (when enabled with T key)

• Installation costs (when hovering over slots)