Ballochet Coming soon to Steam

Five balls. One cannon. A city of rooftop contraptions.

A precision ricochet puzzle game. Bank, bounce and spring your way to the bell in 60 hand-built scenes.

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A sunset over city rooftops. A cannon fires Ace, a smiling green ball, in a dotted arc; it banks off a hanging steel girder toward a glowing bell while the rest of the cast waits beside the cannon and balloons drift overhead.

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Every scene has a bell to ring. Almost none have a straight shot.

Aim the cannon, then bank off beams and chimneys, bounce off springy rubber, ride springs that fire along their arrows, smash cracked panels, hit switches to open gates, and time your shot through sliding, rising and swinging beams to find the one route that works.

Every scene is fair and repeatable. The same angle always plays out the same way, so every miss teaches you something. Aim to a hundredth of a degree, study the trail of your last shot, and adjust.

  • A ball arcing toward an aiming crosshair

    Aim to the hundredth

    Point roughly, then fine-tune a hundredth of a degree at a time.

  • A spring pad launching a ball along its arrow

    Springs

    A spring fires the ball along its big arrow, every time, at the same speed.

  • A ball bouncing off a pink rubber bumper

    Rubber

    Pink rubber returns the ball at full speed. Wood, steel and brick keep a little less.

  • A beam sliding along its rail

    Moving beams

    Sliding, rising and swinging beams start from the same spot every launch.

  • A ball breaking through a cracked panel

    Cracked panels

    They break on contact, and the ball keeps going a little slower.

  • A numbered switch linked by cable to its gate

    Switches and gates

    Hit a switch to open the gate at the end of its matching cable.

  • A ball flying through a balloon and popping it for 50 points

    Balloons

    Pop drifting balloons on a winning shot for 50 points each.

  • A ball collecting golden bolts on its way to the bell

    Golden bolts

    Collect bolts on the shot that rings the bell for extra stars. 180 to earn.

Meet the cast

They fire in order, and each is worth less than the one before. Make the first shot count.

  1. Ace, a green ballAce500
  2. Pip, a blue ballPip400
  3. Wobbles, a purple ballWobbles300
  4. Gus, a yellow ballGus200
  5. Clutch, a red ball with a headbandClutch100

Sixty scenes, five chapters, dawn to midnight

  • A pink dawn scene: a brick building with a bell framed by beams

    Chapter 1First Ricochets

    Aim, ordinary banks, rubber and optional bolts.

  • A bright morning scene with two springs pointing at a bell high in a frame

    Chapter 2Spring Routes

    Directional springs: reach them, then use them.

  • A golden afternoon scene with a large striped ball rising and falling

    Chapter 3Moving Structures

    Things move, and route length sets when you arrive.

  • A lavender dusk scene with a bell inside a wooden frame

    Chapter 4Breakaway Routes

    Cracked panels break; switches open linked gates.

  • A midnight scene with a long wooden channel leading to the bell

    Chapter 5City Finale

    Everything you have learned, ending at the city bell.

One run. Five balls a scene.

Play a run through the campaign and watch your total climb. Each scene starts with Ace loaded. Miss with all five balls in one scene and the run is over: your score goes on the high-score list, and the next run starts from where you fell.

Stuck? A hint highlights a useful surface, and a second hint plays a ghost demonstration. You still have to make the shot yourself.

  • 60 hand-built scenes
  • 180 stars to earn
  • 8 skies from dawn to midnight
  • Top 10 high-score list

Press and creators

Writing about Ballochet or making a video? The press kit has the logo on a transparent background, the key art and the store capsule images.

Download the press kit (ZIP, 3 MB)
Game
Ballochet
Genre
Precision ricochet puzzle
Platform
Windows PC, on Steam
Players
Single player
Controls
Mouse, keyboard or gamepad
Release
To be announced