Neon Bricks A free brick breaker with fuse chain reactions
Bounce the ball, hit the fuse and watch a spark race down the wire, popping a whole run of neon bricks. 50 levels.
About Neon Bricks
Neon Bricks is a brick breaker set in a glowing night-city arcade. You slide a paddle along the bottom of a portrait arena and bounce a ball into a wall of neon bricks, but this wall is wired. Hit a glowing fuse and a spark races along the wire, popping every linked brick one after another, about sixty milliseconds apart. A well-aimed shot can clear a whole run in a second, with a "CHAIN" pop-up, a burst of shards and a satisfying rising sound.
The game has 50 hand-made levels in five sectors: Arcade Row, Pulse Plaza, Fuse Yards, Mirror Gate and the Core. Early levels teach the basics with plain bricks and obvious fuses. Later levels add tough and armoured bricks that take several hits, unbreakable steel gates you have to find a way around, bombs that blow up the bricks beside them, movers that slide sideways, and bricks that grow back unless you clear the rest of the wall. Every fifth level is a relaxed "Glow Break" with lots of fuses and extra power-ups, so you can enjoy a big chain and catch your breath.
Where you hit the ball on the paddle decides the angle it leaves at, so every bounce is a choice: the middle for a straight shot, the edge for a sharp one. Bricks sometimes drop capsules. Catch them for a wider paddle, multiball, twin lasers, slow motion, a sticky catch, a one-time shield or a spark that turns the next brick into a fuse. Beware the cracked red capsule that shrinks your paddle. Keep the ball in the air to build a rally combo, and chain fuses together for even bigger scores.
Each level awards up to three stars: one for clearing it, one for reaching the score target and one for not losing a ball. Stars unlock new paddle styles and a golden ball trail, and the Core sector opens once you have collected 60 stars, so a little replaying of earlier levels pays off. Your progress is saved on your device and, when you are signed in, to your account.
Controls are simple. On a phone, drag anywhere on the lower part of the screen and the paddle follows your finger sideways without hiding under your thumb; lift your finger to launch. With a mouse, the paddle follows the cursor and a click launches. On a keyboard use the arrow keys or A and D, hold Shift to move faster, and press Space to launch. Press P or Escape to pause and M to mute.
Tips: aim for fuses early, because a chain clears bricks you could never reach by bouncing. Watch the rally counter and try not to touch the paddle between big breaks. Let slow capsules save you at high speed, and use the shield when the ball is about to slip past. If you run out of balls you can watch an ad to continue with one more.
How to play
Slide the paddle to keep the ball in play and break every brick. Where the ball hits the paddle sets its angle. Hit a glowing fuse to send a spark along its wire and pop the whole run. Catch falling capsules for power-ups. On touch, drag to move and lift to launch; with a mouse, move and click; on a keyboard, use arrows or A/D and Space.
Controls and devices
- Controls: Touch, Mouse, Keyboard
- Works on: phones, tablets and computers
- Screen: portrait orientation
- Price: free, no download or sign-up
FAQ
- Does my progress save?
- Yes. Your stars and best scores are saved on this device, and to your account when you are signed in.
- How do I open the Core sector?
- Collect 60 stars. Replay earlier levels to get the stars you missed: one for clearing, one for the score target and one for losing no ball.
- What do the capsules do?
- Wide grows the paddle, Split makes three balls from each ball, Laser fires twin shots, Slow cools the ball, Catch holds it three times, Shield saves one ball and Spark turns your next hit into a fuse. The cracked red one shrinks your paddle.
Credits
- Game design, code, art and sound: Playora Games