About Ball Volley

Rows of numbered blocks hang over a launcher on the floor. Aim, and your whole volley of balls leaves one after another at that angle, ricocheting off the walls, the ceiling and every block in the way. Each touch knocks a block's number down by one; at nothing it breaks. Green rings scattered among the blocks give you an extra ball for the next round when any ball passes through them.

When the last ball is back on the floor the round ends: the launcher moves to wherever the first ball landed, every block steps down a row, and a new row comes in at the top, a little tougher than the last — the numbers start at the round number and climb faster than your rings can keep up. A block pushed past the bottom row ends the game, so watch the low rows, and use the angles: a shot slipped into a gap between the blocks can rattle around above them and do far more damage than a straight one.

The daily game sends the same rows down for everyone, whatever they shoot, and ranks you by the round you reach. A volley still in the air when you leave plays out to its end, so there are no second tries. Free play starts a fresh field whenever you like.

Tips to win

• Aim into gaps: balls trapped above the blocks hit them again and again
• Grab the rings early — extra balls are what keep you alive later
• Deal with the lowest row first when it reaches the red line
• A shallow shot off a side wall can reach blocks a straight one can't