About Bubble Burst

A honeycomb of coloured bubbles hangs from the top of the board, and you have a shooter at the bottom. Fire a bubble and it flies straight, bounces off the side walls, and sticks where it lands. Three or more of one colour touching pop — and every bubble that was only hanging on by them drops away for more points than a pop is worth.

Every few shots that pop nothing, a new row pushes in at the top and the whole honeycomb comes down a row; a row of dots by the shooter counts how many shots are left before it does. Let the bubbles reach the line near the bottom and the run is over. Clear the board and the next level starts with more rows, more colours and fewer shots to spare.

The dotted line shows exactly where a shot will go — every bounce, and a ring where it will stick — so a bank shot off the wall into a gap is a matter of lining it up, not luck. You hold two bubbles, the one in the shooter and the next, and can swap them. The daily run gives everyone the same bubbles in the same order, once a day, ranked by score; free play is unlimited.

Tips to win

• Go for the bubbles that hold others up: a pop high on the board can drop half of it
• Bank shots off the wall reach gaps a straight shot cannot
• Watch the dots — use the last shot before a new row on a pop if you can
• Swap rather than waste a bubble where it will only get in the way