Planned Release Date: Mar 15, 2027

About This Game

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

Ballochet is a precision ricochet puzzle game. Every scene has a bell to ring and a cannon to aim, but almost never a straight shot. 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.

Meet the cast: Ace, Pip, Wobbles, Gus and Clutch. They fire in order, and each is worth less than the one before: 500 points for a first-ball hit, down to 100 for the last. Golden bolts along the way earn stars, and balloons drifting across the sky add bonus points to a winning shot.

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

Play a run through the campaign and watch your total climb. 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.

Features

• 60 hand-built scenes across five chapters, from First Ricochets to the City Finale

• 180 stars to earn by collecting bolts on winning shots

• Springs, rubber, cracked panels, switches and gates, moving beams, paddles and drifting balloons

• Runs with a running score and a top-ten high-score list

• Precise aiming with mouse, keyboard or gamepad, including fine-aim controls

• Achievements and unlockable cannon finishes

• Accessibility options: half-speed play, reduced motion, high contrast, larger interface and fully remappable controls

• A laid-back jazz soundtrack

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

The background artwork and pieces have been pre-created by AI