Balls and Bricks offers a player countless hours of brick-breaking play. The player's primary goals are to break numbered bricks with one or more balls and earn diamonds. They can use their rewards to buy new ball designs, including animal heads, sports balls, food items, action heroes and monsters.
Although the player usually starts each level with a single ball, they earn more quickly through various actions. For example, they receive more balls when a ball strikes a white circle. After the balls bounce against bricks, side walls and the ceiling, all pieces return to a ground-level resting position and roll together to form a single ball. They can track the number of balls available via a tiny number above this icon.
The brick-breaking action is mostly automatic after the player directs their ball or balls to hit a target. A ball strikes a brick or bricks one or more times depending on the bounce angles. If a ball strikes a booster icon, which appears as a circle with a symbol inside of it, the hit causes additional action. For example, when a ball hits a circle marked with an arrow that has two arrowheads, the booster generates a powerful laser beam that can reduce break bricks.
Balls and Bricks allows the player to buy boosters with their diamond winnings as well. Beyond the laser boosters, they can also buy access to fireballs and lightning strikes.
