Hoop Flick

Hoop Flick is a cozy 3D basketball shooting game. The camera stands behind the shooter looking down the court, the ball rests low in front of you, and you flick it at the hoop: drag up from the ball and let go. The length and speed of the flick set the power and its sideways drift sets the aim. A short dotted guide shows the first part of the flight, and on early levels a marker shows where the arc reaches rim height. The ball bounces off the rim and backboard and can be pushed by wind.

The campaign has 128 levels on eight courts of sixteen levels each. Each level gives you a number of balls and baskets to make, and levels 8 and 16 on each court are tougher challenges. The Backyard has fixed hoops. The Park Court's hoops slide side to side, the Rooftop adds wind shown by a flag and drifting leaves, and on the Boardwalk hoops move near and far, up and down. The School Gym puts swinging panels in front of the rim, the Snow Lodge has bank-only and swish-only rules, and at the Night Fair two or three hoops stand together but only the lit one counts, and the light moves after every basket. The Star Garden combines everything.

A basket is worth 2 points. A swish, which touches neither rim nor board, adds 1, and so does a bank shot. Three makes in a row put you on fire for double points, and six in a row triple them. The first star comes from making the target and the other two from reaching higher score thresholds, so clean shots and streaks matter. Stars open new courts, and coins buy twelve ball skins, among them a watermelon, a tiny planet and a lava ball. A solver checked every level to make sure a valid basket exists.

Some tips. On moving hoops, watch one cycle and release for where the hoop will be, not where it is. On the Rooftop, aim against the wind using the flag as your guide. A streak is worth protecting: at three makes the doubled basket already outscores a swish bonus, so take the safe shot when the multiplier is running. On a keyboard, arrow keys set aim and power, which makes repeatable shots easier.

Streak mode unlocks after the first court. It is endless, the court changes every three baskets, and one miss ends the run; your longest streak goes on the leaderboard. Hoop Flick runs in the browser with mouse, keyboard or touch, on desktop and on phones and tablets in portrait or landscape.

Clear levels to collect stars, and stars open new courts. Coins buy ball skins like the watermelon, the tiny planet or the lava ball.

Streak mode is endless: the court changes every three baskets and one miss ends the run. Your longest streak goes on the leaderboard. Everything you learned in the campaign, from wind to sliding hoops to bank shots, comes at you one after another here.