Picotan

• Launch balls at bricks and destroy as many as possible in a single turn
• Each time a ball hits a brick, that brick's health reduces by one -- Once a brick reaches zero health, it is destroyed
• New bricks will spawn with more health after each round
• If a brick reaches the bottom of the screen, the game is over
• Try and reach the highest score possible!

This game supports keyboard, gamepad, mouse, and touch input, all of which can be switched between on the fly.

• Z / Left mouse (hold): Aim shot
• Z / Left mouse (release while aiming): Launch balls
• X / Right mouse (release while aiming): Cancel aim mode
• X / Right mouse (release while launching): Recall all balls / skips current turn
  • You can also press the Recall button that appears while launching
  • Useful if you don't want to wait for balls to return or if a ball gets stuck

Normal bricks change color based on their health relative to the number of balls:

• Red: Brick health is more than twice the current ball count
• Yellow: Brick health is higher than current ball count
• Blue: Brick health is equal or less than current ball count
• Gray: Triggers a powerup when destroyed (see below)

 Gray bricks that spawn will trigger different effects when destroyed.

• Ball: Increases maximum ball count by one
• Bomb: Destroys surrounding bricks in a 3 x 3 radius
• Row: Destroys all bricks on then same row
• Col: Destroys all bricks on the same column
• Aim: Temporarily increases aim range (3 turns)

• Each time a ball hits a brick, points are awarded based on the brick's current remaining health
  • Example: 10 health remaining awards 10 points, followed by 9 points on the next hit, then 8... and so on)
• Destroying a brick will award bonus points equal to the brick's health at the beginning of the turn
  • Example: 10 health would award 10 bonus points)
    
• Both regular and bonus points are multiplied by the row the brick is on, the multiplied again by the current difficulty (x1 - x5)
  • Example: If hitting a brick with 10 health, points awarded would be 10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 (+10 bonus if destroyed) * row * difficulty

Picotan is a simple but addictive brick-breaker game inspired by the original BBTAN (2015), and similar titles Ballz (2017), Holedown (2018), Piffle (2018).

If you enjoy the game and would like to support my work, you can do so by purchasing one of the downloadable versions of the game.