Level 3: Bouncer

Play Bouncer

The starting board. Your toolbox pieces aren't on it yet.
Perfect Score
2,100
Stars
★ over 700 · ★★ over 1,400 · ★★★ at 2,100 or more
Time to prepare
24 seconds
Pieces to place
1
Start
The meteor starts to the left of the board, heading right.

Your toolbox

  • 1 × BackSlash

Most pieces can be rotated once they're on the board. How each piece turns the meteor.

Already on the board

  • 1 × Shuttle
  • 1 × Astronaut

New in this level

  • Deflectors (\ and /), which turn the meteor.

Good to know

  • You have 24 seconds to place your 1 piece before the meteor launches. Press Go to launch sooner.
  • Every piece you leave in the toolbox adds 1,000 points, so using fewer pieces scores more.
  • 1 Shuttle and 1 Astronaut are on the board. Each one still intact at the end adds 1,000 points; hitting one loses that bonus.
  • 58 of the 64 squares are holes; a meteor that falls into one loses the attempt. 3 open squares are free for your pieces.
  • The flight follows the same rules every time, so the same pieces in the same places always give the same result.

From the original game

In the original MeteorBall, this level opens with this card:

A strip of the board: the meteor flies right into a deflector, which turns it down towards the square below, next to a shuttle and an astronaut.
“Drag parts from your tool box below to deflect the Meteor into the worm hole.”