Boulder Bop Info

Game Play

Playing Boulder Bop is easy. To protect your three bunkers, click or tap in front of a descending brown circle (i.e., a boulder) to launch a missile. The missile explodes exactly where you clicked or tapped. If you're timing is good, the boulder will collide with your missile explosion - causing the boulder to explode with a satisfying "bop" sound (hence the name of the game).

The goal is simple - try and get the highest possible score. Points are awarded as follows:

• Firing a missile costs you -1. To maximize your score, consider minimizing missile launches.
• Destroying a boulder results in +5 points.
• Destroying the boss results in +50 points.
• Losing a bunker results in -20 points. When you've lost all three bunkers, the game is over.

Improving Game Performance

If the game seems slow, unresponsive, and/or jerky - try reducing the size of the browser's window. This can significantly improve performance.

Implementation

As you may have guessed, the purpose of Boulder Bop really isn't about super-fun gameplay. Instead, Boulder Bop is used to show you how to create your own browser-based and/or Windows Store game apps using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

To get started, see How to create a 2D casual HTML5 game.