Bump+Smack

Bump+Smack combines breakout and pinball. Balls emerge from pipes at the top of the table and roll toward the bottom, where they can fall off. You operate a shuttleboard to keep them in play and guide them into goals, aiming to meet the required goal percentage and earn the highest score. Balls are released at intervals; at first, you handle up to three at once. A new ball appears whenever you score a goal or a ball drops off the table.

Game modes

Challenge Mode tracks the balls still to be released, goals scored, your multiplier, the next multiplier target, your goal percentage and the percentage required to advance. You move on to the next stage if your scored goal percentage meets or exceeds the requirement. After you pass all available stages, the game returns to the first stage for another round. Each new round raises the difficulty with bouncier balls, a higher required goal percentage and more balls per stage. The game ends if, after all balls have been scored or have fallen off the table, your percentage is below the amount needed to advance. Challenge Mode also includes achievements for completing specific challenges; you can view their details in the Trophy Room from the main menu.

In Continuous Mode, you select a stage and try to get the highest score. A Miss meter rises when a ball leaves the table and falls when you score consecutive goals. The game ends when the meter fills.

Keep balls in play

Both modes include a Smack meter, which lets you make the shuttleboard hit the table sideways to alter the balls’ paths. A well-timed smack can help you score more points or keep a ball from being lost.

Score and multipliers

Goals are worth 500, 750, 1,000 or 5,000 points, with higher values harder to reach. Consecutive goals increase your multiplier: when you make the number of goals shown by the Next Multi stat, the multiplier rises by one and multiplies the points awarded by every goal. For example, starting at 1x with a Next Multi target of three, three consecutive goals raise the multiplier to 2x, making the goals worth 1,000, 1,500, 2,000 and 10,000 points. Each increase also raises the number of consecutive goals needed for the next multiplier. The multiplier resets to 1x if a ball leaves the table or a stage ends in Challenge Mode.