Bounce Ball Adventure

Red Ball's halfway down a grassy hill, pinging past a log and right into another bounce. In Bounce Ball Adventure, you play as that jumpy little ball — always rolling ahead, never really stopping to worry if there's a gap or a bad guy up next. You roll through twisty woods dotted with coins, sometimes straight into a river you have to paddle across (or, honestly, just sort of flail and hope for the best). The orbs guarding each bit won't exactly let you pass for free. Sometimes, you really have to time your jumps. Coins are everywhere, but grabbing them all means risking a slide off the edge, so sometimes you end up missing a few. Not a huge deal, though.

How to play?

First, the game Bounce Ball Adventure starts you out by letting you bounce and roll with the simple arrow keys. Taps send you leaping over pits or onto higher ledges. The blue orbs patrol back and forth — if you hit one, you start back from the last checkpoint flag you reached. Those flags come in handy more than you'd think. Now and then, you'll see a costume shop pop up; save your coins if you want to turn Red Ball into a watermelon or a tiny planet. Some jumps need a running start, or you won't clear the spikes. Water slows you down a bunch unless you keep hopping across the floating logs. The game doesn't really hold your hand, but after a few falls, you get better at spotting which platforms are safe. Finished a tough level? The next one's already waiting, with new tricks and some sneaky spots to land a bonus coin. Kind of addicting, actually.