Basketball Shots

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This is a simple basketball shooting game. Use your mouse or fingers to carefully aim the ball, then release it to shoot.

• The ball must sink into the basket to count as a successful shot.
• After scoring 2 points, the basket will start to move.
• Shoot as many baskets as you can.

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Alternatively kids and adults can play this shoot the basketball video game for free as a web application here.

Basketball Shots Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions

How to Play

Shoot as many basketballs into the hoop as you can.

• Starting the Game
  • On the welcome screen, select the play button to begin.
  • Your web browser automatically saves your best score.
    • Your best score is shown on the bottom center of the welcome screen.
• Game Controls
  • Desktop
    • With your mouse, left click and drag to aim. Release to launch.
  • Touchscreen devices
    • Tap on the screen with your fingers and use them as a mouse.
  • Controls and indicators (top row, left to right)
    • Score
    • Lives
• Game Play
  • Basic rules
    • Using your mouse and fingers, carefully aim the ball to the basket.
    • Use the dotted line to guide your shots.
    • Release to shoot the ball.
  • Lives
    • You start the game with 3 lives. Each life is represented by the basketballs on the top center of the screen.
    • Each time you miss the basket, you lose a life.
    • Lose all your lives and the game ends.
  • Scoring
    • You earn a point each time you land a basket.
    • Your current and best scores are shown on the game over screen.
    • After making 2 shots the basket moves back and forth.
      • When the basket starts moving you can minimize the odds of your horizontal angle being off by shooting straight up & time the shot so the ball goes up past the hoop and falls down into it.
• Target Audience
  • The game is suited for players who like basket shooter games.
  • The game has no adult themed content.

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Basketball Shots

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Design3.6

Fun3.8

Originality2.3

Replayability2.9

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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support

This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.