Balloon Merge
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Balloon Merge
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How to play
- Drag along the bottom to aim, then let go: the balloon floats up into the pile.
- Two of the same balloon join into the next, bigger one. Joins can chain.
- Make the giant rainbow balloon to lift the basket off into a new sky.
- Keep balloons off the dashed orange line near the floor, or the run ends.
- Kids Mode (tap the turtle) pops the low and smallest balloons instead, so play never ends.
Controls
- Phone or tablet: Drag along the screen to aim, then lift your finger to let the balloon go (a tap lets go right there).
- Mouse: Press and drag to aim, release to let go (a click lets go right there).
- Keyboard: ← → or A D to aim, Space or ↑ to let go, Esc to pause.
- Gamepad: D-pad left and right to aim, A to let go. Start pauses.
Tips
- Watch the ring at the top of the dotted line: gold with a tick means your balloon will join that one.
- Keep the big balloons together up by the basket and the small ones below, so chains can climb.
- Two silver balloons make the rainbow: it lifts the basket and the top of the pile away and gives 1,000 points.
- The next balloon shows in the top corner: plan two moves at a time.
About this game
It is the merge game you know, turned upside down!
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A hot-air balloon basket hangs over a sunny meadow. Slide your finger along the floor to aim, then let go: your balloon floats up and bumps into the pile under the basket. When two of the same balloon touch, they join into the next, bigger one with a happy bloop. Two red smiley balloons make an orange dotty one, two dotty ones make a stripy one, and so on through eleven balloons, each with its own color, pattern and face.
Joins can chain. Slip a small balloon into the right gap and watch it join, bump the next one, join again and climb all the way up. Make the giant rainbow balloon and it lifts the whole basket off the ground. Bramble the bear pilot waves, birds fly past, and you land in a brand new sky: sunset, starry night, the northern lights and outer space, with room to keep going.
Keep the floor clear: if a balloon stays under the dashed orange line near the ground for two seconds, the run is over. While you aim, a dotted line and a ring show which balloon yours will bump into, and a gold ring with a tick means they will join.
Five short lessons teach each idea with a helping hand. Then the sky run is yours: how high can your score go?
Kids Mode (tap the turtle) makes it gentle: when the pile gets too low, the low balloons and the smallest ones pop into confetti and play goes on. There is no game over.
Play with a finger, a mouse, the keyboard or a gamepad; on a computer the controls are shown beside the game. Free in your browser, nothing to install.