Table Tennis

Rally against the computer on a table seen from above. You play at the bottom end. Return every ball onto your opponent's half — the first to 11 points (with a 2-point lead) wins the game.

Controls

• Mouse / touch: your paddle follows the pointer. The ball is hit automatically when it reaches your paddle after bouncing on your side.
• Swipe through the ball to attack: swipe up faster for a harder, deeper shot with topspin; swipe sideways to aim left or right and add curving sidespin. A still paddle plays a safe block. Too wild a swipe sends the ball long or wide!
• Serve: click, tap or press Space (swipe while serving to aim it).
• Keyboard: arrow keys move the paddle; hold Shift while the ball arrives to smash.

Rules

• The ball must bounce once on your side before you hit it, then land on the opponent's half. Hit the net, miss the table or let it bounce twice and you lose the point.
• Service changes every two points (every point from 10–10). Serves here go straight onto the opponent's half.
• Play a single game or a best-of-3 / best-of-5 match against four computer levels.