This game is a terminal version of DX-Ball.

a - To move left

d - To move right

space - To release ball

n - To skip level

. - To drop bombs from Boss

q - To quit

• Initially, the ball would appear randomly on any part of the paddle. The player can move and release the ball at their will.
• Bricks have different colors to indicate their strength.
  • Red > Yellow > Green
  • Bricks with more strength Bricks with more strength require more hits to make them disappear.
  • With decrease in the strength of a brick due to hits from the ball, the color of the brick must change accordingly.
  • Rainbow bricks change their color regularly.
  • Unbreakable bricks which are black, cannot be broken by the ball.
  • Upon reaching the fixed time, every time the ball hits the paddle the brick layout shifts itself downward by 1 unit(towards the paddle). *Once the lowest brick in the current brick layout reaches the paddle level, the game is over(not just losing a life).
• Power-ups last for 10 seconds each.
  • They appear as catch-able objects randomly on destroying a brick.
  • The power-up is activated on catching it with the paddle.
  • Expand paddle (EXP-e)
    • Increases the size of the paddle by a certain amount.
  • Shrink paddle (SHR-s)
    • Reduce the size of the paddle by a certain amount.
  • Double trouble (DTR-d)
    • Each of the balls which are present will be further divided into two.
    • If a ball is lost, the other ball will be divided into two.
    • A life is lost only if both the balls are lost.
  • Fast ball (FSB-f)
    • Increases the speed of the ball.
  • Thru ball (THB-t)
    • Allows the ball to destroy any brick in its way including the unbreakable brick.
  • Paddle grab (GRB-g)
    • The paddle can grab the ball on contact and relaunch the ball at will.
    • The ball will follow the same expected trajectory after release, similar to the movement expected without the grab.
  • Paddle shoot (shoot bullet) (SHB-@)
    • Allows the paddle to shoot two bullets at a time with strength equal to a ball.
    • Paddle changes to red with white stripes when this power-up is picked up.
• Collecting a power-up which is already active, increases its time limit by 10 seconds.
• Lives, score, time played and controls will be displayed at top of the screen.
• Time remaining for each power-up will be displayed on the screen.
• The game consists of four levels 1,2,3 and 0(BOSS level)
• Boss enemy have 10 lives. The health bar of the boss is displayed on te screen in final level.
  • Boss enemy follows the paddle and drops bombs regularly. On being hit by these bombs the paddle looses one life.
  • Boss enemy will be able to spawn defensive bricks around it(not unbreakable ones) after it’s health falls below 7 and 4. These bricks will form a layer under the Boss and breaking of these bricks would not yield a power-up.