Bombox app for iPhone and iPad

A one or two player action game of dexterity. Throw and catch bombs.

The single-player game is juggling. You throw bombs, they come back to you, and you must catch them. The object of the game is to juggle for as long as you can.

The two-player game requires two devices, connected via WiFi or Bluetooth. You throw bombs to the other player’s device. The object of the game is to mess up your opponent. Vary the speed and quantity of bombs to surprise your opponent. The first player who throws too hard, or is caught with too many bombs on the ground, loses the round.

Flick bombs up to throw. Soft throws stay on your side. Throws off the top of the screen go to your opponent, or come back to you in solitaire. Bombs fall from the top of your screen. Harder throws reappear later, but fall faster. But throwing too hard is called a shank and scores one point.

A bomb you fail to catch crashes, but doesn’t score or stop solitary. You cant throw crashed bombs, temporarily. When you catch a bomb, it flips upright, and you can throw it or let it land on the ground.

When a bomb lands and there are already two bombs on the ground, or one bomb on the ground and another you are throwing, you are nuked. A nuke scores three points against you. Even in a two-player game, a player can juggle bombs on their side to prevent a nuke.

Solitary, and a two-player round, ends on a nuke or shank, and screens go yellow or red. When the next round is ready, screens go green, and when a first player touches, screens go blue and the round begins.

The two-player game ends at 15. In the two-player game, when your screen is yellow, the other player has messed and the round is over. Then you must not shank because when both players shank, neither player scores. When both players are nuked, the first nuke scores. When one player nukes the other, but also throws a shank that arrives after the nuke, there is no score. Touch the yellow screen to acknowledge the opponents fault and prepare the next round.

The settings include levels of difficulty, and the number of balls in play, from five to nine.

The full game is free for a three-day trial period. After that, you can continue to play solitary with five balls. Or, from within the app, you can purchase the right to play with more balls and to connect to another player.