Brickout

Opening

Brickout is a clean, well-executed Breakout/Arkanoid clone: 5 levels of a colourful brick wall that loop with rising speed once cleared, spiced up with visible powerup bricks marked by distinct icons before they're even hit.

Real controls, confirmed on both platforms

Testing dispatched real input rather than assuming the mouse/touch paddle tracking worked. On desktop, moving the mouse horizontally smoothly repositions the paddle, confirmed by two separate mouse moves that placed the paddle at clearly different points along the wall. On phone, a real touch drag did the same thing - the paddle followed the finger from one side of the screen most of the way to the other, confirmed by comparing before/after screenshots. On both platforms, the very first touch or click also launches the ball, which was confirmed by the score jumping from 0 to 100 and a brick visibly disappearing in a particle burst within the same short sequence.

Real physics, not scripted brick removal

Each broken brick genuinely shatters into a small particle burst at the moment of impact, and the ball's rebound direction and trail visibly reflect the actual collision rather than a fixed, canned bounce - confirmed by watching the ball's trajectory change believably after each hit during both the desktop and phone tests.

A complete package with a bit of variety

Beyond the core brick-breaking loop, distinct powerup bricks (an extra life heart, a gun/multi-ball icon, and others) are visible on the wall before being hit, giving a reason to aim rather than just clear bricks indiscriminately. A lives counter, wave/level tracker, and persisted best score round out a genuinely complete package.

Final Verdict

A clean, faithfully executed Breakout clone confirmed genuinely playable on both desktop and phone, with real physics-driven brick breaking and a welcome bit of powerup variety layered on the classic formula.