How to play

Camera views: top, third person and first person. In first person, move the mouse horizontally to turn the shot direction, hold Shift for fine aim, and use the wheel for power. Aim stays fixed during charging. Lock mouse allows unrestricted turning; Esc releases it. Other views retain point-at-ground aiming. Switching views cancels input.

Touch: drag on the playing surface to refine aim. Tap the action button to use selected power, or hold it to charge and release to play. In first person, dragging changes direction relative to your finger. Dragging alone never launches a shot.

• Break the rack, claim solids (1–7) or stripes (9–15), clear your group, then pocket the eight in your called pocket.
• Aim with the mouse. Hold left click to charge, release to strike. Right click during charging cancels. The guide shows the first contact, not a guaranteed pot. A/D finely adjusts aim, W/S or the wheel changes selected power. Space or a tap on STRIKE uses selected power; hold STRIKE to charge.
• Open table after the break. The first legally pocketed ordinary ball assigns groups. Keep shooting after potting your own group. Ordinary pots are accepted without a called pocket in this arcade ruleset.
• Hit your own group first, or the eight once your group is cleared. After contact, a ball must reach a cushion or be pocketed. A scratch, no contact, wrong first ball or no rail is a foul: opponent gets ball in hand.
• With ball in hand, tap/point on the cloth or use the placement sliders, then confirm. The cue ball must not overlap another ball or pocket.
• Select one of the six numbered pockets before shooting at the eight. An early eight, wrong pocket, or foul while potting it loses the rack.
• A legal break pockets an object ball or sends four object balls to cushions. Eight on the break is respotted. An illegal break is reracked for the opponent. Break scratches give unrestricted ball in hand.
• Arcade adaptation: enlarged pockets, planar rolling, no jump/massé/spin, no push-shot or physical stance fouls. Only the eight requires a called pocket. No online multiplayer.
• P / Escape pauses, ? opens help. Blur or a hidden tab pauses automatically. UI controls keep their native keyboard behavior.

Sport reference: World Pool Association. The simplifications above are intentional.

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