Basket Goal Puzzle
Also a slide puzzle, but crates and coins move with the ball and basket, and you can undo or restart.
Basket Slide
Basketball
How Basket Slide plays
Slide both the ball and the basket on a board until the ball can score. Arrow keys or a swipe move the pieces.
Basket Slide
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What Basket Slide is
Basket Slide is a board puzzle. You slide both the ball and the basket until the ball can score. Arrow keys or a swipe move the pieces.
Moving only the ball leaves the basket on the far side, and the board never finishes. The basket is a piece, not a fixed hoop.
A swipe that continues into a second move undoes the alignment you just made. One deliberate slide is safer than a long flick.
Core mechanics
Each input slides a piece. You have to know whether that input grabbed the ball or the basket. The two pieces create the shot together.
Basket Goal is the stricter cousin: pieces there travel until they hit something, and coins and crates come along. Slide is the ball and the basket.
There is no shoot button at the end. When the pieces line up, the score is the alignment, not a timed release.
Highlights
- Slide the ball and the basket.
- Arrow keys or a swipe are the inputs.
- The basket can be on the wrong side of the board.
- A follow-through swipe undoes the last alignment.
- No shot meter and no platform jump.
What this page covers
- Basket Slide moves two pieces, the ball and the basket, until they line up to score.
- Basket Goal adds coins and crates, slides until impact, and gives you undo plus R. Those tools are not this board.
- Basketball Line draws a path. Swiping a piece is not drawing.
How to play
- See where the basket is before you touch the ball.
- Slide the basket toward a square the ball can reach.
- Slide the ball into that alignment.
- Stop the swipe as soon as the piece has moved once.
- If a second swipe undoes it, reverse with a single opposite move.
Controls
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PC
Use arrow keys (↑↓←→) to slide the ball and basket in the desired direction. Mouse controls also available for precise movement.
Mobile Device
Swipe your finger across the screen to slide the ball and basket. Touch controls are optimized for mobile gameplay with intuitive gestures.
Strategy
Move the basket too
A ball on the correct row still fails if the basket never moved. Both pieces are part of the score.
One swipe, one move
A swipe that continues into a second move undoes the alignment. Lift after the first slide.
Do not draw a path
The pieces slide on the board. A Basketball Line drag will not lay a road here.
Common mistakes
- Moving only the ball and leaving the basket on the far side never finishes the board.
- A swipe that continues into a second move undoes the alignment you just made.
A run from start to finish
Look at the basket before you move the ball. Slide the basket into a square the ball can reach, then slide the ball once. A swipe that keeps going becomes a second move and pulls the pieces apart again. Lift after the first slide.
If they pass each other, one reverse slide is the repair. You do not have Basket Goal's undo button or its crates. Both pieces on this board are required, and a ball sitting on the right row still fails while the basket is on the wrong side.
Move the basket first, even if the ball looks closer to a score. A ball on the right row still fails while the basket sits on the far side. Slide each piece once and lift. A second motion inside the same swipe undoes the alignment you just made. If the pieces pass, one reverse slide puts them back. You do not have an undo stack or a crate to blame. Both pieces have to meet, and the score is that meeting. There is no shoot button after the board looks right.
- Read both pieces.
- Slide the basket into the scoring square you want.
- Slide the ball to meet it.
- Stop before a second swipe.
- If they pass each other, undo that pass with one reverse slide.
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Questions about Basket Slide
Why can the ball not score on Basket Slide?
The basket is probably still on the far side. You have to slide both pieces.
What does a long swipe do?
It can become a second move and undo the alignment you just made.
Is this Basket Goal?
No. Basket Goal adds crates and coins, slides until a piece hits something, and has undo and R. This board is the ball and the basket.
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