Basketball Superstars
Also a match with a created or stylized player, using a held shot instead of dragging beans.
Basketball Beans
Basketball
How Basketball Beans plays
Drag bean players, then pass, shoot, or dunk to win tournament-style games. The catalog also describes unlockable balls and uniforms.
Basketball Beans
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What Basketball Beans is
Basketball Beans is a match you play by dragging bean players, then choosing a pass, a shot, or a dunk. The catalog also describes unlockable balls and uniforms. Those unlocks are extras around the same drag controls.
The ball stays with the bean who has it. Dragging a different bean without passing leaves the ball behind, which is why a wide-open bean still cannot score.
Tournament-style games are how the catalog frames the matches. This page does not add a bracket size. The skill is getting the pass to the bean who has the look.
Core mechanics
You select by dragging. The drag moves that bean. It does not automatically pass. A pass is its own click, and so is the shot, and so is the dunk.
Repeating the shoot click while a defender is on the ball-handler is the usual miss. The dunk is not a harder version of that same click. If you wanted the dunk, use the dunk action.
Uniforms and balls, where the build offers them, change the look. They do not remove the need to pass before a covered bean shoots.
Highlights
- Drag bean players to move them.
- Pass, shoot, and dunk are different clicks.
- The ball does not follow a dragged teammate unless you pass.
- The catalog describes unlockable balls and uniforms.
- Covered shoot clicks are the usual miss.
What this page covers
- Beans is the match you play by dragging the players. A pass is a separate click from the drag.
- Superstars holds a shot button while you move a single ball-handler. Beans can send the ball to another bean, and a dunk is its own click.
- Sport Stars shoots with the Up key. Dragging a bean is not that key chart.
How to play
- Drag the bean who has the ball if that bean needs a better spot.
- Pass with the pass click when a teammate is the one who should shoot.
- Shoot only after the pass, or after the ball-handler is actually open.
- Use the dunk click when you want a dunk. Another shoot click will not turn into one.
- Change balls or uniforms, if the game offers them, between matches rather than during a covered shot.
Controls
These are the control notes stored for this title. They are not a separate device test. If the loaded game shows a different prompt, follow the game.
PC
Use mouse to drag and move players, click to pass, shoot, and perform dunks. Keyboard controls available for movement and actions.
Mobile Device
Touch and drag to move players, tap to pass, shoot, and perform dunks. Intuitive touch controls optimized for mobile gameplay.
Strategy
Pass before you drag the wrong bean
Dragging a teammate does not move the ball. Pass first, or the open bean is empty-handed.
Pick dunk or shot on purpose
They are different clicks. Mashing the shoot click while covered does not become a dunk.
Unlocks do not fix a bad pass
A new ball or uniform, if you unlocked one, still needs the same pass before the shot.
Common mistakes
- Dragging a player without passing leaves the ball on the wrong bean.
- A dunk and a pass are different clicks. Repeating the shoot click while covered is the usual miss.
A run from start to finish
Start by looking at which bean is actually holding the ball. Drag that bean, or pass and then drag the receiver. A teammate who looks open is empty until the pass click happens. Shoot only after that click. If you wanted a dunk, use the dunk click. Another press of shoot, with a defender still on the ball, is the same covered miss.
Uniforms and alternate balls, when the build offers them, can wait until the match ends. They do not move the ball between beans. If a possession stalls, the repair is a pass to a bean you can drag into space, not a different skin.
Pause at the start of a possession and name the bean who has the ball. Drag only that bean for two steps. If a teammate is the open one, use the pass click before you drag the teammate. A shot click before the pass shoots the covered bean. A dunk click is a different button. Use it when you are close and you meant a dunk, not as a retry of the shot. After the miss, pass out instead of repeating the covered click. Change a ball or a uniform between games if the catalog unlock is available. It will not move the ball during the possession you just stalled.
- Start the match and see which bean has the ball.
- Drag that bean, or pass to the bean you would rather drag.
- Create a look, then choose shot or dunk.
- If the click is covered, pass out instead of repeating it.
- Between games, check unlocks if you want a different ball or uniform.
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- If the window stays empty, use Retry, then refresh the page and allow this site's game file.
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Basketball Bros
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Questions about Basketball Beans
How do you move in Basketball Beans?
Drag the bean you want to move. Dragging a teammate does not bring the ball along. Pass first.
Are the shot and the dunk the same click?
No. The catalog treats pass, shoot, and dunk as different actions. Repeating the shoot click does not dunk.
Do uniforms change the controls?
The catalog describes unlockable balls and uniforms. The way you score is still drag, pass, then shot or dunk.
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