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FIZZWICK
The bottled light of the pier lamp has burst out over the lagoon in bubbles, and you are the new keeper with a launcher. Fizzwick is a bubble shooter: match colours, knock loose what hangs below them, and light the lamp again.
PLAY NOW ▶The goal
Clear every bubble from the board. Stones never pop, so a board also counts as clear when only stones are left. You lose if the bubbles cross the line at the bottom.
How a board plays
Aim the launcher and fire. When your bubble touches two or more of its own colour, the group of three or more pops. Anything left hanging with nothing holding it to the ceiling falls for a bonus. Every few shots the ceiling creeps down; the count is shown, and on EASY it drops more slowly.
New pieces arrive one world at a time. Grey stones never pop, but fall if you cut away what holds them. Bombs go off when a shot touches them or something pops beside them. Pops fill a spark meter, and when it is full you can load a spark, a blast shot. Ice will not match until you pop something next to it (a blast breaks it outright), and a rainbow bubble matches any colour.
Each board is rated one to three stars by how many shots you needed. Consecutive popping shots build a combo multiplier, and bank shots off the wall earn a bonus.
Controls
| Keyboard | Pad | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Left / Right | Stick / d-pad | Aim (hold to sweep faster) |
| Q / E | L / R | Fine aim |
| Up | Stick / d-pad | Aim straight up |
| Z / Space | A | Fire |
| X | B | Swap with the next bubble |
| C | C | Load a spark when the meter is full |
With a mouse or a finger, point or drag to aim and release to fire. Tap the next bubble to swap.
Gamepad: the stick or d-pad moves and the buttons follow the Pad column (Start is START). Esc, P or Back pauses, and the HOW TO PLAY button over the game shows the basics any time.
Modes
- BOARDS: 35 hand-made boards, seven in each of five worlds: THE LAGOON, THE CANOPY, THE FOUNDRY, THE GLACIER and THE NEBULA. Each board opens when you clear the one before it.
- ENDLESS: hold the line as new rows keep arriving every few shots. Clearing the whole field pays a big bonus.
- DAILY BOARD: the daily, below.
Mastery stars
Each star pays tickets the first time you earn it.
- Bronze: First Light: clear your first board.
- Silver: Out of the Fire: clear the last board of the foundry.
- Gold: The Lamp Is Lit: clear the very last board.
Daily challenge
Yes. The DAILY BOARD is the same for everyone each day.
Beginner tips
- Aim for the bubbles holding others up. Popping a small group near the top can drop a whole cluster below it for far more points than popping each colour.
- Bank shots off the walls to reach behind things. They also score a bonus.
- If the loaded colour has nowhere useful to go, press X to swap it with the next one rather than wasting a shot.
- Watch the ceiling count. Clear the lowest bubbles before the ceiling drops, not after.
- Save the spark for a crowd, and cut stones loose from above instead of trying to pop them.