Free paddle tennis vs the computer (bot)

How to start

1. Open bigboard.games on every device and tap Start a table on one of them.
2. The others join by themselves on the same Wi-Fi; elsewhere, scan the QR code or type the four-letter code.
3. Lay the devices edge to edge, screens up, as the drawing shows, and pick the game.

How the bot plays

A bot works out where the ball will meet its line, off the walls, waits out its reaction time, then commits and slides there. When it aims, it uses the curve of its paddle to send the ball toward the far end of an opponent's line; with nothing coming, it drifts back to the middle.

Its level sets how fast it reacts, how far it misreads the angle, how quick its hand is and how often it aims. Easy reacts in 280 milliseconds and rarely aims; Impossible reacts in 80, reads the ball exactly and always aims. Every level's hand is slower than yours can be, so pace and angle beat any of them, and a Curve shot fools all but Impossible.

You against the bot

On your own, start a table on one phone or tablet and add a bot. The court runs along your screen, your line at your end, the bot's at the far end, and this device runs it. The usual settings apply: first to 5, 7 or 11, Arcade or Classic, the Aim guide for you alone.

When the match ends, the card faces you and says whether you won. Rematch is one tap, so a few quick games make good practice before your friends arrive, and when one sits down, they take the bot's end: 2 player paddle tennis on one screen.

Bots at a table of friends

With friends, Add a bot seats it on the edge of the court like a person, with a goal line of its own; the device under its seat runs it, so it needs no screen. Each bot has its own level, so mix them for a fair fight.

Bots count as players, so three friends and a bot can play paddle tennis 2v2, and one friend with two bots makes a free-for-all of three. If the device under a bot's seat leaves mid-match, the bot is out with it.

With bots: questions and answers