Bonkle

Bonkle is a browser game from Ladle Games, the small studio behind Departle and Reciple. It takes the ball-volley brick-breaker and turns it into one shared board a day. The first board went up on 10 November 2026, and each one carries a number, a date and a par.

The board is a grid of blocks, each showing how many hits it takes. One big block in the middle is the monster. It has 100 HP and a silly name rolled for the day, such as "FLUMGLE" on 12 November. You drag to aim and let go, and the whole volley of 20 balls follows the same line, bouncing off walls and blocks. Every hit knocks a block down by one. Gems scattered on the board add a ball to your next volley. When the monster reaches zero it blows up and takes 1 to 10 HP off every block touching it.

You get five volleys to clear the board. Par is the number of volleys a strong player needs, worked out by a solver that plays every board first, and only boards with a par of 3 or 4 are used. You have three tries at the day's board and your best one counts. Each shot is saved as you fire it, so a refresh will not undo a bad volley.

A calendar keeps every board since #1, each with three tries, though those do not count toward your stats or streak. Stats and streaks stay in your browser, and there is no account. When you finish, the game lets you share your result. It plays with a mouse or a finger, and with the arrow keys and Space on a keyboard.

It suits anyone who likes a short aiming puzzle with a bit of chaos in it, where a good angle that gets balls above the blocks does most of the work.