← BallOrcs Battle

Play the BallOrcs Battle demo

An early test build that runs right here in your browser.

The demo may save your progress and settings in your browser, on your own device. Privacy

This is a work in progress, so you may find bugs. Our dev log tells you what's changing.

Trouble on a phone or tablet? Open the demo on its own page. (The Report button only works on this page.)

Controls

Keyboard and mouse

  • Camera: WASD or arrow keys, the mouse at the screen edge, middle-drag to pan, mouse wheel to zoom
  • Select: left-click, or drag a box (hold Shift to add to your selection)
  • Attack-move: right-click
  • Walk and ignore enemies: hold M (or tap M), then right-click
  • Stop: X
  • Surge (a burst of speed): Q. Leap (jump up to 3 hexes away): E. More abilities are coming
  • Groups: Ctrl+1 to 0 saves a group, 1 to 0 recalls it, press twice to centre the camera
  • Buy units: Tab picks the type, B buys one, Shift+B buys five
  • Pause: Esc. Show or hide hints: H

Touch screen

  • Touch controls aren't ready yet, so this demo works best on a computer with a mouse and keyboard
  • On a phone or tablet a tap acts like a left-click, so you can select units, but you can't give orders, move the camera or buy units

Gamepad

  • Camera: left stick. Pointer: right stick
  • Select: A. Orders: X. Stop: B
  • Surge: Y. Leap: right trigger
  • Walk: LB. Add to your selection: RB
  • Zoom: D-pad up and down
  • Unit type: D-pad left. Buy: D-pad right (hold RB to buy five)
  • Pause: Start

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