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Dog Ball Catch
It is raining tennis balls in the backyard. Slide your dog under every ball, treat and bone you can, and keep well clear of soap bars and spiky cactus balls.
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Controls
Keyboard & mouse
| ← / → or A / D | Move left and right |
|---|---|
| Move the mouse over the game | The dog runs toward the pointer |
| P or Esc | Pause |
Touch screen
| Drag anywhere on the game | The dog follows your finger |
|---|---|
| Left and Right buttons | Move left and right |
| Pause button below the game | Pause |
How to Play
- Choose Easy, Medium or Hard and press Play.
- Move the dog under falling goodies to catch them: tennis balls, paw treats, bones and the rare golden ball.
- Stay away from soap bars and cactus balls. Catching one costs a life.
- Catch goodies in a row to raise your combo multiplier.
- Grab the purple slow-motion clock or the green heart when they drop.
- Items fall faster and more often as time goes on. The game ends when you run out of lives.
Game Tips
- Watch the shadows on the grass. They show where each item will land, and bad items cast a reddish shadow.
- Skipping a goodie is always safer than touching a soap bar. On Medium and Hard a miss only resets your combo.
- Your multiplier goes up by one for every five catches in a row, up to x5, and a golden ball at x5 is worth 250 points.
- Save your position rather than chasing everything. Stay near the middle so you can reach either side quickly.
- Slow-motion halves the falling speed for five seconds. Use it to rebuild a broken combo.
- After about 40 seconds some bad items drift sideways as they fall, so check them again before you step underneath.
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About This Game
Dog Ball Catch is a quick catching game set in a sunny backyard. Items drop from the sky and your dog slides left and right along the grass to catch them. It works with the keyboard, with a mouse (the dog runs toward the pointer) and with a finger dragged anywhere on the game.
Tennis balls are worth 10 points, paw treats 15, bones 20 and the rare golden ball 50. Every five catches in a row raise your combo multiplier by one, up to x5. Soap bars and cactus balls cost a life when caught and reset the combo. You start with three lives and can hold up to five by catching the heart power-up. The purple clock slows everything down for five seconds.
The fall speed, the number of items and the share of bad items all rise over time, with a Faster! banner every 30 seconds.
Difficulty
- Easy: the slowest falls and fewest bad items, and a missed goodie has no penalty.
- Medium: faster falls and more bad items, and a miss resets your combo.
- Hard: the fastest falls, the busiest sky and the most bad items, and a miss resets your combo.
Your best score for each difficulty is saved in your browser.
Features
- Four kinds of goodies, including a rare golden ball
- Combo multiplier up to x5 for catches in a row
- Soap bars and cactus balls to dodge
- Slow-motion and extra-life power-ups
- Keyboard, mouse, drag and button controls
Frequently asked questions
Do I lose a life for missing a ball?
No. Lives are only lost by catching a soap bar or a cactus ball. On Medium and Hard a missed goodie resets your combo, and on Easy it has no penalty.
How does the combo work?
Each goodie caught without a miss or bad catch in between counts toward your streak. Every five in a row adds one to the multiplier, up to x5.
Where is my best score kept?
In your browser's local storage on this device, separately for each difficulty. There is no account or online leaderboard.
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Dog Ball Catch is part of our Funny Dog Games collection and also appears in Dog Collecting Games, Dog Sports Games. You can also go back to the Dog Arcade homepage.
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