Creature Pinball: the bumpers are alive
Bump wild creatures until they curl up for a nap. Put all three to sleep and the region's ruler wakes up and fights back. Chase multiball, ride the ramps and climb the weekly leaderboard.
No account, no download, no ads. About 30 MB of creatures load the first time, then they are cached on your device.
Three floating islands, three ways to play
Every table is a recognizable shape with a job to do, floating above a painted world.
Leaf
The veins steer the ball into side lanes, the rim lights up, a windmill guards the ruler at the tip, and log portals fling you across the canopy.
Ice Gem
A cut crystal with glittering facets. A frozen cyclone flings the ball around while the ruler sits on the crown.
Sun
Fly the ball into the seven rays to light them all, then face the ruler in the lava at the heart. A rotor sweeps around it like a sundial hand.
Creatures that act alive
The creatures are not decoration. They watch the ball, flinch when it hits, get dizzy, and curl up to sleep. Their neighbors turn to look, one might look worried, and when the ruler wakes everyone cowers while it roars.
- Heads, ears, tails and wings follow what is happening on the table.
- Small creatures watch from floating islands and cheer on big moments.
- Dragons circle the island with their legs tucked back.
All creatures come from Battle Creatures.
Real pinball, with a score to beat
- Skill-shot plunger, ramps, spinners, drop targets, a burrow that locks balls for multiball, a combo meter, ball save and a nudge that tilts if you overdo it.
- Rounds that get harder. Every ruler you defeat starts a tougher round with faster hazards. How far can you go?
- Eight goals per game pay coins for the ball shop, and an album tracks every creature you meet.
- Table of the day pays +50 percent.
Climb the leaderboard
Every table has its own weekly and all-time leaderboard, shared by everyone playing on sviewstudios.com and on itch.io. Pick a name and post your score; there is no account to make.
Scores are checked, not trusted: your game is recorded as button presses and the server replays it to work out the score, so the only way onto the board is to play it. Privacy details.
How it plays
Touch the left or right half of the screen for that flipper. With a ball waiting, hold and release to launch, and aim for the bright band for a skill shot. Tap NUDGE to shove the table. On a keyboard use Z and / for the flippers, hold Space to launch and N to nudge. It plays best on a phone held upright. There is a calm camera by default and a dynamic one if you like chase shots.
Questions
Is Creature Pinball free?
Yes. It is free to play in your browser, with no account, no ads and no purchases.
Do I need to download anything?
No. It runs in the browser on phones, tablets and computers. The first time you play it loads about 30 MB of creatures from the Battle Creatures servers, then keeps them on your device. Sound is generated in the game.
How does the leaderboard stay fair?
The game records your button presses and the server replays the whole run to compute the score. It does not accept a score number from the browser, so a score can only be posted by playing it. Each person appears once per board with their best score.
What does the leaderboard store?
The name you choose, your score, the table, and a random device id with the recorded inputs used to check the run. It stores no email, account or location. Read the privacy page.
Is it also on itch.io?
Yes, at sviewstudios.itch.io/creature-pinball. Both versions share the same leaderboard.
Is the art AI-made?
The creatures and props are the studio's Battle Creatures art, which is AI-assisted and directed and edited by the studio. The tables, effects, music and sound are generated in code.
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Made by Joseph Ting at South View Studios. Questions? Get in touch.