Bottle Smash: Terrace Toss

Bottle Smash: a stone and brick throwing game

Bottle Smash: Terrace Toss is a free browser game where you break glass bottles by throwing stones and bricks. Clear all the bottles on each of eight hillside terraces using a limited supply of materials. The challenge comes from choosing a launch angle, setting the power and allowing for gravity. Later stages add drifting bottles, wind and wooden crates that can block a low throw.

How to throw a stone or brick

On a computer, move the pointer to choose the angle, hold the mouse button to build power, then release to throw. On a phone or tablet, touch the playfield, hold and release. A longer hold sends the object faster. The dotted guide previews its curved path. You can also set the angle and power with the sliders below the game and press Throw, which is useful when you want to repeat a precise shot.

For keyboard play, Left and Right adjust the angle, Up and Down adjust power, and holding then releasing Space charges and launches a throw. Press 1 to select a stone or 2 to choose a brick. Only one object can be in flight at a time, so wait for it to land before preparing the next throw. Press P or the Pause button to stop the stage.

Stones bounce; bricks break through

A stone is lighter and follows a longer arc. It can bounce once from the courtyard floor, letting you reach a bottle with a low rebound. Shattering a bottle after that bounce adds 75 points. A brick falls more sharply, breaks a banded bottle in one hit and can continue through up to three bottles or destroyed crates. Line up several bottles along its path to make the most of your brick supply.

Green bottles need one hit. Banded blue bottles need two stone hits or one brick hit. A gold bottle gives you an extra stone when it breaks. Wooden crates need two stone hits or one brick hit; you can also send a higher arc over them. The wind arrow shows which way a throw will drift. Try a slightly different angle or power when the breeze changes.

Eight terraces and a three-star challenge

The early stages give you room to learn the arc. Later terraces spread bottles across different heights and introduce moving shelves, crates and crosswinds. Break every bottle to advance. A failed stage can be retried without losing the scores or stars from stages you have already completed.

Each terrace awards one to three stars according to the number of throws used. Three stars require completing it in no more than 55 percent of its bottle count, rounded up, so piercing bricks and careful bounce shots help. Two stars are awarded when your throw count does not exceed the bottle count. Remaining stones and bricks also add a score bonus. Your personal best is saved in the browser you play on.

Tips for a cleaner throw

Start by tracing the dotted arc rather than aiming straight at the bottle. Gravity pulls the object down, and the heavier brick needs a different angle from the stone. Use a gold bottle to replenish your stones, save bricks for banded glass or a row you can hit together, and study the crates before spending a throw. If a route is blocked, raise the angle and adjust the power instead of repeating the same shot.

More bottle and precision games

For another bottle-breaking challenge, try Bottle Shoot 2, where mirrors and special bottles create chain reactions. Prefer quick aiming without a curved throwing path? Play the original Bottle Shooting or practice on the moving boards in Target Shooting. For a different gravity-based challenge with charged bolts, wind and moving targets, explore Crossbow Shooting.