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Balloon Rescue

Fly · Bubble · Rescue

The game loads when you press play.

  • Free
  • No ads
  • No account needed
  • No install — plays in your browser

About the game

Fly a striped hot-air balloon and blow bubbles to free little animals from mischievous wind-up kites. Two bubbles at a time — make them count.

Mischievous wind-up robot kites have scooped up bunnies, ducklings, kittens, puppies, piglets and lambs, and they pour out of their hive in the clouds, settle into formation, then swoop at your hot-air balloon. Blow a bubble at a kite and its clockwork pops apart in a burst of gears and springs, while the animal it carried floats safely down to the meadow inside the bubble. Only two bubbles can be in the air at once, so every shot has to be chosen, not sprayed. Captain kites take two bubbles and score far more when caught mid-dive with their escorts. A Captain can spin a whirlwind and tow your balloon away — bubble it and your balloon floats back, blowing twice the bubbles. From round 2 a grumpy wind-up blimp chugs across the sky with three animals aboard: each bubble frees one, and stopping it mid-dive is worth double. Parade rounds swap the attack for a bonus pattern, the rounds keep getting faster, and three camera views let you fly behind the balloon, classic, or straight on. Eleven languages and gamepad support.

How to play

  1. Touch the RIGHT side with your other hand to blow bubbles, and hold it down to keep blowing. Only two bubbles can be in the air at once, so make them count.
  2. Wind-up robot kites have scooped up little animals. They line up in a grid, then swoop at you and drop loose nuts. Bubble a kite and its animal floats down safely inside the bubble.
  3. A Captain kite can spin a whirlwind and tow your balloon away. Bubble that Captain and your balloon floats back — two balloons, two bubbles!
  4. Every fourth round the kites only parade — they never swoop. Bubble all of them for a big bonus.

Controls

TouchDrag on the LEFT side of the screen to move your balloon left and right. Swap sides in Balloon Setup if you would rather drag on the right.
MousePress and drag to fly the balloon left and right; a quick click blows a bubble, and holding the round bubble button keeps blowing.
KeyboardArrow keys or A and D fly, Space, Up or W blows bubbles, hold Shift for slow moves, Esc or P pauses and M silences everything.
GamepadLeft stick or D-pad flies · A or RT blows bubbles · LT for slow, careful moves · B pauses · Start quits to the menu.

Screenshots

  • Balloon Rescue menu over the kites' pastel honeycomb and clouds: Play, Balloon Setup, How to Play, High Scores, Language
  • Round 2, behind the balloon: googly-eyed kites carry animals in baskets as freed ones float down in bubbles; score 8450
  • Round 4: a Captain kite in a sailor cap spins a whirlwind down toward the striped hot-air balloon; score 9600
  • Round 5: two balloons fly side by side as the grumpy wind-up blimp chugs past with animals in its gondola; score 18500
  • Parade round 7: the kites loop across the sky in chains instead of swooping, and bubbled animals float home; score 24150
  • Balloon Setup: Balloons 3, Bubbles in the air 2, Kite fleet 40, Dive rate and Kite speed Classic, Whirlwind On

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