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Marble Spiral Unblocked

Stop the rolling chain before it reaches the hole, three matching marbles at a time.

Marble Spiral gameplay
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What is Marble Spiral?

Marble Spiral is a color-matching shooter. A chain of marbles rolls along a spiral track toward a hole in the center, and you fire marbles into it from a turret in the middle. Three or more of one color touching each other pop. Clear all 60 marbles to win, but let the chain reach the hole and you lose.

Category
Casual Games
Players
1 player
Plays on
Phone, tablet & desktop
Input
Mouse, Keyboard, Touch, Gamepad
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Marble Spiral puts you at the center of the danger. A spiral groove winds a little over three times around a black pit, and a line of shiny marbles creeps inward along it. Your turret sits right in the middle, so every shot has to find its way out through the loops. Match three or more of a color and they burst. Frank Force made this one for his open-source LittleJS Arcade under the name Zoomi, and it plays unblocked with a mouse, keyboard, controller or finger.

How a Game Unfolds

Press PLAY and a short chain is already moving, with new marbles feeding in at the outer end. The turret shows two marbles: the one loaded now and the one after it. Shoot, and your marble slots into the chain wherever it strikes, squeezing in between neighbors.

Make a run of three or more touching marbles of one color and they pop. The game only loads colors that still exist on the track, so no shot is ever completely useless. If the next marble would fit better, swap before you fire.

The chain never pauses. As the lead marble closes in on the hole, the marbles glow red to warn you. Clear all 60 and you win. Let the front one drop in and the game ends. Points scale with group size: three marbles pay 30, and each extra one adds 15, multiplied by your combo step.

Marble Spiral controls

To do this KeyboardMouseTouch
Turn the turret Left and Right arrows, or A and DMove the pointerTouch your target
Fire the marble in the turret —Left clickTap
Trade the current marble for the next one SpaceRight click—
Pause the game Esc——

Shot Selection

Defend the front. The marbles nearest the hole are the real threat. Popping a group there forces the rest of the chain to roll forward and fill the gap, which buys you time.

Look for sandwiches. A pattern like red, blue, blue, red is perfect. Add a third blue and, once it pops, the two reds slide together. If another red sits nearby, a second pop follows and the multiplier climbs.

Check the swap every time. It is free. Before each shot, glance at both marbles and pick the better fit.

Avoid filler shots. A marble that matches nothing just makes the chain longer and adds work.

Thread the loops. Because you sit in the middle, the inner loops block some angles. Wait for gaps to open and fire through them at the outer rings.

The multiplier resets when you fire a new marble, so combos come from setting up the board, not from shooting fast.

What Sets It Apart

Many marble shooters fire from the side. Putting the turret in the very center means the spiral both protects and blocks you, which makes aiming feel fresh. Rounds are short and your best score is saved. If you like color matching, try Bubble Pop Shooter, or see more quick sessions in casual games.

Marble Spiral: questions players ask

How do I win a game of Marble Spiral?

Pop every marble. Each game sends 60 down the track in total, beginning with a short chain of 10. A counter at the top shows how many are left, and when it hits zero you get the cleared screen.

How do you get a big score?

Chain reactions. When a popped group leaves a gap and the two sides match, they roll together and pop as well, raising the multiplier. Bigger groups also score more than plain threes.

Can I swap marbles on a phone?

Swapping uses right click, Space or a gamepad button, so on a touch screen you shoot marbles in the order they come. Tapping aims and fires in one motion, which keeps play quick.

Is Marble Spiral free to play at school?

Yes. It is free, runs in the browser straight from FreezeNova and needs no account or download, so it works on most school computers and Chromebooks.

Credits and license

Marble Spiral was created by Frank Force and released as open source. FreezeNova hosts a lightly adapted copy on its own server, together with the original license file.

  • Source code: github.com/KilledByAPixel (original project)
  • Code license: MIT
  • Art & audio: MIT (spiral, marbles and turret drawn in code; sound effects generated in code)
  • Our changes: Renamed for FreezeNova from its original title, Zoomi. We also changed the save name and gathered the engine files into a single folder. Gameplay is the same.

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