Your bat

• Drag anywhere on the table area to move your bat; it follows your finger with a little lag. With a mouse, the bat follows the pointer.
• Put the bat in the ball's path after it bounces on your side. Where the ball meets the bat sets the direction: the left edge sends it left, the right edge right, the middle straight.
• Swipe towards the net as you hit for pace and topspin. A fast swipe is a smash: hard to return, but it can fly long. Swiping sideways adds sidespin, swiping back gives a soft chop.
• Smash high balls: a hard hit from low down has to clear the net and may go long.
• Keys: arrows or WASD move the bat (hold Shift to move faster and hit harder), Space serves, Esc pauses.

Serving

• The server holds the ball behind the end line. Swipe forward or tap to serve. The serve must bounce once on your side, then on the other side.
• The serve changes every 2 points, and every point from 10–10. A serve that touches the net and then lands correctly is a let: serve again.

Winning points

• After every shot the ball must bounce once on the other player's side before they hit it back.
• You lose the point if you miss the ball, let it bounce twice, hit it into the net, off the table (out), or onto your own side.
• The first to 11 wins the game, but you must win by 2: from 10–10 (deuce) play goes on until someone is 2 points clear. Play 1 game, or best of 3 or 5.

Modes

• vs Computer: Easy, Medium or Hard. Harder computers react faster, move quicker, aim closer to the lines and smash more. Your wins are saved on this device.
• 2 players on one device: each player drags on their own half of the screen (bottom and top when the phone is upright, left and right when it is sideways), both at once. On a keyboard, WASD moves the first player and the arrows the second; Space and Enter serve.