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About Basketball Stars

Basketball Stars is a side-view street basketball game from Madpuffers, the studio that also made Moto X3M. It came out on Poki in May 2019 and runs in the browser on computers, phones and tablets. A game is a short race to put up more points than the other side before the clock hits zero, with a single basket and nothing to manage between rounds. The credits in the build name Dmytro Borozenets and Roman Padaliuk.

The ball physics are loose and bouncy, and the game reacts to big moments with on-screen shouts such as BLOCK, DUNK, JAM, THREE, BRICK and BUZZER BEATER. If the score is level at the buzzer, the match goes to OVERTIME.

Keyboard controls

Playing alone on a keyboard:

• Left and right arrows run across the court; double-tapping a direction gives a burst of speed.
• Up arrow jumps, and releasing it with the ball takes the shot.
• Down arrow does a pump fake on offence and a block when defending.
• X tries to steal the ball, and Z fires the Supershot when it is charged.

When two people share one keyboard, the left-hand player moves with A and D, jumps with W, blocks with S, steals with B and uses V for the Supershot. The other player stays on the arrows but switches to L for steal and K for the Supershot. On a phone or tablet, buttons appear on the screen instead.

Modes

• Quick Match drops you straight onto the court, and Random Match picks the pairing for you.
• Tournament is a knockout bracket that climbs through the quarterfinal and semifinal to the final. A single loss ends the run, and you can continue a saved bracket later. Normal and Hard settings are available.
• Training is a guided tutorial that moves you to the shot spot and the dunk spot and tells you when to let go. You can skip it from the menu.
• Two players can go head to head, play two-against-two with computer teammates, or join forces against a computer pair.

Achievements

An achievements screen rewards specific plays and results. Cup awards come in Bronze, Silver and Gold, with a separate Hard Gold Cup. Others include Sniper, Dunker, Mega Dunk, Blocker, Block Scorer, Defender, Fast Break, Buzzer Beater, Ninja, Points Leader, Match Leader and Tournament Leader.

Tips

• Get near the rim before you shoot. Shots from close in are much harder for the defender to swat away.
• Do not panic-shoot. A rushed jumper is an easy block or steal, while a pump fake with the down arrow can pull the defender off his feet first.
• Save the Supershot for a tight finish, where one bucket can swing the match.
• On defence, time your steal for the moment the other player turns to drive instead of mashing the key.