🏒 How to play Air Hockey (2 players)

By Miguel Arechaga

MundoSudoku's Air Hockey can be played three ways: against the computer on your own, with two players on the same device, each on their half, or from two different phones connected with a room code. The goal is simple: hit the puck with your mallet and get it into your opponent's goal. The first to score 7 goals wins.

🎚️ Play against the computer (1 player)

If you'd rather play solo, click "👤 1 Player": you control the bottom mallet and the CPU controls the top one. Use the "🎚️ Difficulty" button to pick Easy, Medium, or Hard: on Easy the computer reacts slower and gets caught out of position on defense, while on Hard it attacks and defends with near-perfect reflexes. Click "👥 2 Players" at any time to switch back to two-players-on-one-device mode.

Connecting two phones (create a room)

1. One player presses "🌐 Online 2 players" and then "Create room": a 4-character code appears.
2. The other player types that code and presses "Join".
3. Once you're connected, the match starts. Whoever created the room (the host) plays the bottom goal.
4. You can also both play on the same device, each on their half, without needing to create a room.
5. If you'd rather not share a code, use "🔍 Find opponent" to be instantly matched with another available player.
6. You can also add friends by their username from the 👥 Friends panel and challenge them directly with the "Challenge" button next to their name, without leaving the page.

How to move the mallet

• On mobile: drag your finger to move your mallet. On the same device, each player controls their half with one finger (works with two fingers at once).
• On desktop: Player 1 (bottom) moves their mallet with the mouse; Player 2 (top) with the keyboard arrow keys.
• Your mallet can't cross the center line: each player defends their own side and attacks the opponent's.

Rules

• The puck bounces off the side walls. If it goes into a goal, it's a goal for whoever was attacking that side.
• After each goal, the puck returns to the center and play resumes.
• The first to reach 7 goals wins.

Tips to win

• Hit the puck while moving: don't wait for it to sit still; if you move your mallet on impact, you give it much more power and angle.
• Don't hug your own goal: leave some room to react to rebounds instead of staying glued to the back.
• Use the rebounds: aim at the side wall so the puck comes in at an angle your opponent isn't covering.
• Alternate defense and attack: after clearing the puck, push forward quickly to finish before it resets.

🏆 Wins ranking

All your online Air Hockey matches are recorded on your account: every win (and every loss) adds to your history. Go to Ranking, the 🎮 2 Players tab, choose "Air Hockey" from the dropdown, and check your position against other players, synced across all your devices.

Your wins against the computer in 1-player mode count too: they update on the 🕹️ 1 Player tab of the Ranking, under "🏒 Air Hockey (1 jugador)" in the dropdown. For either result to count you need a free account on MundoSudoku (just a username and password, no email required): you can play without one, but without signing in your score isn't saved to the ranking.