Merge a Rocket!

Mission briefing

Merge rockets and defend your city! Pick up rockets, combine two of the same level to make a stronger one, then launch them at the enemy base before it destroys your town. Spend in-game coins on upgrades, raise your shield for protection, and use Rebirth to start over with bigger in-game bonuses.

Field manual

Walk up to a rocket to pick it up. Carry it to another rocket of the same level to merge them into a higher-level rocket. Press Launch to fire your rocket at the enemy base, or Drop to put it down. Collect in-game coins and open Upgrades to get better rockets and carry more of them. Activate the Shield when the enemy attacks. Use Rebirth to reset your progress for an in-game bonus. You can also watch an optional ad to boost your rocket's damage or double your in-game coins. Controls: PC: WASD or arrow keys to move, mouse to look around, Space to jump, Shift to sprint. Mobile: on-screen joystick to move, swipe the screen to look around, Jump button to jump. Use the on-screen buttons for Launch, Drop, Shield, Upgrades, Shop, Rebirth and the sound toggle.

Launch orders: press Launch mission above and the game loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first move. It is designed for a landscape (wide) screen and takes its orders from mouse, keyboard or touch, depending on the mission. It is built wide, for a landscape screen — rotate a phone sideways, or give it a tablet or monitor to stretch out on. If it offers a fullscreen control, use it — a fight this size deserves the whole screen.

Field notes for action operations

• First run is reconnaissance. Spend it learning where the danger actually spawns from instead of chasing a score — most action games announce their patterns honestly in the opening minute, then repeat them with worse manners.
• Movement is a defensive stat. A moving target at half health outlives a stationary one at full health in nearly every game on this board, so keep relocating between shots, strikes and reloads.
• Learn the exit before the entrance closes. In arena and chase games alike, the players who survive longest are the ones who noticed the second doorway while everyone else was watching the first.

Merge a Rocket! — questions from the ranks

What does it cost to play Merge a Rocket!?

Nothing at all. The mission is free from the first order to the last — no sign-up, no download, no paid tier guarding the good levels. The advertising around this page is what keeps the board free.

What sort of mission is Merge a Rocket!?

Merge a Rocket! is filed in our Action theatre. Like every operation on this board, it is a browser game — read the briefing above for the publisher's own account of what you are deploying into.

Can I run Merge a Rocket! on a phone or tablet?

Yes. It plays in the browser on phones and tablets exactly as it does on a computer. It is built wide, for a landscape screen — rotate a phone sideways, or give it a tablet or monitor to stretch out on.

Do I have to install anything before playing?

No installation of any kind. Merge a Rocket! is an HTML5 game: press the launch button and it loads on this page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind.

After-action

Mission complete, or still pinned down? The full Action theatre is one click away — The main hall of the board: 469 operations where something is always moving, exploding, escaping or being chased. If a game has a pulse and a problem, it is probably filed here.