Pull-up Bar Tricks

Mission briefing

A gymnastics and street workout simulator with body physics. Swing a stickman on the bar, let go, do a flip and catch it again. Arm and leg positions change your momentum and rotation, so each trick depends on speed and timing. Try giant swings, regrabs and jumps between bars. On the ground, practise flips and landings, then link moves into combinations. Adjust the game speed to work out a difficult move. Earn experience and coins for tricks, and unlock playgrounds and character skins. Save attempts as replays, watch them in slow motion and share your combinations. Customize the controls to suit how you play.

Field manual

Choose a playground and build momentum by moving the arms and legs. On a computer, the arrow keys control the legs, A/D control the arms and Q/E twist the body. Press Space to let go of the bar. Tuck for a flip, then reach towards the bar to regrab it. In mouse mode, the left button tucks the body and the right button arches it. On mobile, use the on-screen controls and buttons. R restarts the attempt and Esc pauses. Adjust the game speed and control layout in Settings.

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 flexible screen and takes its orders from mouse, keyboard or touch, depending on the mission. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly. 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.

Pull-up Bar Tricks — questions from the ranks

What does it cost to play Pull-up Bar Tricks?

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 Pull-up Bar Tricks?

Pull-up Bar Tricks 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 Pull-up Bar Tricks on a phone or tablet?

Yes. It plays in the browser on phones and tablets exactly as it does on a computer. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly.

Do I have to install anything before playing?

No installation of any kind. Pull-up Bar Tricks 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.