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Arkanoid Level Editor

Paint your own wall of bricks, test it at once and send it to friends with a link. No account needed.

  • 13 by 18 grid with every brick type and color
  • Mirror, fill row, undo and redo; save up to 20 levels

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Build your own brick wall

The level editor uses the same grid as the game: 13 bricks wide and up to 18 rows high. Pick a brick from the palette and paint it onto the grid, one cell at a time or by dragging across many cells. Every brick type from the campaign is in the palette: the 8 colors, silver, gold, explosive bricks and Splitters, so your level plays exactly like ours.

  1. Paint

    Choose a brick and click or tap a cell, or drag to paint a whole line. Use the eraser to remove bricks, or fill a complete row at once.

  2. Test

    Press play to try your level right away with the normal rules. Go back to the editor, change what did not work and test again.

  3. Share

    Copy the share link and send it to a friend. The link contains the whole level, so it opens for anyone without an account.

Editor tools

  • Mirror paints every brick on both halves of the grid at once, which makes symmetric levels quick to build.
  • Fill row fills a whole row with the selected brick.
  • Undo and redo step back and forward through your changes.
  • Clear empties the grid so you can start again.
  • Save keeps up to 20 levels in your browser on this device.

The editor works with a mouse, a finger or the keyboard. On a keyboard, the arrow keys move a cursor over the grid, Space or Enter places the selected brick, Delete erases it, and Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y undo and redo.

Before a level can be shared, it needs at least one breakable brick, and the ball must be able to reach every breakable brick. Bricks that are walled in by gold are shown in red.

Playing a shared level

When you open a link to a shared level, the game shows "Shared level" with two choices: play it, or edit a copy. Editing a copy never changes the original, because the level lives in the link itself and not on our server. Save the copy if you want to keep it.

Shared levels are made by players. If a link comes from someone you do not know, it is just a brick layout: it cannot change your saved progress or settings.

Tips for good levels

  • Leave a way in. Gold bricks never break. If they seal off a group of bricks completely, nobody could finish the level, so the editor will not share it; leave at least one gap.
  • Start with a shape. Letters, faces, arrows and simple pictures read well on a 13-wide grid. Turn on Mirror for clean symmetry.
  • Mix hard and easy bricks. A wall of silver bricks is slow and dull. Put a few silver or gold bricks among colored ones so the ball bounces in interesting ways.
  • Use explosive bricks and Splitters as rewards. Place explosive bricks inside tight clusters, so one good shot clears a whole block. A Splitter deep in the wall releases 2 extra balls right among the bricks.
  • Keep space at the bottom. Bricks low on the grid give the player little time to react. A few empty rows above the paddle make a level fairer.
  • Test it yourself. If you cannot clear it in a few tries, your friends probably cannot either.

Need ideas?

Play a few levels of the campaign or today's Daily to see what different layouts feel like. The power-ups and bricks guide explains what every brick in the palette does.