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Mole Bop

A fast reflex arcade game — moles pop from the holes, tap to bop them for points in a 60-second round. Dodge the bombs. Three speeds, ranked scores.

How to play Mole Bop

Mole Bop is a fast, friendly test of reflexes: a field of holes sits in front of you, and cheeky moles keep popping their heads out one at a time. Your job is simple — tap, or “bop”, each mole while it is above ground to score points, then watch for the next one. Every round lasts sixty seconds, so it is a sprint of hand-eye coordination rather than a marathon. Mixed in with the moles are the occasional bombs, which you must never hit, and the faster difficulties send the moles up quicker and in greater numbers. It is easy to learn in a single round and surprisingly addictive to chase a new high score.

The goal

Score as many points as you can before the sixty-second clock runs out. You earn points by bopping moles while they are up, and the higher the difficulty, the more each mole is worth. There is no way to lose the round early — the goal is purely to finish with the biggest score you can, so every tap counts and the final seconds matter just as much as the first.

The field

The playing field is a grid of holes — a three-by-three field on Easy and Normal, and a larger four-by-three field on Hard. At any moment one or more moles may be poking up out of a hole, and each mole stays up for only a short time before ducking back down. No two pop-ups ever share the same hole at once, and the game only ever shows a limited number of pop-ups at a time, so the board never becomes an unreadable mess. A shrinking bar across the top shows how much of the round is left.

Rules of play

  • Tap a mole while it is above ground to bop it. The mole disappears and you score points — ten on Easy, fifteen on Normal and twenty on Hard.
  • Each mole only stays up for a short window. If it ducks back down before you reach it, that is a miss — you simply lose the chance to score, with no points deducted.
  • Bombs pop up now and then, looking clearly different from the moles. Never tap a bomb: hitting one costs you twenty-five points. Left alone, a bomb harmlessly disappears on its own like any other pop-up.
  • Tapping an empty hole — one with nothing above ground — is a small miss and costs two points, so aim carefully rather than hammering the whole field.
  • The round ends the instant the sixty-second timer reaches zero. Any moles still up vanish, the field freezes, and your final score is locked in and submitted to the leaderboard.

Scoring and the leaderboard

Your score climbs as you bop moles and dips slightly if you hit a bomb or a bare hole, but it never falls below zero and is capped at 99,999 — comfortably more than a clean sixty-second round can reach. Because the leaderboard stores whole points where higher is better, the number you finish with is exactly what gets submitted (with a floor of one point so every completed round counts). Scores are recorded separately for each difficulty, so a strong Hard run and a strong Easy run each keep their own place on the board. Sign in to have your best result uploaded and ranked.

Difficulty levels

Three levels change the tempo. On Easy the moles rise slowly, stay up a long time, appear no more than two at once and there are few bombs — ideal for learning the rhythm. Normal quickens the spawns and shortens the up-time, allows up to three moles at once and mixes in more bombs. Hard uses a bigger four-by-three field, pops moles up rapidly for only a brief moment, shows as many as four at a time and has the most bombs, but rewards each successful bop with the most points. Pick the highest level whose pace you can still read cleanly.

Strategy tips

  • Keep your eyes on the whole field, not on a single hole. Moles can appear anywhere, so a soft, wide focus lets you react to the next pop-up wherever it shows rather than being caught looking at the wrong spot.
  • Resist the urge to spam-tap. Every tap on an empty hole quietly costs points, and on the faster levels a wild flurry usually lands on more bare dirt than moles. Deliberate, aimed bops beat frantic ones.
  • Learn the bomb at a glance. Before your finger moves, confirm the pop-up is a mole and not a bomb — a single accidental bomb hit wipes out the points from more than one good bop.
  • Prioritise moles that are about to duck down. When several are up on Hard, tap the ones that have been up longest first, since they are closest to disappearing, then sweep to the fresher ones.
  • Settle into the level’s rhythm. Each difficulty has a fairly steady pace; once your taps sync with how quickly moles rise and fall, your accuracy climbs and your score follows.

Frequently asked questions

How is my score calculated?

You gain points for every mole you bop — ten on Easy, fifteen on Normal, twenty on Hard. Hitting a bomb costs twenty-five points and tapping an empty hole costs two, but your score never drops below zero. When the round ends, that running total (at least one, at most 99,999) is your submitted score. Higher is better, and each difficulty is ranked on its own.

What happens if I hit a bomb?

You lose twenty-five points, and the bomb disappears. Bombs never end the round — they are purely a points penalty designed to punish careless tapping. If you are unsure, it is always safe to do nothing: an untouched bomb ducks back down on its own with no cost at all.

Do I lose points when a mole gets away?

No. If a mole pops back down before you bop it, you simply miss the points it would have given — nothing is deducted for a mole you did not reach. Points are only lost for tapping a bomb or an empty hole, so letting the occasional mole escape while you line up a cleaner tap is perfectly fine.

Which difficulty should I play?

Start on Easy to learn how quickly the moles rise and fall. Move up to Normal once you can bop most moles without hitting empty holes, and try Hard when you want the fastest pace, the biggest field and the highest points per mole. Your best score on each level is tracked separately, so it is worth building a good result on all three.

Can I play Mole Bop offline?

Yes. Once the page has loaded, the whole game runs in your browser with no internet connection needed. Scores you earn offline are saved on your device and upload automatically the next time you are online and signed in, so you never lose a good run.