Shuffle Shark Bowling

⚠️ WARNING: THIS LANE BITES BACK!

You've bowled. You've shuffled. But have you ever been EATEN?

SHUFFLE SHARK BOWLING is tabletop shuffle-bowling at the most radical beach arcade that never existed. Grab the puck, flick it down a neon lane, and smash the pins straight into the open jaws of a great white with a serious bowling problem.

It's a spoof, and we're proud of it: a loving, ridiculous tribute to the bar-top bowling machines and boardwalk arcades of the 90s. Legally distinct. Emotionally identical. Now with 200% more teeth.

🦈 FEATURES THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND (AND POSSIBLY YOUR HAND OFF)

• 6 frames of REAL bowling scoring: strikes, spares, the whole sheet. Max score 180.
• Pins that FLY, tumble end over end, bounce off the walls and go TIMBER!
• A robot announcer who yells RADICAL!, TUBULAR! and BOGUS! with total sincerity.
• Strike = the shark leaps. Three strikes in a row = a giant shark lunges out of the screen and eats the table. We are not kidding.
• Win tickets: score ÷ 5, +3 per strike, +1 per spare, and a 150-ticket jackpot for a perfect 180.
• An original surf-synth soundtrack, pink-and-teal vaporwave lane, neon palms, sunset. Maximum 1994.
• Plays on phone, tablet or computer. No download.

🎳 HOW TO PLAY

Phone: drag the puck to line up, flick up to throw. Flick harder for speed, flick at a slant to angle it.
Computer: ← → to aim, hold SPACE and let go when the power meter is where you want it. Or click, drag and flick with the mouse.

🗣️ WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING

★★★★★ "TOTALLY TUBULAR!" — the robot announcer (biased)
★★★★★ "I lost a frame and a finger. 10/10." — some guy on the pier
★★★★☆ "Why is there a shark?" — our mom

⚠️ AN HONEST A.I. DISCLOSURE (MOSTLY)

Here at The Secret Level we believe in honesty. So here it is: this game was made by an actual shark hooked up to an A.I.

The shark has no thumbs. The A.I. has no teeth. Together they built a bowling game, and frankly we're as surprised as you are. The shark is paid in fish sticks. The A.I. is paid in compliments.

No bowling pins were harmed. Several were eaten. Please do not tap on the glass.

MORE GAMES

Shuffle Shark Bowling is one booth in Ticket Alley at The Secret Level, a free arcade of retro games that are… not quite right. Skee-ball, a claw machine, a fighting game where punching is illegal, and more at PlaySecretLevel.com.

Also on itch: Street Smackers Turbo-ish, four fighters, zero punches.