Artillery · Turn-based strategy
Nouns Boom Island
Take turns. Mind the wind. Bonk them off the island.
A turn-based island blaster: teams of Nouns lob rockets, bouncy bombs and pineapples across a destructible 3D island, until one team is left standing.
- Genre
- Turn-based artillery · Strategy
- Price
- Free, no ads, no sign-up
- Weapons
- 25, plus the rare Mega Noggles from crates: Flame Blower, Noggle Rocket, Bouncy Bomb, Confetti Cluster, Pineapple Bomb, Homing Noggle, Noggle Ball, Paper Plane, Stinky Cheese, Firework Fountain, Pop Blaster, Bubble Burst, Noggle Rain, Pie Shower, Mega Duck Drop, Mega Sneeze, Party Popper, Noggle Bonk, Big Stomp, Cow Stampede, Waddle Duck, Jet Pack, Teleport, Noggle Drill and Plank Bridge
- Island hazards
- Fizzy cola cans (Meadow), slippery ice (Snowy Peaks), jelly trampolines (Candy Coast), lightning (Noggle City) and a volcano (Dino Valley), plus Floaty or Heavy gravity and Calm or Gusty wind
- Islands
- 5 themes (Noggle Meadow, Snowy Peaks, Candy Coast, Noggle City, Dino Valley) and 5 shapes (Big Island, Archipelago, Cave Island, Twin Peaks, Sky Islands), a new map every match
- Teams
- 2 to 4 teams of 2 to 5 Nouns, from 35 Nouns
- Plays on
- Phones (landscape), tablets and computers
- Players
- Solo against 1 to 3 computer teams, 2 to 4 people passing one device, or up to 4 online (Quick Match or a room code)
- Violence
- Cartoon only: Nouns burst into voxels, no blood
What is Nouns Boom Island?
Nouns Boom Island is a turn-based artillery game. Two to four teams of Nouns share one island, and each team moves one Noun per go: walk, jump or backflip into position, pick a weapon from the backpack, aim, hold FIRE for power and let go. After a shot you get three seconds to run.
Every blast digs a round hole in the island and leaves a scorched rim, and throws Nouns about. Each Noun has 100 HP, long falls hurt, and the sea is an instant KO. The last team with a Noun standing wins. A knocked-out Noun bursts into its voxels, like a KO in Nouns Brawl, and leaves a little pair of noggles behind.
The game is played side-on, but it is drawn in 3D with the Noggles models: the Nouns are the Brawl fighters holding Squad Blast toy blasters, and the islands are dressed with trees, animals, lollipops, city streets and dinosaurs from Nouns City, Nouns Park and the Brawl stages.
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Features
A destructible island
Every blast carves the ground. Dig tunnels, knock ledges away, and watch trees and props topple into the craters.
25 silly weapons
A Flame Blower that burns through walls, rockets that ride the wind, bouncy bombs, a pineapple that pops into five more, a Homing Noggle, a Paper Plane you steer, a super-bouncy Noggle Ball, a home-run Noggle Bonk and a Waddle Duck that walks off on its own.
Big, funny blasts
A Cow Stampede (MOOO!), a Pie Shower that carpets the ground in custard, a giant rubber duck dropped from the sky, a Stinky Cheese cloud that hurts for three turns, a Firework Fountain and a Mega Sneeze that blows everyone away. Nouns shout silly things when they get hit.
Island hazards
Every island has its own: cola cans that blow up when hit, slippery ice, jelly trampolines, lightning strikes or a volcano raining lava rocks. Set gravity to Floaty or Heavy and the wind to Calm or Gusty.
Clever moves
Teleport across the map, fly with the Jet Pack, or build a Plank Bridge over a gap.
Wind and crates
The wind changes every go. Crates parachute in: health crates and weapon crates, which pop if a blast hits them.
Whoopee Cushions
Pink cushions hide about every island. Walk up to one and its light starts blinking: a second later it goes PFFFT! and blows a hole in the ground.
Star Noun
The results name the Noun who did the most damage and the most knock-outs.
Sudden Death
After a few rounds the sea starts rising every turn, so nobody can hide for ever.
Computer teams
Bots that work out real shots through the wind on Easy, Normal or Hard.
Pass and play
Up to four players on one phone, tablet or computer.
Play online
Quick Match finds other players waiting in a lobby, or make a room and share its 5-letter code with friends. Up to four players, each on their own device.
Rejoin
If your connection drops, the computer plays your team until you tap Rejoin and pick up where you left off.
Emoji reactions
No chat, just eight emoji reactions that pop up over your Noun for everyone to see.
Aim helper
An optional dotted arc for younger players.
Phone ready
Big buttons for walking, aiming, jumping and firing, drag from your Noun to aim, pinch to zoom, and a sideways view on phones held upright.
How to play
- Press Play vs Computer (or Party for pass and play, or Play Online).
- Pick an island and a shape (the preview is the exact map; tap New map for another), then the teams and the rules.
- On your go, walk and jump into a good spot.
- Open the backpack 🎒, pick a weapon, aim and hold FIRE for power.
- Run before it pops, and be the last team standing.
Controls
Keyboard & mouse
- ← → · A D
- Walk
- ↑ ↓ · W S
- Aim (Shift for fine aim)
- Space (hold)
- Power up and fire
- Enter · Backspace
- Jump · backflip
- Tab · Q · right click
- Backpack
- 1-5
- Fuse time
- Click
- Pick a spot (Noggle Rain, Teleport, Plank Bridge)
- Drag · wheel · C
- Look around · zoom · back to your Noun
- Esc
- Pause
Touch
- ◀ ▶
- Walk
- ▲ ▼ or drag from your Noun
- Aim
- FIRE (hold)
- Power up and fire
- JUMP · ↩
- Jump · backflip
- 🎒
- Backpack
- Drag · pinch
- Look around · zoom
The islands
Nouns Boom Island questions
Is Nouns Boom Island free?
Yes. It is free to play in your browser, with no ads and no sign-up.
Is it OK for kids?
It is made for kids: there is no blood, knocked-out Nouns just burst into voxels, and the aim helper shows where a shot will go. There is no chat.
Can friends play together?
Yes. Party mode is pass and play for 2 to 4 people on one device, and Play Online has Quick Match or a room with a 5-letter code for up to 4 players on their own devices. There is no chat, only emoji reactions.
Does it work on phones?
Yes. It has big touch buttons and plays sideways, even if the phone is held upright.
How do I win?
Knock out every Noun on the other teams, with blasts, long falls or a splash into the sea. The last team with a Noun standing wins.
Ready to play?
Free in your browser on phones, tablets and computers. No download, no sign-up.
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