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What is Raft Wars?

Raft Wars is a classic turn-based artillery shooting game created by Martijn Kunst. Players take control of Simon, a baby who uncovers a cache of buried gold and diamonds on the beach, and his brother as they defend their treasure from waves of pirates, gangsters, and rival seafaring bandits. Armed with a simple launcher mounted on a small yellow raft, you calculate projectile arcs to knock intruders into the water before they sink your vessel. The full game runs directly in your web browser with no downloads or installation required.

Key features

• Turn-based combat: Exchange alternate shots with enemy boats across ocean water, balancing direct damage against instant-kill knockouts.
• Trajectory physics: Adjust your launch angle and shot power dynamically with your cursor to account for enemy distance and obstacle height.
• Upgradable arsenal: Spend earned battle coins between stages on heavier explosives, including rockets and cluster grenades.
• Raft reinforcement: Strengthen your vessel with hull improvements, protective barriers, and additional crew members to absorb enemy fire.
• Varied enemy encounters: Battle through distinct opponent archetypes ranging from light pirate dinghies to armored gunboats and helicopter bosses.
• Zero installation: Enjoy responsive projectile battles instantly on desktop and laptop browsers with automatic stage saving.

How to play

1. Survey the battlefield: Note the distance between your raft and enemy vessels, checking for intervening obstacles or barricades.
2. Aim your trajectory: Move the mouse cursor away from Simon to position the firing line, adjusting both elevation angle and shot velocity.
3. Fire your weapon: Click to launch your tennis ball, rocket, or grenade toward the opposing crew.
4. Target the water: Aim for edge shots to push enemies overboard, securing instant eliminations regardless of their remaining health points.
5. Survive the return volley: Endure the opposing turn while monitoring your raft integrity and brother's remaining health.
6. Purchase gear upgrades: Visit the shop between stages to spend your gold on stronger weapons and raft armor before facing tougher enemies.

Controls

Action	Keyboard / mouse	Touch
Aim trajectory	Move mouse cursor	Drag finger on screen
Fire shot	Left mouse click	Release touch
Select weapon	Click weapon icon	Tap weapon icon

Ballistics and equipment upgrades

Combat in Raft Wars hinges on ballistic precision and resource allocation. Standard tennis balls offer unlimited ammunition, making them ideal for dialing in range and chipping away at early opponents. As enemy armor increases, switching to purchased ordnance becomes essential for clearing multiple targets with a single turn. Grenades bounce and generate area-of-effect blast waves, whereas rockets deliver direct impact force that can dislodge entrenched shooters.

Between battles, reinvesting your victory earnings into raft durability is just as important as buying weapons. A reinforced hull allows your raft to withstand stray projectile hits, while expanding crew capacity gives you extra shots and health buffers during multi-target encounters.

Tips and strategy

• Aim for splash knockouts: Hitting an enemy directly damages them, but hitting the edge of their vessel often knocks them into the ocean for an immediate one-shot elimination.
• Use the first shot to calibrate: Treat your opening tennis ball as a rangefinder; adjust your cursor slightly higher or lower on subsequent turns based on where the ball landed.
• Save heavy explosives for dense clusters: Fire expensive rockets and grenades only when two or more enemies sit close together to maximize area damage per coin spent.
• Prioritize high-threat shooters: Eliminate enemies wielding rockets or grenades first to prevent massive damage to your raft hull.
• Upgrade your raft hull early: Buying early defense upgrades prevents surprise defeats on later stages where enemy accuracy sharply increases.

Versions and similar games

Raft Wars spawned popular sequels including Raft Wars 2, which expanded the campaign with new water park settings, additional ammunition types, and upgraded enemy boats. If you enjoy the physics-based gameplay on Doodle Jump, you can explore other skill-focused companion titles across the site:

• Learn to Fly: Another physics progression classic where you upgrade gear and launch angles across successive attempts to reach greater distances.
• Blumgi Bounce: A physics platformer centered on calculating trajectory and momentum to solve spatial challenges.
• Doodle Jump: The headline vertical platformer focused on timing, precision landings, and hazard avoidance.

Developer and history

Raft Wars was developed by Martijn Kunst and originally released as an iconic web browser game in 2007. Built during the golden age of browser physics games, its charming art style, comedic premise, and tactical artillery mechanics made it a staple of casual gaming that has been modernized for seamless HTML5 play.