About Archery
Archery gives you ten arrows to shoot at a target. Your sight sways constantly, and each arrow is pushed off course by the wind, so scoring well depends on picking the right moment and aiming off to compensate.
How to play
- You shoot 10 arrows. The maximum possible score is 100.
- The target has 10 rings of equal width, worth 10 points in the centre down to 1 point in the outer white ring. An arrow outside the target scores 0.
- The rings are coloured in pairs: gold for 10 and 9, red for 8 and 7, blue for 6 and 5, black for 4 and 3, and white for 2 and 1.
- Your sight drifts in a looping figure-of-eight pattern around the centre. The pattern gets wider with every arrow you shoot.
- The arrow lands where the sight is when you release, shifted by the wind. A new wind is chosen after each arrow.
- The wind display shows the horizontal direction (or calm) and an overall strength in km/h. The wind can also push the arrow slightly up or down, which is included in the strength but not shown as a direction.
Controls
- Mouse: click anywhere on the target area to release the arrow. Where you click does not matter, only when.
- Touch: tap anywhere on the target area to release.
- Keyboard: press Space to release.
Tips and strategy
- Allow for the wind before you release. If the wind shows an arrow to the right, the arrow will drift right, so release when the sight is slightly left of centre.
- Each km/h on the wind display is about a third of a ring's width of drift, so a 5 km/h wind can cost you nearly two rings if you ignore it.
- The sight moves fastest as it crosses the middle of its loop and slowest at the turning points. Learn the rhythm and release just before it reaches the spot you want.
- Your early arrows have the smallest sway, so concentrate hardest on them; they are your best chance for 10s.
- When the display says calm but still shows a strength of 1 or 2 km/h, the push is up or down rather than sideways. Watch where that arrow lands and use it to judge the vertical drift.
Background
Archery is one of the oldest sports in the world, developed from hunting and warfare, and target archery has been part of the modern Olympic Games since 1972 after appearances in earlier Games. Competition target faces use ten scoring zones in five colours, gold, red, blue, black and white, with the inner gold worth 10, the same layout used in this game. Olympic recurve archers shoot at a 122 cm target from 70 metres, where reading the wind is a major part of the skill.
Questions
- Does the sway get worse?
- Yes. The sight's looping path gets wider with every arrow you shoot, so later arrows are harder to place.
- Does it matter where I tap?
- No. Tapping anywhere on the target area releases the arrow at the sight's current position. Only timing matters.
- Where is my best score saved?
- Your best total out of 100 is stored in your browser's local storage on this device.