Facebook Messenger is a platform in all respects, which the developers have decided to exploit for serious and useful purposes but also to… play! After introducing the possibility of playing chess, which we told you about some time ago, starting today on Facebook Messenger to Android and iOS it is also possible to play… basketball!
In fact, a small and recent update introduces this very nice peculiarity to the messaging app by Zuck & Co .: a minimal and no frills game (above all, without multiplayer), but which could keep you glued to the screen for dozens and dozens of minutes up to ... dependence!
Let's see how to start a basketball game on Facebook Messenger!
Play basketball on Facebook Messenger
Open a conversation with any of your contacts and send them a message containing the emoji shaped basket ball (in the image below).
Now do it tap on the newly sent basketball (your interlocutor can do the same) and… voilà, a nice minimal basketball court will appear on the display with a lot of attached ball! Needless to say, to hit the target you will have to do swipe with your finger trying to be as accurate as possible!
For each target hit the score will advance by one unit, and the difficulty levels are increasing: for i scores from one to ten, the ball will appear in different positions on the edge of the screen; for the scores from eleven to twenty, the ball will appear in different positions and the basket will move; for scores from twenty one onwards, the basket will move even faster.
Unfortunately we weren't able to score higher than thirty and we can't tell you exactly what the next difficulty level is but… if you can, let us know with a comment!
Playing basketball on Facebook Messenger? You can!
