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In order to bowl you must first line up your shot. To do this, hold down the right mouse button and the view will switch to one from the bowlers eyes. Keeping the right mouse button pressed, if you move the mouse left and right it will move an aiming crosshair on the lane. This is the line that the bowler will bowl to. In order to move the bowlers actual position, you must hold down the right mouse button and the left mouse button together, then move the mouse left and right to slide the bowlers feet across the alley. Once you have lined up your shot, release the right mouse button and you will be returned to the game screen.
Note that every time you come to bowl a new ball, you will have to reposition the players feet and aim, as they are set to a random position at the start of each ball.

To bowl the ball you must use the power meter in the bottom right corner of the screen.

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1. Click the left mouse button once to start the bowling action. The yellow pointer and will begin to move bringing the color bar with it.

2. To put spin on the ball (backup or curve) you must quickly click the right mouse button before the yellow pointer leaves the red section of the meter bar. A black marker will be left at the point where the right mouse button was clicked, the first 3 red segments will produce a backup ball, the last 5 red segments will produce a curve ball, and if you stop the pointer on the fourth segment, you produce a straight ball. If you choose not to click the right mouse button, or you right click after the pointer has left the red section then the bowler will automatically bowl a straight ball.

3. After the pointer leaves the red section of the meter it will rise through the blue-green area, click the left mouse button in the blue-green area to set the speed of the bowl. The more blue-green segments lit up, the faster the bowl.

4. Once the power is set the pointer will fall back down towards the red zone, you must click the left mouse button a third time when the pointer lines up with the black marker. If you miss the snap on the black marker then the ball will not travel correctly, it may curve the wrong way or not at all.

After each ball is bowled, the camera will sweep back to show a view of the scoreboard, showing the current score followed by the number and position of pins remaining. The current player will be highlighted in red on the scoreboard.
The score board will hold for several seconds, before returning the view back to the player, ready to bowl your next shot. You may leave the scoreboard at any time by clicking the left mouse button. It is also possible to bring back the scoreboard view at any time during the game (except while actually bowling the ball) by pressing the space bar.