The WOW COOL Billiards Club: real spin, tight pockets, and full bar-rules 8-ball.
8-Ball Pool is a to-scale billiards sim with proper cue physics — english, follow and draw all behave the way they should off the cushions. It plays full bar-rules 8-ball: break the rack, claim solids or stripes on the first legal pot, run your group and sink the 8 to win. Break off against three AI house sharks for ticket stakes, pass the cue in local 2-player, or join a live online table with chat. Wins are what the leaderboard counts.
STORY & LORE
The WOW COOL Billiards Club
A quiet green-felt corner of Wow Cool World. The table is rendered to scale with tight, punishing pockets and a felt logo at its heart. Everything about it — the rack, the rails, the way the cue ball skids and grabs — is built to feel like a real table, not an arcade approximation.
Play For Tickets
The house sharks play for keeps: beat one and you take real account tickets (🎟), lose and you're out the ante. Local 2-player is for honor only, and online tables let you rack up against real people — chat drawer included.
CHARACTERS & ENEMIES
Chalk CharlieEASY — the warm-upENEMYBarely knows which end of the cue to hold. Misses makeable balls and leaves you the table. The gentlest way to learn the physics and pocket a few tickets.
Felt FoxMEDIUM — the steady handENEMYPots clean and thinks one ball ahead. Won't hand you the rack — you'll have to earn your run and punish his misses.
The SharkHARD — position play & no mercyBOSSPlays position, leaves you safeties, and clears the table when you blink. Beating The Shark is the real test of the club — and the biggest ticket payout.
HOW IT PLAYS
Aim & Power
Drag to aim the cue and preview your line, then charge the side power meter to set how hard you strike. It's all touch/drag — no twitch reflexes, just angles and pace.
Spin (English, Follow & Draw)
Tap the cue-ball chip and place the contact point: high sends the cue forward after impact (follow), low pulls it back (draw), and left/right put english on it that changes how it comes off the cushions. Spin is how you play position for your next shot.
Bar-Rules 8-Ball
The table is OPEN after the break — the first ball you legally pot assigns your group, solids or stripes. Sink all seven of your group, then the 8-ball, to win. Call it clean and run the rack.
Fouls & Ball-in-Hand
Scratching the cue, hitting the wrong group first, or failing to drive any ball to a rail after contact is a foul — and hands your opponent ball-in-hand anywhere on the table. Pot the 8-ball early, or scratch as it drops, and you lose on the spot.
The Break
Place the cue ball behind the head string and break. A legal break drives four or more balls to the rails or pots one; a soft break is a foul that gives ball-in-hand in the kitchen. Sink the 8 on the break and it's simply re-spotted — you keep shooting.
Three Ways To Play
VS AI for ticket stakes against the three sharks, LOCAL 2P pass-the-cue on one screen, or ONLINE live tables against real players with a chat drawer. Only wins move the leaderboard.
GAME MODES
Pick your table from the club's front room.
10–60 🎟
FOR HONOR
LIVEGALLERY
CUE-BALL SPIN
Tap the cue-ball chip and place the contact point.
| Contact point | Effect |
|---|---|
| High (top) | Follow — cue rolls forward after contact |
| Low (bottom) | Draw — cue pulls back after contact |
| Left / Right | English — side spin alters angle off the cushions |
| Centre | Natural / stun — stops or rolls true |
BAR-RULES CHEAT SHEET
| Situation | Ruling |
|---|---|
| After the break | Table is OPEN — first legal pot sets your group |
| To win | Pot all seven of your group, then the 8-ball |
| Scratch / wrong ball / no rail | Foul — opponent gets ball-in-hand anywhere |
| Soft break | Foul — ball-in-hand in the kitchen |
| 8-ball on the break | Re-spotted; you carry on shooting |
| 8-ball early, or scratch on the 8 | You lose the game |
VERSION HISTORY
- Initial catalogued version: to-scale table, spin physics (english/follow/draw), and full bar-rules 8-ball.
- Three AI opponents — Chalk Charlie (easy, 10🎟), Felt Fox (medium, 25🎟), The Shark (hard, 60🎟) — plus local 2P and online tables with chat.
- Awaiting Johnny's hand-tuning pass — AI, physics feel and stakes may shift in later versions.