NAILGAME GUIDE
How to play Nailball and nail football
Learn nail football, aiming, four-card decks and online matches with friends. The official Nailball beginner guide for iPhone.
What is nail football?
Nail football is played on a small pitch with two goals and metal pins between them. The aim is to send a playing disc into the opposing goal. Nailball brings that idea to iPhone: think about how the disc will bounce, then choose your shot’s direction and power. You control a disc’s route rather than moving football players around the pitch.
Take your first shot
When it is your turn, pull the disc to aim. The direction and distance of your pull determine the direction and power of the shot. Look for gaps and useful rebounds instead of only searching for a straight line to the goal. To cancel, return your pull to the disc’s starting point. Controlled, shorter shots can make it easier to learn how the pins redirect the disc.
Understand turns and scoring
Your aim is to score by sending the disc into your opponent’s goal. Players take turns; the named turn banner shows who moves next. The match clock shows the remaining time and the scoreboard tracks goals. Think beyond your immediate chance to score: where will the disc stop, and what angle will you leave for your opponent?
Prepare a four-card deck
Open Deste (Deck) in the bottom menu. Equip up to four cards you own and choose your playing disc before starting a match. Each card can be used once per match. Timed effects end when their countdown finishes; single-use effects follow their own rule, such as a turn change. Use the on-screen indicator to track the remaining effect. The game warns you if you try to use another card while a power is already active.
Choose a power for the situation
Voltage Curtain protects your goal for eight seconds or until it deflects the first opposing shot. Barricade adds one temporary pin to your half until the turn changes. Ice Lane makes the left or right half containing the disc slippery for five seconds. Curve Shot curves your first shot within eight seconds until its first collision. These powers solve different problems: protecting the goal may be more useful than changing the surface when you are defending a dangerous angle. Watch the real gameplay demonstrations on the homepage to see each power in action.
Play with a friend
Start Match looks for an available online opponent. To face a particular friend, use the separate friend mode, create a private room and share its code. Both players need compatible beta versions and an internet connection. Public matchmaking falls back to an AI opponent if no suitable player is available.
Keep your progress and join the beta
Nailball is currently a closed iOS beta. After receiving an invitation, install it through Apple TestFlight. Account and cloud save options are under Tercihler (Preferences) on the home screen. Unlinking and deleting a profile are different: unlinking keeps progress on this device, while profile deletion removes the Nailball save after confirmation. The current game interface is Turkish; this English website guide helps explain the controls.
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