Your Phone Is Now a Motion Controller: Aim, Flick, Shoot

The bird crosses the TV. You move your phone, follow it with your crosshair, and flick to fire. Motion controls are live in Flock Shot, bringing that familiar Wii-style feeling to the phone already in your hand.

There is no separate motion controller to find or pair. Your phone is still your LanPlay controller; it now gives you another way to aim. You can move it to line up a shot and choose between a quick forward flick and a tap to shoot. Prefer a thumb on a joystick? That option remains available too.

A room full of moving crosshairs

Flock Shot puts colorful birds and each player's crosshair on one shared screen. One to eight players can take aim, with everyone shooting at the same time. Every bird you hit earns one point; the highest score wins the round. Motion aiming changes how you move that crosshair, while the score chase stays easy to explain.

The fun is in watching the same target and reacting together. A bird changes position, several phones follow it, and someone gets the hit first. On your own, you can practice lining up shots and chase a better score. With friends, you have a whole room of scores to beat.

This announcement is about Flock Shot. Controls vary across the LanPlay catalogue, so do not expect motion aiming in every game. Check each game's instructions when you switch to something else.

Join first, then enable motion

Open LanPlay on the TV, laptop or projector and choose Host a Game. Everyone joins using the room's QR code or by entering its code in the join form. Pick Flock Shot, then follow the controller's setup instructions on each phone.

Tap Enable motion and accept motion permission if your browser asks for it. That permission prompt belongs to the game controller on your phone. Reading this article does not request motion permission or access your sensors. The setup guide has the same calibration steps if someone wants to read ahead.

Before shooting, follow the five targets on the TV. Calibration connects the directions you point your phone with the aiming area on the shared screen. Take each target in order and let it be accepted before moving on.

Move to aim. Flick or tap to fire.

After calibration, follow the sideways phone grip shown in the shooting introduction. The calibration grip and the playing grip are separate parts of the introduction, so watch that transition before the first shot.

Move your phone to steer your crosshair and keep your eyes on the birds. Start by finding your own crosshair among the others, then follow one bird rather than chasing every movement on the screen. Small aiming adjustments give you a chance to see how the crosshair responds.

When your shot is lined up, make a quick forward flick to fire. You can also tap the shoot button. Motion aiming does not require flicking for every shot: pointing and tapping is another way to play. Try both during your first round and use whichever feels more comfortable.

The joystick is still here

You can use the phone joystick to aim and the shoot button to fire instead. That is a useful choice if you would rather keep your phone steady, prefer touch controls, or do not want to enable motion. Choose the joystick controls in the game rather than assuming that declining a permission will switch control modes for you.

The shared screen remains the place to watch whichever controls you choose. For all the rules and both control options, visit the Flock Shot game page. For more about the browser setup, read how phones become LanPlay controllers. Then get the flock on your biggest screen and take your first shot.