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An old-school browser arcade break for the age of coding agents.
When Claude Code, Codex, or another agent is compiling, installing, testing, or thinking very hard, Arcade Skill opens a tiny nostalgic game in your browser: fast to launch, easy to lose, annoyingly tempting to replay.
Play hosted web version · Daily challenge · Support via Stripe · Download arcade.skill · View manifest · llms.txt · Design notes · Awesome Design MD proposal · Local LLM policy · Review action matrix
Arcade Skill is not trying to be another generic web games portal. The wedge is specific: your coding agent is working, so you get a tiny arcade break.
The product has two channels:
| Channel | Where it runs | Job | Monetization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skill | 127.0.0.1 local browser |
Delight developers during agent wait time | Tips, share loop, future supporter perks |
| Hosted web | arcade.fxpeek.com/play |
Receive shared scores and public traffic | Future AdSense, ranking, Stripe supporter flow |
Skill sessions force ads off because AdSense does not fill localhost. Ads belong only on the hosted web surface.
- Normal run: random quick break for agent wait time.
- Daily challenge: one shared date seed per day, so friends play the same shaft and can compare scores from the share link.
- Ranked direction: global ranking will separate normal and daily runs, with floor reached as the primary score and time as the tie-breaker.
The payment strategy is intentionally trust-first:
- Stripe support now: the repo, hosted play page, and game-over screen point
to the Stripe support route. The final
buy.stripe.comlink can be swapped in through the manifest after account review. - Stripe later: Pro is reserved for cosmetics, early access, supporter badges, or cloud features after real usage signal. No paid power.
- Ads later: AdSense can be enabled on the hosted web version after the site has enough content and review readiness. Local skill sessions stay ad-free.
Current support link:
The current release stores a local best score. Global ranking is planned, but ranked mode must stay clean:
- Primary rank: deepest floor reached.
- Tie-breaker: faster time at the same floor.
- No paid health.
- No paid revives.
- No leaderboard advantage from Stripe, ads, or sponsorship.
The telemetry hook and Cloudflare Worker + D1 receiver are live. They capture death floor, session length, replay rate, share clicks, and tip clicks.
More launch copy, screenshots, positioning notes, and gallery assets live in docs/project-intro.md.
Arcade Skill tracks growth through five measurement and draft loops:
- P1 Mention radar: public HN, Reddit, and GitHub opportunities are scored
with
scripts/growth/mention_radar.py; every reply or PR stays manual. - P2 Scenario page factory: reviewed SEO/GEO page drafts come from
scripts/growth/seo_page_factory.py. - P3 Leaderboard digest: disabled in
config/tier-a-policy.jsonuntil a production global ranking exists; sample data is test-only. - P4 Share of Model: weekly prompt checks across AI engines are scored with
scripts/growth/som_tracker.py. - P5 Telemetry feedback: D1 event summaries from
scripts/growth/telemetry_summary.sqlor a Markdown report fromscripts/growth/telemetry_report.py.
The public AI context files are llms.txt and ai.txt. They are generated into
the production root during scripts/build_manifest.py.
One-command local growth smoke test:
python3 scripts/growth/growth_smoke.pyThe same offline suite runs in .github/workflows/growth-smoke.yml on pushes,
pull requests, manual dispatch, and a daily schedule.
Production health check:
python3 scripts/production_health.py.github/workflows/production-health.yml runs the same read-only checks every
six hours: public routes, sitemap, manifest, Stripe support routing, ads flag,
and bundle sha256 verification.
The deploy workflow verifies the exact new manifest on the GitHub Pages
fallback. Production arcade.fxpeek.com remains a Cloudflare Pages deployment
from the Mac release command, followed by a strict minimum-version production
health check. Cloudflare credentials are not copied into GitHub.
Visual regression check:
npm ci
npx playwright install chromium
npm run test:visualThe Playwright suite captures /scenarios/ at 1440x900 and 390x844, checks
overflow, mobile cabinet order, the pixel player, and keyboard focus, then
compares both pages with committed pixel baselines. CI uploads diff images from
growth/reports/visual when a threshold is exceeded.
Tier A owned-channel automation is guarded by
config/tier-a-policy.json: at most three posts per day, no unreleased ranking
or payment claims, no credential-shaped text, and only approved link hosts.
scripts/growth/own_channel_publisher.py is idempotent and emits Telegram
live-check receipts with rollback callback data. Third-party community replies
and repository submissions never enter this automatic publisher.
Live-check uses a dedicated Telegram bot. A site rollback button reverts the Cloudflare Pages production deployment and queues the matching GitHub Pages fallback rollback; callbacks are restricted to one chat and an explicit user allowlist. Configure it without exposing secrets:
python3 scripts/provision_live_check.py configure
python3 scripts/provision_live_check.py checkTier A schedules run through Mac LaunchAgents. Local LLM, X browser, and
Cloudflare deployment credentials stay on the Mac mini. The dedicated bot token
is stored only in the Mac mode-0600 env, Cloudflare Worker secrets, and GitHub
Actions secrets so the same bot owns both messages and callbacks. Install the
jobs with:
python3 scripts/install_artifact_layout.py
python3 scripts/install_tier_a_launchd.py --install
python3 scripts/growth/tier_a_audit.py --days 7The artifact installer keeps source code on the Mac and links generated SoM
inputs, reports, drafts, queues, state, radar results, and smoke output into the
current standard run under /Volumes/S/Workplace/Codex-Workdir/arcade-skill/.
It fails closed when the S volume is unavailable. Set ARCADE_ARTIFACT_ROOT
only when rotating the standard run directory.
The installer keeps the AC-powered scheduler awake and records append-only
task evidence under ~/Library/Logs/arcade-skill/. A seven-day PASS requires
continuous launchd evidence; manual runs do not count.
Ops tasks are local-first. Use scripts/local_llm.py for design review, copy,
SEO/GEO critique, radar classification, and weekly summaries. It reads the
local LiteLLM router key from environment variables and never silently falls
back to a paid API.
python3 scripts/local_llm.py design-review --input docs/scenarios/index.html| Game menu | In game |
|---|---|
 |
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- Opens Down 100 Floors from a Claude/Codex skill command.
- Feels like a tiny Flash-era / feature-phone arcade game, but ships as a verified single-file HTML bundle.
- Uses zero-asset WebAudio for landing, damage, death, and chiptune BGM.
- Keeps the installed skill thin: Python launcher, manifest fetch, sha256 check, local cache, browser open.
- Ships new games, sponsor links, ads switches, notices, and kill switches
through
https://arcade.fxpeek.com/manifest.json. - Works offline through a seed bundle and cached verified bundles. Loader v1.2 also retries verified bundle mirrors on GitHub Pages, raw GitHub, and jsDelivr when the primary bundle host is unavailable.
- Uses original game code and art. No copied third-party source or assets.
Install the packaged arcade.skill from Releases, or copy the skill/ folder
into your local skills directory. Then ask your coding agent:
I'm waiting on tests. Open a quick game.
python3 skill/scripts/launcher.py # zh UI
python3 skill/scripts/launcher.py --lang en # en UIControls: arrow keys, A/D, or tap the left/right half of the screen. The loop is deliberately retro: fall, panic, miss a platform, say “one more run.”
skill/ distributable skill: SKILL.md, launcher, seed bundle
games/tower100/ game source: single self-contained HTML file
scripts/ build_manifest.py: hash bundles and write dist/manifest.json
dist/ GitHub Pages output
docs/ screenshots, language intros, launch copy
.github/ CI: push to main -> build -> deploy Pages
- Edit
games/tower100/tower100.html. - Bump the version in
scripts/build_manifest.py. - Push to
main. - GitHub Actions rebuilds
dist/for the repository fallback. - Deploy production:
python3 scripts/build_manifest.py
bash scripts/deploy_cloudflare_pages.shThe deploy script publishes the existing dist/ exactly and does not rebuild
it implicitly. Use --build only when a fresh timestamped manifest is intended.
- Installed users receive the new bundle on next launch from
https://arcade.fxpeek.com/manifest.json.
Optional manifest signing:
python3 -m pip install pynacl
python3 scripts/manifest_keygen.py
ARCADE_MANIFEST_SIGNING_KEY=... python3 scripts/build_manifest.pyKeep the signing key on the release runner only. Burn the public key into the loader when you are ready to enforce manifest signatures.
- M1: Down 100 Floors + hot-update loader
- M1.1: sharing, sponsor link, multilingual project intro
- M2: hub screen, second game, WeChat mini-game adapter
- M3: AdSense switch, Stripe Pro license flow, global leaderboard
MIT.