Play Ranked in 8 steps
Step 1: Play Free now
Pick a game and play right in your browser. Free play needs no wallet and never touches the chain. It is the best way to learn the controls.
Browse gamesStep 2: Connect a wallet
Choose Sign in and pick your wallet: MetaMask, Rabby, OKX Wallet or another browser wallet, or WalletConnect on a phone.
Step 3: Let the site add LitVM
Your wallet asks once to add or switch to the LitVM LiteForge testnet (chain 4441). Approve it. The site fills in the network details for you.
Step 4: Get free zkLTC from the faucet
Get free testnet zkLTC from the LiteForge faucet (0.05 per request, enough for about 3 Ranked runs). Paste the address of the wallet you play with.
Open the LiteForge faucet (opens in a new tab)Step 5: Sign in with a free signature
Your wallet shows a message to sign. Signing in costs nothing and sends no transaction. You stay signed in for 24 hours.
Step 6: Choose Ranked and pay 0.012
Open a game, choose Play Ranked, and confirm 0.012 testnet zkLTC in your wallet: 0.01 entry + 0.002 to publish your score. One confirmation per run.
Step 7: Play. Your run is checked
Your run starts as soon as the payment is sent. When it ends, the arcade's server checks it.
Step 8: It is published
The arcade's relayer publishes your verified score on LitVM, usually within about a minute. It then shows on the leaderboards, your profile and your achievements, with a share card for your run.
What a Ranked run costs
0.012 testnet zkLTC per run
- Entry
- 0.01 zkLTC
- The game's price, split 85% to the game's developer and 15% to the arcade.
- Publishing
- 0.002 zkLTC
- Pays the arcade's relayer to publish your score on LitVM.
- Total
- 0.012 zkLTC
- Confirmed once in your wallet, for each run.
Your wallet also shows a small network fee for sending the payment, so the Ranked window asks for about 0.016 zkLTC in your wallet before each run. Testnet zkLTC has no monetary value. Testnet entries are not refunded.
The Ranked window shows the exact amount from the entry contract before you confirm. Free play stays free.
Get free testnet zkLTC
Get free testnet zkLTC from the LiteForge faucet (0.05 per request, enough for about 3 Ranked runs).
Open the faucet, paste the address of the wallet you play with, and request zkLTC. It arrives on the LitVM LiteForge testnet, ready for Ranked.
Free vs Ranked
| Free | Ranked | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Nothing | 0.012 testnet zkLTC per run |
| Wallet | Not needed | Needed, with one free sign-in signature |
| Chain | Never touches the chain | Published on LitVM |
| Checks | None | Checked by the arcade's server |
| Leaderboards | Not ranked | Weekly, Monthly and All-time boards |
| Achievements | Not earned | Earned from verified runs |
| Rules | Practice options, like STACKED's starting level | Standard rules, like STACKED from level 1 with no undo |
What the server checks
Each Ranked run gets its random seed from the server, so nobody can choose an easy run in advance. When the run ends, your browser sends it to the arcade's server, which checks it before anything is published.
Chikun's Escape
Your recorded inputs are replayed on the server. The replay must reach your score.
STACKED
Your recorded inputs are replayed on the server. The replay must reach your score.
Hard Money Heroes
Your run summary is plausibility-checked against the game's limits. It is not replayed, so the check rejects impossible results but cannot prove how a run was played.
A replay proves that a run follows the game's rules, not who played it.
Where your score shows up
Results screen
Follows your run to Published, with a link to the transaction on the LiteForge explorer (opens in a new tab).
Leaderboards
Weekly, Monthly and All-time boards for each game rank the best verified score of each wallet. Weekly boards reset every Monday 00:00 UTC and Monthly boards on the 1st of each month, 00:00 UTC. Each score shows the game version it was played on. See the scores
Your profile
Every wallet has a public profile with its best scores, verified runs and achievements. Open your profile
Achievements
124 in all: 44 in Hard Money Heroes, 40 in Chikun's Escape and 40 in STACKED, recorded from your verified Ranked runs.
Share card
Each published run gets a public page with a score card you can post.
Questions
Is it real money?
No. Ranked runs on the LitVM LiteForge testnet, and you pay in testnet zkLTC that you get free from the LiteForge faucet. Testnet zkLTC has no monetary value.
Why do I need a wallet?
Your wallet is your player identity. It pays the Ranked entry and signs you in, so your scores, profile and achievements belong to your address on any device. Free play needs no wallet.
Why are there two numbers in the price?
The 0.01 entry is the game's price. The 0.002 pays the arcade's relayer to publish your score on LitVM. Your wallet confirms the total, 0.012 zkLTC, once.
How long does publishing take?
Usually about a minute after your run ends. If publishing fails, it retries automatically every minute, and you can also retry it from your profile.
What if a payment or a run fails?
If the payment does not go through, the arcade tells you, and that run is practice: it is not published or ranked. If a paid run does not pass the server's checks, it is not ranked. A run that is waiting to publish is saved and retried. Testnet entries are not refunded.
Can I play on a phone?
Yes. All three games have touch controls. On a phone, sign in with WalletConnect, or open the arcade inside your wallet app's browser, such as MetaMask or Trust Wallet.
Which wallets work?
Any wallet that supports EVM networks: browser wallets such as MetaMask, Rabby and OKX Wallet, and phone wallets through WalletConnect. The site adds the LitVM LiteForge testnet to your wallet for you.
What happens to my fee?
The 0.01 entry is split when you pay: 85% to the game's developer and 15% to the arcade. The 0.002 goes to the arcade's relayer, which pays the network fee to publish your score.
When do the leaderboards reset?
Weekly boards reset every Monday 00:00 UTC. Monthly boards reset on the 1st of each month, 00:00 UTC. All-time boards never reset. Each board ranks the best verified score of each wallet.
How do achievements work?
There are 124 achievements: 44 in Hard Money Heroes, 40 in Chikun's Escape and 40 in STACKED. The arcade's server records them from your verified Ranked runs, and they show on your profile. Free play does not earn them.
What is the game version next to a score?
Each score shows the game version it was played on, such as HMH v0.5 or Chikun v7. Games get updates, and the version tells you which rules a run was played under. The boards do not reset when a game updates.
If something goes wrong
Wrong network
Your wallet is on another network. Choose Switch to LiteForge in the Ranked window, or pick LitVM LiteForge testnet (chain 4441) in your wallet, then try again.
Not enough zkLTC
Before each run the Ranked window checks that your wallet holds the 0.012 zkLTC price plus room for the network fee: about 0.016 zkLTC in all, and it shows the exact amount. Get free testnet zkLTC from the LiteForge faucet (opens in a new tab) (0.05 per request, enough for about 3 Ranked runs). Then choose Re-check in the Ranked window.
The wallet asks for a high fee or refuses
Do not confirm a fee that looks wrong. Check that the wallet is on the LitVM LiteForge testnet (chain 4441) and that the amount is 0.012 zkLTC plus a small network fee. If it still asks too much or refuses to send, cancel, close the Ranked window and try again. Nothing is charged when you cancel.
Payment done, result pending
Publishing usually takes about a minute and retries automatically every minute. Keep the results screen open, or check your profile later and retry from there.
Run not accepted
The server could not verify the run, so it is not ranked. This happens when a run breaks the game's rules or its data is incomplete. Testnet entries are not refunded. If you think it is a mistake, contact support with the time of the run and your wallet address.
Browser closed during a run
A run that did not finish is not ranked. A finished run that was waiting to publish is saved on your device: open the arcade again in the same browser and publishing picks up where it stopped.
Never share your seed phrase or private key. Support will never ask for them.