The old money is gone, and the Crypto Wasteland belongs to the horde. Choose your hero, scavenge weapons across ten ruined districts, and hold the line long enough to make hard money mean something again.
Chikun has one shot at getting off the farm, and the tractor behind him and the hawks above are not letting him go quietly. Run, jump, and flap through Ground & Sky, grab every Litecoin you can, and read the next gap before you take it.
Down in the back room of the arcade, the ledger never stops falling. Stack, spin, and seal each block to the beat while the worlds behind the board pulse with your rhythm, and save the Halving Hammer for when the stack gets too tall.
The boss is waiting at the top of the Tower of Power, and every floor in between is packed with his crew. Fight your way up as Lester with punches, kicks, throws, and specials, one elevator ride at a time, and break whatever gets in the way.
Since Beta 2.5, Hard Money Heroes has been rebuilt almost end to end.
New in Beta 2.15: connected roads across the map, escort, defend and rescue missions, med and ammo pickups, and a fresh Ranked board on the new rules. Older runs stay in the Archive.
Ranked plays new rules on an updated map: a retuned level-up curve, district bosses that call in backup, a Cover button on the gamepad, and surf along the coast.
The world is rebuilt from 3D models: dozens of props, a dozen new enemies and four bosses, signs, water life, composed mission scenes and shaded districts across all ten areas.
Heroes hold long guns in both hands and sprint in every direction, bosses make an entrance, and enemies react to hits, fall and settle instead of popping.
Four unlockable looks to earn in your runs, a gamepad weapon wheel, haptics, more gun sounds, and a much faster load on phones.
Chikun’s Escape now looks, moves and feels like a different game from Beta 2.5.
Chikun is rebuilt from a brand-new 3D model, with the “Let’s Get Lit!” intro before every run and new jump, flap, glide and landing animation.
Ranked runs on course five: seven regions, each with its own props and layouts, fairer item placement, and a tractor or hawk that comes after you every few minutes.
Four kinds of living storm with wind and lightning, golden-hour light, waterfalls, and the Litecoin token and zkLTC gas can pickups.
Four unlockable looks, from the Stormcaller Coat to the Phoenix, and Ranked results that are sent the moment you crash.
Lester's Arcade brings original browser games, a shared jukebox, and wallet-based player profiles into one arcade. Start with Free Mode. Sign in with a wallet when you're ready to play Ranked on the LitVM testnet.
Every active game has Free Mode. Try a survival run, a quick escape, a puzzle session, or a kung-fu climb. Keyboard, mouse, and touch controls are supported.
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Sign in with your wallet.
Choose your wallet and sign one message. Signing in costs nothing and sends no transaction. Each Ranked run then costs 0.012 testnet zkLTC, confirmed once in your wallet. Get free testnet zkLTC from the LiteForge faucet (0.05 per request, enough for about 3 Ranked runs).
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Put your name on your runs.
Set your display name on chain with a small transaction, and upload a profile photo. Your public profile shows your best scores, Ranked runs, and the achievements recorded for your wallet.
Each game has global Weekly, Monthly, and All-time leaderboards that rank the best server-checked Ranked score of each wallet (Tower of Power ranks the highest floor reached first, then score). Revisit a run, change your approach, and come back for another try.
Ranked runs are checked by the arcade server and published on the LitVM LiteForge testnet, and each leaderboard row links to its transaction. Weekly boards reset on Monday at 00:00 UTC and monthly boards on the 1st at 00:00 UTC.
Sign in with a wallet to play Ranked and follow your runs on your profile.
A little arcade atmosphere.
Sound on, when you're ready
The jukebox is part of the ritual.
Queue up the Lester's Arcade playlist. Skip tracks, shuffle the mix, and set the volume from the shared music player. The games bring their own rhythm; you choose the soundtrack.
No. Free Mode is always free and needs no wallet. Browse the cabinets, choose a game, and start playing in your browser. You need a wallet only for Ranked.
What does signing in with a wallet do?
You sign one message to prove the wallet is yours. Signing in costs nothing and sends no transaction. Your wallet address is your player identity, so your profile, Ranked runs, and achievements follow you to any device.
Are profiles and leaderboards online?
Yes. Each game has global Weekly, Monthly, and All-time leaderboards that rank the best server-checked Ranked score of each wallet (Tower of Power ranks the highest floor reached first, then score). Weekly boards reset on Monday at 00:00 UTC and monthly boards on the 1st at 00:00 UTC. Every wallet has a public profile with its best scores, Ranked runs, and the achievements the arcade server recorded for it. Your display name is saved on chain with a small transaction you pay for. You can upload a profile photo from your Profile page. Names that break the arcade's rules are hidden on its pages by moderation.
Does Ranked cost money or pay prizes?
Ranked costs 0.012 zkLTC per run on the LitVM LiteForge testnet: a 0.01 zkLTC entry, split 85% to the game's developer and 15% to the arcade, plus a 0.002 zkLTC settlement reserve that pays the arcade's relayer to publish your result. Testnet zkLTC has no value. Any test prizes are paid in testnet tokens that also have no value. Testnet entries are not refunded. Free Mode is always free.
Where do I get zkLTC for Ranked?
Get free testnet zkLTC from the LiteForge faucet (0.05 per request, enough for about 3 Ranked runs). Testnet zkLTC has no monetary value. The player guide at lestersarcade.io/how-ranked-works walks through every step, from connecting a wallet to your first Ranked run.
How are Ranked runs checked and published?
When a Ranked run ends, the arcade server checks it. Chikun's Escape and STACKED runs are replayed on the server from their recorded inputs. Hard Money Heroes runs are plausibility-checked against the game's limits; they are not replayed. Tower of Power climbs upload their inputs in checkpoints, and the server replays each one. The arcade's relayer then publishes the result on LitVM, and your results screen links to the transaction. If publishing fails, it retries automatically, and you can retry it from your profile.
Can I play on my phone?
All four games support on-screen touch controls as well as desktop input. A current browser is required. Performance varies by device; the games include settings for controls, audio, and visual effects.
A survival shooter, a run through Ground & Sky, a puzzle with its own rhythm, and a kung-fu climb up the Tower of Power. Choose a game and play Free.
Free to play · No wallet needed · Controls listed on each cabinet
Motorcycle combat racer
Lite Riders
Cross the city alive
Private gatekeepers own the roads, and the dispatch network wants its districts back. Ride the forbidden courier route from Genesis Mile to the Lite Spire, weave through traffic, take the risky shortcuts, and knock rival riders off their bikes before they do it to you.
Ranked is not open for this game yet. Free play needs no wallet.
How it plays
Your goal
Get as far as you can, finish the course, and pile up points for clean driving, tricks and rival wrecks.
Scoring
One combined arcade score: distance, district checkpoints and the finish come first, then near misses, overtakes, tricks, shortcuts, steals and wrecks. Crashing ends the run; there are no lives.
Free or Ranked?
Free is open to everyone and saves practice runs on this device only. Ranked uses this week’s prepared seeds, and its runs count only after the server replays them. Lilly unlocks after 5 and Chikun after 15 published eligible Ranked runs.
Controls
Keyboard (this device)
A and D steer, W throttle, S brake, Shift boost, Q and E attack left and right, Space fires a weapon, R tricks in the air, Esc pauses.
Touch
Left thumb steers on the stick. Right thumb sets throttle on the paddle, with Brake, Boost, the two attack buttons and Trick beside it.
Controller
Left stick steers, RT throttle, LT brake, A boost, LB and RB attack, X weapon, Y trick, Menu pauses.
Racers
LesterSteady Hands: Recovers stability 10% faster after a knock that is not a crash.Open from the start
LillyField Engineer: Repair pickups restore 10% more durability.Ranked: unlocks after 5 published runs
ChikunAir Instinct: 10% more air steering and a 10% wider landing window.Ranked: unlocks after 15 published runs
Pick the hero for your run. More heroes unlock as Lester's Arcade grows.
Swipe to browse all four heroes →
Hard Money Heroes // Level 1
Level 1: The Litecoin Frontier
Parachute into one of ten landing zones on the Litecoin Frontier, ten areas joined by roads from the MWEB Meadows to the Fork Fortress. Take on missions for reward chests and face the district bosses in their courts: the Liquidator, the Rug Pull Baron, the Lockkeeper and the 51% Foreman. Survive 60 minutes to be Extracted with your full score; before that, the run ends when your hero falls.
WASD / arrows: move (default keys)Mouse: aim, your gun fires itselfTouch MOVE: move · AIM: aim manuallyRelease AIM: automatic targeting resumesGrenade: right click / F · touch GRENADEDodge: Left Shift on keyboard (rebindable) · automatic on touch and controllerClose combat and machinery: automatic⬆ Level-up: choose an upgrade · ⎋ Esc / pause button: menu
Collect pickups as you move. Walk near machinery to activate it. You can change supported keyboard bindings in Settings.
Hard Money Heroes
Level 1: The Litecoin Frontier // Free Mode
Free runs are never published. Ranked runs are checked and published when the run ends.
Game Menu
Paused
Restart, music, hero swap and exit are always one tap away.