The Alliance Arcade: Engine Behind the Ecosystem

Welcome to the Alliance Games Arcade — your always-on home for fun, competition, and decentralized gaming.

The Alliance Games Arcade is a vibrant virtual gaming hub built on Alliance Games’ decentralized GaaS infrastructure, designed to make it effortless and exciting for anyone to jump into the ecosystem. It’s your gateway to fast, skill-based gameplay where every run, every score, and every rivalry helps power the broader Alliance network.

At its core, the Arcade focuses on three things:
• Bringing new players in through simple, frictionless onboarding
• Bootstrapping a thriving community
• Driving early compute activity through skill-based multiplayer games

You’ll start your journey with action-packed titles like Sky Hopper and Blasteroids, classic-inspired experiences reimagined for a decentralized future. Every day, players get three free sessions, with the option to buy extra attempts using Credits, a modern twist on the classic arcade token model.

As you play, your performance earns Arcade Points (AP), placing you on the global weekly leaderboard. With each reset, everyone gets a fresh chance to climb the ranks, outplay rivals, and claim valuable rewards such as COA tokens. The competition stays fair, fun, and constantly renewing.

But the Arcade is more than just a set of games, it’s a community-powered layer designed to grow alongside its players. Over time, the platform will open to external developers, expanding into a living ecosystem where new games, new competitions, and new experiences emerge from the community itself.

This handbook is your guide to mastering the Arcade: learning the games, climbing the leaderboards, and getting the most out of your runs. Everything here is built around three core principles:

1. Simple Onboarding

Jump in fast, start playing immediately, no barriers.

2. Skill-Based Competition

Your performance determines your success, the highest scores rise to the top.

3. Community-Driven Longevity

Games stay live as long as the community loves them, creating a stable home for ongoing competition.

Step in, compete, have fun and help shape the future of decentralized gaming, one high score at a time.

1. The Core Gameplay Loop

The Arcade is designed for daily engagement, allowing you to sharpen your skills and improve your standing at your own pace.

1. Play Your Free Games: Every single day, you get three free sessions per game. It’s the perfect way to practice, complete quests, and post a competitive score.

2. Climb the Leaderboard: Your performance in each session earns you Arcade Points (AP), which determine your rank on the global leaderboard.

For players who want to push their limits and make a serious run for the top spots, you can purchase extra sessions. These additional attempts are bought using Credits, which can be obtained with COA tokens, giving dedicated players more chances to perfect their scores.

"a modern spin on the classic arcade model."

This system ensures everyone can play for free, while those who want to invest more time and effort have a path to do so. Every high score you achieve contributes to your total Arcade Points.

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2. How to Earn Arcade Points (AP)

Arcade Points (AP) are the key to your success in the Arcade. They are the universal measure of your performance and the sole factor in determining your weekly leaderboard rank and rewards. You can earn AP in three distinct ways.

2.1. Mastering the Games

The primary method for earning AP is by achieving high scores in the games. At launch, you can compete in Sky Hopper and Blasteroids. Keep an eye out for Sky Duel, which will be arriving soon to offer another game for you to prove your skill.

2.2. Completing Quests

Quests are special, themed challenges that offer an alternative way to earn AP beyond just high scores. They come in two types, giving you short-term and long-term goals to aim for.

2.3. Unlocking Achievements

Achievements are "lifetime goals" tied to each game. Think of them as long-term objectives that reward dedication and mastery over time. Unlocking these not only grants you AP but also allows you to showcase your dedication on your player profile for everyone to see.

All the AP you earn from games, quests, and achievements is combined to calculate your total score for the weekly competition.

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3. The Weekly Challenge: Leaderboard & Rewards

The global leaderboard is where all players compete. It ranks everyone based on the total AP they’ve earned throughout the weekly cycle. This keeps the competition fresh and gives everyone a chance to fight for the top spots.

The weekly competition ends and the leaderboard resets every Wednesday at 12 am UTC.

Once the weekly cycle is complete and standings are finalised, players receive rewards based on their final placement. Top performers can look forward to earning:

• COA tokens: A direct reward for your skill and consistent play.

• Additional Credits: These can be used to purchase extra game sessions in the following week, giving you a head start.

While the weekly rewards are exciting, your participation is part of a much bigger picture for the entire Alliance ecosystem.

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4. More Than Just a Game

The Alliance Arcade is the first step in a much larger vision. It's more than just a place to play; it's a way for our community to come together and help build the future of decentralised gaming. Your participation helps bootstrap the community and early compute activity on the network.

Every game you play helps demonstrate the performance and reliability of our decentralised network, proving what's possible. The Arcade serves as a crucial stepping-stone for future games that will launch on Alliance Games, creating a vibrant, always-on entertainment layer for the entire ecosystem and a home for developers to connect with an engaged audience.

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5. Arcade Quick Rules Reference

Q&A

1. How will the players get the $COA from the website to their wallets?

The COA is on the Arcade blockchain on Chromia. Visit the Chromia vault and transfer the COA from the “Alliance Games Arcade” chain to the “Token Chain”. There, it can be bridged to BSC.

2. How can I claim leaderboard rewards and daily quests rewards?

Leaderboard rewards are paid out automatically after the week resets. The button that is visible in the Arcade is for claiming daily quests, which do not get generated automatically. You do not have to claim them activelyin; after the first game played, they will be generated automatically.

3. Does Alliance Games’ Virtual Arcade run on Chromia Mainnet, or will it be deployed somewhere else?

Everything is deployed on the Chromia mainnet, including the entire infrastructure and the Arcade. 

4. Where can I get the Badge of Alliance besides staking $COA?

It’s available for purchase on external marketplaces such as Magic Eden.

5. I’m a developer. Can I build my own game and have it featured in the Virtual Arcade?

Yes. The Arcade runs on Chromia/blockchain, but developers don’t need to interact with the blockchain layer directly. Our infrastructure also supports traditional Web2 developers, as demonstrated in the Arcade, so you can build and onboard your game without dealing with blockchain complexity.