Loading article…
Loading 4weird…
Loading 4weird…
Loading article…
DocsPlaying games
Docs · insert coin
Preserved browser games in isolated play shells - guides, cloud saves, leaderboards, guest passes, coin-metered rentals. A 5-hour session on default rates costs about 6 coins.
▶ NOW PLAYING: YOU
The arcade floor
The catalog at /games lists all 34 titles. Each game has a detail page (guide link, metadata, play-rate badge, AI badges) and a play page - the PlayGate shell around the isolated frame. Add ?match= to a play URL to join a match.
🖺️ Detail page
/games/[slug]Read the guide when present - controls, scoring, secrets. Check the rate badge before you play.
▶️ Play shell
/games/[slug]/playSigned-in coin sessions around the frame. Guests get quota + skippable house ads.
🏆 Leaderboards
/leaderboardsKills, actions, play-time from aggregate telemetry. Handles + totals only.
The meter is running (gently)
Signed-in play never shows ads - it meters coins instead, with the 25% cut already inside every figure. Two parts:
4weird.com - play session receipt
live meterstill-playing check every 5h · heartbeats bill the delta · devs set 0-100 coins/load+hr
No account? no problem
Guests never pay: a guest pass (IP-throttled) gives 3 free loads/day, then instantly-skippable house ads keep you playing, with a banner every 30 minutes. Trade-off: no saves, multiplayer, AI, or Buddy.
Save states
SLOT 0
Cheat-proof safety slot. Can never be marked.
SLOT 1
≤1 MiB · versioned · yours
SLOT 2
≤1 MiB · versioned · yours
SLOT 3
Cheat-branded. Still playable, forever flagged.
Glory
Gameplay emits aggregate events powering /leaderboards (handles + totals, anonymous-friendly). Telemetry never decides billing - the rental session does. Find humans in /lobbies and join via ?match= links; for a permanent home, join a clan.
Party up in GraveGain
Multiplayer lives in three cabinets: GraveGain1D (“Ley-Line Race”, Teens 13+), GraveGain2D (“Dungeon Duel”, Adults 18+), and GraveGain3D (“Spire Siege”, Adults 18+). Age ratings are unchanged and the server enforces them - entering a birthday can't overrule your band.
Signed-in players only - guests are excluded from multiplayer, like saves, AI, and Buddy. Fair play is structural: there are no purchasable advantages, and multiplayer boosts are banned, so every match is won on skill.
GraveGain multiplayer guide
Controls recap (same keys as solo): GraveGain2D - WASD / arrows move, left-click melee, right-click timed block, F race ability, Shift sprint, 1/2/3 temporal mode, Esc/P pause. GraveGain3D - WASD move, mouse look, left-click melee/skill (hold to charge), right-click block/projectile, F / Shift ability, Space jump, Q potion (drink under half health), E enter buildings, Esc/P pause. GraveGain1D has no separate static guide yet, so its keys require reading the on-screen help in the play shell before you queue.
Mode rules: every mode requires the same loop - quick-match or lobby invite, play the live match, rematch from the results. Exact scoring per mode requires the match shell's rules line; the names signal the format: Ley-Line Race (1D) is a race, Dungeon Duel (2D) is a head-to-head dungeon run, Spire Siege (3D) is a siege on the spire.
Etiquette: keep chat under 140 characters and readable, use emotes over taunts, and never hold a lobby hostage - if you must leave, leave between matches, not mid-fight.
Start · heartbeat · end
Every signed-in play session is three verbs against one endpoint. Start opens the meter, heartbeats drip coins per second, end settles the tab.
4weird.com - session ledger
per-secondPOST /api/games/session · actions start, heartbeat, end · each beat covers at most 5 min
🟢 Start: version-aware
Starting names the game, the bundle version, and how many fresh bytes loaded. Zero fresh bytes costs zero - and a version you already paid for in the last 24 hours replays free.
💓 Heartbeat: the honest delta
The shell reports visible-tab seconds about every minute, and only the new seconds since the last beat are debited - beats can never double-bill, and one beat covers at most 5 minutes.
🔚 End: errors with manners
Short funds answer 402 (time to top up), age and band problems answer 403 (never “metering is down”). Only true outages fall back - everything else tells you exactly what to do.
Two switches, one tattoo
Cheats have two switches that OR together - one for this game + slot, one master switch for everything. Either one on means cheats on.
cheat_mode forever.400: that slot is cheat-proof and can never allow cheats. Saves written there get any client-supplied marker stripped automatically.4weird.com - cheat status
slot 2GET + PUT /api/cheats · per-slot or the all-games scope · saves keep cheat_mode:true forever
Free doors + fenced yards
No account? The arcade still lets you in - through a smaller door, with house ads for company. And some cabinets card you at the entrance.
🎟️ Guests: 3 free loads a day
Each internet address gets 3 free loads per day (20 loads max, gentle burst limits). Past the free ones, instantly-skippable house ads unlock more play - with a signed token chain so skipping the ad can't skip the deal. A banner drops by every 30 minutes mid-play.
🔞 Age gates card at the door
Most games are all-ages. Cartoon-combat titles (think neon invaders and platform wars) need Teens 13+, while intense horror and violence titles need Adult 18+. Your account's age band decides - entering a birthday can't overrule it.
🎂 Birthdays never leave the couch
When a gate asks for a date of birth, it's checked in your browser's memory for that moment only - never sent to any server, never stored anywhere. There's nothing to leak because nothing was collected. Kids Mode is just a device flag, not age data.
📊 What glory remembers
Telemetry keeps kills, actions, active seconds, and deaths - and leaderboards show handles + totals only. It never touches billing: the rental session is the only meter that matters. Find humans in /lobbies and join via match links.