The cosiest, most relaxing couch gaming platform. One screen. Everyone’s phone is a controller.
this screen needs a pass
Opening a room takes a one-time beta pass. Everyone who joins with a phone plays free — no account, no payment, ever.
Beta: “lifetime” means the lifetime of the service, and there’s no uptime guarantee.
hosted on another device
— ms to the host
Scan, or open
arcade.happylight.io
and enter
📶 Phones on this Wi-Fi find the code by themselves, and usually lag less.
🎮 controller? press any button on it to take a seat
Mirror this screen
—
Watch-only, for another TV or someone far away.
bold = what the game is best played with
Hosted on another device.
Players
Room
a public room shows up under “Join a random game” for anyone
anyone on this Wi-Fi gets the code with one tap: off by itself once the room is public
Ends the room for everyone
everyone loses their seat when the room closes
This game
Controllers
Xbox, PlayStation, Switch Pro and other controllers: press any button on one to take a seat.
Sound · this device only
a soft playlist on this screen only — the phones stay silent
royalty-free lofi, supplied by the site owner · see README
Appearance · this device only
Auto follows your device's light or dark setting.
Kick Off graphics · this device only
Account
Privacy
Bindings are saved per game. Click a key, then press the one you want.
⌨ You’ll play with your keyboard — the on-screen buttons stay as a backup.
📶 On the same Wi-Fi as the screen? The code may fill in by itself, and there is usually less lag.
From your account.
Scan the room’s QR code
↻ turn your phone on its side
waiting for the screen…
waiting for the game…
tap an arrow · or swipe anywhere
auto-gas · hold both arrows to brake
you bounce on your own — just aim
Call a suit
Pick a word to draw
You have the device. Look at the big screen and say what you see: the others have the manual, you do not.
Mic Drop listens for the note you sing. Nothing is recorded or sent — only the pitch.
A picture for this device’s board?
Taken by this device’s camera, kept on this device only, never online. You can delete it from the board.
Bots
Kick Off power-ups
Mini screen
A view of the game on your phone. The big screen is always a touch ahead — play from that.
Appearance · only affects this device
Auto follows your device's light or dark setting.
Movement pad
Only affects this game on this phone.
Controller layout · only this device
Drag the d-pad and buttons where they suit your thumbs. Shared across every game.
Host
Room · you are the host
Players
Only affects you
Nobody has a seat yet.
On this keyboard
On a phone
arcade.happylight.io · code
Starts when someone joins. A controller? Press any button on it.
Room
Up next
—
In the room
This is a mirror — it follows the screen, it cannot touch it.
Play online
The game runs on our server; everyone joins it from wherever they are. Paddle Powers for now.
From your account.
or join with a code
Room
Anyone with the link or the code joins this room.
In the room · 0 here
Game
waiting for the host to start
game over
Looks
The menus and the phones change. The games themselves mostly keep their own art.
Face
Corners