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Your favourite arcade.
Your favourite people.

A big screen, a few phones, and a whole evening of “one more game”.

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FROM THE MAKER

Why Orrery Arcade exists

Hi, I’m Alfie. I’m a solo developer, and I built this for one reason: my family’s games nights kept going wrong.

We tried the usual party games. Everyone had to pay, and download an app on every phone. The games were slow and connecting was a pain. If someone stepped away to answer a message, they couldn’t get back in. The trivia questions were strange and had nothing to do with us, and one game had a twist so confusing we spent the whole night trying to work it out.

So I built the games night I wanted: easy to start, quick to join, and fun for everyone in the room. Games and trivia night, sorted once and for all.

How a night works

  1. Enter your email.
  2. Enter the code we send you.
  3. Choose a game.
  4. Everyone scans the QR code with their phone. No app to download.
  5. You’re set for the night. Keep the same party going across every game.

Plays on the screens you already have

If your smart TV has a web browser, it can run the arcade. No app store, no download. The same goes for a laptop, a computer plugged into the TV, or a tablet. Everyone else just needs a phone with a camera.

  1. On the TV, open its web browser app. It is often called “Browser”, “Internet” or “Web Browser”, and is usually with your other apps.
  2. Go to arcade.orrery.cx and sign in. Your TV stays signed in for 30 days, and the remote’s arrows and OK button pick games.
  3. Phones scan the QR code on the TV to join. They work as the controllers.

No browser on your TV? Plug in a laptop with an HDMI cable, or open the arcade on a laptop and share its screen to the TV.

About plans

Plans aren’t open yet, and nothing is charged today. When they open, this is how they’ll work:

The small print, in plain words: Terms and Privacy policy.

I’m not doing this to make big profits. The monthly fee is there to pay for the servers, the upkeep, and the ongoing fixes and new games.

Enjoying it? If you’d like to help keep it going, you can buy me a coffee ☕. Never expected, always appreciated.

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