EF Arcade - EVE Frontier Browser Games
The EF Arcade is a small collection of free EVE Frontier games that run in your browser, built into EF-Map. There is nothing to install and nothing to buy. Practice runs need no wallet at all. Ranked runs fly a shared weekly course — identical for every pilot that week — and post to a weekly leaderboard that resets Sundays at 00:00 UTC.
The games
Flappy Frontier
A one-button runner: thread a capital ship through a wreck field without clipping the debris. The original, and still the one people bounce off hardest.
Foam Drop
A crane-drop game. Release foam cargo onto a moving target; land it clean and a perfect drop pays a bonus. Timing beats hurry.
Trinary Sling
A one-button orbital-transfer game played around the Trinary, the three black holes at the centre of the EVE Frontier universe. Your periapsis decides everything.
Network Node Overload
The cerebral one: a power-management puzzle rather than a reflex test. Budget a network node's gigajoules across real EVE Frontier structure costs while heat builds against you.
FrontierGuessr
A daily geography game for the star map: you are dropped somewhere in the Frontier and have to work out where you are from what you can see.
How the arcade works
Every game has a free practice mode that runs entirely in your browser on a local random seed — no wallet, no sign-in, no chain. Ranked play uses your EF-Map wallet identity and is also free to start; restarting from score zero is always free. Each week every ranked pilot flies the same generated course, so the leaderboard compares play rather than luck.
Scores post to an on-chain weekly board that keeps one best score per pilot and resets Sundays at 00:00 UTC. Runs finished without a revive are marked clean. There is no entry fee, no prize pool and no payout for placing — leaderboard position is worth exactly the bragging rights it sounds like.
When you die mid-run, a game may offer a one-off revive for 100 EVE at that moment. It is never prepaid and never a credit pack; the decision timing is the mechanic. A revive resumes the same run with your score and course intact. The network fee for game actions is sponsored by EF-Map, though your wallet still approves each action, because the run tickets, payments and scores belong to you.
Why an arcade on a star map?
Honestly, because it is a good testbed. Frontier Commerce — the payments layer behind wallet identity, sponsored gas, at-the-moment purchases and on-chain leaderboards — needed something real to run against, and small games exercise all of it far harder than a checkout button would. The arcade is where that work gets proven before it goes anywhere more serious, and the same layer sits behind EF-Map's other paid surfaces. It is open source: github.com/Diabolacal/frontier-commerce.
The games are also just fun, which is the other half of the reason.
Getting to the arcade in EF-Map
Open EF-Map, then the Tools Library, and look under the Games category. You can pin any game to the feature rail like any other tool. Each game also has a direct link — /?panel=flappy-frontier, /?panel=foam-drop, /?panel=trinary-sling, /?panel=network-node-overload — that opens it straight away.
Related tools
- Route Planner - Plan Smart Gate and ship-jump routes across the map
- Killboard - Check recent combat activity before you undock
- RootFit - Plan a ship fit before you build it in-game
- CivilizationControl - Manage smart gates and player structures on-chain
- Blueprint Calculator - Work out manufacturing costs and materials
- All EF-Map features
Frequently asked questions
Are there any EVE Frontier games I can play in a browser?
Yes. The EF Arcade is a set of five free EVE Frontier games built into EF-Map that run in any modern browser with nothing to install: Flappy Frontier, Foam Drop, Trinary Sling, Network Node Overload, and FrontierGuessr. Practice mode needs no wallet and no account.
Do I need a wallet to play?
Not for practice. Practice runs are entirely local — no wallet, no sign-in, no blockchain. You only need your EF-Map wallet identity for ranked runs that post to the weekly leaderboard, and starting a ranked run is free.
Do the arcade games cost anything?
No. There is no entry fee and no prize pool. The only optional payment is a one-off 100 EVE revive offered at the moment you die, which continues the same run instead of restarting it. Restarting from score zero is always free.
How does the weekly leaderboard work?
Each week every ranked pilot flies the same generated course, so scores are comparable. The board keeps one best score per pilot, marks runs finished without a revive as clean, and resets every Sunday at 00:00 UTC.
How do I open the arcade from EF-Map?
Open EF-Map, then the Tools Library, and look under the Games category. You can pin any game to the feature rail. Direct links also work — for example ef-map.com/?panel=trinary-sling opens Trinary Sling straight away.