Karkat's Arcade began with a simple goal: revive one of my favorite game modes, TF2 Dodgeball, on the web so I could play it any time. After I got that working, I started thinking "What if I revived more games?" So I made a version of Shark Survival, a custom game from LittleBigPlanet, and Infinite Fishing, inspired by the custom game Bastion Fishing from Overwatch.

Then I thought, "What if I put all those games in one place, easily accessible for anybody without needing to download or install anything?" And pretty soon after that, I had a working platform with multiple games, a lobby system, character customization that follows you into each game, a friends system, and much, much more.

As of now, the arcade is passionately solo developed and still very early in development. Expect a lot of jank, but also that improvement will happen extremely fast, with the goal being to make tailored experiences that are genuinely fun and feel intentionally designed. Player feedback will be paramount as every game and system evolves.

The first experiences are being built for small gaming sessions: something great to play while you’re in queue for another game, looking to kill some time, or want quick fun that anyone can join with just a link. It’s heavily inspired by experiences like Overwatch custom games and Roblox, but as the Arcade's infrastructure matures, the long-term goal is to build at least one game that is much larger in scope and resembles a fully fleshed indie title, all on the web.