CIFI: Arcade Overview

• Unlocked by the Mod Tree node "Unlock Modification: The Arcade".
• Tap the Arcade label in the top bar when it says READY.
• The two games alternate. No choosing. This older account description may be outdated if the planned arcade rework is live.
• Each round: 3 lives, up to 60 seconds. Flow: start, play, Game Complete, wait for rewards to load, tap Continue once.
• Continue credits the rewards and starts a cooldown of about 10 minutes (user reported).
• End Game quits early for far less reward.
• Rewards: Arcade Points plus bonus ticks.
• Observed results: Pong 200 points / 13 ticks, 324 / 18, a failed run 40 / 5. Snek 298 / 17 and 144 / 10. Upgraded accounts score much higher. See CIFI: Pong and CIFI: Snek.
• Do not let mini-game tuning beat a much better fleet or shard buy. See CIFI: Ticks for what the bonus ticks are worth.

No public score-to-tick formula was found. The formula and any tick cap remain UNSURE.

Single source: one community reply says a score can pay up to about 60 to 70 bonus ticks, plus the ticks from the 60 seconds of play. This is one report, not an established cap or a score-to-tick formula.

A May 21, 2025 community comment quotes a Discord roadmap for a future arcade rework: overhauled Pong and Snek, a choice of one of two games, more upgrades and a tick rebalance. The comment says the plan can change. This does not prove the rework has shipped; those plans do not establish current features.

Evidence and version limits: CIFI: What Is Not Verified Yet.