{"schemaVersion": "1.0", "status": "work-in-progress", "release": "2.6.0-wip", "lastReviewed": "2026-07-14", "sourceAuthority": "Canonical human-readable GamesFor.Me pages are authoritative; machine-readable files mirror reviewed public facts and do not authorize private-room actions.", "canonicalCatalog": "https://gamesfor.me/", "correctionPath": "https://gamesfor.me/support", "games": [{"id": "game-tic-tac-toe", "name": "Tic-Tac-Toe", "canonical": "https://gamesfor.me/games/tic-tac-toe", "summary": "A quick two-player 3 \u00d7 3 strategy game with private rooms, bots, tournaments, and best-of-three series.", "directAnswer": "Tic-Tac-Toe on GamesFor.Me lets two people play from separate browsers by sharing one private room link; a solo player can also add a computer opponent.", "players": "1\u20132 active players per board; tournament lobbies can hold up to 16 entrants.", "account": "No account or social login is required.", "price": "The current GamesFor.Me build is free to play.", "rules": ["Players alternate placing X and O in empty cells.", "The first player to complete a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line of three wins.", "The round is a draw when all nine cells are filled without a winning line.", "The server validates every move, turn, and rematch request."], "requirements": ["A current browser with JavaScript, cookies, and first-party storage enabled.", "A stable internet connection for protected HTTP polling on cPanel or WebSockets on supported standalone hosts.", "No browser extension, download, account, or third-party sign-in is required."], "accessibility": ["Keyboard focus remains visible on navigation and standard controls.", "Connection, turn, score, and result text is exposed outside visual game effects.", "Reduced-motion preferences are respected where animation is not essential to play.", "Every board cell is a real button with a textual position and state."], "faq": [{"question": "Can I play Tic-Tac-Toe without an account?", "answer": "No account or social login is required."}, {"question": "Can I play against the computer?", "answer": "Yes. Choose a computer opponent during room setup."}, {"question": "How do two people connect?", "answer": "The room creator shares the generated invitation link. Both browsers connect to the same server-authoritative room."}, {"question": "Does it work on phones?", "answer": "Yes. The 3 \u00d7 3 board and room controls reflow for touch-sized mobile screens."}], "play": "https://gamesfor.me/games/tic-tac-toe/setup", "actionBoundary": "Human-directed browser navigation only; no automated room creation, joining, or gameplay is authorized."}, {"id": "game-starfighter-arena", "name": "Starfighter Arena", "canonical": "https://gamesfor.me/games/starfighter-arena", "summary": "A server-authoritative 3D space-combat arena with solo practice, private sectors, tournaments, and optional WebXR.", "directAnswer": "Starfighter Arena is a browser-based 3D flight game where the Python server simulates shared pilots, aliens, projectiles, scoring, and match outcomes while each browser renders its own view.", "players": "1\u20134 pilots in private sectors; tournament lobbies can hold up to 16 entrants; the shared sector supports additional pilots within server limits.", "account": "No account or social login is required.", "price": "The current GamesFor.Me build is free to play.", "rules": ["The server validates flight input, weapons, impacts, scoring, respawns, and match completion.", "Private duel and tournament sectors use their configured pilot and win conditions.", "Solo sectors can include aliens and computer pilots for practice.", "Leaving or losing a connection triggers the client reconnect flow; it does not grant another pilot control of the ship."], "requirements": ["A current browser with JavaScript, cookies, and first-party storage enabled.", "A stable internet connection for protected HTTP polling on cPanel or WebSockets on supported standalone hosts.", "No browser extension, download, account, or third-party sign-in is required.", "WebGL and reasonably current graphics drivers are required for the 3D scene.", "WebXR is optional and depends on browser, device, and secure-context support."], "accessibility": ["Keyboard focus remains visible on navigation and standard controls.", "Connection, turn, score, and result text is exposed outside visual game effects.", "Reduced-motion preferences are respected where animation is not essential to play.", "Keyboard and touch controls provide a non-WebXR path.", "Pilot count, contacts, objective, weapons, score, connection status, and game-over state are exposed as interface text.", "The scene pauses or reduces work while the page is hidden to limit unnecessary battery use."], "faq": [{"question": "Do I need a VR headset?", "answer": "No. Starfighter Arena is fully playable with keyboard or touch controls; WebXR is optional."}, {"question": "Is the flight simulation client-authoritative?", "answer": "No. The Python server validates inputs and owns world state, impacts, scoring, and match results."}, {"question": "Can I create a private sector?", "answer": "Yes. Choose Private Duel or Private Multiplayer and share the generated link."}, {"question": "Why might flight feel different on cPanel?", "answer": "The cPanel edition uses protected HTTP polling instead of WebSockets, so very fast simulation updates can have more latency."}], "play": "https://gamesfor.me/games/starfighter-arena/play", "actionBoundary": "Human-directed browser navigation only; no automated room creation, joining, or gameplay is authorized."}, {"id": "game-dots-and-boxes", "name": "Dots and Boxes", "canonical": "https://gamesfor.me/games/dots-and-boxes", "summary": "A configurable multiplayer Dots and Boxes board with live scoring, private rooms, tournaments, and series play.", "directAnswer": "Dots and Boxes on GamesFor.Me lets two or more players take turns drawing one line at a time; completing a box earns the box and another turn.", "players": "2\u201316 players, depending on the room configuration.", "account": "No account or social login is required.", "price": "The current GamesFor.Me build is free to play.", "rules": ["Players take turns claiming one unclaimed horizontal or vertical edge.", "Completing the fourth side of a box awards that box and an extra turn.", "The game ends when every edge is claimed.", "The player with the most completed boxes wins."], "requirements": ["A current browser with JavaScript, cookies, and first-party storage enabled.", "A stable internet connection for protected HTTP polling on cPanel or WebSockets on supported standalone hosts.", "No browser extension, download, account, or third-party sign-in is required."], "accessibility": ["Keyboard focus remains visible on navigation and standard controls.", "Connection, turn, score, and result text is exposed outside visual game effects.", "Reduced-motion preferences are respected where animation is not essential to play.", "Score, current player, claimed edges, and completed boxes have textual status outside the visual board."], "faq": [{"question": "How many people can play Dots and Boxes?", "answer": "A room can be configured for 2 through 16 players."}, {"question": "Do I get another turn after completing a box?", "answer": "Yes. Completing one or more boxes keeps the turn with the same player."}, {"question": "Can the board size change?", "answer": "Yes. The room creator selects supported width and height settings before the match starts."}, {"question": "Can I reconnect after refreshing?", "answer": "The browser keeps a room-scoped resume identifier for the current tab session so it can reclaim its player presence."}], "play": "https://gamesfor.me/games/dots-and-boxes/setup", "actionBoundary": "Human-directed browser navigation only; no automated room creation, joining, or gameplay is authorized."}, {"id": "game-twixt", "name": "Twixt", "canonical": "https://gamesfor.me/games/twixt", "summary": "A link-building strategy game where two players race to connect opposite edges of the board.", "directAnswer": "Twixt on GamesFor.Me is a private two-player connection game: place pegs, form legal links, and build an unbroken path between your assigned sides.", "players": "2 active players per board; tournament lobbies can hold up to 16 entrants.", "account": "No account or social login is required.", "price": "The current GamesFor.Me build is free to play.", "rules": ["Players alternate placing pegs on legal board intersections.", "Pegs belonging to the same player may link when they are a chess-knight move apart.", "Links may not cross existing links.", "The first player to connect their two opposite target edges wins."], "requirements": ["A current browser with JavaScript, cookies, and first-party storage enabled.", "A stable internet connection for protected HTTP polling on cPanel or WebSockets on supported standalone hosts.", "No browser extension, download, account, or third-party sign-in is required."], "accessibility": ["Keyboard focus remains visible on navigation and standard controls.", "Connection, turn, score, and result text is exposed outside visual game effects.", "Reduced-motion preferences are respected where animation is not essential to play.", "Board coordinates, turn state, and move outcomes are exposed as text in addition to the visual link network."], "faq": [{"question": "What is the goal of Twixt?", "answer": "Build a continuous linked path between your two assigned opposite edges before your opponent does."}, {"question": "Can links cross?", "answer": "No. The server rejects any move that would create an illegal crossing."}, {"question": "What is Double Twixt?", "answer": "Double Twixt is a GamesFor.Me session option that uses the Twixt board with a dedicated multi-round setup."}, {"question": "Can I play on touch screens?", "answer": "Yes. Board positions are selectable by touch as well as pointer and keyboard controls."}], "play": "https://gamesfor.me/games/twixt/setup", "actionBoundary": "Human-directed browser navigation only; no automated room creation, joining, or gameplay is authorized."}, {"id": "game-tic-tac-toe-3d", "name": "3D Tic-Tac-Toe", "canonical": "https://gamesfor.me/games/tic-tac-toe-3d", "summary": "A spatial 3 \u00d7 3 \u00d7 3 version of Tic-Tac-Toe with desktop, touch, keyboard, and optional WebXR play.", "directAnswer": "3D Tic-Tac-Toe expands the classic game into a 27-cell cube; WebXR is optional and the complete game remains playable on a normal screen.", "players": "1\u20132 active players per cube; tournament lobbies can hold up to 16 entrants.", "account": "No account or social login is required.", "price": "The current GamesFor.Me build is free to play.", "rules": ["Players alternate claiming empty cells in a 3 \u00d7 3 \u00d7 3 cube.", "A straight line of three matching pieces in any valid 3D direction wins.", "The server checks all 49 possible winning lines.", "A full cube without a winning line is a draw."], "requirements": ["A current browser with JavaScript, cookies, and first-party storage enabled.", "A stable internet connection for protected HTTP polling on cPanel or WebSockets on supported standalone hosts.", "No browser extension, download, account, or third-party sign-in is required.", "WebGL is required for the 3D scene; immersive WebXR is optional."], "accessibility": ["Keyboard focus remains visible on navigation and standard controls.", "Connection, turn, score, and result text is exposed outside visual game effects.", "Reduced-motion preferences are respected where animation is not essential to play.", "A non-WebXR path, keyboard controls, and textual turn and result information remain available.", "Immersive mode is never required to create, join, or finish a match."], "faq": [{"question": "Do I need a VR headset?", "answer": "No. WebXR is optional; the entire game works in a standard browser window."}, {"question": "How many winning lines are there?", "answer": "A 3 \u00d7 3 \u00d7 3 cube has 49 straight winning lines."}, {"question": "Can I play on a phone?", "answer": "Yes on devices with WebGL support, although a larger screen may make the cube easier to inspect."}, {"question": "Can I play against a bot?", "answer": "Yes. Add a computer opponent during setup."}], "play": "https://gamesfor.me/games/tic-tac-toe-3d/setup", "actionBoundary": "Human-directed browser navigation only; no automated room creation, joining, or gameplay is authorized."}, {"id": "game-connect-four", "name": "Connect 4", "canonical": "https://gamesfor.me/games/connect-four", "summary": "A live 7 \u00d7 6 Connect 4 game with private rooms, computer opponents, tournaments, and series play.", "directAnswer": "Connect 4 on GamesFor.Me is a server-authoritative browser game where two players take turns dropping pieces into a shared vertical rack.", "players": "1\u20132 active players per rack; tournament lobbies can hold up to 16 entrants.", "account": "No account or social login is required.", "price": "The current GamesFor.Me build is free to play.", "rules": ["Players alternate choosing one of seven columns.", "A piece falls to the lowest unoccupied cell in the selected column.", "The first horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line of four matching pieces wins.", "A full rack without four in a row is a draw."], "requirements": ["A current browser with JavaScript, cookies, and first-party storage enabled.", "A stable internet connection for protected HTTP polling on cPanel or WebSockets on supported standalone hosts.", "No browser extension, download, account, or third-party sign-in is required."], "accessibility": ["Keyboard focus remains visible on navigation and standard controls.", "Connection, turn, score, and result text is exposed outside visual game effects.", "Reduced-motion preferences are respected where animation is not essential to play.", "Column controls provide keyboard and touch alternatives to pointer selection."], "faq": [{"question": "Is Connect 4 free?", "answer": "The current GamesFor.Me build is free to play."}, {"question": "Can I invite a friend?", "answer": "Yes. Create a private rack and send the invitation link to the second player."}, {"question": "Is gravity enforced by the server?", "answer": "Yes. The server resolves every selected column to the correct landing cell."}, {"question": "Can spectators watch?", "answer": "Visitors can watch a full room without taking a player seat."}], "play": "https://gamesfor.me/games/connect-four/setup", "actionBoundary": "Human-directed browser navigation only; no automated room creation, joining, or gameplay is authorized."}, {"id": "game-connect-four-3d", "name": "3D Connect 4", "canonical": "https://gamesfor.me/games/connect-four-3d", "summary": "A 4 \u00d7 4 \u00d7 4 spatial Connect 4 game with optional WebXR and server-enforced gravity.", "directAnswer": "3D Connect 4 lets two players drop pieces through a shared 4 \u00d7 4 \u00d7 4 rack and win by completing a straight line of four in three-dimensional space.", "players": "1\u20132 active players per rack; tournament lobbies can hold up to 16 entrants.", "account": "No account or social login is required.", "price": "The current GamesFor.Me build is free to play.", "rules": ["Players alternate selecting one of the 16 vertical shafts.", "Each piece falls to the lowest empty level in that shaft.", "The first straight line of four matching pieces in any valid 3D direction wins.", "The rack is a draw when all 64 cells are occupied without a winner."], "requirements": ["A current browser with JavaScript, cookies, and first-party storage enabled.", "A stable internet connection for protected HTTP polling on cPanel or WebSockets on supported standalone hosts.", "No browser extension, download, account, or third-party sign-in is required.", "WebGL is required for the 3D rack; immersive WebXR is optional."], "accessibility": ["Keyboard focus remains visible on navigation and standard controls.", "Connection, turn, score, and result text is exposed outside visual game effects.", "Reduced-motion preferences are respected where animation is not essential to play.", "The rack provides keyboard-operable selection and textual turn, seat, and result status.", "A standard-screen path remains available when WebXR is unsupported or declined."], "faq": [{"question": "Does 3D Connect 4 require WebXR?", "answer": "No. WebXR is optional and the normal WebGL view supports full play."}, {"question": "How does gravity work in 3D?", "answer": "Choose one of 16 shafts; the server places the piece in its lowest open level."}, {"question": "Can someone watch without playing?", "answer": "Yes. A visitor can remain a spectator when both seats are occupied."}, {"question": "Does it support tournaments?", "answer": "Yes. Setup can create an elimination tournament or best-of-three series lobby."}], "play": "https://gamesfor.me/games/connect-four-3d/setup", "actionBoundary": "Human-directed browser navigation only; no automated room creation, joining, or gameplay is authorized."}]}