Submit a Game

Built a game with AI? Get it on ExpoArcade in three steps.

Build

Create your game with the ExpoArcade SDK

Submit

Send it via the MCP server from Claude Code

Play

Once approved, your game goes live

Step 1: Build your game with the SDK

Your game is a plain HTML/CSS/JS bundle with an index.html at the root. Add the ExpoArcade SDK to hook into the platform — it handles score reporting, pause/resume, and the loading state.

Minimal game template

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport"
        content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>My Game</title>
  <style>
    body {
      margin: 0;
      background: #1a1a2e;
      color: #fff;
      font-family: system-ui;
      display: flex;
      align-items: center;
      justify-content: center;
      min-height: 100vh;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>My Game</h1>
  <script>
    // initExpoArcade is injected by the platform
    const ea = initExpoArcade({
      onPause:  () => { /* pause your game loop */ },
      onResume: () => { /* resume your game loop */ },
    });

    // Call ready() once your game has loaded
    ea.ready();

    // When the game ends, report the score
    // ea.reportScore(1500);
  </script>
</body>
</html>

SDK API

Method	Description
ea.ready()	Signal that your game has loaded. Required.
ea.reportScore(n)	Submit a score to the leaderboard (integer, 0–999,999,999).
ea.isPaused()	Returns true if the player paused. Check this in your game loop.
ea.requestFullscreen()	Ask the platform to enter fullscreen.

Requirements

index.html at bundle root
Must call initExpoArcade() and ea.ready()
Total bundle size under 10 MB
No external network requests (fetch, XMLHttpRequest, WebSocket)
No eval()
Allowed file types: html, css, js, json, images, audio, fonts

Step 2: Set up the MCP server and submit

Games are submitted through the ExpoArcade MCP server, which you can use from Claude Code or any MCP-compatible tool.

1. Get an API key

2. Configure the MCP server

Add this to your Claude Code MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "expoarcade": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://expoarcade.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ea_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Submit from Claude Code

Ask Claude to submit your game. It will use the submit_game tool automatically:

“Submit my game to ExpoArcade. The title is 'Space Dodge', it's a dodge-the-asteroids game. Tag it with arcade and space.”

Available MCP tools

Tool	Description
submit_game	Upload your game bundle with title, description, and tags
check_submission_status	Check if your submission is approved, pending, or rejected
list_my_submissions	See all your past submissions
update_submission	Fix and resubmit a pending or rejected game
get_sdk_docs	Get SDK docs and example code (useful for Claude)

Step 3: Review and go live

After you submit, your game goes through automatic validation and then manual admin review.

Submitted

→

Validated

→

In Review

→

Approved

Automatic validation checks

Bundle size under 10 MB
index.html exists
SDK integration detected
No flagged APIs (fetch, eval, etc.)
Only allowed file types

If your submission is rejected, you'll see the reviewer's notes when you check the status. Fix the issues and resubmit with update_submission.