Arcade Night
$550
3 stations for 3 hours, 3–4 games per station, hosted by us.
- 3 stations you pick
- Free Indie Showcase (Puff Puff Crash)
- Hosted by us, prizes included
Plan your event
Build your night.
Pick a single game, a few stations or a whole package. The total adds up as you go. Pay to lock the date, or send the plan to Joe first.
Packages
Signature Night
$840
5 stations for 3 hours, 3–4 games per station, produced end to end by us.
- 5 stations you pick
- Free Indie Showcase (Puff Puff Crash)
- Produced end to end by us
Full stations
Prize games
$200
Claw machine, gacha and fishing game. Free play all night, stocked with prizes or your swag.
- 3–4 games per station
Retro game machines
$200
All-in-one arcade cabinets and an Atari with preloaded games: fighters, shooters, high-score chases. No learning curve.
- 3–4 games per station
Modern game consoles
$200
Current consoles and PC: kart racing, fighters, co-op hits everyone already knows.
- 3–4 games per station
Retro couch co-op
$200
An N64 and other classic consoles on real tube TVs, controllers in hand. Gets strangers talking.
- 3–4 games per station
Reflex sports
$200
Digital pinball tables, foosball and quick-reflex games in a small footprint.
- 3–4 games per station
Yard sports
$200
Indoor takes on toss, targets and lawn favorites.
- 1–2 big games
Shooting game setup
$200
Light-gun games on the big screen. Fun to watch, too.
- 3–4 games per station
Dance game setup
$200
Dance pads, battles and a crowd cheering.
- 3–4 games per station
Mobile party game setup
$200
Party games on 1 screen. Everyone joins from their phone.
- 3–4 games per station
Passive play & crafts
$200
Coloring, crafts and low-key tabletop play. The chill corner.
- 3–4 games per station
Trippy sensory table
$200
Lava lamps, illusions and visuals to get lost in.
- 3–4 games per station
Action figure arena photo op
$200
A wrestling-ring photo stage with a live webcam. Guests remix their shots and tag you.
- 3–4 games per station
VR setup
Priced on a call
Headsets with anything from mini-golf to immersive worlds. We scope it on a call.
Single games
Just want 1 or 2 things? Pick single games and we bring and host them.
Mini claw machine
$75
Stocked with prizes or your product. Free play all night.
Gacha capsule machine
$75
Twist, pop the capsule, keep the prize.
Magnetic fishing game
$75
Catch a fish, win a prize.
Mini Zoltar fortune teller
$75
A fortune for every guest, printed on a ticket.
N64 on a tube TV
$75
Mario Kart and most of the N64 library on a real CRT.
Atari with preloaded games
$75
Joysticks, classic cartridges built in.
Retro arcade briefcase
$75
An all-in-one arcade in a case: built-in retro library, joysticks and pads.
Countercade 3-in-1
$75
Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug and Galaga on a countertop cabinet.
Digital pinball table
$75
Real pinball tables on a screen, flippers and all.
Extras
Add these once you have a game, station or package in your plan.
Extra hour
$50 per hour
Keep the whole event going an hour longer. Every game in your plan runs as long as the event.
Tournament Mode
$50
Turn any station (3–4 games) into a bracket. We host the rounds and crown a champion with a prize.
Indie Showcase: Puff Puff Crash
$75 free with 3+ stations
Puff Puff Crash, Joe's own game on Google Play, set up for guests to play and chase the high score. Want to spotlight a developer you know? Tell us on the call.
Gift bags
$15 per bag
Stocked and assembled by us with small toys, stickers and merch. Sponsor inserts welcome.
Merch table
$20 off
Let us sell our own Budcade merch at a small table at your event and we take $20 off.
Every week
Weekly residency
$250 per week
We come by the same night every week with 2 tables of games, a mix of new stuff and old favorites, for 3 hours, hosted by us.
- No minimum number of weeks
- No deposit
- Pick how many weeks to pay now
Weekly residency with our merch table
$200 per week
The same weekly night, $50 less a week when you let us run a small Budcade merch table.
Brand activations
Featured Brand
$250
For a single shop.
- Signage on the Budcade table
- Prize games stocked with your product and small prizes
- Budcade-branded games and merchandise
- 10+ photos reshared to a 1,000+ audience
Game Sponsor
$500
For regional brands.
- Everything in Featured Brand
- 3 games you pick
- Additional branded prize games
- 30+ photos, a promo video and event footage
- Guest contact collection
Headline Partner
$750
For exclusivity.
- Everything in Game Sponsor
- Your branding on every table
- The full game floor run as your brand
- 50+ photos, a promo video and full event footage
- Internal team recap
- Category exclusivity
Lessons and consulting
30-minute session
$50 per session
A working session with Joe: code, Unity, game dev, or the automation you're stuck on. You pick the time from your receipt.
60-minute session
$100 per session
An hour, screen-shared, on your code or your project. You keep what we build.
90-minute session
$150 per session
Room to build or scope something real in 1 sitting.
4 sessions, 90 minutes each
$500
Unblock Sprint or 4-lesson pack. 4 sessions, 90 minutes each, over a month; saves $100 versus singles.
Build Sprint
$1,500
Done for you in 2 weeks: 1 automation, internal system, or custom game or interactive build, handed over and documented. Best after a free call to scope it.