DL Arcade [ONLINE MATCHES!] — hud for Deadlock
This project was created using AI Assistance as part of a workflow for analyzing Deadlock Panorama UI Support the project: Boosty Deadlock Arcade - play mini-games straight from Deadlock. Compatible with QOL Lock and like 95% other mods (place DL Arcade higher in priority) No alt-tabs. No second app. Press Esc, pick a game, and play a round while you wait for your match. Support & Community Discord: Report bugs, suggest new games, or discuss the mod on the Discord Server . Support the project: Help cover server costs & future development on Boosty . Any help is massively appreciated! Games Included Poker (Texas Hold'em, 2 to 4 players) Geoguesser Pixel Battle Chess Checkers Wordle Durak Connect Four Tic-Tac-Toe How to play Press the Escape key. Select "DL Arcade"; it will appear below the "Exit Game" button Quick Match: Public matchmaking. No code needed. Select Multiple: Queue for several games at once, get matched on whatever overlaps. Private Lobbies: One player shares a 4-digit code, the other types it in. Play vs Bot: Fully offline, no server connection needed. Wait, how does DL Arcade even go online? TL;DR: Deadlock's UI has zero networking, but it CAN load images. We send actions hidden inside image URLs (e.g. /move.png?code=4591&from=12&to=28 ), and the server replies with tiny PNGs where the pixel width and height encode the response data . We read the image size in pi…
Compatibility
Model replacements are the first thing to break when Valve edits a skeleton, so re-check after each patch. It conflicts with any other mod replacing the same asset — two in the addons folder means whichever loads last wins, and the other one silently does nothing.
Is it safe
It is client-side: the file lives on your machine and other players see the default game. Cosmetic addons have not produced bans, but Deadlock is in active development and nothing about mods is officially supported. Keep a copy of the folder before a patch and remove it if the game stops launching.
Credit
Made by Predi_i and published on GameBanana. We index it here with a link back; the file, the licence (This work is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 .) and the comment thread stay with the author. Credits
Frequently asked questions
How do I install DL Arcade [ONLINE MATCHES!]?▾▴
.vpk into game/citadel/addons and name it pak01_dir.vpk. That folder only loads once gameinfo.gi lists it, which is a one-time edit — check the install guide.Is DL Arcade [ONLINE MATCHES!] safe to install?▾▴
.vpk is a data archive, not a program, so it cannot execute code the way an installer can. The risk is provenance. This one has 3,243 installs, so a problem would have surfaced on its GameBanana thread. Mods with almost no downloads from accounts with no history have had none of that scrutiny.Will other players see this mod?▾▴
Can I run it alongside other mods?▾▴
pak01_dir.vpk and pak02_dir.vpk installed, pak01 wins and the other does nothing.Does it still work after the latest patch?▾▴
gameinfo.gi and remove your search paths, which stops every manually installed mod at once — redo that edit and they come back. Separately, model replacements break first when Valve edits a skeleton; recolours and HUD mods usually survive. The author posts updates on the GameBanana page.Where does the download come from?▾▴
How do I remove DL Arcade [ONLINE MATCHES!]?▾▴
.vpk from game/citadel/addons, or toggle it off in the Deadlock Mod Manager library. Mods never overwrite game files, so nothing needs repairing afterwards.