Closed beta · Build 51

Mine it Build it Take it

A voxel crime sandbox where the city is scenery, shelter and inventory. Rob badly. Build worse. Escape beautifully.

  • 18+ · unrated
  • Desktop recommended
  • Fresh browser worlds
Adult block criminals speed through a neon city in an absurd sports car while a police helicopter gives chase Closed beta · 51
The current beta

The city is the weapon

No campaign promises disguised as features. These are the systems in BUILD 51, playable now behind the beta gate.

Mine it

Roads, walls, trees and ground are material. Take the city apart, piece by piece, and carry the useful bits home.

Harvestable voxel world

Build it

Craft tools, raise walls, hide a stash and defend a lair. Police can burn the place if you lead trouble through the door.

Construction · crafting · lairs

Take it

Rob shops, steal cars, build heat and bank score only when you make it back alive. The escape is the job.

Crime · cars · police · score
Online rooms, live now

2–8 delinquents

Start the same seeded city, share edits and player state, then cooperate or settle it with a scoreboard. Multiplayer is lightweight room play—not a persistent server, account system or cloud world.

The beta access code and the in-game room code do different jobs. Do not send your beta code in chat.

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Beta access code

Unlocks this browser for 30 days. Shared privately by STOIC AS.

FIVES
Five-letter room code

Created inside the game so 2–8 players can enter the same temporary room.

Captured in the real build

Every frame below comes from Hard Block Life gameplay. Touch controls appear where the capture was made on phone.

The public roadmap · no suspiciously precise dates

Unfortunately, I have plans

I started with one blocky city. I would like to end up with a world that has geography, history, named lives and a long memory for whatever players do to it. This has escalated in a perfectly sensible way.

See the whole bad idea
  1. 01 · ShippedOne cityMine it. Rob it. Annoy the police.
  2. 02 · NowCity with opinionsBUILD 51, playable behind the gate.
  3. 03 · BuildingMore weightCrafting, physics, damage, sound.
  4. 04 · HorizonBig WorldReal geography and enterable cities.
  5. 05 · DreamWorld memoryNamed lives, history, myths, consequences.

A roadmap is direction, not a hostage note. Only “Now” describes BUILD 51.

Before you start

Quick start

The beta is desktop-first. Phone play is supported in landscape and uses the same simulation with a touch-specific interface.

Platform and controls

  • RecommendedModern Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox on desktop with WebGL.
  • DesktopKeyboard and mouse. The game teaches nearby actions in the HUD.
  • PhoneRotate to landscape. Touch controls appear automatically.
  • Online rooms2–8 players. Room traffic is transient and the world is not hosted as a persistent server.
Closed beta access

Know the wrong people?

One shared code unlocks Hard Block Life in this browser for 30 days. It is separate from the five-letter room code used after you enter the game.

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