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Safe Mode: Responsible Play at Obrevane Layer

No layer here is played for money, but every layer is made from the same parts as games that are: chance, quick rounds and the pull of another go. Habits do not check the currency. Safe Mode holds the brakes that keep play in proportion, the signs worth watching, and the people to talk to if gambling anywhere has become a problem.

18+ — for entertainment only. No real money play. No prizes of monetary value.

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The game layers are open.

the brakes

Settings that slow things down

Everything here works on this device. The pause and the daily budget are kept whatever you chose about storage.

Checkpoints

A checkpoint stops the game and lays out the session so far: minutes, rounds, pixels in and back. Choose Stop for now, which saves and closes the session and hides the layers for your chosen break, or Continue.

Checkpoint every
Break after Stop for now

Session caps

Reach a cap and the session ends: the game layers are hidden for 30 minutes on this device, and the next session starts at zero. A round cap warns you five rounds ahead.

Rounds in a session
Minutes in a session
Pixels down in a session

Daily round budget

Set how many rounds a day you want, across all six layers. When the day's budget is used, the layers stay hidden until tomorrow. You can lower today's budget at any time; a higher one only takes effect from tomorrow, so a late decision never undoes an earlier one.

Rounds per day

No daily budget set.

Pause and calm mode

Pick 15 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 3 days, 7 days or 30 days and all six game layers go dark for that long. Anything from an hour upwards cannot be cut short; you can only make it longer. The Pause button is in the top bar of every page.

Calm mode switches off motion and glow, keeps winning lines and the result line unlit, and puts a two-second gap between rounds.

Calm mode

A self-check for your eyes only

Eight statements about play of any kind, on this site or anywhere else. Tap the answer that fits. The total is worked out in this page, sent nowhere, and gone when you leave.

  1. Sessions last much longer than I meant them to.
  2. I open games like these to escape a low mood, boredom or worry.
  3. After a bad run I want to keep going until I am level again.
  4. Play has cost me sleep, or crowded out something that mattered.
  5. Cutting down leaves me restless or short-tempered.
  6. I play down, or keep quiet about, how long I spend on games like these.
  7. Someone I am close to has commented on how much I play.
  8. Thoughts of playing crowd in while I am doing other things.

0 of 8 answered. Nothing you tap here is saved.

Treat the score as a nudge to think, never as a verdict. If it raised something, the services below are a good next step.

Signs to look out for

  • Sessions that keep running past the time you meant to stop.
  • Playing to change a mood rather than for the fun of it.
  • Wanting to win back a bad run, even when it is only pixels.
  • Games pushing into your thoughts at work or with friends.
  • Feeling irritable or flat when you cannot play.
  • Moving from points to real money to chase the same feeling.

Blocking tools

  • GAMSTOP: register once, free, and every gambling site or app holding a Great Britain licence shuts you out for the term you pick: six months, one year or five years.
  • Gamban: a blocker you install on phones, tablets and computers that stops gambling pages and apps from loading.
  • Most UK banks can block gambling payments on your cards from the banking app or by phone.
  • Here on Obrevane Layer: a 30-day pause, or a small daily budget.

UK support

Free and confidential help

Every one is free to call or message, and none of them needs you to have decided there is a problem.

Worried about someone else?

Gambling harm reaches partners, children, parents and friends. The National Gambling Helpline supports people affected by someone else's gambling as well as the person gambling, and Gamblers Anonymous runs groups for families. A call before a difficult conversation can help you plan it.

Under 18

Obrevane Layer is closed to under-18s. Under 18 and want someone to talk to, or worried about a young person who found the site? Childline is free on 0800 1111. Parents can find guidance on games, chance features and screen time at Internet Matters.

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