07:40
Wild Beats live out in the open
In the grass, by the streams, on the verges. Walk up quietly: run, and the skittish ones bolt.
Explore · Befriend · Ride · Together
A living Enugu awaits you
042beats is an open-world adventure set in the real streets of Enugu, the Coal City. Befriend Beats drawn from Nigerian folklore, ride the kekes and buses, eat okpa at the roadside, meet other players and write your own story. It plays right in your browser.
- 31
- Beats from 5 traditions
- 158k+
- real buildings to explore
- Live
- multiplayer, chat & voice
EnuguCoal City--:--in game
A wild Zomo is watching youWalk slowly: running scares it off.
Explore real places
Enugu street by street, from Okpara Square to Ogbete Market, built from open map data.
Befriend & battle
31 Beats from Nigerian stories. Battle them, seal a pact with an Udu, train them up.
Meet & play together
Proximity chat and voice, parties, trading, friendly duels and a ranked season.
Your story, your way
The Ledger: a city-wide mystery where your choices change who you can trust.
Meet the Beats
Enugu is older than it looks, and so are the spirits that walk it.
People here make pacts with them, and call each one a Beat. These are the game's real models: drag one to turn it, or pick another. Mbeku, Zomo and Ogolo are the three you can start with.
Mbeku
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“It talks its way into every feast and out of every consequence — almost.”
Mbeku gather where the tortoise's tales are still told — courtyards, market benches, moonlight story circles — as if they like to hear about themselves. Young Mbeku have glossy, unbroken shells and a bottomless appetite for other Beats' good fortune.
Vitality70
Power52
Guard78
Spirit55
Resistance62
Agility30
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Read Mbeku's story in the Ledger A day in the Coal City
Something is always happening.
Wild Beats in the bush, battles on the verge, buses to catch, food to eat and a market that never sleeps. Here's what a day can look like.
08:05
Battles turn on Breath
Every move costs Breath. Spend it on a big hit, or hold back and outlast them.
Seal a pact
Weaken a Beat, roll a clay Udu its way and hope it holds.
12:30
Eat your way across town
Food keeps you fed and healthy and gives you buffs; a cold drink puts your stamina back. Ask anyone where the best is.
14:10
Ride like a local
Catch a city bus with other players, or flag a keke for the places buses don't go. Next time, skip the journey.
🚌 Bus ₭60🛺 Keke from ₭20
16:00
Trade on the Exchange
- 🏺Clay Udu₭100
- 🏺Kiln Udu₭350
- ⚱️Coalglass Udu₭1,200
- 🌿Bitterleaf Poultice₭80
Never alone in the city
Proximity chat and voice, parties and friends.
21:00
After dark, other Beats come out
Ụsụ pour out of the trees at sunset, Kura prowls the market stalls, and Agụ… you didn't see it. It saw you.
The Ledger
Choices with weight
A city-wide mystery of forged permits and quiet levies. No good-or-evil meter: people remember what you did.
The world
Real Enugu, street by street.
158,118 buildings and 11,581 roads come from OpenStreetMap, so the city you play in is the city you know. The lines are the game's real bus routes.
Start here
Okpara Square
Every Beatkeeper arrives here. A researcher on the square has your first job, and the Okpara Exchange pavilion is a short walk away.
“Na Enugu we dey. Coal City no dey carry last!”overheard in the game
Told with care
Real stories, kept honest.
Every Beat keeps what the tradition actually says, with sources, apart from what we invented. Sacred beings are never collectible, and entries wait for native-speaker and scholar review before launch.
Igbo5Hausa5Kalabari1Yoruba2Tiv1042beats originals17
Open the Story Ledger Play in five languages
English
Who are you in the Coal City?
Naijá
Who you be for Coal City?
Igbo
Onye ka ị bụ na Coal City?
Hausa
Wane ne kai a Coal City?
Yorùbá
Ta ni ọ́ ní Coal City?
No download · Free to play
Your keke is waiting.
Make your Beatkeeper, step out onto Okpara Square and pick your first Beat. The Coal City is already busy.
Enter Enugu