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ROOT // PRTCL
ROGUE-NET RUNNER - Intro
Basic Tutorial: How to Play
Navigating the net requires tactical precision, resource management, and code decryption. Here is a quick breakdown of your toolset:
1. The Global Network Map
From the overworld map, you choose your path across active nodes, black-market stations, and high-risk targets. Your ultimate goal is to breach GEN_SYS.
RAM Management: Keep track of your system RAM to execute illegal programs like SCAN or SPOOF.
Alarm Levels: Every action increases system alarm. If it hits 100%, your connection is forcefully severed.
2. Breach Protocols (Puzzles)
When you connect to a hostile network node in ROOT // PRTCL, you will face one of four randomized hacking interfaces. Here is a quick guide on how to solve each breach protocol:
A. Mastermind
Objective: Deduce the secret 4-digit numeric sequence before your history/attempts run out.
Controls: Use Left/Right to move the cursor between digits, and Up/Down to rotate numbers (0-9). Press O to submit your guess.
Feedback: After each submission, small indicator bars appear next to your guess: exact matches (right number, right position) vs. partial matches (right number, wrong position).
Assist: Use your auxiliary SCAN program to automatically reveal digits of the secret sequence if you get stuck.
B. Matrix Buffer
Objective: Extract a sequence of numbers from a 4x4 grid that matches the target code.
Controls: Navigate the active row or column using the directional keys, and press O to extract the selected number into your buffer.
Feedback: Selection alternates automatically between row and column axes with every pick. Selecting incorrect numbers or failing the sequence triggers an alarm penalty.
C. Route
Objective: Guide your data packet step-by-step across the grid to reach the target marker [M] at position (4,4).
Controls: Use the directional arrow keys to move your packet from node to node.
Feedback: Watch out for active ICE nodes! ICE nodes cycle between safe and active phases every turn. Stepping on an active ICE node will spike your alarm and damage your run.
D. Firewall Alignment
Objective: Rotate scrambled pipeline links to establish a continuous, powered circuit from IN> all the way to >OUT.
Controls: Move your cursor with the arrow keys over any grid segment and press O to rotate the pipe.
Feedback: Conduits light up brightly when power successfully flows through them. Once a complete path connects to the exit node, the firewall collapses and the node is breached.
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