How to Play

🎯 Objective

Navigate through each level, find and press the button to unlock the goal, then reach the goal tile to advance to the next level. Avoid or outsmart the turrets and drones that guard each area!

🕹️ Controls

Movement & Stealth

• WASD - Move your character

• Hold Shift - Break stealth (sprint mode)

• Release Shift - Return to stealth mode

• Right Click to SHOOT

Inventory & Items

• 1, 2, 3 - Select inventory slots

• Space Bar - Use selected item OR pick up nearby items OR access shop on Spawn Tile

• Left Click - Throw grenade (when selected and IN range)

System Controls

• F11 - Toggle fullscreen

• ESC - Exit game

• F1 - Debug mode (shows enemy vision cones)

🎮 Core Mechanics

Stealth System

• Stealth Mode (default): Move slower but harder for turrets to detect. Turrets need time to "lock on" before they can shoot.

• Sprint Mode (hold Shift): Move faster but turrets detect you instantly! Use strategically when you need speed.

Timer System

• You have 10 seconds once you leave the spawn area (blue tile)

• Pressing the button refills your timer to 10 seconds

• Oxygen items add +5 seconds (max 10 seconds)

• Time runs out = explosion and respawn at spawn point

Health System

• You start with 2 health points

• Bullet hits reduce health by 1

• Laser beams are instant death

• Bubble shields absorb 2 hits before breaking

🤖 Enemies

Turrets (Stationary)

• Scan areas with rotating vision cones

• Stealth Mode: Need time to lock onto you (longer at distance, instant up close)

• Sprint Mode: Detect and fire instantly

• Take cover behind walls and obstacles

• Red gun texture = locked on and ready to fire!

Drones (Flying)

• Patrol areas and pursue when they spot you

• Can lock onto you and reveal your position to all turrets

• Blue beam = drone is revealing you to turrets

• Use terminals to temporarily shut them down

🧰 Items & Inventory

You have 3 inventory slots. Pick up items with Space and select slots with 1-2-3.

Bubble Shield 🛡️

• Absorbs 2 bullet hits before breaking

• Use with Space when selected

Oxygen Tank 🧪

• Adds +5 seconds to your timer

• Essential for longer levels

Grenades 💣

• Select with inventory keys, throw with Left Click

• 75-unit range (you'll see an orange trajectory line)

• Great for destroying obstacles or enemies

🏗️ Level Elements

Important Tiles

• Blue Tile - Safe spawn point (enemies can't detect you here)

• Button (Wall-mounted) - Press to unlock the goal and refill timer

• Green Tile - Goal (only accessible after pressing button)

Terminals (Level 3+)

• Wall-mounted computer panels

• Activate to shut down all drones for 4 seconds

• Drones are slower for 10 seconds after reactivating

Laser Systems

• Red laser beams that kill instantly

• Study their patterns and timing to slip past

💡 Strategy Tips

Early Levels (1-2)

• Learn the stealth system and turret behavior

• Use walls for cover and line-of-sight blocking

• Practice timing your movements

Mid Levels (3+)

• Drones appear - use terminals strategically

• Save oxygen for emergency timer refills

• Grenades can clear paths through obstacles

Advanced Play

• Sprint bursts: Quick sprints between cover

• Terminal timing: Shut down drones when they're about to lock on

• Item management: Balance inventory for current level needs

• Safe zones: Return to spawn to reset timer and escape pursuit

Remember:

• Turrets can't see through walls - use cover!

• Drones lose track if you break line of sight

• The spawn tile is always safe

• Plan your route to the button, then to the goal

🏆 Difficulty Progression

• More turrets and drones spawn as levels increase

• Levels become more complex with additional obstacles

• Later levels feature laser systems and multiple drones

• Each death is tracked - challenge yourself to minimize deaths!

Good luck, and remember: patience and stealth will serve you better than speed and aggression!