◆ THE ONE NEW THING: HEARTBEAT SYNC
The host has a pulse. Watch the ♥ in the top-centre HUD — it throbs
on every beat. Land a grab within a split-second of the beat and the HUD flashes
SYNC: that pickup pays ×1.5 and grows your chain twice as fast. The host runs
at roughly 54 BPM and speeds up with depth. Time your greed to the heartbeat and your score explodes.
◆ AIMING IN 10 SECONDS
The reticle IS your cursor — the system pointer is hidden, so
where you point is exactly where you hit. When the reticle touches a molecule a 3D ring
snaps around it and the brackets flare: that ring is the true grab radius, and clicking always collects the
ringed object. HOLD the button and sweep to vacuum a whole cluster — the ring hops target to target.
◆ THE JOB
You are a salvage nanite injected into a living host, free-swimming through plasma inside a pulsing
vessel. Aim and fire the tractor filament to rip enzymes, protein shards and gear out of the bloodstream
into your hold. Fill the enzyme quota before your power cell dies. Every 5th sample a
MOTHER PHAGE is waiting — grab Antibody Spikes and drive them into its capsid.
5 nanites per run.
◆ CONTROLS
DESKTOP
MOUSE aim · DRAG look
LEFT CLICK grab · HOLD = auto-repeat
W/↑ forward · S/↓ back
A/← move LEFT · D/→ move RIGHT
Q turn left · E turn right
SPACE rise · C sink
SHIFT flagellum burst (parries acid)
F enzyme pulse · L FPS mouse-lock
ESC/P pause · M mute
MOBILE / TOUCH
◉ TAP a molecule = ring + GRAB it
◉ HOLD + drag = sweep and vacuum
◉ Left stick = swim
◉ ▲ RISE / ▼ SINK = vertical thrust (hold)
◉ GRAB = tractor filament (hold to chain)
◉ BURST = dash + parry + i-frames
◉ PULSE = pulls loot, shoves phages
◉ ❚❚ left edge = pause / restart / map
◆ PLASMA JETS
Five glowing convection jets run vertically through the vessel, driven by the
heartbeat. Swim through one and it launches you upward and pays an instant jet bonus. Bright column =
charged, dim = recharging. They are the fastest way to cross the arena, escape a hunter and stack a chain.
◆ POWER IS YOUR TIMER
Your nanite runs on a power cell and it drains constantly. Every enzyme you bank adds a fraction of a
second and an ATP Capsule dumps +6s straight back in — keep collecting and you can stay inside the host
almost forever. Hit zero and you lose a nanite, then re-run the same sample with your haul intact.
◆ BIOMATTER
ENZYMEBase value · counts toward the quota · +0.35s power
PROTEIN SHARD≈3.6× value · does not count to quota
ATP CAPSULEHuge value + +6s power
MEMBRANE ⛨Absorbs one hit · stacks to 3
CILIA BOOST »+65% swim speed for 9s
MITOSIS SIGIL ×2Value ×2 (then ×3) for 12s
SPARE NANITE ♥+1 nanite (max 7)
RNA CHIME ✦+5 chain and extends the chain timer
ANTIBODY SPIKE ⚔Phage samples only — grab to damage the boss
TOXIN SPORE ✖Touch = −1 nanite. GRAB IT = NEUTRALISE for big points
PHAGE HUNTER ☠Stalks you. Burst through it or grapple it apart
◆ BIO CHAIN (COMBO)
- Anything banked within 4.5 s of the last grows your CHAIN: ×1 → ×2 (5) → ×3 (10) → ×5 (20) → ×8 (35) → ×12 (60+).
- HEARTBEAT SYNC: grab on the beat for ×1.5 and double chain growth.
- TRACTOR BONUS: beam-pulling a molecule pays +25% over bumping into it.
- NEUTRALISE a Toxin Spore with the beam for a massive risk payout.
- PARRY an acid orb by bursting into it — big points plus real boss damage.
- PLASMA JETS pay an instant bonus and reposition you for free.
- Sample clear pays a power bonus (seconds left × 2,500 × sample) and a no-damage bonus.
- Phage bounty = sample × 60,000. Values scale with depth, so deep samples print millions.
◆ MOTHER PHAGE TACTICS
- The beast drifts mid-vessel: acid volleys, expanding immune shockwaves (rise over them or burst through) and summoned hunters.
- Only Antibody Spikes hurt it — grab one and it homes in on its own.
- Spikes keep respawning, so the fight can never become unwinnable.
- Below 50% HP it MUTATES: faster volleys, double shockwaves, more spawns.
◆ WORLD RANKING
After a run, enter your operator name and flag — your haul enters the Global Top 100 (saved on this device,
merged with the worldwide operator list). Beat rank #100 to qualify.
◆ YOU CAN NEVER GET STUCK
- Edge chevrons always point at the nearest enzyme / spike / phage.
- The vessel auto-refills if biomatter ever runs low.
- ESC/P (or ❚❚) any time: RESUME · RESTART SAMPLE · CHANGE MASK · FPS MOUSE · HOST MAP · HELP · END RUN.
- Internal watchdogs recover automatically from a lost frame or a stuck transition.