SECTOR_BRIEFING

How to play

• Slide the deflector along the bottom band with the arrow keys or A and D. On touch, drag anywhere on the play area and the deflector chases your finger.
• Press space to launch the packet. Wait too long and it launches itself — the firewall does not wait for you.
• Where the packet lands on the deflector sets the angle. Outer edges throw it out wide, the middle sends it steep. That is your only aim.
• Firewall blocks come in three grades: nodes drop in one hit, filters take two, cores take three. Steel plating never breaks — it is there to get in your way.
• Chain breaks without touching the deflector and every block in the chain pays more. Catch the packet and the chain resets to zero.
• The packet speeds up every eight blocks you break and stays fast until you lose it.
• A broken block sometimes drops a PATCH capsule. Catch it with the deflector for twelve seconds of extra width.
• Clear every breakable block to breach the layer. The next one is faster, tighter, and better defended.
• Stop breaking blocks and the firewall pushes a row down toward you. Let it reach the deflector and the run ends on the spot.
• Three lives. Lose the packet past the bottom and you drop one — lose the last and the breach fails.