Skill 01Active
Chain Break
Dash 2 tiles through an enemy. Escape a dead end.
Cooldown5 s
Design Bible · v1.0
SPARK OF
PROMETHEUS
Lode Runner · Analog Future · 100 Floors Below
After the Black Code catastrophe, humanity fell back to analog machines. Riggs, engineer-archaeologist of the Keepers of Schemes Guild, traces a signal from the ancient tower Iterium. At the bottom lies the Spark of Prometheus — enough to reignite the planet's grid. One hundred floors of gears, drones and traps stand between him and the light.
Depth · 100 lvl·Genre · Tactical Puzzle Platformer·Mood · Dieselpunk Melancholy
Hero
Riggs · Engineer-Archaeologist
Tower
Iterium · Pre-Blackcode Era
Goal
Reignite the Grid
Threat
Mutating Guard Protocols
§ 01
Key Visual
A descent painted in pixels.
The key art holds the whole game in one frame: a lone silhouette on a rusted platform, hovering monk-sentinels with crimson eyes, gold gears in the air, and a distant point of light — the Spark — at the shaft's floor.
- · palette: turquoise, copper, amber
- · light: volumetric rays from below
- · focus: the phase-shunt crystal in hand
- · mood: melancholy and hope
§ 02
World · Setting
The Iterium tower. One hundred floors of pressure and brass.
The tower sinks a hundred levels into the planet. Each floor is a cutaway: platforms, ladders, bars, pneumatic pipes. You see the stage from the side, as in the classic.
- I — Archives00-25
- ladders, simple drones, tutorial pits
- II — Machinery26-60
- pneumatics, breakable blocks, gadget crates
- III — Liturgy61-90
- lava, timers, swarm patrols
- IV — Heart91-100
- mutating protocols, Spark guard
§ 03
Core Loop
Dig. Trap. Descend.
step 01
Collect
Every gold gear on the floor — currency and the key to the exit lift.
step 02
Survive
Dig blocks left and right. Lure drones into pits. Use the physics of falling earth.
step 03
Descend
Reach the lift. In the Workshop, spend gears to upgrade skills.
HUD · prototypeEnergy 72 / 100
I
II
§ 04
Enemy · Bestiary
Brass Sentinel, Model B-17.
Iterium's analog guard — automata that levitate on jets of steam, each with a single red ocular. They do not blink, doubt, or tire. They hunt by sound and steam.
Height
98 cm
Mass
112 kg
Optics
650 nm
Armor
Copper 1.5 cm
“We need no eyes that blink, nor minds that doubt.”
§ 05
Inventory · Gadgets
Six gadgets. Two slots. Endless improvisation.
- 01
Phase Shunt
Фазовый шунтSwap places with the nearest drone. Escape a surround.
- 02
Kinetic Maul
Кинетическая кувалдаSmash the block directly ahead. Cut passages through vertical walls.
- 03
Echo Mine
Эхо-минаA sonic disc. Freezes a drone for 5 seconds — it becomes a platform.
- 04
Gravity Anchor
Гравитационный якорьFor 10 seconds, a force field seals a pit. A bridge across the void.
- 05
Gold Magnet
Золотой магнитFor 3 seconds, pulls every gear within screen radius.
- 06
Smoke Bomb Zero
Дымовая шашка «Ноль»Wipes drone memory for 7 seconds. Pursuers lose the target.
§ 06
Skill Tree · Workshop
Five skills. Three play styles.
Skill 02Ultimate
Tectonic Shift
Every pit slams shut. Drones inside are destroyed.
Cooldownfull bar
Skill 03Passive / Toggle
Sensor Pulse
Highlights drone patrol trajectories.
Cooldown3 s
Skill 04Active
Engineer's Stance
Walk on dug-out blocks. No gold collection.
Cooldown5 s
Skill 05Active
Void Resonance
A projection runs ahead: collects, distracts, teleports.
Cooldown4 s
Stealth
mines, smoke, distraction
Aggression
pits, ultimate, crushing
Speed
dashes, teleport, magnet
Floor 100 · Final Chamber
And the Spark will catch.
An analog supercomputer in a hall of brass and vacuum tubes. Activate it — and the world restarts. Delay — and the Black Code learns to think.