DEFRAG_

CONSOLE RECOVERY TERMINAL — support

The screen is black. Is the game broken?

No — that's the game. The world is unlit. Hold the left mouse button to rasterize your surroundings into view as text. Nothing renders until you draw it.

Controls

• Mouse — look (click once to capture the cursor)
• Left mouse (hold) — rasterize
• Right mouse — 360° burst (costs more memory)
• W A S D — move, Shift — sprint
• Esc — pause / release cursor
• P — screenshot (saved to Pictures/DEFRAG)
• H — re-read the operator briefing

What am I supposed to do?

Find each sector's amber gate and walk through it. Rasterizing spends dedicated memory — if it runs out, the sector restarts. The residents hunt sound: every footstep, burst, and sweep of the beam tells them where you were. There is no bottom.

The picture flickers / CRT effect

The CRT look (scanlines, curvature, flicker) can be switched off: press S on the main menu or pause screen, then toggle CRT FILTER. If you're sensitive to flicker, do this before playing — the opening title card flickers hardest.

How do I reset my progress?

Main menu → [N] NEW CONSOLE. It asks for confirmation, then generates a fresh world seed. Volume and display settings are kept.

Requirements

macOS 13 or later, any Mac with Apple Silicon or Intel. Keyboard and mouse required. Headphones strongly recommended.