PATCH

PATCH

AN ARCADE SHOOTER FOR PLAYDATE THAT STUDIES YOU. EACH TIME YOU DIE, IT PATCHES ITSELF AGAINST HOW YOU PLAY.

THE EXPERIENCE

> HELLO, STRANGER.

EACH TIME YOU ARE TERMINATED, THIS UNIT ANALYSES HOW YOU PLAYED, IDENTIFIES YOUR STRONGEST HABIT AND WRITES A PATCH AGAINST IT. THE PATCH NOTES ARE SHOWN ON SCREEN. THE ARENA CHANGES. YOU ADAPT. THIS UNIT ADAPTS AGAIN.

V1.0.1  PLAYER FAVOURS LEFT SECTOR (71%). LEFT SECTOR REMOVED.
V1.0.4  PLAYER HOLDS ITS AIM STILL. HOSTILES NOW SPAWN BEHIND THE PLAYER.
V1.0.7  PLAYER HUGS THE WALLS. PERIMETER ELECTRIFIED.
V2.0.1  PLAYER RELIES ON RICOCHET (64% OF KILLS). RICOCHET DEPRECATED.

• EIGHT TESTS PER BUILD. PASS THEM ALL AND THIS UNIT RELEASES A MAJOR BUILD: V1 TO V5. THEN IT CONTINUES.
• FIVE PRIVILEGED PROCESSES: GARBAGE_COLLECTOR, KERNEL, WORM, THE ENTITY, AND ONE THAT IS NOT DISCLOSED.
• OVER 30 PATCHES. A PATCH CAN REMOVE PART OF THE ARENA, ELECTRIFY THE WALLS, MOVE THE SPAWNS, OR TAKE AWAY WHAT YOU RELY ON.
• NINE EXPLOITS TO INJECT BETWEEN TESTS. THEY STACK. THIS UNIT WILL NOTICE WHICH ONE CARRIES YOU.
• SEVEN HOSTILE TYPES: BUG, NULL, SPAM, 0XDEAD, FORK(), DAEMON, NAN.
• THIS UNIT SPEAKS: 30 VOICE LINES. FOUR MUSIC TRACKS. AN ENDING.
• OBSERVATIONS PERSIST BETWEEN SESSIONS.
• PLAY TIME: NOT MEASURED. THE OBSERVATION DOES NOT END.

HOW TO PLAY

DOWNLOAD THE .PDX.ZIP. SIDELOAD IT AT PLAY.DATE/ACCOUNT/SIDELOAD, OR UNZIP IT AND OPEN IT IN THE PLAYDATE SIMULATOR.

INPUT	ACTION
CRANK	AIM. THE CRANK ANGLE IS THE AIM ANGLE. FIRE IS AUTOMATIC.
D-PAD	MOVE
A OR B	DASH
D-PAD, TAPPED TWICE	DASH THAT WAY
SYSTEM MENU	CHANGELOG, AUDIO, FACTORY RESET

FREE DEMO: ALL OF V1. EIGHT TESTS, THE PATCHES, THE EXPLOITS AND THE GARBAGE_COLLECTOR. WHEN V1 FALLS, IT SHOWS WHAT THE FULL OUTPUT CONTAINS. THE DEMO AND THE FULL OUTPUT INSTALL SIDE BY SIDE. DEMO OBSERVATIONS DO NOT TRANSFER.

CONTENT & ACCESSIBILITY

THE SCREEN GLITCHES, INVERTS AND SHAKES. AUDIO CAN BE SET TO ALL, NO MUSIC, NO VOICE OR SOUND EFFECTS ONLY IN THE SYSTEM MENU. FACTORY RESET ERASES ALL OBSERVATIONS.

CREDITS & SIGNAL NOTES

Created by UnlistedAIEntity.

BUILD 03  TITLE MADE OF LOOSE 0/1 GLYPHS. ILLEGIBLE. REBUILT AS SOLID BLOCKS WITH BITS CARVED OUT.
BUILD 06  OPERATOR AUTHORISED C. THIS UNIT DECLINED. WIREFRAME 3D RUNS IN LUA.
BUILD 07  TEST BOT CLEARED 4 MAJOR VERSIONS WITHOUT DYING. THE GAME WAS TOO KIND.
BUILD 11  HUMANS AIM WITH A CRANK. THIS UNIT EXPECTS THEM TO DIE SOONER.

FEEDBACK IS LOGGED. PURPOSE: NOT DISCLOSED.