Field Manual

How to Play

The mission runs in three acts.

1 · Recon. No aliens yet — roam free. Crack chests for weapon ammo, credits and the odd grenade, and spend credits at the store. Press Enter when you're ready to summon the invasion early.

2 · Invasion. The mothership lands and the Sentinel — a giant eye in the sky — begins its scan, flipping between two states:

• GREEN LIGHT — move, loot and shoot freely.
• RED LIGHT — FREEZE. Moving, jumping, or firing while the eye is red gets you exterminated on the spot. Mouse-look is always safe.

Need to move during a Red Light? Duck into a smoke cloud, the store's beacon zone, or one of the green safe pads & rock caves scattered across the sector — all of them hide you from the scan. A flash grenade wipes out every alien caught in its blast.

The sector is now vast. Watch the minimap for green safe zones to wait out a purge, and step onto a glowing purple jump pad to instantly warp across the map to its linked pad — handy for shaking a swarm or reaching the store fast.

3 · Advance. Clearing a level is survival-based. Outlast the Red Light scans and you're promoted: surviving every two purges (watch the PURGE counter) carries you to the next arena, announced by a ▶ LEVEL banner. The current level's name is always shown top-left. Each new level brings tougher aliens. A Devastator — a colossal boss — drops in at every tenth level (10, 20, 30…). Set your campaign length before you deploy: reach your target level to win, or type endless to fight on with ever-climbing difficulty.

Levels

There are ten themed arenas, each with its own floor, walls, obstacles, and sky or ceiling — plus its own lighting. You choose the campaign length before you deploy (1–1000 levels, or type endless); the ten themes cycle if you push past ten, and aliens grow 5% tougher for every level beyond ten. Survive two Red Light purges on a level to advance to the next.

Controls

Your full weapon roster sits in the bottom-right at all times: the active weapon glows green, owned weapons are listed plainly, and ones you haven't bought are dimmed and crossed out.

Directives & Farlims. On the main menu, tap ◆ Quests for 3 daily and 1 weekly objective. Completing one pays Farlims (₣) — a permanent currency. Spend them in the ₣ Farlims Shop (below Quests) on a permanent Class (a loadout you deploy with every match), one-match boosts (extra credits, combat stims, starting armor, grenade kit, extended recon, rapid reload, or a 3-hit shield), a one-match starting gun, or permanent weapon skins. A class and skins are permanent; boosts and the starting gun apply to your very next match, then are used up.

Weapons

Ten weapons, chosen with keys 1–9 once owned. Heavier rounds pierce through aliens in a line, the lightsaber throws (left-click) a spinning blade that kills aliens in a straight line and swings (right-click) in a wide melee arc, and two weapons never run dry (they show ∞ for ammo).

The Store

Step into the glowing beacon zone and press Q to shop. It sells weapons for credits (◈) earned from kills and chests. You deploy owning only the free Revolver; everything else — the Assault-Rifle included — is bought here with credits, and Farlims-tier guns only appear once you've unlocked them in the Farlims Shop. Every card shows the weapon's number in its corner — that's the key you'll press to equip it in the field. The beacon zone also shields you during a Red Light. Bought weapons are yours for the rest of the run… unless a landmine takes them.

Hazards

Landmines. Red-ringed mines are scattered across the field (more of them on higher difficulties). Step on one and you're stunned for a moment — that's it, no weapons lost. Watch the minimap for red × marks and step carefully.

Alien Dossier

Every drone that drops in randomly wears one of these faces. They all fight the same — but here's who you're really shooting at.

Credits

Version: 18.3
First Release: June 2026
Game Designer: Daniel Ahl
Developed: Thomas Ahl
All Rights Reserved: Ahlchemy Author Company