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A terminal. A cursor. Figure it out.

Crack an unknown sophisticated glyph encryption with nothing but a blinking cursor and the terminal's own feedback, across 40 stages of escalating difficulty. No menus, no tutorials, just you, the prompt, and the Division for Reconnaissance, Encryption Analysis & Donuts.

$2.49 CAD — buy it once, replay it as often as you like. The glyphs reshuffle every run. No ads, no in-app purchases.

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$2.49 CAD, one-time purchase. Prices in other currencies are set by each store. Links go live as each store opens.

What You're Getting Into

Learn It by Breaking It

There's no key. Every attempt tells you which glyphs are in the right slot and which are in the wrong one, and later the terminal starts flagging input as malformed when you break a rule you haven't figured out yet.

40 Stages, 4 Acts

Act 1 teaches one rule at a time. After that the rules stack and the feedback gets stingier, until the game stops teaching and starts testing.

Different Every Run

The cipher rules are the same for everyone, so strategy is worth sharing. Which glyph means what gets reshuffled every time you start a stage, so answers don't carry over, not even to your own second run. You'll know the rules. You won't know the answers.

Failing Costs Time, Not Progress

Wrong guesses earn a cooldown that grows the more you miss. Run out of attempts and only that stage resets, with a fresh mapping. Progress saves after every stage.

Protocol - Maple Syrup

Finish the game once to unlock it. No saves, one session, and any failure sends you back to the start.

Offline. No Data.

100% offline. Your saves stay on your device, and Unity's diagnostics and analytics are off, so nothing phones home. Details in our privacy policy.

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