MOTHERCORE. Mine the circuit.

MOTHERCORE is a shared circuit. MINE scans for fresh signals. Rotate tracks or balance power, collect Charge, then extract before the heat limit. Bank Charge to upgrade your rig. New runs have six signals. Link neighboring chips to build a bonus. Visit all five and return to your starting chip along linked routes to close a loop: +24 Charge and 12 cooling. Repeated visits add heat. Eco, Balanced and Boost change yield and heat before you commit.

Five blocked routes. One sleeping core. Rewire a chip to use fewer parts while keeping every output correct. Each repaired chip reduces mining Heat by 2 plus the parts saved, up to 6. Banked Charge also powers chip modules: Relay increases yield; Cooler reduces heat.

Each restored route sends signals to the core. Your repair and contribution stay on MOTHERCORE. Restore all five to bring it online. Extracted signals and optional Charge contributions build the Relay layer, then the Deep array. Each layer changes local circuit conditions. New layers introduce Polarity locks: flip neighboring cells to switch every light off. Configure your layer and rig between runs.

Shared gameplay prototype. Cells measure permanent repairs. Charge buys mining upgrades. Both are game progress, with no token payout. The five marked chips and connecting signals are interactive. The surrounding artwork is the visual setting.

Original artwork by @sachcoo_thearty.