Intermediate Ideocartography

In-Fiction Description

~ hey <INTERN NAME>

~ be careful when you boot your computer this morning

~ I left a cartridge in the slot: Intermediate Ideocartography

~ it's kind of dangerous, but <REDACTED> did the same for me when I was an intern, and I think it's a major reason why I survived here

~ you have to be willing to take risks

~ some notes about the cart:

~ a. it's more complicated than the Beginner cart. You can use the arrow keys to move the map directly, gives you more control

~ b. you can also hop from seed to seed in the metalayers, use the mod key (Z) AND the arrow keys to do that

~ there's an entropy network in place to prevent seed adjacency

~ you're going to be frustrated but it's for your protection

~ you can still get to any seed, just some are difficult

~ <REDACTED>

~ <REDACTED>

~ c. now the X button takes screenshots by default, but also saves a gif if you hold the mod button

~ d. you can press enter to get to a menu that lists the controls as well, now that text is permitted that kind of <REDACTED>

~ happy hunting, and be safe!

~ PS: if you find any <REDACTED> in there, msg me directly ASAP

Author's Notes

This is the second assignment in the intern's journey. The mentor is now taking risks by giving them access to more dangerous artifacts. The "entropy network preventing seed adjacency" is both a safety feature and a sign that things are getting more serious. Some seeds are intentionally harder to reach—for your protection.

Featured output: "The Demon King" - a particularly striking discovery from the metalayers.

Discussion and development thread: Pico-8 BBS