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You wake on a dark coast where a broken machine keeps its round. Gather, make fire, carry a lamp, and learn to beat the sentry by reading it, not by trading blows.

It takes a while to start: about 10 seconds in our browser check.

Controls

Arrow keys or WASD
Walk
Shift
Run while held; louder and faster
C or Ctrl
Crouch while held: slower, quieter and harder to see
E
Use what is in front of you: take, open, talk
J or Left click
Swing the held tool or weapon
Space or Right click
Dodge out of a blow; brief invulnerability
F or L
Light or douse the lamp
Tab or I
Open what you carry
M
Open what you can make
Esc or P
Pause the game
Enter or E
Confirm in menus
Esc or Backspace
Go back in menus

In menus

Arrow keys or WASD
Move
] or Page Down
The slate's next app
[ or Page Up
The slate's previous app

Plays on a phone or tablet too, with on-screen controls.

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