Daily Prototype Fixture 001

Nodal

Fire pulses into the hidden network, read the responses, and map the anomaly layout.

Grid

8x8

Pulses

Core

Reflector

Phase

Network View

Select a port to fire a pulse. Click cells to cycle anomaly marks. The network interior stays hidden.

Prototype Slice

Marker Legend

Empty None

Ruled Out X

Core C

Reflector R

Phase P

Status

Tap any unresolved port to fire a pulse. Tap a resolved port again to replay its highlighted result without spending another pulse.

Awaiting pulse data.

Step 1 of 7

Trace The Network

Fire pulses into the hidden network from the outer ports. You never see the pulse path inside the box. You only learn how the network responded.

OUT

Input

Choose a port on the edge.

Response

Read the exit port or intercept.

Deduction

Mark the anomalies you infer.

Core anomalies intercept direct hits, but diagonal adjacency bends a pulse away instead.

Direct Hit

The pulse reaches the Core and is intercepted. This will be shown with a red X on the source port.

Diagonal Adjacency

OUT

A diagonal-adjacent Core deflects the pulse away.

Reflectors send both direct hits and diagonal-adjacent pulses back along their direction of travel.

Direct Hit

IN OUT

A direct hit returns to the same input port.

Diagonal Adjacency

IN OUT

A diagonal-adjacent Reflector also sends the pulse straight back out.

Phase anomalies behave like Cores when diagonal-adjacent, but direct hits pass through them.

Direct Hit

OUT

A direct hit passes straight through the Phase and exits on the opposite side.

Diagonal Adjacency

OUT

A diagonal-adjacent Phase deflects the pulse away, just like a Core.

Some returns look like reflections from the outside, even when no Reflector is involved. These edge cases matter for deduction.

Edge Placement

IN OUT

A Core or Phase near the edge can force a same-port return before the pulse fully enters the grid.

Two Diagonal Influences

IN OUT

Two diagonal influences with one tile between them can also produce a same-port return, even without a Reflector.

Efficient solves come from reading patterns, not brute-force probing every possible anomaly type.

Real puzzles become interesting when multiple anomalies combine. Read the overall response pattern, not just one local interaction.

Deflection Into Intercept

A nearby Phase bends the pulse into a Core, so the final read is an intercept.

Deflection Into Exit

OUT

A pulse can be deflected by one anomaly, then pass through another and leave from an unexpected port.

Pass Through Then Deflect

OUT

A direct hit on a Phase can continue onward and still be deflected later by another anomaly.