Mechanics

The loop, the fleet, the resources and how a night is scored.

Articles in this section

• The game loopWatch, diagnose, act, confirm — the thirty-second cycle the whole night is made of.
• Servers and the fleetFive roles, the processes they run, the thresholds that colour them, and how the rack grows.
• ResourcesBudget, bandwidth, uptime and reputation — what each one is for and how it is spent.
• Incidents at a glanceHow incidents are chosen, when they arrive, and how many can run at once.
• Escalation and SLA debtWhy ignoring an incident costs uptime directly, and why the grace window shrinks every night.
• Scoring and gradesThe formula, the five grade thresholds, and where the points actually come from.
• DifficultyWhat easy, normal and hard actually change — and what they deliberately do not.
• Determinism and seedsWhy the same seed produces the same night on every device, and what that buys you.