🎯 1. CORE OBJECTIVE

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Cyber Strike is a fast-paced multiplayer 2D space arena game. Pilot your ship, destroy enemy players and neutral drones, collect glowing EXP orbs to upgrade your ship stats and weapons, and capture planetary outposts to score points for your faction.

The match ends when a team completely fills the domination meter or maintains territorial control.

⚔️ 2. ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS RULES (FACTION COMBAT MATRIX)

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Every ship belongs to one of three factions: Rock, Paper, or Scissors. Damage dealt and taken depends directly on this elemental matchup:

🪨 ROCK +45% vs SCISSORS

Deals +45% bonus damage against Scissors ships.

Takes +45% extra damage from Paper ships.

Special Ability: Inferno Eruption (E) — Releases an explosive radial blastwave damaging all nearby enemies.

📜 PAPER +45% vs ROCK

Deals +45% bonus damage against Rock ships.

Takes +45% extra damage from Scissors ships.

Special Ability: Gale Barrage (E) — Fires a 5-way piercing projectile spread.

✂️ SCISSORS +45% vs PAPER

Deals +45% bonus damage against Paper ships.

Takes +45% extra damage from Rock ships.

Special Ability: Frost Nova (E) — Emits a cryo pulse that freezes and slows nearby enemies.

Combat Multipliers Summary:
• Type Advantage: Dealing damage to a faction you counter deals +45% bonus damage.
• Type Disadvantage: Attacking a faction that counters you suffers a -30% damage reduction.
• Friendly Fire: Attacking teammates deals 0% damage (friendly fire is disabled).

🎨 3. SHIP CUSTOMIZATION & COLOR ADJACENCY RULE

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On the main menu, you can customize your ship chassis, wing decorations, thruster trails, and callsign.

To ensure quick friend-or-foe identification during high-speed combat, ship hull and neon accent colors are locked to hues adjacent to your chosen faction's primary color (the COLOR ADJACENCY RULE):

🪨 Rock Palette:

Warm spectrum: Crimson, Ruby, Scarlet, and Amber.

📜 Paper Palette:

Flora spectrum: Verdant Green, Emerald, Jade, Mint, and Lime.

✂️ Scissors Palette:

Cryo spectrum: Glacier Blue, Deep Cobalt, Azure, Cyan, and Ice Blue.

🎮 4. CONTROLS (DESKTOP & MOBILE TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS)

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Cyber Strike automatically provides the appropriate control scheme based on whether you are on a computer or a mobile touchscreen device:

🖥️ Desktop Keyboard & Mouse

WASD

Move & steer ship in 360 degrees

Mouse

Aim targeting crosshairs

Left Click

Fire primary weapon (hold for rapid fire)

Space

Dash sprint boost (short cooldown)

E

Trigger Faction Special Ability

1–4

Spend upgrade points on core stats

Esc

Open pause menu, sound sliders & settings

📱 MOBILE TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS (Landscape)

Left Side

Touch & drag anywhere on left for virtual steering joystick

Right Side

Drag anywhere on right screen half to aim crosshairs

FIRE

Hold on-screen button to fire weapon continuously

DASH

Tap on-screen button to dash sprint and dodge fire

SPECIAL

Tap on-screen button to trigger team special ability

Rotate

Rotate device to landscape mode for full combat vision

* Mobile on-screen touch controls only appear on touch-enabled devices, keeping the desktop viewport clean and uncluttered.

⭐ 5. LEVELING UP, STATS & WEAPON PROGRESSION

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Defeating enemy ships, neutral drones, and collecting glowing EXP orbs levels up your ship from Level 1 to Level 10.

Core Stats Allocation: Each level grants skill points to spend across 4 stats:

1. Speed (1) Increases top ship velocity and dash sprint speed.

2. Attack (2) Increases base bullet and projectile damage.

3. Defense (3) Increases maximum hull health and shield absorption.

4. Range (4) Increases bullet travel distance and shot speed.

Weapon Evolution Arsenal: Higher levels automatically unlock new weapons. Switch between them at any time via the bottom weapon selector:

⚡ Pulse Cannon LEVEL 1

Rapid dual plasma blaster with balanced fire rate, muzzle velocity, and accuracy.

💥 Tri-Scattergun LEVEL 3

Wide 3-shot shotgun spread delivering heavy burst damage at close dogfight range.

🔥 Twin Gatling LEVEL 5

Fast-cycling rotary cannons firing a torrential stream of suppressive bullets.

💣 Plasma Mortar LEVEL 7

Heavy explosive shell that detonates with wide area splash damage upon impact.

🎯 Railgun LEVEL 10

High-velocity sniper particle beam that pierces through multiple ships in a line.

🪐 6. PLANETARY OUTPOSTS & DOMINATION SCORING

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Planetary outposts are circular capture zones positioned across the arena map:

Capturing Outposts: Fly into an outpost circle and stay inside until the capture progress ring completes in your faction's color.
Earning Continuous Points: Each captured outpost generates steady score points toward your faction's territory domination bar.
Contested Nodes: When enemy ships enter an outpost while you are holding it, capture progress pauses until the intruders are driven out or destroyed.
Match Victory: The team that captures the most outposts and achieves 100% on the domination bar claims the victory.

CYBER STRIKE