Critical Grid — reactor puzzle

CRITICALGRID

MANUAL REACTOR CONTROL

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© 2026 Fire Dragon Interactive Published by Snack Break Games BROWSER DEMO

REACTOR DIRECTORY

Pick a grid

REACTOR I · I-1

Cold Start

SYSTEM PAUSED

ENERGY BANKED0 / 0

RATE / BEAT+0

FAULTS TO CLEAR0

CORE

CHAIN×1.00

SCORE000000

BEAT000 / 000

HOTTEST CABLE0%

No live cable load.

THIS GRID

Bring a small lattice online and learn to cut a fault away from the core.

Star goal

BRIEFING

Cold Start

FAULT MONITORCLEAR

No fault signal detected.

OPERATOR LOGLIVE

DRAG A CABLE TO CLOSE / OPEN IT ARROWS + SHIFT: KEYBOARD CURSOR SPACE: EMERGENCY CUT LOCAL SAVE READY © 2026 Fire Dragon Interactive

PAUSED

Reactor menu

OPTIONS

Assists and audio

Control assistance

Slower heatCables heat at 58% of standard speed. Automatic emergency cutsSpends an emergency cut when a fault is one cable from the core or a cable is about to blow. Reduced quotaEvery energy target is 28% lower. High contrast routesThicker fault routes and stronger outlines. Reduced motionStops pulses, flicker, screen shake and drifting sparks.

Audio

Master Music Effects Reduced audioQuieter, fewer sounds at once, no ambience.

Assists apply to the next run of a grid. Your medals stay yours with or without them.

OPERATING GUIDE

Make power. See danger. Cut cleanly.

GRID SECURED

Quota secured

END OF THE FREE DEMO

The rest of the plant is still dark

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CREDITS

Fire Dragon Interactive

ENDLESS SHIFT

Overload run

One authored grid, possibly mirrored, under a fault storm for two minutes. Bank the energy quota and outlast the storm; the score is the prize. The same seed always builds the same shift.

Seed Pressure 3