Assignment 42

Assignment 42 is a puzzle-based strategy game set inside three superstructures in Stockholm in 2042. You play as Marcus, guiding a robot through disaster-struck buildings to contain hazards, investigate what caused the emergency and evacuate everyone inside. Linnea, your witty operator, advises you over your earpiece as you work through each assignment.

Program your robot

Use a node-based editor to program the robot and direct it toward your objectives. It can extinguish fires, reroute power, unlock doors and tear down walls. You also need to reroute circuits and clear paths to survivors so they can reach the exit safely. The programming editor introduces basic concepts for players who have never programmed before.

Solve each assignment

Every level presents puzzles and objectives to work through. Check your map, contain hazards and find ways to guide the robot to its destination. You can also pull back plasterboard walls to explore behind them.

Investigate the disaster

As Marcus and the robot clear the buildings, Linnea notices something strange behind the emergency, the interior walls and the servers. What you uncover may suggest that the assignment was no accident. The story unfolds across three superstructures in a near-future Stockholm, a city that rose while attention was on London, Singapore and New York, and is now beginning to fall.