External-Dimension: Mainframe

External-Dimension: Mainframe is an action-platformer set in Mainframe, where you play as Frame, a Data Scanner fighting to stop the destruction of the world. You use a range of movement options to cross Zones and weapons to combat +ERRoR, an organization attacking Data Centers.

Mainframe under attack

Spectrum-016-88, a Data Center in Mainframe’s northern cluster, has come under attack by +ERRoR. Similar attacks have struck other Data Centers in recent months. In response, the newly founded Console has taken control of public order and safety.

As the attacks grow more frequent and destructive, public trust in Console wanes. +ERRoR seems to stay ahead of the organization, and despite the efforts of Oracle’s Data Scanners, it has quickly gained influence and reached equal footing with them. The public has begun to question the Data Scanners’ authority and actions, while suspicion grows within Console that someone influential is backing +ERRoR. Frame takes matters into his own hands to stop the assault before all of Mainframe is destroyed.

Movement through Zones

Data Scanners have a range of movement options for traversing Zones. R-Dash lets you cling to ceilings or the undersides of platforms, and can help you bypass large gaps where jumping may not be safe. W-Trans lets you phase or teleport through certain walls of a particular width.

Other options include a Secondary Jump, Wall Slide, Wall Jump, Back Dash, Fast Fall and Burst Movement. The game also has hidden movement options that only skilled users can make use of.