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W4RR-i/o-RS is an art game in which you control an arena of warrior robots through a text-only interface. You choose the order of battles—or whether battles happen at all—while acting as a human decision-making system simulated for the 4th-millennium corporation ZN, which mines astral particles from simulated human minds. The game does not show the surrounding lore or what is happening beyond the numbers, and nothing you do is recorded or remembered.

The warrior arena

The losing warrior loses a symbol from its name, and both warriors gain experience unless their power collisions match and no battle takes place. Warriors grow older as time passes; when a warrior becomes too old or has no symbols left, it is reassembled and keeps all the experience it has gained. Their colors are simply colors.

Interface and play

The game has three text screens, one of which is interactive. That screen offers three commands, including the command to exit. Its console interface recalls retro operating systems, with cryptic symbols in the background. You make decisions with limited information, and the game encourages you to imagine a goal even though the installation exists only for its own process.

Key features

• Micro-sandbox gameplay
• Three text screens, including one interactive screen
• Three commands on the interactive screen, including exit
• A console interface reminiscent of retro operating systems
• Cryptic symbols in the background