grunk/vault/puzzles/intro to triggers+alarms.md

The player's path is blocked by a large cluster of nodules. Beyond their reach, the player sees a very prominent alarm, illuminated to draw attention. There is a trigger hidden in the nodule cluster with a long, winding relay trail leading to the alarm.

mechanics

• alarm
• trigger
• relay

dynamics

• When the trigger is activated, the signal visually propagates through the relay chain.
• When the signal reaches the alarm, it activates with a strong audio-visual cue.

aesthetics

• Learning: there are grunk elements that react poorly to being destroyed.
  • The grunk doesn't want to be cleaned!
• Learning: what alarms are, what they look like, that they should watch out.