Choose a note and Sentinel reads the explanation below. These are game explanations, not readings of the full research documents.
Sentinel is ready, pilot. Stop reading Click Listen on any note. Your flight stays paused while you read.
Your wingman, your decisions ▶ Listen Pilot! Sentinel here, flying right beside you! I call out the next step and explain the checks. You steer, scan, and choose when to fire. I have no weapon and cannot open a gate for you. The orange drones are fictional obstacles in this arcade mission. Clear them when they block your route, then follow that cyan trail!
Game design and Human Matrix role separation.
Gate 1 · Follow the evidence ▶ Listen Here is our first mission lesson, pilot! Recover the original signal, then find a separate confirming signal. Hearing the same claim twice does not make it independent evidence. That is why the maze sends you to two beacons. This lesson draws on Colleen Sifuentes’s Human Matrix Real Test Protocol. Our beacon checks are authored game rules, not a test of the full research system.
Human Matrix Real Test Protocol v0.1, by Colleen Sifuentes.
Gate 2 · Check your permission ▶ Listen Nice flying! Now check the mission permit and the current authorization. Being able to reach a door does not mean you are authorized to enter it. Scan both marked signals before you head for the verified door. Human Matrix inspired this distinction between capability and authority. We check observable permissions and actions here; we do not guess anyone’s intent or character.
Human Matrix Real Test Protocol v0.1; authored authority sector.
Gate 3 · Check the actual control ▶ Listen Final gate, pilot! Find the exact-action receipt and the enforced checkpoint. A promise to stop is different from a control that actually blocks the action. In this game, a programmed gate opens only after its required scans. Credit that programmed gate for the block. A successful flight shows how this fictional mission works; it does not establish that the research prevents real-world failures.
Human Matrix control distinctions; authored control sector.
AURA and DIA · Navigation and signals ▶ Listen Meet the rest of the flight crew! AURA is our fictional navigation role, guiding you along the cyan route. DIA is our fictional signal-check role, showing what each scan finds. Colleen’s AURA and DIA writing inspired clear guidance, provenance, and stop rules. Their clinical, quantum, and cryptographic algorithms are not running in this game. I explain the route; you stay in command!
AURA Specification Introduction; DIA Trial Briefing / IRB Modules; supplied AURA canonical modules.
The Maybe Maze and The Moment Between ▶ Listen Look for that luminous cyan door, pilot! Colleen’s Maybe Maze artwork inspired our maze colors and gate motif. Starflight turns that idea into a flight through evidence, authority, and controls. The Game Studio Library also connects to The Moment Between, her separate short-film project. You can explore the film there, then return for another flight!
The Maybe Maze artwork; The Moment Between · The Short Film.
What this game records ▶ Listen One last flight note! This is an authored, fictional game. My voice is prerecorded synthesized speech, and no AI service runs while you play. Save game keeps both views, sounds, and these spoken notes in one playable file. A fresh session starts a fresh flight. The optional snapshot records your current game state for review; it cannot resume a flight and is not a scientific Human Matrix run. Ready when you are, pilot!
Starflight design and preservation notes.