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Lan Master
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About the game
Lan Master is a network puzzle. Each level is a grid of computers and short pieces of cable, all pointing the wrong way. You turn the pieces one at a time until every computer is linked into a single network, and you have to do it before the timer at the top of the screen runs out.
It starts gently, with a handful of machines and straight cables. Later levels bring bigger networks, more kinds of wire, spare segments that belong nowhere, and connections that begin to break down while you work. There are 50 levels in all.
Shiru made the game in 2011 in the spirit of the classic connect-the-network puzzles, and released it into the public domain.
Playing it here
This is a homebrew game made for the NES: a new game by an independent developer, not a commercial release. It runs here in jsnes, an NES emulator written in JavaScript. Click Play now and press Enter on the title screen.
Every finished level gives you a passcode, which is also shown in the pause menu. Note it down, or use F2 to save the current state in this browser and F4 to bring it back. A gamepad also works.
Controls
| Key | NES button | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow keys | Control Pad | move the cursor |
| X | A | turn the piece a quarter turn |
| Z | B | turn the piece a quarter turn the other way |
| Shift or Ctrl | Select | turn the piece a half turn |
| Enter | Start | pause menu (resume, restart, main menu, passcode) |
| F2 / F4 | — | save / load the state |
A few things worth knowing
Start from the ends. A computer with only one possible connection, or a piece in a corner, can usually point only one way. Fix those first and the rest of the network follows.
Computers turn too. Not only the cables: the machines themselves can be rotated, and often have to be.
Running out of time is not the end. When the timer hits zero the game is over, but the passcode of the level you reached is entered for you, so you can try again from the main menu with Code.
Credits and licence
Lan Master was programmed, drawn and scored by Shiru, and released into the public domain. Testing by Gibson, 0xabad1dea, Brad, Alone Coder and mbrenaman. The author asks players who enjoy the game to consider a donation to charity through the Donate link on his website. The original licence text is linked from this page.