Side A

Your first planetside exploration starts a lengthy exploration mystery known as Side A, that must be at least partially solved to unlock the navigational controls of your spaceship. Side A has been called a "tutorial" although tutorials generally consist of something more than a handful of mostly cryptic hints shown quietly in the lower left corner of the screen. Only the first such hint is standard tutorial fare: Later hints may seem straightforward enough: Their meaning may be clear, but the useful application of these hints is prominent among the early mysteries to be solved.
 * MOVE - [W] [S] [A\ [D]
 * ROTATE - MOUSE / ARROWS
 * POINT - LEFT CLICK / SPACE
 * LOCK AND DRAG - RIGHT CLICK / ENTER

Side A is a quite elaborate puzzle. A sort of metapuzzle, actually, because a large part of the puzzle is to figure out what the puzzle is. You don't have to solve it all at once, though. Once you reach 50% completion of Side A, more controls in The Bridge come online and you can begin Side B exploration, returninmg to Side A as you please.

When Side A completion reaches 95%, you are done here. We think. Maybe. You get an achievement for it! Or two, depending on how profligate you have been with your beacons.

Related Achievements

 * The Other Way Round
 * Lose the keys in Side A in a different order


 * Side A
 * Complete 95% of Side A


 * Two Moons One Beacon
 * Complete Side A using only one beacon