THE GAME: you run a tiny AI rig on a potato of a computer.
HOW IT EARNS: users send requests. Your TOKENIZER turns each request into tokens. Your CORES do the token work, and every finished token pays cash.
YOUR JOB: keep the rig fed and balanced — add CORES, raise CLOCK, MEMORY, POWER, COOLING and UPLINK, then open whole new CLUSTERS.
BOTTLENECKS ARE THE GAME: past 130° the heat throttles your clock. Too little power caps it too. Starved memory idles cores. A full token buffer stalls the line. Whatever glows red is your next buy.
DOING WELL: climb the JOBS ladder and keep income/min growing. The rig earns while you're away — half rate, up to 8 hours.
ACTIVE HANDS PAY: SURGES flood premium requests, holding OVERCLOCK flies the clock (and the heat), event cards offer deals, and dusty cores want a tap. Busy hands build your RUSH multiplier.
REFLASH: trade a topped-out rig for LEGACY CHIPS — each one permanently multiplies income — and build again, faster.

EARN: requests → tokens → core work → cash per token.
CORES do the work. CLOCK speeds them (and heats them). MEMORY feeds them — each core wants 2 GB. POWER caps how much rig can run at full clock. COOLING fights the temperature. UPLINK brings requests, holds the token buffer, and bills faster.
HEAT: under 130° is the working band. 130–158° throttles. 158° is the red line — the rig protects itself and crawls.
JOBS pay lump sums for milestones. CLUSTERS add whole boards of 16 fresh cells. Watch the light: bright traces mean work is flowing; a red glow means a bottleneck is biting.
SURGES pay double billing for 20 seconds. OVERCLOCK (hold the button) jumps the clock a tier while the heat climbs — let go to cool. EVENTS are one-tap deals with real tradeoffs. DUSTY cores glow dim and work slow — tap one on the board to clean it. Active play feeds RUSH (up to ×1.50 billing); it fades when you stop. REFLASH trades the rig for LEGACY CHIPS: +25% income each, forever.