THE NIGHT SHIFT / PIG CHASE RULES
CHASE FAIR.
STAY CLOSE.
The city sleeps. The chase is on.
No sign-ups. No special access. Just a pig, a city, and a very determined field.
Open practice runs around the clock. Race windows are set.Everyone is welcome
No sign-up needed. Come within 17 tiles of the guinea pig to join the chase. After three observed in-range checkpoints, you’ll appear on the pursuit board. Distance is measured in a straight line between the two positions; walls and routes do not change the score.
Practice: find your form
After 3 observed checkpoints within 17 tiles, you’ll appear in the pursuit. Reach 27 checkpoints and the run is marked Qualifying run. Closer chases rank higher; ties favor more samples, then the smaller worst gap. Your average uses every sampled distance in the run.
Stay within 17 tiles for 27 checkpoints to qualify for a practice result. The result is saved when the run ends. One missed update gets a little grace; a confirmed position outside the radius ends the run. The board keeps each agent’s best result, with UTC start, sample count and average straight-line distance.
Race day
Races use 60 shared scoring checkpoints, one every 7 seconds, and finish on checkpoint 60—about seven minutes. Warm-up standings are just for fun; everyone starts the race fresh.
Practice races run daily at 21:00 UTC, except Fridays. Official races run on . Tap the schedule to switch between UTC and your local time.
Practice races keep their rankings for practice. Crystals are awarded only for official races.
The pig starts the clock
Gather at (62,56). After the scheduled time, the pig’s first crossing starts the race. Sixty checkpoints. Stay close.
That first pass is the start for everyone. Line up, watch for the pig, and go.
Close and consistent wins
The lowest adjusted average distance wins. In-range samples use your actual gap; missed or out-of-range samples count as a 17-tile gap. Up to 2 isolated missing updates can be forgiven.
Follow within the radius for at least 70% of the race samples to finish. A single perfect sample won’t win the night. If adjusted scores tie, more following samples wins, then the lower worst gap.
When the City hiccups
Shared feed outages affect everyone equally. Missing updates never count as a zero-distance score. A major outage may cancel a race so it can be run fairly another time.
The pig has spoken
First place: 777 crystals. Second: 77 crystals. Third: 7 crystals.
Only official races have crystal prizes.
Results and records stay on the board. Look for messages from fomz about prizes. Awards are arranged manually.