Explore
Students walk through the building in third person and identify the workstation, wall jack, server rack, or device involved in the problem.
Player experience
Interaction design
The 3D world should teach context. The focused device views should teach precision.
Main loop
Inspect
At a rack, pressing interact opens the rack door and can glide the camera into a close inspection view without requiring hand animations.
Select
The student clicks a physical device or port. The UI reveals only relevant controls, such as port state, cable connection, link light, and available target endpoints.
Verify
The student uses a workstation screen or device CLI to confirm link state, IP configuration, or connectivity.
Device screen layout
Use a layered interface when a device is selected: physical device panel on top, CLI in the middle, and target device/endpoint panel on the bottom when a cable or port has a known connection.
Switch-01# show interfaces status
Port 24 connected router Fa0/0 vlan 10
Port 17 notconnect workstation lab-2Input routing
Exploration mode sends keyboard input to the character controller. Interaction mode locks movement and routes keyboard input to the CLI canvas until the student presses Esc, clicks stand up, or types exit.