Main Lobby • AUPheniX Castle Map System

How the Main Lobby Works

Think of this as the castle’s grand router. Every longer journey in the AUPheniX dimension passes through here at some point.

The navigation footer you see below is live and wired just like every other room: Up/Down for floors, N/S/E/W for wings, and a dedicated Teleport button for surprise jumps into the castle.

Up / Down: moves between Penthouse, 2nd Floor Shopping, Main Lobby, and Sub-Level.
N / S / W / E: step into featured wings like lounges, labs, and hidden corridors.
Teleport: throws you to a random live room from the Main Lobby pool.
Wallet & Audio: always docked; the AUP pill opens your full wallet, and the Frequencies pill controls castle audio.

Below is the reference preview pill for this room only. The footer at the bottom is the real, universal navigation bar that the entire castle will share.

Preview • Main Lobby Footer Snapshot

AUPheniX Castle • Main Lobby

This room: /aupcastle/mainlobby.html

AUP: 000

Arrow States & Door Types

Same state system as the Navigation Lab — but now wired to real destinations from the heart of the castle.

States (class / data-state): active disabled locked riddle secret
Active: Main Lobby arrows that already lead to live rooms — Sub-Level, 420 Lounge, Mixing Desk, Labyrinth, etc.
Disabled: Planned doors not wired yet. They’ll light up when those wings come online.
Locked: Boss doors, story gates, or deep-lore areas that are present but sealed for now.
Riddle: Doors that unlock only after solving puzzles or hitting certain frequency thresholds.
Secret: Hidden routes & event-based doors. The lobby will quietly expose more of these over time.

As the castle grows, this room stays the orientation point. If players ever feel lost, they can always jump back here and re-route using the footer.

Rooms Wired From the Lobby

These are the first official doors off the Main Lobby. More will be patched in as we build.

From this room, the footer is currently configured to:

Down: drop to the /aupcastle/sublevel.html dungeon floor.

North: approach the castle gate via /aupcastle/northhall.html (when live).

West: slide into the /aupcastle/mixingdesk.html studio.

East: drift into the /aupcastle/420Lounge.html.

South: descend toward /aupcastle/castlegate.html.

Teleport is wired to a small pool of “safe but spicy” rooms for now. As the map expands, we’ll grow that pool into a castle-wide randomizer.

Future Lobby Upgrades

Same dock, bigger game. The Main Lobby will slowly become an interface in itself.

Planned expansions include:

Visible floor indicator: a tiny pulse around Up/Down to show your current level.

Event flare on Teleport: glow when special portals or festivals are active.

AUP-gated doors: certain wings only open above specific wallet balances.

Signal status: tiny indicators when Sora Station, Arcade, or AUComiX Lounge are broadcasting live.

But beneath all of it, the footer template stays locked. Same pill, same wallet chip, same Frequencies control — whether you’re in the dungeon or the highest tower.