MADE BY MATT // FAILURE LAB
ENZYME//OVERDRIVE
Boundary-testing bioreactor operations
Reactor WindowCYCLE 0 / 8
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[CORE] Configure one variable, commit a cycle, and observe where the model bends or breaks.

REACTOR MANUAL

This is a boundary-testing model. The important evidence appears when output plateaus, the active site distorts, or damage becomes irreversible.

Mission mode

Keep output inside the target band for consecutive cycles. Adjust core heat, fuel feed, and pH buffer. A completed adjustment costs one energy; each committed cycle costs five. The same configuration always gives the same result.

Failure rules

Low or moderate heat changes collision frequency. Excess heat permanently lowers active-site integrity; cooling afterwards cannot rebuild a denatured catalyst. Extreme pH changes active-site charge and shape but is reversible in this model. Competitive contaminants occupy the active site; non-competitive contaminants deform it elsewhere.

Open Lab

Switch to Open Lab to set contaminant type, concentration, and the Q10 coefficient directly. The optional 1/v plot compares the current condition with an uninhibited reference so changes in apparent Km and Vmax are visible. Before the optimum, Q10 controls how strongly rate rises for each 10°C increase; beyond the optimum, structural damage dominates.

Access

Controls work with touch, mouse, and keyboard. There is no reflex timing. Press R for a panic-free baseline reset. Voice reads status callouts aloud; icon mode removes visible wording while retaining accessible names. Low-stimulus mode removes scanlines, glows, motion and continuous sonification while retaining all model evidence.

Lesson-deck control

When embedded, the app accepts mbm-set-theme, mbm-set-focus, mbm-pause-all, and mbm-export-all messages.

CONCEPTUAL MODEL NOTES

This is a teaching model, not laboratory prediction software. Values are deliberately simplified to make boundary behaviours visible.
temperature multiplier = Q₁₀^((min(T, Topt) − Tref)/10), where Tref = 20°C; teaching rate ≈ Vmax × integrity × (multiplier / 4) × post-optimum structure factor × pH factor × [S] / (apparent Km + [S])

Q10 is anchored at a standard 20°C reference, so a larger coefficient always produces the larger pre-denaturation rate rise at 30°C. The division by four preserves the original mission calibration when Q10 = 2 and T = 40°C. Above the optimum, structural loss is modelled separately. The activation-energy graphic shows a high uncatalysed reference hump and a lower catalyst pathway; loss of active-site integrity raises the effective barrier again. Competitive inhibition raises apparent Km. Non-competitive inhibition lowers effective Vmax. Heat damage remains irreversible within a run.

LOCAL PLAY DATA

The app records cycle settings, output, active-site integrity, variables changed between cycles, saturation-related fuel increases, heat-collapse responses, and contaminant strategies. This supports a teacher conversation about enzyme kinetics and scientific method. It is not a medical, psychological, or ability diagnosis.

Data stays in this browser using localStorage. It is never transmitted automatically. A teacher can open the local review panel from the logo, export or erase the session, or display a PIN-protected QR hand-off for deliberate offline transfer.

SHIFT STABILISED

★★★

CORE STABLE

LOCAL TEACHER REVIEW // BOUNDARY REASONING PROFILE

Interpret alongside classroom knowledge. These are observations from one model session, not grades or diagnostic labels. A low indicator can reflect interruption, unfamiliar controls, or exploratory play.

Session indicators

Plain-language interpretation

Shift evidence

ShiftCyclesBest band errorStarsStatus

Recent cycles

#ShiftTemppH[S]OutputIntegrityChanged
OFFLINE QR HAND-OFF
TRANSFER PIN—— ——

Preparing compact evidence…

Private hand-off

The QR contains a compact profile, summary metrics and shift evidence—not raw cycle logs or a learner name. In a current browser it is encrypted locally with AES-GCM and a separate six-digit PIN. On restricted school WebViews without WebCrypto, a clearly labelled unencrypted offline Base64 mode remains available for deliberate same-room hand-off.

Deck protocol

mbm-set-theme, mbm-set-focus, mbm-pause-all, and mbm-export-all are available to a same-device presentation hub.