I was just an average star-maker, stationed at Rainbow Galaxy.
I watched bots make stars every day...

Until everything got turned upside down by Wolf,
the founder of Unibots.

He "updated" all the bots to only make one kind of star —
a star shaped like his face! 

Stars are meant to reflect people's wishes and passions.
If all the stars look like Wolf, people might forget their real wishes.

That's where I come in. I convinced Luz to help me
reset the bots completely, and code them from scratch.

Somehow, it worked — we restored our station's colorful stars. Though we had to help out the bots ourselves, too.

We even made a brand new star! That's the first time we've done it without depending on bots only.

After teaching our methods to the rest of our station, we set off on an adventure to restore stations in other galaxies.

But will that adventure be cut short thanks to someone's careless spaceship driving? Let's find out...

Waaaaahhhh!!!

The station's up ahead! Now to stick the landing!

Huff...hah...we made it, barely. But our ship is wrecked!

It's fine, it's fine. Every station has a spaceship repair system,
so we can just use that later.

Urk...if they even let us use it. By the way, where are we??

You're at the Fruit Galaxy station! Welcome, welcome!

Though, it may not be so welcoming right now.
We're kind of in a pinch because of Wolf's takeover.

Woah, hey there! We're here to help. I'm Valeria, this is Luz. And you are...?

Oh, right! My name's Ed-

Bzzt! Bang! Zoom!

Eeek, that bot almost hit you! Are you okay...Ed, right?

...Yeah. Yeah! No problem. Sorry, things are a little out of control right now.

See, our station was already low on stardust,
and Wolf's big evil plan has nearly wiped it out.

Without stardust, we can't fuel anything in the station —
we won't even be able to make stars at all!

That's definitely a problem. I'm surprised though...
I thought Fruit Galaxy would have a ton of stardust.

Right? With all the delicious fruit in the world???
Maybe people are getting bored of our basic fruit stars...

Anyways! Turns out people aren't connecting at all with
the Wolf-shaped stars! Our stardust supply is in real danger!

No surprise there. Well, Luz and I can help you. We restored
our own station by using the old star-making technology.

...Really? That's amazing, we'd love your help!
In that case, I can show you around.

I know a bit about bots too, so I might be able to help you here and there!

Cool, thanks. By the way, do you think we
could use your station's spaceship repair later?

Ah, I noticed your...explosive landing! Sadly, the repair's
not working right now because of our low stardust.

But if you can somehow restore our station's stardust,
you can use it all you want!

We should start on fixing things up soon, then.
We might get stranded here otherwise.

Yes yes, let's head over to the old star-making systems.
Do you two have your star forms ready?

Sure do. Star Transformer, make me a star!

Ooh, it's my first time actually in here!
What are all these things?

That big yellow button is the Starpad — it gathers up stardust, so pressing that is our main goal.

There's also two cubes near us,
and two crate pads on the other side.

I also see a single switch in the middle...
not sure what that's for. 

Below that, there's two buttons and a Walker bot. 

Since we can't get very far right now, we probably need to code that bot using the terminal here.

Yeah. Let's look at it.

Huh? There's a command here I don't recognize.
It says    wait for .

Hm...what do you think telling a bot "wait for" means?

It sounds familiar...maybe it means
to wait for some kind of signal?

Maybe the bot will wait for me to write more code?

Or maybe the bot waits for a specific amount of time?

Now I'm curious! Let's try and see if we can figure it out!

If I add "wait for" to my code, I have to choose one of the objects to wait for...but what does that mean?

...Ah! I remember how "wait for" works now! It tells the bot to wait for a specific signal before doing the next line of code.

A signal? How can we send a signal to a bot?

By interacting with puzzle objects. For example, pressing
a button or flipping a switch will send a signal.

These signals are also called events. And "wait for" is a type of event listener — it tells bots to listen for specific events.

...Did you know that this whole time?
Either way, thanks for telling us.

We already looked at the different puzzle pieces here,
but let's make sure we understand how they connect.

First, the bridge to the goal. Looks like it'll turn
on if we put cubes in those two crate pads.

To get these cubes over there, we'll have
to cross the two bridges in the middle...

...And both bridges have a button they're connected to!
That must be the way to turn them on.

We can't reach those buttons, but the Walker bot can.
Let's try writing some code for it.

Button A turns on the bridge closest to us, right?
So first let's try adding    go to [      A  

There we go. Next...

I'm not sure. Button B turns on the next bridge we
need to cross, so maybe the bot should go there?

Makes sense. And we can carry the cubes
with us as we cross the two bridges.

Yeah. So I'll add     "go to B"     next, then click Run.

...H-hey, wait!

Hmm. I don't think we can move fast enough to cross the bridge. The bot's only on the button for a split second.

If only the bot would wait for us to finish crossing
before going to the next button!

Wait for us...? Oh! Should we try using
 the "wait for" command?

Let's reset and try it. We want the bot to
wait for us while it's on button A, so...

I'll click and drag the "wait for" block
in between       go to A      and       go to B    

Now the question is...which event should the bot wait for? There's a lot of options.

If you're not sure what to wait for, try process of elimination! 

 In other words, try ruling out all the
incorrect options first to find the correct one!

Hm...well, I think we can rule out buttons A and B. 

Since we can't reach either button, there's no way to press them and let the bot know it can keep going.

We can rule out crate pad C and D for the same reason then. We can't reach either of them with only the first bridge on.

So only switch E is left. That could work...we'll be
able to ​reach the switch once the bot is on button A.

Yeah. Maybe that's why the switch isn't wired to anything...it's just meant to be used as an event that the bot can listen for.

Alright. I'll tell the bot to wait for switch E.

Now let's run this code and try it again...

Check it out, the bot's waiting on button A!
Now we can take all the time we need!

Sweet. Let's carry the cubes over first, then flip switch E. That should tell the bot it can move on to the next line.

Right. First bring the cubes...

...Then flip the switch.

See that? The bot moved to button B
as soon as you hit the switch!

Cool, it really listened! Now we can cross the bridge, and put the cubes in their crate pads.

That turns on the bridge to the Starpad...

And now the Starpad will gather up stardust!
Great problem-solving, you two!

You helped us out, Ed. Now that we know how to use
wait for," we'll have a lot more control over the bots' timing.

Yeah. We don't have to worry as much
about doing things fast enough.

Happy to help! Should we move on to the next puzzle?

Yeah, let's go.

...Huh? I can't reset this bot like all the others...
I can't even change the code here at all.

That's weird. Plus, this bot is purple...
aren't Unibots usually yellow?

Wait...let me take a look.

...I see what's happening. This must be Wolf's doing...
only he has the power for a trick like this.

...What do you mean?

Wolf probably noticed that Rainbow Galaxy recovered. He might even know how you did it, by resetting the bots.

So he's secretly given a few of the bots some permanent code to mess with you. Let's call them rogue bots.

Wolf probably doesn't see you as a threat right now. These rogue bots are his first attempt at making you give up.

...So that's how it is. Well unlucky for him,
we won't give up that easily.

Uh...but how are we gonna make stars
with bots that we can't code?

Well...it looks like Wolf wasn't able to get rid of the line limit, or give the bot more advanced commands.

So we should be able to understand the code by reading it carefully. We can run the code to see what happens, too.

Meaning, we can find a way to outsmart these bots.
We just have to plan our actions around the code.

How can you be so sure we'll find a way...?

Ugh, because it's you and me, Luz.
Can't you have a little confidence in us?

Plus, we have Ed here. Who seems to know a suspicious amount about all this stuff...

Haha! It's really you two doing all the work, though!
I know you can do this.

...Fine. We won't be able to repair our spaceship if this station runs out of stardust, right? So we'll just have to try.

We'll figure things out, Luz. If Wolf gives us obstacles,
we just need to knock them down.

Phew...we managed to outsmart all the rogue bots.

Told you we could do it.

Yeah yeah, you were right, Valeria. Like always.

Hey hey, you two fixed things just in time!
Our stardust levels are growing again!

You made our fruit stars shine again, and you even
made a new star! We can't thank you enough, really!

Our tanghulu star does look delicious. Doesn't it, Luz?

It was fun to make. Probably looks that way since I'm craving tanghulu.

By the way, we can bring your spaceship
to the repair now — we have enough stardust to fuel it!

Cool, thanks! While we wait for the repair to finish,
why don't we teach the other star-makers how to code the bots?

Great idea! I'll go get everyone! See you real soon!

Woah, our ship looks good as new! Thanks Ed, you helped us out a lot here.

Yeah. Thanks for helping us understand "wait for" earlier, too.
We ended up using it a lot today.

Actually...Ed, do you want to join us? We could use
your skills, even if you won't tell us how you got them.

Haha! Well, I'm honored by your offer. Honestly!

But, I have something really important to do here.
So I can't join you right now.

That being said...I have a feeling I'll see you again soon.
If you'd like, we can keep in touch, too!

Got it, sounds good.

Alright then...it's time we head off to the next galaxy. Ready, Luz?

Yeah. Thanks again, Ed. Hope we see you soon.

...Luz, you're being quiet. What's wrong?

It's nothing...it's just. Would you rather do this with someone like Ed? 

What? I asked you, didn't I? Is this because I asked Ed to join us?

No...well, maybe. Sorry, just forget I said that.

I want you to be honest with me, Luz.
We used to be best friends...but I know we kinda stopped talking.

I didn't mean for that to happen, though...

I made things awkward...is it really gonna be okay with just the two of us?

Anyways...we'll be at the next station soon.

Already? Well, at least your driving got better...

Ha. Can't argue with you there.

Alright, we're landing.

...Huh? We just got here, but I have a weird feeling...

Is someone watching us?