Frequently Asked Questions

An interactive IT and cybersecurity training platform. It organizes learning into "houses" — specialized tracks covering networking, security, scripting, cloud, and more. Each house contains presentations, labs, quizzes, and hands-on tools.

Open the app, go through the sorting quiz to get assigned to a house, and start exploring your house's modules. You can also browse other houses anytime from the dashboard.

Yes. Use the "Retake Sorting" option in the dashboard footer to take the sorting quiz again. Your progress in all houses is preserved regardless of which house you're sorted into.

No. Hexworth Prime works entirely offline by default. If your instructor has set up a class, you can optionally sign in with Google to sync your progress.

By default, all progress is saved in your browser's localStorage — it never leaves your device. If you join an instructor-led class, progress also syncs to the cloud.

Your local progress will be lost. If you're signed into a class, your cloud-synced progress is safe and will restore when you sign in again.

Only if you're signed into a class. Local-only mode saves per-browser, so progress won't transfer between devices.

Go to Settings in the dashboard footer. There you can clear your local progress data.

12 houses: Web (networking), Shield (cybersecurity defense), Cloud (cloud technologies), Forge (hardware/troubleshooting), Script (Linux & scripting), Code (programming), Key (cryptography), Eye (OSINT & reconnaissance), Dark Arts (offensive security), AI (artificial intelligence), Matrix (data science), and Divergent (interdisciplinary). Each house has its own AI advisor based on a historical pioneer.

No. You can explore any house at any time. Within a house, modules are numbered for a suggested order, but you're free to jump around.

Most modules include a presentation (lesson), a lab (hands-on practice), and a quiz (knowledge check). Some modules also include interactive tools and visualizers.

A special section focused on malware analysis and advanced security concepts. Access is gated by a five-stage CTF (Capture the Flag) challenge. You need to solve all five gates to enter.

146 Capture The Flag boxes where you hack into simulated systems by finding vulnerabilities and capturing flags. Includes 15 Open World investigation boxes that simulate corporate espionage, money laundering, and insider threats. Progressive difficulty from beginner to expert.

120 vulnerability challenges across 5 belt levels (White through Black Belt). Starts with basic injections and ends with multi-vulnerability chain attacks. A hands-on training ground for offensive and defensive security skills.

A 120-mission Metroidvania-style coding system spanning 7 programming languages (Python, JavaScript, Bash, SQL, and more). You control an agent on a grid, writing code to navigate obstacles, defeat enemies, and capture objectives. Tools earned in one mission carry forward to the next.

A live streaming gallery for CTF tournaments. When operators go live, spectators can watch every competitor's screen simultaneously in a multi-channel grid. Click any tile to expand full-screen.

The platform's real-time messaging system for communication between students and instructors. Includes inbox, moderation controls, and a dashboard notification badge.

100 software projects (AI, cloud, security, web, data science) and 102 hardware projects (Signal Hub — WiFi scanners, BLE trackers, intrusion detectors, USB security tools). All projects are GitHub-publishable so students build a verifiable portfolio.

An interactive ethics investigation system where students analyze real-world cases (VW emissions, Snowden, Cambridge Analytica), commit to decisions under pressure, and defend their reasoning against structured challenges from opposing ethical frameworks. No right answers, only defensible ones. Includes evidence analysis with red herrings, stakeholder mapping, framework collision, peer perspectives, and instructor feedback. 10 cases across the Ethics in IT course.

Yes. Each of the 12 houses has an embedded AI advisor based on a historical pioneer — Turing, Mitnick, Lovelace, Cerf, Shannon, Wozniak, and more. Each carries domain-specific knowledge and personality.

That's Digital Life — a binary firefly ecosystem. The 0s and 1s are living organisms that are born, evolve, hunt, reproduce, and die. It's a simulation running in real-time.

Yes! There are player tools (energy blessing, gravity brush, shield bubble, spawn beacon, evolution catalyst) that let you influence the ecosystem. Look for the tool buttons on the dashboard.

Fireflies evolve through tiers: Basic (white), Charged (purple), Radiant (cyan), Prismatic (gold), and Ascended (green). Higher tiers live longer and resist the black hole's gravity.

Binary math! 1+1=0 (overflow), 0+0=1 (quantum flip), and 1+0 gives both an energy boost.

Text-based emergency scenarios where you play as an IT professional dealing with a crisis. Type commands to solve the problem before time runs out. Each house has at least one game.

Win all 10 survival games. The badge unlocks automatically when you've won at least once in each game.

Games track your play history, wins, best times, and achievements. These stats persist between sessions.

Yes. Once loaded, most content works without an internet connection. Some features (class sync, update checks) require connectivity.

Any modern browser — Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari. We recommend Chrome or Edge for the best experience.

Most content is responsive, but labs and interactive tools work best on a desktop or laptop with a keyboard.

Use the "Report an Issue" link in the dashboard footer. It will take you to our GitHub Issues page where you can describe the problem.

Sign in with Google, then access the Handler Dashboard from the dashboard footer. From there you can create classes and generate join codes for students.

Yes. The Handler Dashboard shows per-student progress across all modules, including quiz scores and lab completions.

Yes. Only the class instructor can see student data. We follow FERPA-aligned data handling practices. See the About page for full details.