Beginner's Guide

Welcome to you young Lyoko warrior! If you're here, it's because you've probably just discovered IFSCL. A fan game based on the cartoon show Code Lyoko, developed since 2010 by one person, Immudelki (whose real name is Alexis Foletto).

The purpose of this guide is to quickly introduce you to all the essential informations about the game and its community in general. Because IFSCL is not just a video game, it is also a whole community of more than 20,000 players who actively follow and support the development of the game. Of course this game is mainly aimed at old fans of the cartoon. However, independent video game enthusiasts will also appreciate the professional work of Immudelki in his fan game.

In any case, we strongly invite you to try the Simulated Fictional Interfaces of Code Lyoko (IFSCL).

Discover the game with the story mode

We recommend you start your experience on IFSCL with the story mode. In addition of telling its own story, this game mode is made to introduce new players through the different mechanics related to the game (using an interface, virtualizing characters, deactivating a tower…). Each chapter presents one or multiple programs, concepts, or procedures with detailed tutorials integrated into the game.

The story told through the different chapters is entirely imagined by Immudelki. For him, it is a continuation of the story of the show in a sort of parallel timeline to the original show. The creator's inspirations are both Code Lyoko but also Garage Kids, the animated short film being at the origin of the series. Although Immudelki's story wants to be in the same spirit as the series, the latter is also more mature than the original cartoon. Return to the past… But not the one you remembered!

For the story mode, Immudelki managed to collaborate with some of the voice actors from the original show (such as Aelita and Jeremy). You can discover brand new recorded lines made specifically for IFSCL during some cutscenes or game phases.

To start the story mode, simply press 'Story Mode' on the main menu and select 'Chapters selection'. Then select chapter 1: 'Jeremy Awakens'.

Discover custom mode

Custom mode allows you to play with every game mechanics of IFSCL without any imposed story and thus, create your own scenarios based on the show or brand new ones. This game mode leaves you much more on your own, we recommend you finish the first few chapters of story mode before you try custom mode.

Main objective

The main goal of custom mode is to survive the different terrestrial attacks from XANA. To do that, you need to deactivate the towers controlled by the computer virus on Lyoko. Then, you'll need to make a Return to the past (RTTP) to delete any traces of the attack on Earth (check the article: 'Deactivate a tower'). If XANA manage to make sufficient damage during an attack, the game ends on a 'Game Over'.

Secondary objectives

Custom mode has multiple secondary objectives that you can do during a game. It's possible while configuring your game parameters to add those secondary objectives as challenges. They'll be shown in the overlay (right click in game), and you can follow the progress you've made so far.

• Build Lyoko
  It's possible to start a game without Lyoko being built. Building the virtual world is one of the secondary objectives possible in custom mode. Check out the 'Building the sectors' tutorial to know more about it.

• Build the Skidbladnir
  If you want to explore the Digital sea to reach the replikas, you must build the Skidbladnir. Note that to build the submarine, the garageSkid must be built first in Sector 5. Check out the 'Building the garageSkid' and 'Building the Skidbladnir' tutorials for more information about it.

• Decypher Franz's diary
  Like in the show, it's possible to decypher Franz Hopper's diary to access the scientists' recordings of the creation of Lyoko and XANA. Check out the 'Decypher Franz Hopper's diary' to learn more about it.

• Destroy a replika
  It's possible to directly attack XANA on his own grounds by teleporting the lyoko warriors in the replika factories and thus destroy XANA replikas. The destruction of a replika is by far the most complex objective in IFSCL, so familiarize yourself with the interface before you take on the challenge. Check out the 'Destroy a replika' tutorial to know more about this procedure.

Other offensives from XANA

While it can activate towers to attack the real world, XANA can also attack the core of Lyoko, as well as the Skidbladnir (if it it's built of course). While their destruction doesn't lead to a 'Game Over', it is still important to defend them (check the articles 'Defend the core of Lyoko' and 'Defend the Skidbladnir' respectively), otherwise you'll have to rebuild them yourself.

Progressing on IFSCL

First steps

To start playing in custom mode, we recommend starting a game by disabling all XANA's initiatives in the game parameters. To do this, configure your game as shown below.

• Startup
  This first section allows you to define the status of the characters or whether or not some programs or virtual objects are present at the start of your game.

  Recommended configuration

  • Aelita: Level 3
  • Odd - Ulrich - Yumi - William: Level 1
  • Lyoko: On
  • XANA awakening: Level 3
  • 5th Sector extras: Level 0 (none)
  • Virt/devirt codes obtained: On
  • Auto connection: Level 1
  • Towers program: Level 2 (Superscan)

• General
  This section allows you to manage the general difficulty of the game as well as various events not linked directly to XANA that can occurs during the game. We recommend you initially to deactivate all the parameters of this section and put the 'Difficulty' and the 'Battle turn speed' to level 1.

• XANA Lyoko
  This section allows you to manage the behavior of XANA on Lyoko. It's possible to choose the frequency of appearances of certain monsters and the probability of some XANA attacks. We recommend turning off all the parameters in the section to start simple. You can reactivate them over time to add some difficulty to the game.

• XANA Earth
  This section allows you to define the probability of different terrestrial attacks (xanafication, electrical sphere, powerplant overload…). Activate the 'Earth Attacks' parameter and the 'Xanafication' attack.

Once in game, familiarize yourself with the most important windows of the interface such as the 'Virtual Map' that allows you to follow in real time what's happening on Lyoko or the 'Superscan' that can analyse the towers of a virtual world. Feel free to start a mission from the agenda to bring the lyoko warriors to the factory and virtualize them. Once on Lyoko, take your time to take in the character control system within the virtual world with their 'Communication Cards' as you were able to do in the story mode.

When you feel ready, accelerate time by clicking the clock in the agenda until XANA activates a tower. A mission will start automatically, you'll have to virtualize the lyoko warriors and lead Aelita to the tower so she can enter the code 'Lyoko' to deactivate it. You'll then need to launch a Return to the past to repair the damage caused by the attack. Check the 'Deactivate a tower' tutorial to have a detailed and pictured guide on this procedure.

Stepping up to the next level

Feel ready to go to the next level? Fine, but take it slow! Just like in the show, XANA will adapt to your own strategy in order to throw you off. To take advantage of those different offensives, we recommend to activating a new type of attack individually every time you start a new game (attacking the core of Lyoko, attacking the Skidbladnir…). Use the section 'XANA Lyoko' to configure the different attacks XANA can do during a game.

Don't hesitate to gradually add some elements that complicate your task, such as the 'DNA Fusion' and 'DNA Alterations' available in the 'General' section. You can also activate some of the special monsters such as the guardian, polymorphic clones, or Scyphozoa in the parameters of the 'XANA Lyoko' section.

To go further

Practice is the key to success! And this is all true with IFSCL, which will not only improve your speed typing skills, but also your memory with all the commands and subcommands that can be used from the terminal that you need to remember in order to be always more effective in your fight against XANA.

Recreate scenarios from the show or even create your own ones by mixing several elements of each season… This is the strength of IFSCL's custom mode, doing what you want whenever you want!

For players that are looking for more challenges, destroying a replika is currently the most difficult objective in IFSCL. This procedure requires mastering the different game mechanics (managing battles, characters, energy…). It is somewhat the ultimate challenge of custom mode, so train hard until you beat XANA!

Community tour

Composed of members from all horizons and all nationalities, the IFSCL's community shares in common the nostalgia for Code Lyoko, as well as the admiration for the work that Immudelki has done for more than 15 years to offer fans the best possible fan game. Thus, although the creator of the game takes his motivation mainly from personal convictions, the community formed around his project has also become an additional motivation over time to continue and bring IFSCL to a successful conclusion.

Today, the IFSCL's community expands mainly on the 3 social networks: Discord, Facebook, and YouTube. More widely the game also has a Reddit page as well as a topic on the Codelyoko.fr forum. Finally, if you want to financially support Immudelki, in the various expenses it makes for the game (storage server, software licenses, purchase of plugins, etc…), he has a Patreon.

• Discord
  Discord represents the most active part of the French and international IFSCL community. Being the main social network used by Immudelki, it is also on Discord that all the latest IFSCL news is being announced. Although relatively calm during the development period, the various text channels are still very active as they approach a new cycle! Join the official IFSCL discord (Immu's Code Lyoko FanGames).

• Facebook
  IFSCL has a Facebook page where the latest information on the development status of the game is regularly relayed. A Facebook group also allows different members of the community, to share their gaming experiences, theories or even suggestions about the game. Follow IFSCL on Facebook (IFSCL - Code Lyoko Game) and join the group dedicated to the game.

• Youtube
  The creator of the game has a YouTube channel where he publishes all the game's trailers as well as Lives Makings Of. The IFSCL community also has Youtubers who regularly post content to the game. The vast majority of the videos you will find on the platform are gameplay videos and first-time playthroughs of new chapters of the story mode.