I'll be honest, when I clicked and got a login page I thought "is this what we're supposed to hack?" ;)
I second the recommendation below to add some pictures or a video to show what you're getting into. A lot of people will not register a new account when they don't know what they're getting.
I want the game to have a "this is not a game" feel in the sense that it has no points, bonuses, levels, so that the player, even thou it's obvious that it is a game, feels like a real hacker.
But you have a point, and I will add some info to the login page. Thanks for the feedback!
Second the "ok let's get through this login page" instinct haha. I'd be curious to see how many people were trying basic sql injections thinking they were playing the game already.
Wow yeah. Haha I spent some time going through the motions and spinning wheels in the mud before I realized it must not have been a part of the game. :P
It was in Available, I clicked Install with insufficient storage and it ate it. The store shows as though I can purchase it again and it's not in SOFTWARE VERSIONS.
Hey tulsidas, great work on the game, looks great. I'm the author of Hacker Experience (https://hackerexperience.com), an open source RTS MMO location-based hacking simulation. We are open for suggestions and contributions. If you'd like to talk a little bit about these games (I'm a big fan of them) and other stuff, please drop me a line.
Level One: Hack into this fictitious bank's web site and transfer all the funds to this fictitious account. I know the web site looks real, right down to the correct URL, but that's just part of the game. For real.
Either get rid of the sounds or have some in the beginning with a chance to turn them off. Playing a sound on step 5 of the tutorial when a hash fails is not cool - I almost jumped out of my chair.
I might come back when it doesn't take 15 seconds of thinking every time I click a button.
I imagine you must have seen it and drawn some inspiration, but https://www.hackthissite.org/ was a favorite of mine. Made an account and checking it out. Thanks!
Interesting. The Uplink inspiration is a plus in my book.
However, this manages to hard-lock Firefox so thoroughly that I can't even switch out of X11 to another VT to try to kill firefox, leaving the only option to reboot.
I'll fiddle with it later to find out what's causing that.
Stuck on step 8, failed to crack the "pass" thing once (what do I even do there?) and now it says "No route to 01:55:53:35:13" which is the IP I discovered and NMAPped. Now what?
Anyone know if you can actually type for the PASS and ARP minigames? The keypad is killing me (and I'm a few minutes away from getting another shot lol)
this is awesome, really like the ui. as others mentioned, the only thing i'd suggest is to add a little "about" section or something on the front page to let people know what they are getting into :)
I'll be honest, when I clicked and got a login page I thought "is this what we're supposed to hack?" ;)
I second the recommendation below to add some pictures or a video to show what you're getting into. A lot of people will not register a new account when they don't know what they're getting.