Jackin

by eforen
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.57
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.00
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.09
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.34
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%
[Post Compo Development]
Please Try the post comp version also as I am trying to develop this game more I want to make it a fully fledged game. Currently the hack feature works a bit better and I am going to be adding help and scrolling screen soon. Then I am planning on adding connecting to servers and actually being able to copy files and stuff to get money from missions. It is going to be cool! I may end up changing the interface I would like some feedback on how much the dusty screen and faded corners actually improve the game or would it be better to just have it be a screen of text no silly monitor view?

[Personal Background]
I set out to make a little multiplayer hacking sim.

I got most of the back end in to do it too but I just did not have enough time so I quickly through in a little random hack mechanic for the compo submission. It is in fact running off of the a server and actually playing via it and is server authoritative and saving player data... but that's about it...

Last Compo I did LD29 I bit off way more then I could chew this time though I only bit off a little more.

[Notes]
* The game is largely not finished but I did give it some functionality and so it is playable I need to iron out a couple more bugs though.
* Sorry everyone that I could not do more.
* I did how ever stream every moment of dev to this exact point infact I am streaming as I type this out :D !

[Edits]
{edit} Forgot the code it is at https://github.com/Eforen/LundumDare31
{edit} I think I have smashed all the bugs!
{edit} Updated path moving game to a subdirectory so that I can work on finishing another version.

-Eforen

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Comments22

scriptorum
scriptorum8 Dec 2014, 05:58
It's always down to the wire for me. Stuff always gets left out.
sepharoth2138 Dec 2014, 07:08
I couldn't input a space, so I couldn't get any further than typing in 'hack'.
BlackBulletIV8 Dec 2014, 07:11
I like the idea behind it and would love to see this fleshed out, but it really doesn't seem implemented at all (unless I'm missing something). Only thing I could do was register and type in hack (spacebar doesn't even work, so I couldn't target IPs).
Evergreen Games8 Dec 2014, 07:13
Pretty Cool. but couldn't do anything but hack all
Jaenis8 Dec 2014, 07:16
Couldn't input space either, as a improvements list of commands and screen scrolling would be nice.
However, nice to see hacking game :)
MrTedders
MrTedders8 Dec 2014, 07:33
Interesting, but yeah unfortunately I wasn't able to do much more than type hack
eforen
eforenauthor8 Dec 2014, 10:19
sepharoth213: I have fix the Spacebar Bug.
eforen
eforenauthor8 Dec 2014, 10:36
BlackBulletIV Unfortunately it is really really fleshed out I am planing to try to flesh it out more for ether the Jam or just for fun. (There is a little secret about the current state... Type Secret into the cmd to find out what... Warning it is a huge spoiler!)
eforen
eforenauthor8 Dec 2014, 10:41
Evergreen Games: Unfortunately that is all I had time for after programming all the subsystems and stuff given a few more hours I would have had so much more I plan to shift the compo version off to its own directory and then have another version that I work on more. Get the interactions between users and the missions and stuff!
eforen
eforenauthor8 Dec 2014, 10:45
Jaenis: Fixed the space input problem. as to the list of commands it is as follows: hack, secret, and ... nothing... I ran out of time...
eforen
eforenauthor8 Dec 2014, 10:46
MrTedders: That's all there is... I wish...
fleegle2000
fleegle20008 Dec 2014, 14:57
The lack of screen scrolling hampers gameplay, but I like the concept and the online component. I didn't have any luck guessing any passwords, but that's all on me!
thristhart
thristhart8 Dec 2014, 15:24
I wanted to like this but the "ur so 1337 pwn the intertubes" stuff grated on me so bad that I gave up to prevent my eyes from becoming stuck rolled backwards.
panda
panda9 Dec 2014, 06:52
I love the idea, too bad you didn't get to finish!
mrexcessive13 Dec 2014, 18:56
Hi there. Nice user interface, just needs the game really... Hacked an ip and got some money... but I think it was a bit easy to do ;)
okkolobr
okkolobr15 Dec 2014, 11:06
Damn, wish you could have had the time to finish :(
I like the idea though
freaknarf
freaknarf15 Dec 2014, 11:13
In the future we'll only use DOS interfaces.
TheMeorch
TheMeorch15 Dec 2014, 19:23
Definitely a cool starting point here. I'm excited to see where this goes! Keep up the good work.
01rafael18 Dec 2014, 11:28
I was stuck on the registration page :(
XTremEive
XTremEive18 Dec 2014, 12:42
I didn't really get it to be honest. Didn't manage to login either... Kind of remind me of... Work.
Chris M19 Dec 2014, 16:47
Nice interpretation of the theme, the dirt on the screen itself adds a lot to the mood. Compo version I managed to hack some random IPs, post compo version the game hangs after registering (on 'Connecting...'), then resets with without registering the login. Is there a fix?
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