Blackmail.exe

🕵️‍♂️ Blackmail.exe

> *In a city that never sleeps and always watches, you're the ghost in the machine.*

Welcome to Blackmail.exe, a roguelike puzzle game where you eavesdrop on a surveillance-soaked world, package secrets into profitable scandals, and sell them to the highest bidder—before the system finds you.

Your terminal is your weapon.
You are a freelance hacker-for-hire, and business is booming.

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🎮 Gameplay Loop

🛰️ SNOOP

Intercept a stream of chat logs, phone calls, and data files.
Each piece of gossip is a card with a suit
(💘 *Romance*, 💼 *Finance*, 🧠 *Politics*, etc.)
and a type (*Common*, *Bombshell*, *Deepfake*).

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🗂️ COLLECT

Combine related clues into powerful blackmail dossiers.
Create combos like a *Pair of corporate secrets* or a *Full Leak of political corruption* —
inspired by combo-building games like *Balatro*.

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💰 CASH OUT

Sell your dossiers to meet your round’s cash quota.
The bigger the scandal, the higher the payout.

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⚠️ EVADE

Every action raises your trace level.
Powerful evidence and bigger combos attract the authorities faster.
If your trace hits 100%, the run is over.

Do you cash out now and lie low — or risk it all for one more big score?

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🔮 UPGRADE

Between runs, use your earnings to buy Charms — persistent upgrades that modify your next hack.

Examples:
- 🕶️ *VPN Mask* – Clears a portion of your trace.
- 💘 *Love Magnet* – Increases chance of romantic scandals.

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💻 Tone & Style

With a neon-noir terminal UI, the hiss of modem whines, and the frantic click of your keyboard, the mood is *cynical, satirical, and tense*.

You’re not a hero — you’re just profiting from everyone’s dirty laundry.

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> Can you survive in the data stream,
> or will you become just another ghost in the system?