Very innovative and unique submission! I really like the color scheme and music. Unfortunately, I can't get past the first level. Maybe it's because I don't use Linux, or maybe It's because I'm tired right now, but I just could not figure it out. Even when following the “How to” section. I got to the Simon Says puzzle before getting completely stuck. Other people seemed to be able to beat it, though, so it might just be me.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Innovation | #31 | 4.028 | 4.028 |
| Visuals | #425 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| Overall | #574 | 3.287 | 3.287 |
| Gameplay | #700 | 3.083 | 3.083 |
| Audio | #737 | 3.028 | 3.028 |
| Theme | #1003 | 2.944 | 2.944 |
| Enjoyment | #1112 | 2.806 | 2.806 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
It's a brain-teaser, hacking puzzle game.
The more you try to solve the puzzle to get your reward, the more you fail, the more stress and risk of game over.
In the last mission, the player can risk it and get more money out of the account they are hacking, but there is even more stress and risks to fail.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Icons and Music, as listed in the credits
CRT shader by nofacer (https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/4219)
How many people worked on the game?1
Comments
As a programmer(who also happens to use linux as his primary OS), I enjoyed it a lot!
It was a very innovative submission, it followed the theme perfectly by making the mistakes stressful and risky, and it was also executed perfectly.
I did encounter a bug with ssh_ls on level 2 where it showed employees/ as the correct directory to go to, but then when I tried to read that directory, it also lead me to another employees/ dir inside, and it was going like that infinitely to the point of only bringing my stress meter higher up for no reason without showing where the target file was located and eventually making me lose.
but I still loved it a lot!
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MortiscauldI love it!! The game is really hard for me. I could only solve the first level, but the ssh command for finding the password was awesome! Great work!
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Countdown CrisisI accrued a lot of in-game stress early on trying to guess the password from previous user commands. After noticing the 1:1 correspondence between password length and log output, things started coming together from there, though I did putz around with strictly-alphabetical passwords before realizing I needed to switch to numeric. From there, the general idea of the game becomes clear and starts to unfold more rapidly. I made it to the final level, but I ultimately ran out of time before draining any accounts. The final mission then restarted (yay!) but I died of a heart attack right after.
My overall impression is that I really needed the out-of-game hints on the game page in order to progress. The flow of the game would be helped a lot by working these guidelines into the commands and/or console hints. The final sequence can probably also last a fair amount longer without being too easy.
Otherwise, the exploration of various barriers and vulnerabilities did do a lot to build the immersion of being a hacker on the outside trying to hunt for some kind of ingress! I also liked the choice of music. It felt very data-spacey.
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Take The BiscuitGreat game, I really felt I was a hacker! The concept is very unique for this game jam, although is very confusing at first, I would recommend to make a tutorial or an easier mode for a better experience, the visuals were great and the concept very interesting :)
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My Dog Is a Food ThiefLove it! the aesthetic is weirdly nostalgic somehow, like it’s not retro but it feels like one of those classic games lol so very nice art choices, very polished gameplay with nice UI, great job!
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Risk it for the CookieI don't think I was the demographic for this game, as I had no idea what to do (despite reading the long instructions), and also wanted the intro text to move waaaayyy faster...
I'm sure this is somebody's perfect cup of tea, though, and it looks like it fits its genre well
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Makin' BiscuitsI want to like this game but it's just so confusing and I couldn't really get anywhere. It reminds me of when I first installed Arch and I kept hitting the same roadblock because the EFI was being completely used up by Windows. Still I love the concept and with a proper tutorial and the such this game could be awesome!
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Casino RoyaleReally interesting approach to the theme, being quite familiar with cmd, it would have been neat to provide a command to change directories, and when providing a hint about password it didn’t come to mind to just guess randomly, as I left the area blank and the hint didn’t pop up, which could have been accounted for… Overall interesting game, and I love that you included the previous/next command cycling with the use of arrow keys :D
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Cookie StackThe UI is impressive. Gameplay is quite smooth. It reminds of Hacknet. Great work!
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The Dreamer's EchoVery interesting game. The art direction is great, I love the shader and color palettes! As mentioned, the game seems quite hard for the uninitiated, but was engaging enough for me to keep going following the tips on the game page. Great Work!
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Bluffing BiscuitsAmazing game! I have done a bit of cyber security before and I really loved it! Yeah, the commands are a bit different from real life but it's just a game so no issues there. Well done!
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Factory MadeAudio and graphics are on point. I did find it a bit tricky. That's probably a user error but the game feels really polished. Maybe just some more tutorials would help!
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Greed & GloomNice concept and nice graphics too!
I found it really hard to understand what to do, even with the hints. I could only do one thing or another, and I had to read the description on the game page to get any further. But the idea is great!
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Junkyard BotsI was a little confused about how to go about solving the puzzles themselves, never had the brain for cyber security I suppose haha
The visuals were nice, I liked that you had an option to toggle the CRT. It kinda says to me that you know the visual style is in a direction that some people won't vibe with and you've thought of a kind of compromise which I appreciate. I think the CRT filter kinda obscures some details myself but I love that unique style you have going there. Almost a risk in of itself but I think it pays off for you there :)
Nice game!
This was awesome! The visuals and concept, but a brave concept for a game jam haha. I kept making my game easier and easier with worry of complaints and here you are hahaha! This was very well made and took a long time to complete. Nice one :D
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Dunk the Biscuit
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