What did you revive? What was your inspiration?
We revived the hacker culture of the old days: underground forums where “contracts” were accepted, viruses slipping into other people’s computers, green-on-black text terminals, and Windows XP, with its taskbar, Start menu and error dialogs. We were inspired by nostalgia for old office computers and those forums of leaked passwords and quiet, hidden jobs. We wanted players to feel like they’re breaking into someone else’s PC, as Glitch, a virus that hops between folders, opens files, dodges the antivirus and hides in the recycle bin.

How do you play your game? Is controller required?
You can play with keyboard, mouse and gamepad; a controller is not required. The mouse is used to navigate the forum and pick contracts. In a level you control Glitch with either keyboard or gamepad, and the on-screen key prompts switch automatically to match the device you’re using.

What asset packs did you use? What, if any, content is AI generated?
We didn’t use full asset packs. The graphics are SVGs created with AI assistance (Claude), and many interfaces are drawn in code. Sound effects are generated procedurally by a Python script. The music comes from other creators: tracks by BloodPixelHero and by scottishmist, the latter published on Freesound. The game’s code was developed with AI assistance (Claude Code).