Hacking4Dummies by madpew

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made by madpew for LD18 (COMPO)
As a hacker you need to take over servers, to use their powers to hack more servers. Dunno if that fits the theme.
I'm happy I finished and I'm some kind of proud of the voice-acting / music /gfx stuff :D
thanks 4 watching

Bugfixes applied. Updated Binary and Source available.

Ratings

Coolness 32% 3
Overall 3.00 66
Audio 3.61 5
Community 3.50 39
Fun 3.28 33
Graphics 2.72 97
Humor 3.06 22
Innovation 3.11 72
Theme 2.12 151

Feedback

Covenant
23. Aug 2010 · 07:51 UTC
The game is well done, although it's bitch hard... : Don't think it suits the theme, though, but even so... it was fun playing! :)
mathias
23. Aug 2010 · 08:16 UTC
Hell yeah.

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System.InvalidOperationException: Die Sequenz enthält mehrere übereinstimmende Elemente.
bei System.Linq.Enumerable.Single[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
bei LD18.Achievements.GetTitle()
bei LD18.WinForm..ctor()
bei LD18.GameController.ProcessReward(Int32 Reward)
bei LD18.pnmServerControl.Picture_DoubleClick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnDoubleClick(EventArgs e)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
bei System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
hcs
23. Aug 2010 · 10:02 UTC
Fun! I suck at Mastermind but it stayed interesting. Some different layouts for the route might have been nice.
Jhelle
23. Aug 2010 · 11:23 UTC
I commend your effort but I didn't feel the fun factor here. Audio was very well done though and I liked the server names :)
pdyxs
24. Aug 2010 · 02:25 UTC
Really liked this game, though it did remind me a bit of the plumbing from bioshock. Audio was excellent as well.

Was winning supposed to generate an error?
🎤 madpew
24. Aug 2010 · 02:56 UTC
pdyxs, no it's not supposed to be like this.
The error is fixed in the patched version. (It only happens when you got 2 achievements with the same score, so the game crashes on deciding which rank to use :D)
It's still kinda funny getting a error on the winning screen of a hack-game :) Thanks for your comment and I'm glad you liked it.
Danik
24. Aug 2010 · 07:59 UTC
Fun game, takes a bit more thinking than most. The 5-digit mastermind puzzels were challenging!
goffmog
25. Aug 2010 · 02:06 UTC
Definitely one I will go back to to try and beat! One thing Hey that's a fun game, it's hard to begin with but after you hack your first box it really starts to flow. I did have a couple of frustrated restarts before I could figure out how to play though since I didn't realise you had to double click the servers :) Clever interpretation of the theme.
KilledByAPixel
25. Aug 2010 · 17:16 UTC
Pretty cool idea. Those master mind puzzles were tough, I had to give up at the 5 digit one. Maybe whenever you get a new ~ or ! it gives you a little more time? I think that could add to the tension while also giving players more time.
🎤 madpew
26. Aug 2010 · 01:48 UTC
KilledByAPixel, you can buy additional seconds in the market (taking the red pill). It's still hard though.
I already doubled the times after noticing noone else than me can succeed. Seems like it's still too fast. Lesson learned :)
skintkingle
26. Aug 2010 · 09:58 UTC
Instant crash, looks like i don't have a dependency installed that you used.
Care to post WHAT needs to be installed?
🎤 madpew
26. Aug 2010 · 11:51 UTC
Oh, I thought by now everyone should have .Net Framework 3.5 installed as 4.0 already came by Windows Update :D
here you go: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325fd-ae52-4e35-b531-508d977d32a6&displaylang=en
Spooner
27. Aug 2010 · 11:28 UTC
Pipe-hacking lifted straight from Alien Swarm (and others) and Mastermind, but at least put together in a nice package. My primitive ape brain couldn't hack fast enough to finish the game, but at least that means it had a decent scaling difficulty.

Wherefor art thou, Theme?
🎤 madpew
27. Aug 2010 · 11:55 UTC
well about the theme I used the enemies (the server) as a weapon against other servers. (as you need X Servers/Bandwidth to hack another one) - lil bit abstract.
Can't blame you for that. btw. Alien Swarm was the inspiration for the pipe-hacks :D
pekuja
30. Aug 2010 · 17:45 UTC
A pretty good hacking game. Reminded me a lot of Uplink. I liked the voice samples and music too. The only problems were that I never quite understood how the hacking requirements worked, or when I would ever need a firewall. The game also crashed when I hacked 4chan.
eli
02. Sep 2010 · 10:37 UTC
Hacking music WIN! Great job on the coolness factor.
Really good look and feel. I'd really like a more shallow learning curve. Also, the visual puzzle was much cooler than the number one.
Martoon
03. Sep 2010 · 22:45 UTC
Crashes when launching. I have .Net Framework 4.0, so not sure what the problem is. Didn't vote since I can't run it.
sirGustav
06. Sep 2010 · 14:10 UTC
interesting, but really hard... :(
Scramasax
06. Sep 2010 · 16:17 UTC
Too hard.