1337h4x by Carnivoris

made by Carnivoris for LD34 (COMPO)

Think you're a 1337 h4x0r, kid? Test your skills in this high-speed, pulse-pounding race to own boxes on the internet and grow your botnet! Avoid firewalls, attack vulnerable hosts, and use exit nodes to lower your threat against the dreaded firewall! Upset the firewall too much and get rekt!

Control your packet as it zooms down the internet superhighway and grow your botnet as large as you can!

Engine: Unity 5
Image editors: GIMP/Paint.NET
Music editor: LMMS
Sound effects designed with bfxr

OSX and Linux builds are NOT tested (I don't have any systems running those OSes atm). The only known issue otherwise is sometimes pickup collisions don't work.

Windows	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B091d1nVLzjjOTNVV0FodXRWYVE/view?usp=sharing
OS/X	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B091d1nVLzjjLUNtUGx6Q3FWeWM/view?usp=sharing
Linux	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B091d1nVLzjjaEhYRlNFMVpOazQ/view?usp=sharing
Source	https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B091d1nVLzjjUVR2dWd4WXY5c1E/view?usp=sharing
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=64982

Ratings

Coolness	54%	3
Overall	3.38	363

Audio	3.40	169
Fun	3.12	509
Graphics	3.46	297
Humor	2.57	387
Mood	3.31	262
Theme	3.77	455

Feedback

SplittyDev

14. Dec 2015 · 14:48 UTC

Nice game! Love the concept :)

Capitals

14. Dec 2015 · 14:48 UTC

The music adds to the feel and mood of the game effectively. However the controls are a bit slow and clunky. I felt slightly overwhelmed by the wall of text. However the graphic's and theme suited the game to a T. Good Luck! - Oh it needs to get harder.

chriiis88

14. Dec 2015 · 14:51 UTC

Linux build works fine! The only strange thing is, that the GUI elements (botnet view and the explanations on the left side of the screen) are only half visible. Also the green computers always come up in pairs, which is pretty pointless, since I can only pick up one of them.

I like the audio and the cyber-mood.

EthanWebster

14. Dec 2015 · 14:51 UTC

Really fun game, I liked it. The only thing I'd suggest is adding some sort of sliding animation just to make it a bit more fluent, but otherwise really nice game overall, well done :)

pjimmy

14. Dec 2015 · 14:58 UTC

great audio and visuals, I like how you've fitted the idea of hacking through networks and avoiding firewalls, very creative

AranHase

14. Dec 2015 · 14:58 UTC

Good music, graphics and mood. As Capitals commented, I also felt a little delay on the controls, but the game was easy, so it is okay. Overall you did a good job!

MintArcade

14. Dec 2015 · 15:56 UTC

Great fun.

justinooncx

14. Dec 2015 · 15:59 UTC

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Andrew Patton

14. Dec 2015 · 16:02 UTC

Good game. The graphics were pleasing.

RARoadkill

15. Dec 2015 · 01:25 UTC

Had some issues with the controls feeling a bit slow. Really enjoy the concept and the theme of the game, dang firewalls. well done

Drtizzle

15. Dec 2015 · 03:49 UTC

I really like the graphics, they really contribute to the hacking theme, so did the music.
The player moves with mouse-up, which is weird, and makes it feel unresponsive.
Good job!

2pae

19. Dec 2015 · 18:44 UTC

i love this UI and graphic. Also, the music is veri intertesting.

crazya02

25. Dec 2015 · 05:09 UTC

very 1337 m8 88/8

Player moving on button up makes it feel unresponsive, and it's too simplistic; I never hit a firewall once!

zenmumbler

31. Dec 2015 · 13:36 UTC

Tried the OS X version, works fine.

I often moved though an exit node without any effect, even after I hit a firewall blob before. Controls lag quite a bit bit there's not too much coming your way so it wasn't a real problem.

Liked the mood and the 90s-tastic graphics. Nicely done overall.