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Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game
- tulsidas 10y agoSide project that I've been working on and off for the last... 6 years maybe. Hope you enjoy it!
- jarnix 10y agoI've just created an account and begin to try this game. You should maybe (I know, it's boring) put some pictures or a video to show what it's all about. And congrats BTW :)
- JasonSage 10y agoCongrats on launching! I'll be honest, when I clicked and got a login page I thought "is this what we're supposed to hack?" ;) I second the recommendation below to add some pictures or a video to show what you're getting into. A lot of people will not register a new account when they don't know what they're getting.
- tulsidas 10y agoI want the game to have a "this is not a game" feel in the sense that it has no points, bonuses, levels, so that the player, even thou it's obvious that it is a game, feels like a real hacker. But you have a point, and I will add some info to the login page. Thanks for the feedback!
- BWStearns 10y agoSecond the "ok let's get through this login page" instinct haha. I'd be curious to see how many people were trying basic sql injections thinking they were playing the game already.
- AtheistOfFail 10y agoI just tried "admin:admin" and "admin:password" and "root:root" and "root:password" just instinctively. The site reminded me of "hackthissite"
- shermanyo 10y agobut did you try: password' OR 'a'='a :P
- fapjacks 10y agoWow yeah. Haha I spent some time going through the motions and spinning wheels in the mud before I realized it must not have been a part of the game. :P
- AtheistOfFail 10y agoQuick feedback and warning: If you're running a piece of software and don't have enough blocks for installing the next version, it will eat your newer software and do nothing :( Source: Ate my v3 Network Scanner. RIP my little software.
- tulsidas 10y agosounds like a bug, it doesn't show up in the SOFTWARE VERSIONS page?
- AtheistOfFail 10y agoIt was in Available, I clicked Install with insufficient storage and it ate it. The store shows as though I can purchase it again and it's not in SOFTWARE VERSIONS.
- cygned 10y agoMaybe you could make it up like a news article or something to keep the flair of the game.
- tulsidas 10y agonice idea!!
- KiDD 10y agoI thought the same thing! I started looking at the page source :D
- awqrre 10y agoThat is what I think right now... when I try to register, I get "gateway full, register closed".
- Cafey 10y agoHey love the style! I went through 4 steps of the tutorial and I found myself wanting to do more so good job! I'll try a bit more on lunch break :)
- tulsidas 10y agothanks! really excited to hear you like it! any questions or feedback feel free to PM me
- mdrzn 10y agoI'm at step 12 and going on! Nice game, I guess it's a little bit slow now 'cause of HN but it's gonna stabilize :)
- Cafey 10y agoI am curious, the IPs throughout the game are IPv6 syntax but I have yet to see an IP with hex chars in it. Are there use for the IPv6 later on? I was confused as to why 4.1.5.3.2 wasn't working until I noticed the use of ":".
- johnnycarcin 10y agothis is awesome, really like the ui. as others mentioned, the only thing i'd suggest is to add a little "about" section or something on the front page to let people know what they are getting into :)
- tulsidas 10y agowill do, thanks for the feedback! hope you enjoy the game
- emerongi 10y agoPlayed SlaveHack as a kid. This seems pretty similar. Cool project, will see how it compares.
- jotato 10y agoslavehack was awesome!
- dorianm 10y agoPretty cool, here is an hash cracker in Ruby for the lazy: a = [2, 15, 11, 22, 16, 3, 6, 21]; c = 72; while (b = a.shuffle.sample(rand(a.size)); b.inject(&:+) != c); end; p b
- tulsidas 10y agohaha, this should be considered cheating, but since you are "hacking it", it's fine :D
- BWStearns 10y agolol I thought that it was expected to write ancillary software to solve the hacking games.
- AtheistOfFail 10y agoWas about to start python to decypher the password sequence when I saw it turn green.
- babuskov 10y agoI contemplated making a game like that. Never got around to it.
- agentultra 10y agoTry hackmud :)
- alexdumitru 10y agoLooks like HN hugged it too hard.
- tulsidas 10y agohehe, indeed! but it was just me deploying a quick fix, it's back now!
- shashwat986 10y agoWe killed it, guys! Just went down for me.
- tulsidas 10y agoI was redeploying a quick fix, it's back!
- shashwat986 10y agoThanks! This is wonderful!
- desci 10y ago"Everybody has a testing environment. Some people are lucky enough enough to have a totally separate environment to run production in." https://twitter.com/stahnma/status/634849376343429120 https://twitter.com/stahnma/status/634849376343429120
- martincerdeira 10y agoCongratz!! Awesome game! =)
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- tulsidas 10y agothanks! hope you like it!
- jsingleton 10y agoFYI there's a summary and video on the root domain: https://h4ck1t.com https://h4ck1t.com Edit: Turn your speakers down when you play the video if you don't like modem sounds. This game looks fun. Reminds me a little of Uplink from 2001 (https://www.introversion.co.uk/uplink/ https://www.introversion.co.uk/uplink/).
- tulsidas 10y agoGlad you like it! Uplink is one of the (many) sources of inspiration for this game
- prashnts 10y agoLove the interface and the ~~game~~ as well! Perhaps HN influx made the server slow but I am having fun.
- drhayes9 10y agoSweet game! Congrats on the launch. I'll definitely be playing more. Would love to get a writeup about the tech and the game design decisions/tradeoffs you've made along the way.
- tulsidas 10y agoThanks! Glad you like it. Good idea, I'll write a blog post about this.
- calebm 10y agoHey, cool idea. I like the first few minutes of play. I like the retro/wargames/hacker look :)
- jweather 10y agoEither get rid of the sounds or have some in the beginning with a chance to turn them off. Playing a sound on step 5 of the tutorial when a hash fails is not cool - I almost jumped out of my chair. I might come back when it doesn't take 15 seconds of thinking every time I click a button.
- AtheistOfFail 10y agoFeels like slavehack in a way.
- jweather 10y agoStuck on step 8, failed to crack the "pass" thing once (what do I even do there?) and now it says "No route to 01:55:53:35:13" which is the IP I discovered and NMAPped. Now what?
- tulsidas 10y agocheck here for info on how to crack the password vulnerability: http://gateway.h4ck1t.com/man/nmap/PASS http://gateway.h4ck1t.com/man/nmap/PASS you lost that node, you'll need to run netscan and try again with another one
- desci 10y agoerm. where is the source code?
- KiDD 10y agoI like it but you must be getting hammered... everything loads painfully slow
- tulsidas 10y agoindeed! :)
- napsterbr 10y agoHey tulsidas, great work on the game, looks great. I'm the author of Hacker Experience (https://hackerexperience.com https://hackerexperience.com), an open source RTS MMO location-based hacking simulation. We are open for suggestions and contributions. If you'd like to talk a little bit about these games (I'm a big fan of them) and other stuff, please drop me a line.
- defgeneric 10y agoStatus 500... did somebody hack it? Edit/spez: nevermind, it's back
- kangus 10y agoAny chance you'd release the source?
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- desci 10y agoThe best part is the fact that there is a new user's tutorial in place.
- clifanatic 10y agoLevel One: Hack into this fictitious bank's web site and transfer all the funds to this fictitious account. I know the web site looks real, right down to the correct URL, but that's just part of the game. For real.
- tulsidas 10y ago:D
- loganbertram 10y agoI imagine you must have seen it and drawn some inspiration, but https://www.hackthissite.org/ https://www.hackthissite.org/ was a favorite of mine. Made an account and checking it out. Thanks!
- BWStearns 10y agoAnyone know if you can actually type for the PASS and ARP minigames? The keypad is killing me (and I'm a few minutes away from getting another shot lol)
- BWStearns 10y agoFound answer (frustratingly): no you cannot.
- mayli 10y agoThis reminds me a retro-hack-game: http://telehack.com/ http://telehack.com/ Telehack is also a multiplayer hack game featuring tons of BBS systems, simulated uunet hosts, and a chat room. Available via http or telnet. You are welcome to `finger mayli@telehack.com`.
- tulsidas 10y agonew gateway (game server) opened! http://gateway2.h4ck1t.com http://gateway2.h4ck1t.com
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- dwaxe 10y agoThis was very fun. I finished all the levels and I also discovered the secret ones. :O
- korethr 10y agoInteresting. The Uplink inspiration is a plus in my book. However, this manages to hard-lock Firefox so thoroughly that I can't even switch out of X11 to another VT to try to kill firefox, leaving the only option to reboot. I'll fiddle with it later to find out what's causing that.
- gauthamilango 10y agoRegistration closed :(
- FezVrasta 10y agoRegistrations closed?