Description

Hacknet

Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports. Using old school command prompts and real hacking processes, you’ll solve the mystery with minimal hand-holding and a rich world full of secrets to explore. Bit, a hacker responsible for creating the most invasive security system on the planet, is dead. When he fails to reconnect to his system for 14 days, his failsafe kicks in, sending instructions in automated emails to a lone user. You are that user, and it’s up to you to unravel the mystery and ensure that Hacknet-OS doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Exploring the volatile nature of personal privacy, the prevalence of corporate greed, and the hidden powers of hackers on the internet, Hacknet delivers a unique hacking simulation, while offering a support system that allows total beginners get a grasp of the real-world applications and commands found throughout the game.

Hacknet Labyrinths

Join a small team of elite hackers pulling off a complex series of data heists in Hacknet Labyrinths, a major expansion for critically acclaimed terminal-based hacking simulator, Hacknet.

Adding a new 3-4 hour chapter to the game, Hacknet Labyrinths sees you recruited by the mysterious Kaguya to join a small team of elite hackers on the hunt for powerful new tools and programs. But working with the best isn’t going to be easy. And, as the series of heists increases in complexity and danger, you’re going to need to use everything at your team’s disposal to get in, get the job done, and get out without being caught.

Featuring new tools--such as the Memory Analyzer, capable of performing memory forensics on RAM--new programs, new networks to explore, new UI themes, new secrets to uncover in the original game, and a full new soundtrack, Labyrinths delivers more of the gameplay you loved in Hacknet along with some surprising new twists.

Features

• Real hacking: Based on actual UNIX commands, Hacknet focuses on real hacking, not the Hollywood-style version of it. This creates a truly immersive experience and puts players right in the thick of trying to break through the firewalls.

• Unlock the mystery of Bit: A hacker is dead and the media reports don’t add up. When you are contacted by his “ghost”--an automated failsafe system--you’re drawn into the dark and murky world of underground hackers.

• Full immersion: You are thrust into a persistent virtual world with no “levels” or obvious game elements to break the illusion. Follow the guidance of the emails from Bit or just dive down the rabbit hole, chasing down clues and snippets of information you find as you explore different systems.

• Accessible, but uncompromising: While avoiding hand-holding and dumbing down, the design of the game and the learning curve enables those with no prior terminal experience to enjoy it, while delighting those in the know.

• Killer tunes: Hack to the beat of a soundtrack featuring underground artists, including Remi AKA The Algorithm.

• A whole new chapter: Hacknet Labyrinths adds a thrilling new 3-4 hour chapter set within Hacknet’s main story arc. Play it as part of the original game, or as a new opportunity to delve back into your Hacknet experience and explore new secrets.

• New tools and programs: Obtain new, more complex hacking tools and programs to break into systems and networks. For example, perform memory forensics on RAM and uncover secrets with the Memory Analyzer.

• Work as a team: No longer hacking alone, you’ll be completing missions as a team, communicating through IRC and working towards joint goals.

• Daring and perilous data heists: Network systems are more complex, and it’s going to take a lot more than simply “kicking down the door” to complete the mission. Explore, adapt, survive!

• Killer new soundtrack: Hacknet Labyrinths comes with a killer new soundtrack full of Outrun-style music, featuring artists such as Remi (of brutal heavy metal/electronic act 'The Algorithm') and synthwave superstar 'OGRE'.

About the Developer

Named after the most mathematically horrifying animal, Team Fractal Alligator is a small development studio, founded by Matt Trobbiani, based in Adelaide, Australia.

Matt has been designing and developing games for most of his life, starting out with GameMaker and Warcraft 3 custom maps, before moving on to find more flexibility in C# and custom engines. He specialises in designing immersive, mechanically interesting experiences.

Released in 2015, Matt’s first commercial game, Hacknet, has sold in excess of 200,000 copies within its first year of sales, and is the winner of the AGDA’s Innovation Award 2014 and SimTect Asia’s Indie - Serious Game Showcase & Challenge 2015.

• "WINNER - Innovation Award" Australian Game Developer Awards, 2014

• "FINALIST - Tech" Freeplay Awards, 2015

• "It’s the closest thing to a real life hacking sim I’ve ever seen."
  - Mark Serrels, Kotaku

• "I’m really digging the look of Hacknet"
  - Alice O'Connor, Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Team Fractal Alligator - Developer

Matt Trobbiani
Founder & Development, Team Fractal Alligator

Jesus Gallegos
Artist, Freelancer

Sarah Riggall
Artist, Freelancer

Rico Pustel & Timo Jhans
Music

Cinematrik
Music

Remi AKA The Algorithm
Music