Desktop Hacker
A narrative driven hacking game that takes you on a journey around murky hacking circles. You will be using the console and graphical tools to hack systems in order to profit and advance the storyline.
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April 26, 2023
3 years and 99 days ago
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5 itemsAbout the Game
A narrative driven hacking game that takes you on a journey of an accidental hacker that is at the core of global conspiracies. Game is played from a perspective of a desktop and takes place in an alternative reality somewhat resembling early 2000s.
You can expect to be using the console to scan servers, ports, exploit those servers, download and upload critical information. You can also use graphical helpers for those functions, in the later stages of the game you will be in possession of the newly developed Pandora software which maps computer systems in a graphical manner allowing for more advanced hacks. Game features a news service sub-plot which has you influence the world on a global scale.
You are running from the law and take refuge at a friend's cottage, lucky for you your friend is well connected in online grey area dealings. Coincidentally it seems that the reason you are on the run is also the reason that the UN has recently started pushing for a global identification system for all Internet users.
You can expect to be using the console to scan servers, ports, exploit those servers, download and upload critical information. You can also use graphical helpers for those functions, in the later stages of the game you will be in possession of the newly developed Pandora software which maps computer systems in a graphical manner allowing for more advanced hacks. Game features a news service sub-plot which has you influence the world on a global scale.
You are running from the law and take refuge at a friend's cottage, lucky for you your friend is well connected in online grey area dealings. Coincidentally it seems that the reason you are on the run is also the reason that the UN has recently started pushing for a global identification system for all Internet users.
