Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game (opens in new tab)

Congrats 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.

Hey 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 :)

We killed it, guys! Just went down for me.

Pretty 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

Side project that I've been working on and off for the last... 6 years maybe. Hope you enjoy it!

Level 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.

FYI there's a summary and video on the root domain: 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/).

Sweet 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.

Played SlaveHack as a kid. This seems pretty similar. Cool project, will see how it compares.

Looks like HN hugged it too hard.

I like it but you must be getting hammered... everything loads painfully slow

Stuck 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?

Anyone 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)

this 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 :)

Congratz!! Awesome game! =)

Hey tulsidas, great work on the game, looks great. I'm the author of Hacker Experience (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.

Either 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.

This reminds me a retro-hack-game: 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`.

Love the interface and the ~~game~~ as well! Perhaps HN influx made the server slow but I am having fun.

I imagine you must have seen it and drawn some inspiration, but https://www.hackthissite.org/ was a favorite of mine. Made an account and checking it out. Thanks!

Interesting. 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.

Hey, cool idea. I like the first few minutes of play. I like the retro/wargames/hacker look :)

new gateway (game server) opened! http://gateway2.h4ck1t.com

This was very fun. I finished all the levels and I also discovered the secret ones. :O

The best part is the fact that there is a new user's tutorial in place.

Any chance you'd release the source?

Feels like slavehack in a way.

Registration closed :(

Registrations closed?

Status 500... did somebody hack it?

Edit/spez: nevermind, it's back

erm.

where is the source code?