042a 2025-10-06 18:07
nice! i've been looking for games that reminds me of uplink and this hits the spot. also that's a cute cat.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD58 → The Internet Collector
By Eggnisi, yibirabbit007, NekoWithStar, UMC049 and SpadeL
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 175 | 3.82 | 124 | |
| Fun | 304 | 3.48 | 124 | |
| Innovation | 54 | 4.01 | 125 | |
| Theme | 481 | 3.54 | 125 | |
| Graphics | 302 | 3.85 | 126 | |
| Audio | 188 | 3.65 | 122 | |
| Humor | 123 | 3.76 | 123 | |
| Mood | 195 | 3.87 | 123 |
nice! i've been looking for games that reminds me of uplink and this hits the spot. also that's a cute cat.
@042a Thaks for your comment!屏幕截图 2025-09-11 192415.png
It makes me feel more like a hacker than a virus, lol. By the way, I love the art and concept, this game is hilarious!
@kamizenk An evil alien hacker cat, yep👿
Unfortunately on ultra wide monitors the top of the screen gets cut off in full screen. Game looks great, not sure if the buttons are meant to be in another language? Got a bit confused as to what im doing. Overall the art looks great, love the feedback on everything.
As a former pentester I appreciate you bringing back the early 2000s when you could SQL inject your way into every server on earth
Enjoyed this very much!
My first 5/5 this LD! Amazing.
@sharky3188 Unity has difficulty solving widescreen issues,sorry We have created two versions, in Chinese and English, and you can switch between them on the page where you start the game. Simplified many processes, just need to drag and drop the correct fields to the right side. Thank you for playing！
@poboy Our team stayed up all day working on the program for this, haha, it wasn’t easy at all.
@jesus-gonzalez Wow, thank you for your affirmation!
This is really cool and well done, good job!
Looks like the author really loves cats!!half of their browsing history is cat-related LOL
@b0guslaw @nno1 So do we lol Kitty game cured world ❤🌍
- ~~我在思考应该使用赫赫起手还是咕咕嘎嘎起手~~ - ~~共建网络安全，共享网络文明~~ - ~~原来是装臭鸡蛋的军事基地我说怎么这么臭呢不能要了~~ - ~~非常好网安教程，请继续制作这类游戏，这是我理解怎么给食堂加菜的唯一办法~~
Collector means hacker(a person who collects information) is really great in concept, so I would give the game full marks for innovation, yet its completion in gameplay, art and music is also quite worthy of recognition.
Wish you a good ranking!
Love this game, one of my first ludum dares was a windows simulation :D Feels nostalgic, also - nice sense of humor, great job!
Have you guys considered putting some preview images/gif into the game publish post here? More people will be able to appreciate the distinct style and hardcore gameplay. Great game :]
Love the elevator music. Gameplay was really satisfying, especially figuring out what to do and where to go. Thanks for the lovely game!
Very cute game! It was a little confusing at first but once I figured out how to play, it really felt like I was hacking into a system. Good job! One QOL could have been to just click on the target instead of drag-and-dropping it all the way through the console. But overall it flowed well :D
@akuta-zehy Yeah,Super binary gourmet collector, your work is also amazing!😆🎈
@solidhinken That's great! Games that involve computer knowledge are all really fun 😋
@deathandrepublic In the plan, we only created the very first computer desktop, but your idea is great!If I have time later, I would like to attend.😆
@nextnoon The music in the game is captivating, and that bro will surely jump for joy when he sees your reply.😂🙏
@pengu123 Very good suggestion! The QOL section ensures consistent operations, and we have placed external documents on itch to provide additional explanations. Anyway, thank you for playing.🍿
I have created a short document that explains some of the networking tools and cybersecurity concepts featured in the game, along with a few tips and level solutions.You can find and download it at the Development log of Gamepage. If you ever get stuck or just want to learn a bit more about the tech behind it, feel free to check it out — hope it helps!😋
This game is so fun, lmao! Didn't expect it to have such a big meme potential
@ira-baciu super internet virus cat! Sneaking into everyone's heart Lol
The gameplay and story are both incredibly engaging! Once I get the hang of the mechanics, it quickly becomes addictive:D
@yiwai Thank you for liking it!
a lovely little puzzle figuring out how to get in!
超可爱，请继续制作此类小猫（ps:一开始上手略难，可以在详情页给点提示
@bwalter Thank you for playing! We will continue to dive deeper to explore more fun computer networks.
@nekobones Indeed, we have published detailed documentation on itch to help you get started. If you need, you can take a look! (Tip: a Simplified Chinese version is available on the download page)
An interesting game! Very funny!
@nextnoon Thank you very much for your comment. This is my second time participating in a game jam. I really appreciate that you like the music I created. I will continue to improve my skills and create even better works than now! Thank you for your encouragement! (I used translation software, my English is not very good)
A bit confusing but the docs are quite helpful in getting around! Cool vibes.
It's hilarious, lmao!!!
Couldnt play unfortunately. No instructions and it was written in a language i couldn't understand... Game kept crashing when i pressed one of the buttons
edit: i found the english button. Played a little bit, couldnt get very far, sent a few phishing emails and that's it :(
@blue-pin-studio On the menu page you can click the "简体中文" , it will get English version
Wait the button loading a moment please,and download the document can easy play
edit: That's ok, What we made is indeed a bit too hardcore, lol.If you have time, you can check from the "download now" button.That's what I meant by the "red button". (XD
上手门槛有点高,希望能做一点新手指引带领我这种完全不了解的人继续进行游戏,,点进去有点不知道要干什么,尽量探索但是还是卡了好久,QAQ
@aoao itch页面下边我们放有攻略指引文档在，可以下载来看着玩玩
厉害的创意！
This game took me a while to get it but then when i got it i liked it. Funny how the theme collector got me this little gem to play. nice one !
Very interesting concept and I really like the interface you created! A bit hard to get into but overall a nice experience! Great job!
Very unique and cool entry! I'm so happy that I learned enough in my mandarin class that I saw 中文 and knew it was the language button 😅 I managed to play through the whole thing (🥚 delivered!).
I will say the hacking felt scarily realistic. I hope your team is in IT security or something (or white hats)! I did enjoy reading the emails and user messages. I did run into the same issue as @sharky3188 where I couldn't play well fullscreen due to my ultrawide monitor. Should be an easy fix though, just need to set your canvas scaling to use height instead of width.
Anyway, great unique entry! I'm going to go run an antivirus scan now 🤣
well done!very intersting concept, really like it!
I haven't finished it, but the game is absolutely amazing. This is exactly how I imagined the prehistoric internet would be used!
This was a lot easier once I realised that the button in the top-right of the main menu switched the language from Chinese to English :sweat_smile: I feel like that could've been signposted a lot better, especially since the majority of participants probably speak English better than they do Chinese.
Once I knew what I was doing, though, I managed to complete it and very much enjoyed it. At first it was rather alarming how easy it was to get from phishing a guy about his cat to hacking into a nuclear launch system, but the ending rather defused that (all that just for some eggs? lmao). A very unique gameplay and presentation style. Well done!
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这个玩法风格很特别！感觉一下回到千禧年。希望可以增加一些操作指引（比如说加些提示？），尝试将黑板上的内容放到网址或搜索栏但可能是我对这方面的知识不太了解所以没找到对应的正确答案，如果有个提示/机器人之类的能提示一下我点击哪里/将文字拖动到哪里会有什么效果就更好了！（我下载了教程文档，在点击搜索猫咪选美记录时似乎没出现其他的信息，不知道下一步要怎么操作）。还有个很棒的地方你们做了双语言！太强了！
@mokukeki 非常感谢你的鼓励！
@senso I felt the same way when I was testing and playing the game within the team during the game jam; the planners and programmers in the team were really amazing!!（The artists too)
@jordan-neff Our team is still trying to fix the issue with the default language. We originally set the default language to English, but for some reason, it is still showing as Chinese (of course, the design of our language toggle icon is also flawed, which may confuse players).
@firefish Thanks for your appreciation!
@pacific14 We have to admit that our game lacks relevant guidance, which may cause players to not know what to do while playing (even if there are external guidance documents). We still greatly appreciate your praise.
@f1krazy Our team is still trying to fix the issue with the default language. We originally set it to English, but it still seems to default to Chinese. Regarding the ending, in Chinese, the words for 'nuclear bomb' and 'brown egg' are homophones, so in the ending we actually used a Chinese pun. This might indeed confuse some non-Chinese-speaking players when they realize that the object launched at the end is actually a brown egg (especially since the comics in the last two levels convey a very serious and tense atmosphere).
@nomus Mooncake. Delicious.
@santen gamejam的时间还是相对有点短，我们几乎不够时间在游戏内做好教程，外置的教程文档也是我们策划程序在提交游戏后在gj结束前三四个小时内完成的，游戏内的引导提示确实还有点不够到位，非常抱歉。 关卡部分，当你点击浏览器中的搜索记录之后会有信息出现在下方黑板那一栏，可以尝试使用send email 工具去发送钓鱼邮件给其他用户（回收站里有个照片也能点一下获取到一个人的邮件）send email工具使用顺序为 要发送的物件、附带的网址、收件人邮箱地址、发送者邮箱地址。希望这能帮助到你
collect concept特别有意思，game jam的时间限制确实是一个bug，在关卡有游戏指引这一点很难做到位，已经非常好了！！！！！！！加油
@einfach Ty (:D
Such hardcore computer science popularization… I really hope that in the end I get a sea turtle egg, so that others can hatch tutorials from it.
One of my favorites this year! hackercat :) The keyword drag input took me a bit to figure out and didn't render correctly on my screen. Maybe clicking on keywords to fill in blanks would be better, since it's one at a time anyway?
I was wondering if hackercat would nuke the world though. Didn't expect eggs haha.
@starduster Clicking to compare drag-and-drop is a good idea! But it seems to lack the feeling of 'cross-collection,' and the out-of-sync with the mouse is a bit strange. It seems that Unity's canvas is offsetting the fields, which is bad, and we are investigating it. Thank you for your comment—today you can have an extra egg!🐣
Hi. I've collected some hints from the trashbin/browser/etc to the blackboard, but didn't understand how to input these data into the email/console. Tried keyboard and drag-n-drop, but for me it didn't work :-( - (web build, latest macOS, Chrome)
@rogaven All we need are click-and-drag operations—you might not have done this: use the tool, then drag and drop the correct fields. For example, emails and web pages have different correspondences; specifically, you can check this document (EN).
It's important that you ensure you can correctly drag and drop this information from the blackboard. If you can, follow the instructions in the document, and you'll get the egg!
https://github.com/NekoWithStar/LD58_TM_CFStars/releases/tag/MD_Document_Update
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Very interesting cat puzzle game. Cool looking UI and I really liked the transitions! I think I would've preferred to click on the BlackBoard items instead of dragging them.
@jorbits Some people who came to play today also mentioned this point. Indeed, using the mouse to click is a quick option, and it can quickly provide you with a solution. But in fact, it goes against the "drag and drop" design we intended, which is frustrating. Many people are accustomed to clicking to get answers, and we are just making a distinction in this regard. Thank you for your feedback!
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Cool game and idea ! Good job for jam !
Love this! Super interactive and has really engaging themes!!
A game with a cat. This game has cat. Did you all hear me? It’s a game with a cat!!! Isn’t it wonderful? To add, the pixel art is adorably endearing. And also, it’s not AI generated! It was created with passion and soul. By the way, the music is amazing too. Again, it’s created by real talented and creative people. This game has no errors AND it has cates!!! Literally flawless
@happysealgames Thank you very much for your appreciation. There are also quite a few other fun projects in this game jam, so please enjoy them to the fullest!
@sourcecodesorcerer I’m very glad that you like our work. Before the theme of this game jam was announced, one of our programmers happened to want to create a click-based puzzle game similar to 'Cube Escape' (Rusty Lake), although the style we actually made is still quite different from Rusty Lake. After the gamejam theme was announced, we realized it was indeed very suitable for this kind of game, so we quickly started finalizing the plan and took action. Every member of the team is truly very talented!
@ira-baciu Most members of our team really like cats! The two members responsible for art are both amazing; it’s thanks to their hard work that most of the visual effects in the game have been achieved (of course, the programmers have also made great contributions, as some of the display effects in the shell at the top right of the game were created by them). Additionally, I am extremely, extremely, extremely grateful that you like the music I made. If needed, you can search for our game’s name on Bilibili, where I have compiled all the music into one video. Besides Bilibili, I also uploaded it to Freesound, but the website's review process usually takes about a day or two. Most of the game’s bugs were already swiftly fixed before the Game Jam submission deadline, but there are still some issues in the uploaded package. Our team members are continuously following up and fixing them! Finally, thank you once again for liking our game.
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Very creative game. The first phishing mail was the hardest for me to get, then it got way easier. I did beat the game, but it was a test of patience because the wait times got way too long
very well done! it's a bit hard to know what to do at first, but the vibe's good enough to keep trying around until you're starting to have leads and ideas. good job!
Love the hacking mechanic!
I felt like a hacker — but the kind who has no idea what they’re actually doing :D Still, the level of detail in the game is amazing. Awesome job, guys! :)
I liked the vibe and trolling from start 10/10
I was very confused for a couple minutes, but after playing around and figuring out the controls this is actually a really really cool game! It felt like a text adventure told entirely through a command prompt, and the music definitely sold that top secret hacker vibe. Gotta say though, that final level was way too stretched out :sweat_smile: I felt like I was sitting there for half an hour just waiting for the zero-day to finish executing! That wasn't very fun, but at least the whole rest of the game made up for it by being really clever and funny. The world is run by cats and NONE of them know how to code, it's amazing!! The final reveal of what the nuclear warhead actually was was also the cherry on top
Good idea on start menu
@el-pepi @solvenoff Yeah, we overestimated everyone's understanding of emails lol, Imagine that you are someone working in front of a computer, but everyone spends their time making games this way.🍰
It is somewhat torturous, and I sincerely apologize.
@hugohil @katastudios @stefaink The moment of solving the puzzle was the happiest for the puzzle, thank you for playing!💓
@fupi For Jam, the wait in a non-action game feels quite long. I could truly feel this through other games. 🎇
We have completely independent assets, and everything feels like a comedy performance—this is exactly what the cats are meant to bring!
- Our programmers were busy for a long time ensuring its correct execution, while the in-between cutscenes were actually handled by the art team inside the editor.( Everyone is very responsible. )🐈🐾
Thank you for all your feedback! My teammates and I will also try your game.
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@yibirabbit007 To be clear, when I said the cats don't know how to code, I was *not* referring to you or your team! You guys did an amazing job and I didn't find any bugs at all while playing! I was referring to the in game characters who let all those SQL injections and CVEs happen :sweat_smile:
@fupi Woops, I misunderstood, sorry! Thank you for your correction. Translators always tend to add some content beyond the text. Handling the in-game characters this way is a decision made by the team responsible for the Chinese text, and it seems to be useful.
Edit: Yes, I understand! It's just a small misunderstanding~
@yibirabbit007 I wasn't criticizing, I thought the characters and story were fun! It was supposed to be a compliment... There seems to be a lot of miscommunication here, I'm very sorry :pray:
Really well done! Loved the puzzles and the art/music. My only nitpicky comments would be that I think I would like it if the color of text to click on was consistent. It seemed like it changed a few times so I ended up just clicking on every color text to make sure I didn't miss anything. Such an incredible job though. I would easily pay money for a full version of this
@umc049 This game reminds me of "Papers, Please" and "Do Not Feed the Monkeys." I really enjoy this type of simulation game. Unfortunately, I'm not a developer. After numerous attempts and finding your tutorial document in the comments section, I finally experienced the fun of the game. (I can't imagine how silly I was. I thought I had clicked all the buttons, but it turns out I could open the drop-down menu on the right side of the browser address bar, hahaha.)
Additionally, after watching the opening photos for the third time, I realized that it's actually your story setting for the opening. It's all very interesting. The cat is also adorable, especially the little cat on the tutorial page you released. It's truly very cute.
I remember in the movie "Who Am I: No System is Safe," the protagonist also used cat pictures to trick people into giving up their identity information. I wonder, is this kind of method already so common abroad or internationally that it can easily gain trust and even become an early "meme" for phishing? Or is this more of a meme's interpretation?
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可以放心，这里并没有盗取账号的东西，只是分享一个好看的小猫。 另外我通过评论区看到，你们有在b站发视频，我想去跟你们扩下列，但是我在 b 站上没有搜到o O
@derek-glennon We are thrilled to receive such high praise! Standardizing the text color is a good suggestion. Due to time constraints, the art team focused more on inserting the comics and the promotional moments.
We applaud your meticulousness! Thank you for playing.
@yuriscat You can quickly reach my Bilibili account through the homepage link on itch. If you need to expand your contacts, please send a message there.
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@yibirabbit007 在LD表现得很正式，一看itch的个人页面作品里面还有耄耋哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，爱了，加油喵，去B站找您了
Very creative work, I like the puzzles and art, well done!
@yuriscat 在我们策划游戏时也确实有提到过《别喂猴子》这个游戏，确实与我们玩法有一定的相似之处，除了《别喂猴子》之外还有一部相对没那么多人玩过或了解过的游戏《Hypnospace Outlaw》这个游戏同样是在网络上收集信息，只不过在那个游戏里玩家扮演的是一个网警，搜集信息是用于进一步搜集用户非法行为，那个游戏风格更加接近千禧年网络空间的样子，但那个游戏是全英文，也不好做汉化，如果英语不错的话个人很推荐玩一下这个游戏，不管是画面风格、音乐音效、玩法设计与其他游戏体验上都很有趣。你最后提到的那部电影刚好我在最近也重新回顾了一下，确实与我们游戏流程中用猫进行钓鱼邮件攻击的设计很像，那部电影也是一个极其优秀的黑客和社会工程学题材的悬疑电影
Very nice game! Good idea and well execution, I did enjoy the quite up to date technical side information.
Very cool game! I love the unique concept and style :)
one of my favs for now holy f
Sorry I'm late to playing your project, today was the first day I could get back on the computer, but I'm here now so let's go!
An extremely original and clever idea (at least for the games i've rated)! I loved the goofy narrative backing, and the proto-mix of simulation and puzzle solving. There's clearly a lot of work on display here and it's a pleasure to explore in this little world. Solid effort all around, and your team should all be proud!
This is a really well made game, big fan of the idea and execution and how polished it is
A very interesting concept but the controls are quite inconvenient. Otherwise, the graphics are good and the audio is also fitting the game very well. The animation etc. make the game look quite polished, which is nice.
A well made game overall.
Amazing game! The UI is really well done. The logs were funny to read and the concept is great and I loved how technical it is! One of my favorites for sure.
Edit: oh and the music is chill too, I loved listening to that while playing.
Amazing game. Epic hacker sim. Completed the whole thing and enjoyed it. Great work!
Not exactly my cup of tea as most of it felt a bit too brute forcing a solution. Graphics and atmosphere are well made but the gameplay wasn't necessarily as well made.
@fis @porcupine-sashimi @rayhimmel @threeli @robert18 @mibi88 @kazuren @zoeek Thank you very much for trying out the game and for your support and encouragement!
@6knowledge Thank you very much for playing our game and for your review. We are also very sorry that our game did not meet your expectations. We have to admit that our game lacks guidance and explanations of relevant knowledge during the process,(even though we do provide external documentation). Additionally, the knowledge involved in the game's puzzles can be somewhat hardcore, which can make players feel at a loss while playing. Although, as mentioned above, it may sound difficult, in practice you can often brute-force your way through using a trial-and-error approach until you find the correct unique solution. This creates a certain disconnect between the concept of the puzzles or gameplay and their actual implementation, making the experience feel a bit odd.
I am stuck: What do I have to do to send my phishing mail to Kesi? They do not like mooncake, I got that, but with these settings, what parameters are invalid?
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@purrseus You can got it by checking Tutorial ** ###solution **
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- I know the reason this situation occurred: you sent 'www.bmail' directly as the original link, causing an information mismatch. The correct approach is to use 'www.XXX.login' as the original link.
- Using incorrect information will result in a parameter error as shown in your picture.
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*Our game is indeed difficult for people who do not understand the principles of sending emails or network security knowledge, but many people have ultimately passed it. I wish you success!*
Thank you for the explanation! From here on I managed to finish the game :) I think I learned a lot while playing! A big thank you for the extensive background info, too!
This was a truly unique experience. I am absolutely wowed. The mystery of discovering where exactly I'm breaking into was so suspenseful!
Who would have guessed a game with, at face value, such simple graphics would even be able to do that! The art direction is absolutely on point!
A special shoutout to the music too, especially the song with the flute and harp (the other song and the ending song are great too of course)! It was sooooo pleasant to listen to!
Remarkable entry, and definitely saved because I know for sure there'll come a time when the topic comes up and I'll have just the perfect game at hand!
5 Stars, thank you so much for creating this gem! :heart:
This is a very well-made fake-os/hacking type of game. I like this type a lot and I enjoyed the playthrough. The graphics and audio are fitting the theme. I also enjoyed the humor very much.
In the end, the game doesn't really require any knowledge on how things work from the player, or even too much thinking - they can just test every option possible until they get it right (that's for sure what I did, and I more or less do understand the idea behind some of the in-game exploits). There's no penalty involved, but maybe that's good given the topic - but honestly I wouldn't mind if there was (I'm biased - as I've said, I like this type of games).
Anyway, it's truly a great entry, congrats!
@marudziik Thank you for leaving feedback! Yes, we have tried to minimize the results caused by players making wrong matches (the matching process itself is already quite patience-testing).
Most people who play, without referring to the tutorial introduction, will find it hard to fully experience all the content. So we did not create penalties to further hinder the player's thinking. The brute-force method can eventually match the final result, but if you have a bit of a passion for computers, you can solve the puzzles fairly quickly.
Thanks again for enjoying it! If you don't mind, check out the posts I've shared, there are other 'computer simulation games' there. Have fun playing! ThanksCAT.gif
I wasn't ready for such an in depth hacking simulation game, but after reaching for the tutorial it I managed to walk myself through the game. Really unique mood and gameplay
Great entry, wow! Always loved these hacker-games, didn't know I'd end up delivering brown eggs with a missle :D I wish it used more of the UI part as well, since that wasn't part of anything but the first mission.
Loved the interface and the way you made the game playable by just exploring different options :)
Uh, we're the good ones right???
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The "tutorial" a little daunting being 260 lines long; but was very helpful in the beginning. As someone at home at a terminal, it was very unintuitive to me to drag and drop items from the black board. (I think little grabber handle pixels would have helped). The interstitial pixel art was great! It was fun once I get the hang of it, but I also felt that later levels were just easier as each command was used once and the there weren't many red herrings. Cool take on the theme, and again, sure hope we are the bad guys.......
@holysparks I'm glad you came to play and then gave a review (:D
@rynti Yes, but our time is very limited, and we didn't fully complete the initial window. Maybe after we're finished, we can add a bit more there!
@jacobingalls The players are all good people, they just followed this black cat through the firewall, haha.
We have only changed the way input is processed so that most players can focus on matching, after all, entering commands is more difficult.
The tutorial is meant to explain and popularize the relevant knowledge in the game. There used to be a quicker version on the Itch page, but localization issues caused it to not match the text, so we use an MD document instead. It makes it look very long (XD
Perhaps in the future we can create other branches, such as allowing players to choose whether to use a real "nuclear bomb" instead of a "brown egg".👿🖤
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This was very cool, and very engaging! I loved reading all of the little cat jokes constantly littering the screen as I was hacking into each system, and the payoff at the end where this was all for some eggs was funny!
I do agree with the other commenters that it was very hard to get started - The first screen has so many interactive elements, and most of them are dead-ends, so there was a lot of trial and error to get to the bmail login prompt. At one point, I had the credentials that I needed, and kept trying to click and drag them into the browser or console when I was getting "Access Denied" from bmail; I didn't realize that I had to try the admin login domain instead, because it wasn't clear that the credentials that I had were admin credentials. The fact that the tutorial/intro was the only iteration with a browser GUI alongside the consoles definitely added to the onboarding confusion - Specifically, the fact that there were so many things that I *could* try clicking and dragging on, which all seemed to have no effect, made it really hard for me to understand what I was *supposed* to be clicking and dragging.
Once I got past that initial wall (which took me about 15 minutes of fruitless clicking), I got into the game and had a lot more fun with it - My only complaint is that the later levels stopped feeling like I was unraveling a puzzle and logically making my way through a maze, and instead kept giving me hints about what to do next, before I even got stumped. By the end, I felt like I was just following a script where each hint told me exactly what to do next, and I never got to leverage any knowledge that I was gaining in order to solve the puzzle, which was kind of a bummer :(
I also ran into one bug while I was playing - I discovered that if you click on an element multiple times, it seems to interrupt the bounce animation that plays when you reveal a new clue, and gets stuck mid-bounce 😅 This wasn't a huge deal, I just figured I'd let you know in case you wanted to fix it in a future version! :)
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Please don't take this as an overall negative impression of the game - I genuinely liked it a lot! You have a very clear vision that you're paying off on, and because of that it was easy for me to give feedback on any pain points that I ran into as a player, which may have been contradictory to that vision! Hopefully this was useful - Very well done, overall! :)
Very nice entry! It was a bit hard to get into it at first, despite the guide because I couldn't figure out exactly how the drag & drop worked. Once I got going, it was way smoother and I liked all the funny information hidden in the files and logs. The end feels a little too guided but otherwise, a very cool game with a lot of nice ideas and a lot of information on security threats. Congrats!
Insane entry! I think the indications in the last scene were a bit superfluous, too much hand-holding. If the player made it that far, they probably don’t need the extra guidance.
The game looks really cool and I love the mood and music. But it felt really really hard from the start so I could not pass level one. I will try it to give it another shot!
I didn’t really understand the game at first, but after watching the video and reading the 10-page document, I finally managed to pass level one. I’m not from the hacker or web field, so I think I’m not the target audience for this kind of game. The one thing I’m sure of is that this game required a lot of work; congratulations to the artists and developers. The main thing I didn’t understand was that you have to drag and drop the links instead of just clicking on them (It took me 3 days just to understand this). Maybe a more visual tutorial that shows exactly how to play the game would help people like me to get into it. But I understand that making a short and perfectly clear tutorial during a game jam is almost impossible. Well Done Guys, great submission
A tutorial would be incredible for this game but it is super well made and fascinating. Good work.
@koolruz Wow, such a long review! We didn't expect this kind of text distortion issue to occur. It should be a minor problem with **the program updating the screen**. Thank you for pointing it out!
@linky439 @loiclegrosfrere We overestimated the preparation needed by early-stage players and underestimated the self-learning of players in the later stages. We're sorry if you felt the ending was redundant *(what the writers called the final step of mischief).* Regardless, you ultimately delivered the eggs, which is the best outcome for us!
@vhalenn Many people get stuck at this step, so we put the secret to passing the first level in the introduction. Well, make the **correct information match**!
@nija463 Yes, I was rushing too much. We were still constantly adjusting the packaging and editing the promotional video when we finished, and only had the last hour to polish the page, so unfortunately it resulted in so many long guides... It really should have clearer and simpler progress indicators, like ***Overemployed Empire***.
@gowie I watched several bloggers, and most of them were intimidated by the **"tutorials"**—it's really incredible (XD
Thanks all your feedback! I'm really sorry that I've been busy with other work recently. Love to everyone.❤🌹
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Quite hard to get into it but thanks to the animations, mood and sound-design it was a good ride afterwards ! Very cool pixelart. I had 2 times the exact same entry on the blackBoard at the start (I don't remember which one sorry) but other than that I had no issues. Good job !
@faby Thank you very much for playing and leaving a comment. I have already communicated the issue to the team members. The problem likely occurs in the first level when putting the URL into the browser's search bar. At that step, an identical piece of information appears on the blackboard again. The purpose of the two identical pieces of information should be the same and should not cause any other issues, so there’s no need to worry. Recently, the team members have all been busy with their individual tasks, especially the two programmers. One of them has already gone to work on another gamejam. If there are any other bugs that we haven’t noticed and haven’t fixed in time, we sincerely apologize.
Brilliant gameplay, with gathering items in the blackboard section, and all the work on graphics is admirable. I couldn't reach very far, though.
Also reached the end! Yeah, some tutorial tooltips or something would have made the first stage easier, once you get the hang of it it is pretty simple. (Though sometimes I did just brute force through bits since the thing is set up to only accept correct inputs, thanks for that btw!)
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woooow that was so unexpecting with a button START!!! hilarious game, loved it!!!!!!
好强！！不管是创意还是玩法还是风格，全部都好棒，大家太厉害了！一直很喜欢这个类型的游戏，虽然刚上手的时候卡了一下但是越玩越开心！！能玩到这样的作品太好了
Cool game! Super satisfying to watch all the commands getting executed successfully with the relaxing music in the background. Someone clearly has a pentesting background there, reminded me of the good old days playing CTF but without the frustration of staring at the screen for hours without any progress :D
A very funny aah game for technical players. Approved! Congrats to the developers!
I chilled with the music on the winXP wallpaper for like 5 mins. What a vibe.
Such an unique concept, done in a way that feels very authentic! The music, UI design and cutscenes together create a great mood. It's quite challenging; took me a while to figure out how to send the right phishing email
@kr4ft3r @epb9000 Our guidance is not sufficient, sorry, thank you for playing!
The game simplifies most of the real technical operations, and obviously it still needs better controls (:|
@nassshie The programmer set a trap to lure you in, haha :v:
@anima-animus049 Yes! I'm really grateful to be part of such a team ^^
@evil23 The simplified result by the programmer, haha! They are geniuses.
@andriybyelikov Got it! :v:
@kapricorn-media XP backgrounds are just the first step! But thank you for your love of music. We have created 7 pieces of music in the game! As long as you have patience, you can listen to each one completely (of course, the music is currently under external review, and if approved, you will be able to listen to it directly elsewhere in the future!).
@zathnic Great! We hope more people will understand the principles behind it!
Thank you for your feedback! I'm very sleepy today, so here's my little kitten.
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The game boasts an intriguing concept, yet it lacks in user-friendliness. I appreciate its nostalgic aesthetic reminiscent of games from the late '90s era. Regrettably, I was unable to complete the game, becoming entangled in a conundrum involving nine objects on its dashboard. The soundtrack, is very calm, good job. Despite these setbacks, the game overall left a positive impression, even incorporating a theme reminiscent of a musical jam session!
I once made a game with annoying windows effects for the theme Stuck in A loop. This reminded me of that, although way more soffisticated. I would have liked some more hints I had to rely on the document quite a lot...
[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2589159756?t=01h15m04s)
This seems like a tough game for non-engineers to understand, but as an engineer myself I found myself getting sucked down the rabbithole once I understood the mechanics properly. :smirk:
I wasn't smart enough to figure out the puzzle, but really enjoyed the interface - reminded me of Windows 98 :smiley:
Great job with all the interactivity and authentic feel of old windows!
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It was such a pleasant and polished experience, I'm so in love with it! :purple_heart:
Just finished the game. For the first stages I had to read the manual but the later stages where easier to solve. It would've been great if one would have the opportunity to make more useless research, basically the games turned into a _try every matching data with every appropriate commands and see what fits_.
Good Game. It took a long time to figure out just how to start. I had to read again in the description the click & drag part and insist. For some reason some expectations and known paradigms were kicking in as I was navigating the game; I thought "maybe I can write something... is a powershell, right?". Later when I saw the cinematics I realized the amount of content this game has for a short period of time. Screenshot_2025-10-22_00-02-18.png Screenshot_2025-10-22_00-56-52.png Good job. my only suggestion is perhaps making it more familiar? I know it sounds hard but it was really hard to figure things out at the beginning
I found this really confusing but it looks great and has a really cool old school vibe. Really brings me back to computers from my childhood haha, well done!
@artemco @ausstein @coleslaughter @johnnysix @shadyshade @gagapete @marp @sarah Forgive me for being late! Thank you all for trying out and enjoying the game. Our team and some others outside the group are working on the next part of this game. Thank you for liking the style. Today is the last day, and we hope that next time during LD we will bring an even better work. Love you all! :love_letter:
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