Made in 16 hours for Ludokultur Jam #1. It's barely a prototype. Let me know what you think? And oh yeah, play + wishlist Ballionaire :) 

Warning: game is hard as !@*#&(@. You're 0xDEADBEEF

Overview

  • Hack as many servers as you can before you flatline in a blaze of glory.
  • Hack the server within 100 seconds.
    • If you run out of time, you flatline and take 1 damage.
    • You can jack out in the first 50 seconds to take 0.5 damage.
    • After 3 damage, you die. You can't jackout when you have <1 health.
  • See how many servers you can hack before you die. 
  • Hacking tools are randomly generated each game. Servers are randomly generated each run.
  • After you use a tool 10 times, it's exhausted and replaced with a new tool.

Controls

  • Study the server and your tools. When you're ready, click "Jack In".
  • The grid in the center is the server.
    • Each cell in the grid has integrity. It can't go below 0 or above 9.
    • You're trying to bring the total of all numbers in the server to or below the target integrity.
    • Target integrity starts at 10 and lowers by 1 for each server successfully hacked, to a minimum of 5.
  • The polyominos are "hacking tools".
    • Left click to pick one up.
    • Right click to release it.
    • Mouse wheel to rotate it.
    • Left click while fully hovering over the server to execute the tool.
  • Press "Jack Out" in the first 50s of a hack to escape with only half-damage.

Hacking

  • The hacking tool may only be activated if the hacking tool is completely inside the server.
  • IMPORTANT: If a node would be brought below 0 (zero) by a subtraction, you suffer a 5 second penalty.
  • IMPORTANT: If a node would be brought above 9 (nine) by addition, you suffer a 5 second penalty.
  • The hacking tools all have a 1 second cooldown, during which time the tool will turn a shade of blue.
  • Each box on a hacking tool has a potentially different function:
    • -1 : subtract one
    • -2 : subtract two
    • +1 : add one
    • +2 : add two
    • =0 : set to zero
    • =1 : set to one
    • =2 : set to two
    • 4>0 : four becomes zero
    • 3>0 : three becomes zero
    • 2>0 : two becomes zero

Comments

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Updated a new version with a few changes:

  • No more 2x1-sized programs
  • Programs may be used 10 times. After that, they're exhausted and replaced with new programs.
  • Added a title screen and help screen.
Mildly interesting, but as soon as I figured out how it works (I didn't read the controls until just now), I was able to consistently "hack servers" in about half of the allotted time using just one or two of the tools and it got boring by 20 successful hacks in a row.
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It's since been updated and it's a lot harder now.

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I like the concept. Pretty difficult, but it's a cool game!