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About this game
Hack Terminal is a hacker simulation played entirely through a terminal, a node map and your nerve. Scan networks node by node, connect along the graph, and break every layer between you and the data: rhythm firewalls, sequence locks, routing pairs and four-digit code cracking with real Mastermind feedback. The trace meter climbs the whole time you are inside - every node you own raises the heat, security nodes multiply it, and one hundred percent burns the run. Twelve purchasable programs bend the odds: stealth slows the meter, proxy resets it once per job, autopwn walks you through router firewalls, fork downloads two files at once, and the rootkit is the only key to core nodes. Twenty story missions climb from a rusty test server to PROMETHEUS, a three-layer AI fortress, and an endless mode generates provably solvable contracts forever with money and reputation to spend between jobs. Every puzzle is touch-friendly, every run is a fresh graph, and the spoils are always one download away from a burned identity.
How to play
Tap command chips or type commands: scan reveals neighbors, connect links a node, crack starts the puzzle on it, download pulls the data. Watch the trace meter - disconnect to stop it climbing. Buy programs between jobs.
Tips & Tricks
- Scan everything before you connect - revealed nodes do not raise the trace.
- Own fewer nodes to stay cool: every pwned node adds to the trace rate.
- Security nodes slow the trace once taken - take them early on hot networks.
- Save proxy for the download stretch, when you cannot let go.
- Core nodes need the rootkit - budget for it before chapter five.
Frequently asked questions
What raises the trace?
Time spent connected, multiplied by every node you have pwned, with multipliers per chapter and network. Disconnecting stops it instantly.
What happens at one hundred percent trace?
The run ends and you keep only a fraction of the loot. Purchased programs survive; the mission can be retried.
How do code puzzles work?
A four-digit lock with numbers one to six. Each guess returns how many digits are correct and how many are also in the right position - pure deduction.
Are the endless contracts always solvable?
Yes. Every generated network is verified connected with reachable data nodes and a trace budget a equipped player can beat.
What is the endgame?
Mission twenty, PROMETHEUS: three puzzle layers, a core node that needs the rootkit, and fragment downloads against the clock. Beat it and endless mode is your score attack.
