Crazy ambitious game. I like the idea a lot and the tools and vibes are really nice. I do think it would be fun if there was more info to find in the files or a target, like I know back in the day (and presently) a lot of people go for 'access for access sake' but it would be fun to have some fictional files to mess with. Rob criminals? Leak documents? Spy on rivals? Delete your FBI file? Get free internet for life? The possibilities are endless. I know for one month this was an insanely ambitious game and I'm really impressed with the level of polish there already, but it leaves me wanting more. Also yea, the onboarding for people who aren't already comfortable with CLI is hard. Also I found it was pretty easy to get the terminal locked in a bad state if you tried to log in with the wrong password, which could make it even harder. But this is fantastic you should be really proud of what you have here. I'd love to see it polished into something real.
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I foolishly planned to do that much variety in the jam - of course reality slapped me in the face and I BARELY managed to get this much to work :D. If you look in the source code on github you can see there's a whole mission implemented (but disabled so it wont run in game) that has you hack a medical server to figure out how to fake HR records to get your friend a free sick day ... and I had a fake website for it, and company logo, and you had to explore the website to figure out the passwords etc.
So ... I would like to extend the game and try adding more over time, post jam.