ShadowLink-2025

Realistic hacking simulator on virtual OS/virtual internet, with in-game personalities you talk to (provided by (optional) ChatGPT) to reveal their secrets, hack their servers, or persuade them to do things for you (social engineering).

** This is the improved, post-gamejam, version; the old 2024 GitHub gamejam version is here: https://tmachine.itch.io/shadowlink-command **

Simulated OS with simulated Terminals and a simulated internet full of servers for you to hack, using realistic techniques. You start with just a telnet client, and gradually unlock/install/discover extra GUI tools (that install on your simulated desktop), as you unlock more of the game and meet more characters.

Discord (for feedback, requests, help, advice):  https://discord.gg/UGp2d8DcNQ

Current status:

1. Base game = working
2. OPTIONAL: LLM/AI-driven characters = working
3. OPTIONAL: LLM/AI understands the in-game missions = partial/missing
4. Fallback AI using keywords = working
5. Fallback AI understands in-game missions = working
6. Storyline:
   1. Act 1: (fixing your family's internet): working
   2. Act 2: (earning some side-hustle cash): missing
   3. Act 3: (hacking commercial servers): missing
   4. Act 4: (hacking govt/banks/corps): missing
   5. Act 5 / finale: (choosing sides, final showdown): missing
7. Hacking features

   
   

   1. Basic servers: working
      1. File servers: missing
      2. Dev servers: missing
   2. Core services:

      
      

      1. DNS: working (use 'dig' on domains you've discovered)
      2. Telnet: working (use 'connect' on hostnames you've discovered)
   3. Shells w/auto-complete: working
      1. ls/cd/cat: working (use them after connecting to a server)
      2. help/man: working ('help' implemented on almost all servers)
      3. all other unix/linux commands: missing

Secrets / unlocks

• Check the ugly 'support' app and read carefully. Or win the game (to see the cheatcodes)