Our latest coverage of hackmud.
hackmud is one of the more interesting games I've played in recent times. Perhaps best described as "EVE Online meets hacking," the sandbox hacking MMO gives you control over the world around you by allowing you to use a sandboxed version of JavaScript to create scripts for nearly anything. Even before launched, players had created scripts for bounty boards, in-game [...]
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I recently had the chance to sit down with Sean Gubelman to discuss his hacking-themed sandbox MMO, hackmud. We discussed the extent of what's possible in-game, why he opted to create a three-hour long, single-player tutorial, and more. Me: So I’ve played hackmud for seven hours over the past two days and I still feel like I have no idea [...]
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There have been a number of hacking games over the years, Uplink perhaps being the most well-known, but few have been multiplayer and fewer still implement hacking in a way that doesn't obscure most of the actual hacking process. hackmud—stylized "ｈａｃｋｍｕｄ"—both allows you to play with other players in a massively multiplayer online world and allows you to actually type [...]
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