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hackmud is a text-based hacking simulator. assume the role of a hacker and explore digital worlds.
Crack protected systems, solve intricate puzzles, and explore the abandoned internet of the far future. Develop scripts to safeguard your assets, and navigate a world where trust is everything. Lose it all. Rebuild. Thrive.
ABOUT
Use a command-line interface to explore a vast, dangerous, and ever-changing computer network. In the MUD, trust is everything, and fortunes can be stolen in a moment. Develop your programming and hacking skills as you learn to harvest derelict wealth, exploit security flaws of your foes, and protect your winnings.
Explore scripts created by other players and create your own. Build tools and forge alliances, or lay traps and break bonds.
Prove yourself
Learn to think like a hacker as you negotiate the harsh environment of Trust's domain. Chart your own course through a multiplayer sandbox laden with risk and opportunity. Test real skills like cracking, coding, research, and social engineering to thrive in a fully-scriptable, player-driven economy. Remember: wealth comes and goes, but knowledge endures.
An echo of the future
Encounter the denizens of the crumbling, abandoned internet of the far-future. Lonely cleaning drones pine for their absent users; malfunctioning weather networks ping each other across dead channels; strange new digital intelligences cohere and collapse in unindexed space.
Deep & Complex Narrative
Unravel a rich storyline set in a post-singularity world where AIs and humans coexist.
Retro-Futuristic Interface
Experience the nostalgic charm of text-based interfaces with modern cyberpunk aesthetics.
Persistent Multiplayer
Join an evolving world where player actions permanently shape the game environment.
Global In-Game Economy
Trade, invest, and manipulate markets in a player-driven economic system.