Crash Override

Crash Override

This game was created for Ludum Dare 50

Intended Resolution: 1366 x 768

A short, relatively fast paced game where you play as a hacker trying to disrupt the AI 'Da Vinci' from taking over the internet. Yes, this was heavily based off of the movie Hackers.

Enter commands into the terminal to perform actions. Actions increase your score but will also cause a reaction from the AI (the reaction can be the same as the last so you might often find yourself entering in the same commands)

If you are afk for a period of time, the AI operates on its own and becomes super powerful very fast.

You cannot beat the AI, only delay the inevitablity of it taking over the internet. There is a rudimentary scoring system to keep track of how well you have done.

Player Commands (all add points to your score):

-help

Shows a list of all commands available to the player

-ddos

Sends a denial of service attack to the AI. This slows the AI down, increases the time you have on a shutdown screen and also reduces the AI score. If you try to use this too often, it will only decrease your score if the previous effects are still on the AI.

-ping

Pings the AI, which increases it's action time. This effect has a cooldown timer, but you will not be penalised for multiple uses.

-purg

Purges all virus pop ups from the screen

-cdwr

Clears all adware pop ups from the screen

-cmwr

Clears all malware from the screen

-worm

Uploads a worm to the AI, which reduces its score every tick for a period of time. The amount it's reduced by is then transferred to your score. If a worm is already active on the AI then it will not have any effect.

-dump

Clears the input disruptor that the AI can use on you

AI Actions

Reduce player score. Does not activate if your score is 0.

Virus - if one is already active, it will add another pop up on screen. It will keep adding pop ups until purged.

Input Disruptor - if memory has not been dumped, has a chance to change the character you have entered into the command

Adware - you lucky winner! And you get a pop up telling you so

Malware - whilst active, will decrease the player score over time

Shutdown - tries to shutdown the terminal. Cancel must be clicked! If not, the game ends.

It can get a bit hectic if you don't keep up!

Plugins used:

Extenject

Music used:

Powerful Trap Beat by Alex Productions

https://www.chosic.com/download-audio/31959/

Sounds used:

Manipulated (by me) Windows sounds

I have been writing a blog about the development of this game and partaking in the game jam in general, you can view it here https://lexicon-app.com/blog/31162914-f857-4df6-a1f9-59793f75e5ae

p.s. I'm still in the development stage of my site so the entire site doesn't look great, let alone the blog page. Apologies for that.

One final note:

I am not a game developer nor am I a graphic designer. I have entered this competition for a bit of fun and to learn more about Unity.