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Game Description
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 exploit security flaws 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 navigate hackmud's character-driven singleplayer tutorial. Then, 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.
The world of the electron and the switch
An intuitive retro-cyberpunk text interface inspired by classic hacking movies takes you back to an earlier vision of the internet. An original electronic soundtrack by Lena Raine and Ryan Ike gets you in the zone.
BINMAT Security Shell online
Binary Matrix - 'BINMAT' is hackmud's unique PVP system. Introduced in the 2.0.0 update, this command-line strategy game is your attack vector and last line of defense. Challenging, fully scriptable and supporting up to 32 players per match, BINMAT provides a deep strategic challenge that is integrally linked to all of Hackmud's systems - from the economy to the bonds you build with other players.
A digital society
hackmud is home to a thriving community of script-builders, code-crackers, Good Samaritans and hostile operators. Make new friends as you work together to solve complex puzzles and take part in narrative events. Discover and share clues as you draw closer to the truth that waits at the center of the network.
NOTICE TO POTENTIAL PLAYERS
hackmud is the work of a single developer (now supported by a small team.) We want to make sure that your experience of the game is as consistent, stable, and fun as it can be: but this is an incredibly complex game, and bugs and downtime may strike from time to time. However! As long as there are players playing the game, there will be balance patches and fixes.
Real hacking is unforgiving and so is hackmud. This is a game where you will inevitably lose resources and upgrades, and where a mistake can cost you dearly - as such, it's not for everybody. Read as much as you can about the game and other players' experiences before making your purchase decision.
Remember: scripts.get_level is your friend.
We are hard at work on new features and content and we're excited about the future of hackmud.
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Announcements
2.3.1 Patch Notes
hackmud 2020 updateChanging plans for changing times.Hi, mudders! This goes without saying, but the world we're living in at the moment is very different to the world we lived in when we last put out
robovac_revelry_v1
Hello, mudders!This weekend, veterans of the revolution(s) will have a chance to check in with old friends, celebrate the end of a particularly long and strange march, and pick up some glams courtesy
robovac_revelry_v3
Dear mudders,The Wild King, his subjects, and several special guests are gathering on the clean road for another parade. Join for revelry and a bit of intrigue in bigbot.iaSee you there!
kuspram.haunted_house
Community Events are puzzles or competitions which have been created by the community and curated by us. See below for a description of the event in the creator's own words.--------------------------
vix.dream1
vix.dream1 is an event in the Spring 2020 season!Community Events are puzzles or competitions which have been created by the community and curated by us. See below for a description of the event in t
2.3.4 Patch Notes
// hopefully more robust cert locking (this is becoming a meme)// long output scrolls to the bottom of the client as expected
Client Update v2.004
- Fixed: autoscroll stops before bottom of output- Fixed: gradual cursor misalignment- Fixed: Scratchpad newlines- Fixed: no confirmation for retire_userThis version was developed with the help of vo
Planned Maintenance
Hey All-As part of ongoing modernization of the game's database, the game will be down for maintenance on Tuesday. As usual, this maintenance could have any duration.This downtime will start Tuesday,
packbot.land
Community Events are puzzles or competitions which have been created by the community and curated by us. See below for a description of the event in the creator's own words.--------------------------
christmas_crackers_v3
Community Events are puzzles or competitions which have been created by the community and curated by us. See below for a description of the event in the creator's own words.--------------------------
Client Update v2.005
- Fixed: the characters \^_` were incorrectly key-colored- Fixed: gui.quiet did not work across multiple lines- Updated Unity version to 2022.3.17f1- Fixed: accts.transactions { is_script: true } err
wiz.mud
Community Events are puzzles or competitions which have been created by the community and curated by ComCODE. See below for a description of the event in the creator's own words.---------------------
2.3.3 Patch Notes
// server certificate was swapped out without warning. client updated for new cert
arm_17493.lib
Community Events are puzzles or competitions which have been created by the community and curated by us. See below for a description of the event in the creator's own words.--------------------------
2.3.2 Patch Notes
// fixed double-slam on hardline// fix forum font size weirdness
yolovac_tresham.manifesto
Community Events are puzzles or competitions which have been created by the community and curated by us. See below for a description of the event in the creator's own words.--------------------------
christmas_crackers_v4
Community Events are puzzles or competitions which have been created by the community and curated by us. See below for a description of the event in the creator's own words.--------------------------
Monuments + Beacons - New Season Start Date
Hi, Mudders -We're currently working on Hackmud's next seasonal update, Monuments + Beacons. As we detailed in the announcement post back in January, Monuments + Beacons will feature the conclusion o
ps_a_psa.bash
Community Events are puzzles or competitions which have been created by the community and curated by us. See below for a description of the event in the creator's own words.--------------------------
Planned-ish Maintenance
Hey All-After 760 days of uptime, the game database needs some rest and upgrades. This means hackmud will be unavailable or partially available for an unknown amount of time as I wrangle the necessar
