What a cool way to incorporate real life JavaScript coding skills into a cyberpunk game format. The entire game takes place in a computer terminal. It's all lime green text on a black background.
It's basically an idler, at its core. You hack into terminals and essentially mine bitcoin. There are RPG stats and multiple factions, each with their own offerings like minigames or side jobs for quick cash/exp. Hit the gym to boost your physical prowess or get a part-time job.
Everything is a loading bar.
However, you can automate anything. The only thing is- you have to manually write that code to automate.
This is so cool.
Okay, so, the game starts off and you are instructed to open the guide book. You will start off by copying the lines of code, line by line, to get a feel for it. You start off identifying the list of servers near you, the security level of a server, the node distance, etc.
You manually click the "hack for cash button." Okay. You can only do that a few times before the security level gets raised too high.
After a few hacks, you have to lower the security again.
As you play, you'll learn shortcuts or straight-up easier ways to do things. You learn how to combine all those manual steps mentioned above into one continuous loop! You tell the system to "do a server check, check the security level, hack 4 times, then security refresh" by following the logic and rules of JavaScript.
All those steps that used to be manual, are now done in the background while you tinker away on other things.
It's really rewarding to get optimized!
As a game, it is a tad boring, right. It really is cookie clicker with extra steps- and coding can get stale. As a learning tool and a unique experience, I see it for what it is. Really cool.
It's basically an idler, at its core. You hack into terminals and essentially mine bitcoin. There are RPG stats and multiple factions, each with their own offerings like minigames or side jobs for quick cash/exp. Hit the gym to boost your physical prowess or get a part-time job.
Everything is a loading bar.
However, you can automate anything. The only thing is- you have to manually write that code to automate.
This is so cool.
Okay, so, the game starts off and you are instructed to open the guide book. You will start off by copying the lines of code, line by line, to get a feel for it. You start off identifying the list of servers near you, the security level of a server, the node distance, etc.
You manually click the "hack for cash button." Okay. You can only do that a few times before the security level gets raised too high.
After a few hacks, you have to lower the security again.
As you play, you'll learn shortcuts or straight-up easier ways to do things. You learn how to combine all those manual steps mentioned above into one continuous loop! You tell the system to "do a server check, check the security level, hack 4 times, then security refresh" by following the logic and rules of JavaScript.
All those steps that used to be manual, are now done in the background while you tinker away on other things.
It's really rewarding to get optimized!
As a game, it is a tad boring, right. It really is cookie clicker with extra steps- and coding can get stale. As a learning tool and a unique experience, I see it for what it is. Really cool.