868-HACK

A roguelike by hit game-maker Michael Brough.

Program changes from 86856527

• .DCRPT:
  • Renamed to .SHOW
  • Alert level raised from 2 to 3.
  • Cost raised from to
  • Now reveals Cryptog locations, encrypted walls' contents, and incoming transmissions' enemy types.
• .POLY:
  • Cost lowered from to
  • A Daemon that has taken 2 damage will be terminated if it is .POLYed into an enemy which only has 2HP.
• .PUSH:
  • Alert level raised from 2 to 4.
• .REDUC:
  • Cost changed from to
• .ANTI-V:
  • Alert level raised from 3 to 4
  • Enemies overlapping viruses will also be damaged.
  • Damaged enemies are stunned.
• .KIL_D:
  • Renamed to .D_BOM
  • Alert level raised from 3 to 4
  • Causes the Daemon(s) with the shortest Manhattan distance to the player to explode, doing 1 damage to all adjacent enemies. Damaged enemies are stunned.
• .DEBUG:
  • Alert level raised from 3 to 4
  • Can now terminate the player if they overlap walls or enemies.
• .RESET:
  • Alert level lowered from 4 to 2
• .EXCH:
  • Now gives 4 energy instead of 3
• .WARP:
  • Alert level raised from 3 to 5
  • Cost raised from to
  • Now teleports the player onto a randomly selected enemy, and terminates all enemies in that cell.
• .BOMB:
  • Renamed to .CRASH
  • Alert level raised from 4 to 6
  • Cost raised from to
  • Now terminates all adjacent enemies.
• .SCOR:
  • Renamed to .SCORE
  • No longer summons one enemy per use.
• .CALM:
  • Alert level raised from 5 to 7
  • Cost raised from to
• .ATK:
  • Renamed to .ATK+
  • Cost raised from to
  • Now also increments the damage dealt by .ANTI-V, .D_BOM, .ROW and .COL.

Program additions

• .STEP:
  • Alert level: 3
  • Cost:
  • Permits the player to move one cell in any direction, unimpeded by walls or enemies, without ending their turn.
  • The player cannot .STEP outside the sector.
• .ROW:
  • Alert level: ?
  • Cost: ???
  • Does 2 damage to all enemies on the player's cell row. Surviving enemies are stunned.
• .COL:
  • Alert level: ?
  • Cost: ???
  • Does 2 damage to all enemies on the player's cell column. Surviving enemies are stunned.
• ????:
  • Alert level: ?
  • Cost: ???
  • Rumours that it affects time.
• ????:
  • Alert level: ?
  • Cost: ???
  • Rumours that it affects space.
• ????:
  • Alert level: ?
  • Cost: ???
  • Rumours that it affects visitors.
• ????:
  • Alert level: ?
  • Cost: ???
  • Rumours that it affects trespassers.

Mechanics changes

• Incoming transmissions have only 1HP.
• Some walls are encrypted, concealing their alert level, prog type and/or point value. To compensate, encrypted walls have normal alert levels reduced by 1.
• Siphoning the exit now heals you for 1HP (entering it will still heal you for an additional 1HP).
• Every run contains exactly 110 points' worth of valuable data.
• All classes now begin with an extra prog.
• The Wizard and A.I. classes have been renamed to 'Cyborg' and 'Kid', so that the initials of all four classes spell HACK.
• The Agent and Cyborg classes now begin with 10 of their respective resource instead of 8.
• ??? (More remains to be found...)