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Comment by JasonSage | Hacker News Reader

Congrats on launching!

I'll be honest, when I clicked and got a login page I thought "is this what we're supposed to hack?" ;)

I second the recommendation below to add some pictures or a video to show what you're getting into. A lot of people will not register a new account when they don't know what they're getting.

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I want the game to have a "this is not a game" feel in the sense that it has no points, bonuses, levels, so that the player, even thou it's obvious that it is a game, feels like a real hacker.

But you have a point, and I will add some info to the login page. Thanks for the feedback!

Second the "ok let's get through this login page" instinct haha. I'd be curious to see how many people were trying basic sql injections thinking they were playing the game already.

I just tried "admin:admin" and "admin:password" and "root:root" and "root:password" just instinctively.

The site reminded me of "hackthissite"

but did you try:

    password' OR 'a'='a

Wow yeah. Haha I spent some time going through the motions and spinning wheels in the mud before I realized it must not have been a part of the game. :P

Quick feedback and warning:

If you're running a piece of software and don't have enough blocks for installing the next version, it will eat your newer software and do nothing :(

Source: Ate my v3 Network Scanner. RIP my little software.

sounds like a bug, it doesn't show up in the SOFTWARE VERSIONS page?

It was in Available, I clicked Install with insufficient storage and it ate it. The store shows as though I can purchase it again and it's not in SOFTWARE VERSIONS.

Maybe you could make it up like a news article or something to keep the flair of the game.

nice idea!!

That is what I think right now... when I try to register, I get "gateway full, register closed".

I thought the same thing! I started looking at the page source :D

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