goobemaster / kodenkel-fo-hacking

Clone of the Fallout hacking mini-game, rendered into a browser canvas.

kodenkel-fo-hacking

Clone of the Fallout hacking mini-game, rendered into a browser canvas.

You can try it out at: https://www.kodenkel.com/games/fo-hacking/

Have fun!

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Pre-requisites

• NodeJS
• npm

Building

npm install
yarn build-all
yarn esbuild-browser:dev

Later on, just simply run the ./build.sh included.

Running it Locally

Serve up the contents of the work directory with your favorite web server.

PHP comes with a simple server. To use it, run the following in the work directory:

php -S localhost:7000

Then visit localhost:7000 in a modern browser.

kodenkel-fo-hacking's Issues

Scan line (dubbed gauss) shouldn't reset

Minor visual annoyance. When the user clicks the reset button, the scan line that appears at random intervals disappears mid screen. The scan line should go all the way. The button is meant to act like a virtual soft reset. :)

Mobile Browsers?

Doesn't seem to work on mobile browsers.
Tested with Chrome 96, Android 10.

Chance of entering an infinite loop in removeDud

Pre-condition: Only one word left to guess: the correct password.
User Action: The user finds a block. The game decides to remove a dud.
Actual Outcome: There's no more dud to remove. The program is frantically attempting to find a dud to remove.
Expected Outcome: The program realizes that there's no more dud to remove, and therefore bails out.

Problematic lines:

kodenkel-fo-hacking/src/main.ts

Lines 429 to 430 in ce1cfd6

	this.removeDud();
	return;

Should be prevented early (and offering reset tries instead; not that it matters, because there's only one word left):

kodenkel-fo-hacking/src/main.ts

Line 137 in ce1cfd6

this.removeDud();

Duplicated passwords shouldn't be picked during reset

Due to the huge number of words duplicated passwords rarely occur, but its still an issue.

Luckily, if the correct password happens to be one that is duplicated, the player may choose any one of them, only the letters are considered by the game. Nonetheless, this should be fixed eventually.

Relevant lines:

kodenkel-fo-hacking/src/main.ts

Lines 386 to 392 in dff826b

	// Word
	randomWord = possibleWords[Math.floor(Math.random() * possibleWords.length)];
	wordSoup += randomWord;
	this.passwords[i] = randomWord;
	this.wordCount++;
	wordSpacing = 0;
	i += randomWord.length - 1;

Include a manual for new players

Include a manual for new players, somewhere in the app.

Disable bonuses after the game ended

Dud and reset bonuses should be disabled once the game ended.
Minor bug.