{{Short description|2016 video game}} {{Use American English|date=September 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox video game | title = Hackmud | image = Hackmud logo.png | developer = ComCODE | publisher = ComCODE | platforms = Linux, macOS, Windows | released = {{Start date|2016|09|22}} | genre = Simulator MUD | modes = Multiplayer }}

{{Multiple image | direction = vertical | width = 250 | image1 = Hackmud archaic.png | image2 = Hackmud hacking.png | image3 = Hackmud patching.png | footer = Screenshots of gameplay }}

thumb|Sean Gubelman, the developer

'''''Hackmud''''' is a massively multiplayer online video game and/or MUD that simulates 1990s hacker subculture through text-based adventure. Players use social engineering, scripting, and cracks in a text-based terminal to influence and control other players in the simulation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/09/22/hackmud-is-an-mmo-hacking-sim-with-a-90s-vibe/|title=Hackmud is an MMO Hacking Sim with a 90s Vibe|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|date=September 22, 2016|last1=Caldwell|first1=Brendan}}</ref> Reviewers wrote that the game's "campy hacking" mimics that of films like ''WarGames'' (1983) and ''Jurassic Park'' (1993).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://killscreen.com/articles/hackmud-brings-back-hacker-fantasy-90s/|title = Hackmud brings back the hacker fantasy of the '90s|date = September 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/hack-90s-movie-style-text-based-cyberpunk-mmo-hackmud/|title=Hack, 90's Movie Style, in Text-Based Cyberpunk MMO Hackmud|date=September 22, 2016}}</ref>

== References ==

{{reflist|25em|refs=}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *{{official website|https://www.hackmud.com/}} *[https://wiki.hackmud.com/ Official wiki]

{{Portal bar|Video games}}

Category:2016 video games Category:Cooperative video games Category:Hacker culture Category:Hacking video games Category:Indie games Category:Linux games Category:MacOS games Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:Programming games Category:Simulation video games Category:Video games developed in the United States Category:Video games scored by Lena Raine Category:Windows games

{{mmorpg-videogame-stub}}