# Hackmud

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{{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](/source/Linux), [macOS](/source/macOS), [Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows)
| released = {{Start date|2016|09|22}}
| genre = [Simulator](/source/Simulation_game) [MUD](/source/Multi-user_dungeon)
| modes = [Multiplayer](/source/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](/source/massively_multiplayer_online) and/or [MUD](/source/Multi-user_dungeon) that [simulates](/source/simulation_game) 1990s hacker subculture through text-based adventure. Players use [social engineering](/source/social_engineering_(security)), [scripting](/source/script_(computer_programming)), and [cracks](/source/crack_(software)) in a text-based [terminal](/source/terminal_emulator) 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](/source/WarGames)'' (1983) and ''[Jurassic Park](/source/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 ==

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

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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

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