
What The Hack! Is a humoristic, story puzzle game, where you, a computer program, tries to avoid getting destroyed by escaping a facility. Doing so by hacking and hijacking devices in your surroundings.
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What The Hack! Is a humoristic, story puzzle game, where you, a computer program, tries to avoid getting destroyed by escaping a facility. Doing so by hacking and hijacking devices in your surroundings.
You play as Boolian, a facility worker whose consciousness is unexpectedly zapped into a computer. Before you can even process what’s happened, a security drone begins checking for malware. With no time to waste, you tap into your newfound hacking abilities, taking control of various machines to escape, like a drone, a robot vacuum, or even a towering logistics crane as you maneuver through the facility.
Embark on a thrilling adventure, outsmart the facility's defenses, and uncover creative ways to break free. But be careful—some of the robots you encounter might not be as friendly as they seem!
Make use of the unique hacking mechanic, allowing you to traverse the level in creative ways.
This game was made by 6 students as a group project assignment for their third year in the bachelor Digital Arts & Entertainment at Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen in Belgium.
The music was composed by Joshua Mas, student at the Royal Conservatoire of Ghent
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Languages: English*, Dutch*languages with full audio support
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What The Hack! — аркадный киберпанк‑симулятор хакера: вы взламываете системы в ритме бита, соединяете узлы, обходите файрволы и уходите от цифровой защиты, пока таймер отсчитывает секунды. Механика построена на быстрой реакции и паттернах — каждый уровень задаёт свой «музыкальный» ритм взлома, а успех зависит от точности и чувства темпа. Плюсы: динамичный ритм‑геймплей — синхронизация действий с музыкальным битом делает процесс взлома почти танцевальным, а нарастающая сложность держит в тонусе без ощущения перегруза; стильная киберпанк‑эстетика — яркие неоновые интерфейсы, лаконичные визуальные эффекты и плотная атмосфера «цифрового андеграунда» отлично подчёркивают тему быстрого, дерзкого взлома. Минусы: высокая зависимость от реакции — механика почти не оставляет места для тактики, и при малейшем промахе раунд заканчивается, что может раздражать тех, кто предпочитает вдумчивый подход; однообразие задач — все уровни сводятся к соединению узлов и уклонению от защиты, из‑за чего со временем пропадает ощущение новизны, даже при смене визуальных тем. Итог: энергичный и стильный мини‑таймкиллер для любителей быстрых челленджей и киберпанк‑стилистики — идеален для коротких сессий, где хочется проверить реакцию и почувствовать драйв «взлома на скорость», но не подойдёт тем, кто ищет вариативность или стратегическую глубину.
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If you want to be an robot vacuum for a day and save the world than this is the game for you! A few levels to play for a hour of entertainment =)
good puzzles, nice level of challenge and a fantastic concept wish it was longer game but i enjoyed it.
Its a fun little puzzle game. Would be fun if there were more stages
Well done!
Its a great little puzzle game. The puzzles are fun and they tickled my brain.
Random Scuffed Games #424 https://twitch.tv/DitoMido Aktuelle Spielequeue: https://rsg.ditomido.de Bisherige Reviews Archiv: https://rsg.ditomido.de/archive Vorgeschlagen von: tony1fcm What The Hack! hat einen super Soundtrack, der sehr an die Portal Reihe erinnert und ein Puzzle Gameplay mit verschiedenen Perspektiven, welche sehr an das Hacking System aus Cyberpunk erinnern. Durch das Hacking verschaffen wir uns von Gerät zu Gerät Zugang zu Sicherungen Drohnen und Saugrobotern. Super süß wie wir finden und man muss manchmal auch um die Ecke denken. Dabei gib es wohl auch verschiedene Lösungsansätze (ob geplant oder nicht) wie mir eine Cutszene bewiesen hat, denn es wurde wohl nicht bedacht, dass man Stage 2 auch mit der Drohne abschließen kann. Witzig, wenn man dann in Akt 3 mit einem Roomba stattdessen startet. Die Grafik ist cool, das Setting ist cool, das Spiel macht Spaß und mit ca. 30-40 Minuten eine wirklich schöne Abwechslung für zwischen durch. Gerne mehr davon! Rating: Dito: 4.7/5 Chat: 4.6/5 Gesamt: 4.65/5
This game was so fun to play! Love that I got to cosplay as a robot vacuum and try to escape. Loved the soundtrack, loved the style, can we have some more please? Needs a full game for sure!
This is yet another student project, one of literally thousands self-published on Steam Direct. It's from Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen in Europe. Student projects might look better than amateur shovelware, but they aren't real games. This is just a glorified homework assignment. It lacks the depth and value you get from professionally developed product because it was made for a grade, not for players. Schools, colleges and universities shouldn't be using Steam to show off student projects. It might be fine for the school's marketing, but it clutters the Steam store with pollution... we have to sort past all these short student tech demos just so we can find real, full games from professional developers. This is a case of a game dev college putting its own interests before the interests of gamers. This is one of those student projects that's a little heartbreaking because with a lot more polish and a lot more content, it would be a winner, beating a lot of other paid products on Steam. A fun enough concept, you control a robot in a mildly comedic facility where you have to escape and not get erased, which means first person platformer/obstacle puzzling, and hacking stuff... there's a lot to like, but not enough of it, and it lacks polish and optimisation. Because, as a student project, they got their grades and walked away, this is unmaintained. Problems with it will never be fixed. The game is quite short, and can be run through in just an hour. The lack of content here makes it hard to suggest it's worth spending the time to add to your library and download. The graphics in this game are really quite good, while low poly graphics are usually worth avoiding, they added enough lighting and post-processing to hide the flaws, which at least makes the game look more appealing. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time, the game must match top tier visuals with top tier gameplay, and that's not happening here. Let's talk about price and the value this represents for us gamers. It would be unethical for students to try charge money for their homework assignments, so you don't have to pay any money for this. But you'd still have to spend your time downloading this, and "time is money", as they say. There's the other problem, too... as a student project, this wasn't made for gamers. There's no requirement for them to polish and balance the game properly, all they need is something to show the faculty so they can get their grade and move on. Let's once more ask... why is that good for gamers? It's obviously not delivering a solid product. Yet here it is, on the store page, and here you are, reading my review for a student demo that's going to waste your time. While genuine amateur developers who made real products get ignored because they have to compete with this stuff. In some ways, this deluge of student projects on Steam is harmful to everyone. Even as a free game, this couldn't find an audience. With a peak of [b]only 12 players[/b], it's clear the Steam community took one look and walked away. They literally couldn't pay people to spend time playing this. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? This is a "maybe" experience... if you have a lot of free time on your hands and nothing else to do, why not? But for the purposes of a review, this isn't something I can say everyone must try. It's not quite there. Valve doesn't give us a "maybe" option in reviews, but if they did, that's what I'd choose for this.
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