> BACKDATED: A NARRATIVE HACKING SIM

It’s March 2006, and you used to break into computers for money. You’d quit, until a message from a certain company called Halcyon pulled you back in. Are they the only reason you came back?

> INVADE PEOPLE'S PRIVACY

Each evening, you read your messages, take jobs off the board and spend what you earned on new viruses. Then you jack in for a timed run through Rosedale’s network, where every computer can be entered, you're free to explore to your heart's content.

> DISCOVER THE NETWORK'S SECRETS

The city is built once, when your career starts, and kept until the end. If you crash someone’s PC, it stays dead the next night unless its owner pays to get it fixed. Get caught out by the timer and you lose what you took that night, but the week goes on.

> CONTROLS

Click to select, double-click to open, right-click for options. Viruses are launched by clicking them or pressing the key numbers.

Made for the Game Gauntlet Sim Jam. Your progress saves in the browser after each night.

> CREDITS

• Nostalgic Synths Pack by White Bat Audio (paid license)
• Envato SFX & stock photos (paid licenses)
• Some SFX created w/ Chiptone by SFBGames (free)

Inspired by the super old flash game "Intrusion" made by Motion Twin.