Merlin's_Cauldron_CatsEmmy Dodges Kitties: Game Development and Graphics Exercise
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Angry AdminDay 6 of building HackMeNow, my terminal-style hacking puzzle game.
Today I’m adding save and load support for Level 2: The Missing Logs.
The game now remembers more than just level complete or not complete.
It saves terminal output, puzzle progress, restored files, wrong restore attempts, and whether the player used sudo correctly.
When the player returns later, the level can rebuild the correct state and continue from where they left off.
This is not the flashiest system, but it makes the game feel real.
I’m leaving for a few days, so the next build update will be after the weekend.
Steam Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4770020/HackMeNow/
Discord: https://discord.gg/jqNhXd22VX
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Joseph HewittThree days later and I've got a Hello World window. Looks simple enough, but don't be deceived- there's also a blue square in there. Seriously, though, I've been getting comfortable with PySDL2 and CTypes and most of what I've done seems to be working. #GameDev #PyGame
Day 5 of building HackMeNow, my terminal-style hacking puzzle game.
Today I’m adding path autocomplete to the fake Linux terminal.
In Level 2, the player has to restore a missing log file, so they need to type paths like:
/var/log
/var/backups/coffee.log.bak
Typing long paths manually is annoying, so now the player can press TAB to autocomplete files and directories.
This makes the game feel closer to a real Linux shell while still running safely inside a fake filesystem.
Steam Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4770020/HackMeNow/
Discord: https://discord.gg/jqNhXd22VX
#HackMeNow #IndieGameDev #Python #Pygame #Linux #SysAdmin #GameDev #TerminalGame #LearnLinux
Day 4 of building HackMeNow in Python.
Today I’m building Level 2: The Missing Logs.
`/var/log/coffee.log` is gone, so the player has to find the backup, inspect it, and restore it using Linux-style commands:
find
cat
cp
mv
sudo
Try copying without sudo and you get permission denied. Use the right command and the system is restored.
Linux learning, but make it a terminal puzzle game.
Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4770020/HackMeNow/
Discord: https://discord.gg/jqNhXd22VX
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Day 3 of building HackMeNow, my terminal-style hacking puzzle game.
Today I made Level 1 playable.
The player starts as a Junior SysOps Engineer at AngrySysOps Corp with one critical mission: make a coffee.
But BREWTRON-9000 refuses normal user access.
make me a coffee → permission denied
sudo make me a coffee → success
This is where the game starts teaching Linux concepts through puzzles, jokes, and terminal commands.
Steam Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4770020/HackMeNow/
Discord: https://discord.gg/jqNhXd22VX
#HackMeNow #IndieGameDev #Python #Pygame #Linux #CyberSecurity #GameDev #TerminalGame
Grogpod Roguelike PodcastRift Wizard 3 comes out later this month, so for a special bonus episode of the podcast, I sat down with its creator Dylan White to talk details!
I had originally budgeted 30 minutes for us to chat, but we happily went over that by twice as much. Lots of great conversation about gamedev and what success means in this modern era of roguelikes.
https://grogpod.zone/2026-06-10-dylan-white/
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Rift Wizard 3 - Interview with Developer Dylan White
It’s a special bonus episode this week! With Rift Wizard 3 launching in June 2026, I sat down with developer Dylan White to talk about the third game’s evolution, how its distinguished itself from Rift Wizard 2, and what it takes to make a traditional roguelike game stand out in...