History VideoGame / Hacknet

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: The security tracer file that self-deletes Hacknet is bundled ''with'' Hacknet, and can be deleted ''by'' Hacknet. Somewhat averted, as one of the server logs says that the developers of Hacknet are working on hiding it.]]
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler: In the endgame, most of Entech's servers are protected by an "Invioability Error" that prevents [=PortHack=] from working, necessitating the player to find out a correct user/password combination another way.]]

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: The security tracer file that self-deletes Hacknet is bundled ''with'' Hacknet, and can be deleted ''by'' Hacknet. You'd think they'd notice this particular security hole in their failsafe, especially as it ends up completely wrecking their scheme.]]

*** Naix' attack on you can actually be repealed, [[spoiler: if you remember from the in-game [=NetEdu=] archives that a shell command can be set to "Trap" and then triggered to release an emergency forkbomb on all incoming connections. Doing this when the game tells you of the "suspicious activity" on port 22 will crash Naix' proxy and sever his connection to your machine before he can delete x-server.sys and run the forkbomb.]]

** The 'TRUE ULTIMATE POWER' achievement for getting [[spoiler Clock.exe]] requires you to follow a very subtle trail of breadcrumbs some other hackers are looking into, then hack a specific JMail account to get the IP for an undocumented server. By the time you first run into it you might not even have all the tools you need to do it, so hope you remembered it later!

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The Entech CEO. [[spoiler:Even if Bit's death was a miscommunication, Project [=HackNet=] is a horrify breach of antitrust laws.]]

* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Averted, played straight, and justified in various respects. [[spoiler:Hacknet itself is only in the prototyping phase anyway - and you're using a leaked copy of it. Averted in that there is a backup of the development builds, the final mission of the game is to destroy said backup while your contact hits the active server, preventing one from restoring the other. Played straight in that there's only the one backup, instead of some sort of distributed system. Justified in that [=EnTech=]'s plans are hideously illegal and would have transparently screwed over their subcontractors, so they had to keep things quiet.]]

* SchmuckBait: The [=CCCHacksquad=] server. [[spoiler: Its only purpose is to teach the player what to do if a trace completes.]]

* LastChanceHitPoint: Unlike VideoGame/{{Uplink}}, getting traced does not mean immediate Game Over. [[spoiler: It does, however, start a "Trace Aversion Sequence" that the player must complete by getting a new [=IP=] address before the trace truly completes.]]

The game was released on {{Steam}} and Website/GOGDotCom.

* NightmareFuel: Project Junebug. [[spoiler: The mission involves hacking into a man's pacemaker and using a stress test firmware to cause said man's death via tachycardia. To be fair, it is said that the man lives in considerable chronic pain and has been denied the option of death.]]
** What makes this even more scary? ''[[http://www.forbes.com/sites/singularity/2012/12/06/yes-you-can-hack-a-pacemaker-and-other-medical-devices-too/ This can be done in real life]]'' (though it's very unlikely that [[spoiler:a pacemaker]] would have an actual Internet connection as opposed to a wireless means to update its software)

** And going through the game the normal way, you'll get dumped into what looks like a NonStandardGameOver with your system crippled. [[spoiler:You actually have all the tools you need to swipe a replacement file from the practice machine the tutorial pointed you at, but it's the one time in the game a manual "connect" command is called for, and has to be done on the intimidatingly sparse terminal interface.]]

** What makes this even more scary? ''[[http://www.forbes.com/sites/singularity/2012/12/06/yes-you-can-hack-a-pacemaker-and-other-medical-devices-too/ This can be done in real life]]'' (though it's very unlikely that [[spoiler:the pacemaker]] would have an actual Internet connection as opposed to a wireless means to update its software)

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: Bit's cause of death]].[[spoiler: The [=CEO=] of [[MegaCorp Entech]] tried to stop the assassination, but couldn't.]]

* TheCracker: Naix.

* NightmareFuel: Project Junebug. [[spoiler: The mission involves hacking into a man's pacemaker and using a test firmware to cause said man's death. To be fair, it is said that the man lives in considerable chronic pain and has been denied the option of death.]]

* FiveFiveFive: Averted. The servers use realistic, if randomized, IP adresses.
** The services on the servers are also running on the correct ports ([=FTP=] on port 21, [=SSH=] on port 22, [=SMTP=] on port 25, [=HTTP=] on port 80, Medical Services on port 104 and [=SQL=] on port 1433.)
* TheCracker: Naix.

* Featureless Protagonist: You.

This game contains examples of the following tropes:

* LastChanceHitPoint: Unlike {{Uplink}}, getting traced does not mean immediate Game Over. [[spoiler: It does, however, start a "Trace Aversion Sequence" that the player must complete by getting a new [=IP=] address before the trace truly completes.]]

''Hacknet'' is a Hacking Simulation game released in 2015. The player character receives a mysterious email from a hacker named "Bit" and slowly uncovers a conspiracy that could change the world forever.

The game was released on {{Steam}} and [=GOG.com=].

* 555: Averted. The servers use real, if randomized, IP adresses.

* LastChanceHitPoint: Unlike {{Uplink}}, getting traced does not mean immediate Game Over.

* PasswordSlotMachine: Averted. As soon as enough ports are open, [=PortHack=] will find the admin password, but not display it.