Out Of Control Flow
Out Of Control Flow
Subvert the expected control flow of software by tampering with the contents of memory. Based on the real-life concept of buffer overrun vulnerabilities, Out Of Control Flow has you hunting down juicy corporate passwords in exchange for a sense of self fulfillment.
Boot up your 386. It's time to get crackin'.
FAQ
What do I do if I receive an error trying to launch?
Please let me know. Due to limitations in itch.io I had to host externally, so it is possible I will hit a bandwidth quota at some point in time during the review process
This looks complicated. Is there a tutorial available?
Yes. There is embedded ReadMe.Txt to help contextualize the user interface, and each puzzle has escalating hints available.
Why this subject matter?
Created for the GMTK2020 jam theme 'Out Of Control', The game is about hacking/subverting the control of a program, while simultaneously not actually giving the player direct control over the instructions of the computer program
Can I get that sweet sweet source code?
https://github.com/aaron-henselin/gmtk2020-out-of-control
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This was a pretty darn good hacking sim, despite not going the usual direction!
This was a pretty darn good hacking sim, despite not going the usual direction! Buffer overflows have always been an interesting subject to me, and I'd love to see more of this, especially if we start to be able to see executable code in memory we can overwrite ^v^