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Planned Release Date: 2027

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Crosstalk: CodeJacker also requires the DLC Crosstalk: The Minimal Instruction Set Computer.

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About This Content

This DLC comes in place of the unreleased game, Terminal Insanity: CodeJacker. It introduces competitive programming and various challenges and educational courses into the MISC game ecosystem.

CodeJacker is a competitive coding game with game modes like "code sabotage," "capture the flag," "typing match," and "learn Vim." All of these game modes have both a ranked and an unranked variant.

The game also featured an educational single-player campaign, currently revolving about Vim, C programming language, and MISC assembly basics. These principles can then be used in transfer learning in other languages or other architectures, if desired.

In "code sabotage"

The game loads into one of pre-defined source files, a.k.a. "maps," and lasts for 5 rounds. Attackers' task is to covertly corrupt the source code to cause a compilation or runtime error. Defenders must prevent Attackers from doing so and ensure that the file passes checks. Attackers and Defenders do not see each other's positions by default. Each team has utilities like smoke, flashbang, and recon, each of which modifies the view of the source code in a way that can be advantageous. The winning condition is checked at the end of a round.

Current features:

  • 5 C programming language maps

  • 7 MISC assembly maps

  • 4 game modes

  • Educational campaign

  • Multiplayer (including cross-platform)

  • Solo practice, optionally with bots

  • Shareable gameplay replays

More maps will be added over the several months following release.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 1809
    • Processor: 2.4GHz quad-core
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 6 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: simulated clock linearly follows single-core frequency multiplied by IPC
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11
    • Processor: 4.6GHz octa-core
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 12 GB available space
    • Additional Notes: simulated clock linearly follows single-core frequency multiplied by IPC
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