The Distant Lurker
Prologue:
You are The Distant Lurker, a not-so-legal private investigator, known for his (or her, nobody really knows) skills in extracting information from even the safest places. Any information is negotiable with sufficient monetary incentives. Your latest (not-so-legal) client has offered you an irresistible offer for information on a secret government organisation's staff and client list.
As usual, you have bugged an employee's cellphone to transmit any phone call back to you. With your professional skills and trusty bug, rise the ranks and infiltrate the company through the use of information, technology and some detective skills.
The Distant Lurker is a puzzle/ exploration game about social engineering, aka human hacking. With the goal of infiltrating and finding as much information as possible, you can explore and reach the end using the three tools you have: your wits, skills and software. (Nah its actually just using your bug, Email and social media)
Inspired by "Her Story" - like game, this game, The Distant Lurker, was made in a little less than 2 weeks for the Game Off 2021 game jam with a theme of "Bug", partially exposing the dangers of the web that people take for granted these days.
!!! When starting the game, use the link "bug.com" to enter your bug's database and begin your journey as The Distant Lurker.
Have fun!
NOTE: Turn on AUDIO for the best playing experience! (It's a key mechanic)
Credits:
This is a solo project, with the game made using Unity, art drawn in Flipaclip, sound effects made with jsfxr, music made with Sound trap and AI voices using Lovo.
Source code:
https://github.com/iptcyq/The-Distant-Lurker which maybe not coincidentally containing all the answers and stuff since they're all hard coded into the game (also possibly leads to finding some Easter eggs in the game)
Known Bugs: (Might be fixed after the jam)
When the bug database box is spammed a little too much or too quickly, (before all the previous text loads) random text appears.
Full playthrough:
Download
Install instructions
Web -> Just click "Play" and start!
Downloaded -> Download and unzip the latest build and click on the game logo to start
NOTE: Turn on AUDIO for the best playing experience! (It's a key mechanic)
Comments
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I played your game all the way to the end and it's actually a pretty interesting concept, playing as this private investigator going through people's calls/social media or whatever without them knowing. Made me feel like a stalker or smthn. I was a bit lost at what to do at some points in the game but I remained patient and eventually figured everything out. Pretty good game. I definitely feel like this can be expanded upon and turned into a fully fleshed-out game. Good job.
Thanks for playing!
I've been afraid that the game might be a little too hard to figure out at first so I added pop-ups in response to that. I've had a lot of ideas for the game which faced limitations being a jam game, and I might work on it if the response from the jam is good.
I really appreciate the feedback. :)