GHOSTLINE

"You're late, Wraith."

A hacking-terminal thriller about one breach, one client you can't verify, and a company that was never really hiding what you think.

Meridian Bio-Systems: "Helping minds stay." Something in their cores is not wellness. Crack the gateway, read what they tried to delete, and find out why your contact knows so much about you.

 How it plays

- Type real terminal commands: ls, cat, scan, connect, login, decrypt.

- Read everything. Every file is a clue, and the passwords are hiding in plain sight.

- Every wrong guess raises your TRACE. Hit 100% and you're kicked back to the gateway.

- Stuck? Type hint and your handler will nudge you.

Features

- Four hosts to infiltrate and a story told through emails, logs and board minutes

- Puzzles: social-engineered logins, encrypted vaults and a cipher

- Four endings, one of them hidden

- Full CRT terminal look with a glitching title screen

- Menu with sound and screen-effect toggles

- Automatic save and Continue

 Length

About 15 to 25 minutes per run, and longer to find every ending.

 Controls

Keyboard: type and press Enter. Up/Down arrow recalls previous commands.

Press Enter or Space during typing to skip the animation.

Type help at any time for the command list. Quick-command buttons appear under the terminal for touch screens.

 Notes

- Best played on desktop with a keyboard.

- Progress is saved in your browser, so clearing site data resets it.

- Themes: grief, memory and loss of self. No graphic content.

- Flashing effects are mild. You can turn off screen effects from the menu.

Thank you for playing. If you find all four endings, tell me which one you chose first.