Makers Hack

Plenty of team maps are about fighting. Makers Hack settles things with minigames instead.

Each team has a computer with limited energy that slowly recharges. If yours hits zero, you lose. To drain the other team’s computer, you send it malware.

To earn coins for malware, play minigames or upgrade your bot:

• Memory: memorise as many pictures as you can in a few seconds, then put them back in place.
• Tetris: fit as many falling shapes as possible into the space. Unlike real Tetris, lines don’t clear.
• Minesweeper: find all the mines, just like the real game.
• Street Fighter: defeat a Minecraft boss.
• Cube Dance: copy the person in front of you. If the arrow above them points left, look left.
• MineMakers Bot: tired of minigames? Upgrade the bot and let it earn coins for you.

Then it’s time to attack. Roll to find malware. There are 6 kinds, which you upgrade by analysing file fragments in your Bin, and you choose how each one looks:

• Virus: gets into the system, grows stronger and drains the computer’s power.
• Trojan: the only malware with no lifespan. It hits the computer hard, once.
• Flooder: sends dozens of messages, filling the mailbox and draining a little power.
• Dialer: steals coins. A team with no money can’t defend itself.
• Keylogger: copies the enemy’s upgrades and gives them to you.
• Rootkit: the most powerful. It takes over the enemy antivirus and makes it shoot at everything except malware.

You’ll also need to defend yourself, by preventing attacks or cleaning up after them:

• Shooter: your barrier against viruses. There are two seats: one taken by a bot, one for a player. Upgrade it by rolling or analysing the Bin. The bot can’t spot every threat, so a human helps.
• Scanner: if malware gets through, enter the Scanning Room and kill it yourself (malware shows up as Silverfish). The higher your Scanner level, the stronger your sword. Staying there costs 1 coin per second and drains the computer’s energy, so don’t linger.