The theme is:

Let this theme inspire you to make whatever your heart desires. Or just make some other dumb meme stuff. There are no minimum skill requirements, the points are made up to encourage you to play, and anything you contribute makes the whole experience better for everyone!

…and one more thing!

EVERY SINGLE USER has been given a PERMANENT SCRIPTING BOOST
Baseline char count has been increased to 2000 chars!
Every user now has 1 public script slot by default.

What the heck is this again anyway?

This is NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL GAME JAM. This is h a c k m u d; so we are doing things our way! Instead of separate submission and voting periods, there will be a 7-day window to submit, play, vote, edit, and ship the best version of your script that matches the game jam theme. Players can vote anytime during the 7-day event window.

• Submit: Players will be able to register one Game Jam entry per account.
  
• Play and Vote: Players can try out scripts and vote anonymously in the CLI.

Voting:

• Each player gets 3 total votes for the duration of the event per account.
  
• Votes can be changed during the event (e.g., switch an upvote to a downvote or vice versa, rescind a vote if you have reached your max votes and wish to change your vote to a different script).
  
• Chosen judges will have substantially extra votes - sway them over for their support!

Questions?

Check the FAQ[docs.google.com] or ask in the community chat[discord.gg]. Good luck, and happy hacking!

Event announce here:
https://steamproxy.com/games/469920/announcements/detail/525332402240749578

Engaging ComCODE newsletter update process: Zez down, Marks up, Bits booming. $100K achieved. Game Jam on Jan 24th. Access the full log here:

https://givebutter.com/messages/view/4c3e549b-8d82-48c5-8151-e940f4016fad

And now for something completely different!


Theme:

This is NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL GAME JAM. This is hackmud; so we are doing things our way! Instead of separate submission and voting periods, there will be a 7-day window to submit, play, vote, edit, and ship the best version of your script that matches the game jam theme. Players can vote throughout the event.

Submit:
Players will be able to register one Game Jam entry per account.

Play and Vote:
Players can try out scripts and vote anonymously in the CLI.

Voting:
> Each player gets 3 total votes for the duration of the event per account.
> Votes can be changed during the event (e.g., switch an upvote to a downvote or vice versa).
> Chosen judges will have substantially extra votes - sway them over for their support!
JUDGES HAVE BEEN DETHRONED!!! THE POWER IS IN YOUR HANDS!!! Chosen Judges votes are now worth exactly the same as GameJammers' votes!

Remember- Voting is a system meant to encourage creativity and exploration of stuff people have made. Get in there and have fun with it!

Want to Join?
Start brainstorming now! The theme will be revealed just before the EVENT_START_TIME on January 24. This event isn’t about winning but about creating and exploring together. Whether you’re a seasoned scripter or just starting out, every contribution matters and adds to the fun.

Questions?
Come find us and ask in our discord[discord.gg]. Good luck, and happy hacking!

Come get your scripting upgrades... EDIT! We gave EVERY USER a higher baseline of character counts (2000 chars) and a base public script slot. Forever!!

- Added: Supporters now have their bits bonus displayed in `store_list`
- Added: `gui.notifs { userlist: false }` to hide your userlist (for streaming)
- Changed: The client no longer strips quotes and backslashes in JSON-like output returned as strings from scripts
- e.g. `return "\"foo\": \"bar\""` now displays as expected.
- Fixed: Sometimes, server maintenance errors wouldn't be displayed correctly.
- Fixed: Ctrl+Backspace could sometimes enter a character that breaks rendering

Thank you to our ComCODE volunteers and staff for their contributions! `@ActualRemy @chirp @daniel @fayti1703 @ghamb @john @kb @marto @seanmakesgames @spanospy @sudonym @tukib`

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We had an absolute blast watching the chaos unfold. Thank you and congratulations to the community for an incredible show. The takers made off with a solid chunk of change, and a boat load of upgrades!
A sneaky BINMAT update shook things up, and a massive surge of activity spun up the MUD for a fantastic end-of-year PvP raid.

We have put together some highlights for you to watch, and an intrepid investigative journalist has written up an awesome in-game post with quotes from participants and organizers alike. Fire up those clients or kick back and relax while you watch the highlights.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYw3Ex4vMY8

In-game news post: `buffer.overflow read 3efo48`

NOTE: player scripts can potentially be dangerous.
Always check security levels before running unknown scripts

scripts.get_level { name: “buffer.overflow” }

See you next time, in the MUD

Due to demand, and hot-off-the-press, we have created a way for our fans and benefactors to support us in the development of hackmud and carrying out the ComCODE mission. By choosing to become a Supporter of ComCODE, you can directly help us achieve our goal of financial sustainability, so that we can continue to deliver on our mission of teaching technical literacy through complex systems. Find out more about our Supporter Benefits, and how to become a supporter on our Givebutter fundraising campaign[givebutter.com]



Yesterday our community began their coordinated attack on zez for our live community PvP event, The Take! Players heated up the war machine, and brought new players into the attack as people took the first day to get up to speed as zez and marto traded blows. It took a bit to warm up the engine[www.twitch.tv]

It is estimated that somewhere around 70 Trillion GC has been redistributed around the playerbase.

Some incredible developments, more than 62 Trillion GC has left zez’s hands. Watch this INSANE clip[www.twitch.tv] of a 30TGC heist being pulled off in real-time!

232TGC has also gone missing from the user risk, the whereabouts of which are undetermined, and the rumor mill continues to swirl.

Multiple players reported the existence of brand new glam upgrades, the validity of which is still being debated by some players,

All of zez’s previously distributed wealth (which is down approximately 40T at the time of this writing) has been consolidated on a single user, making the attack surface much more focused. Players from the Takers side are expressing that this could be the moment that everyone has been working towards.

We are approaching the halfway point for this PvP event; do the Takers have enough resources to keep the concerted attack going for another ~36 hours? Can they drum up enough support to get the loot?

• Stream the game with our new skins[docs.google.com]
  
• Become a supporter[givebutter.com]
  
• Watch the streams and Share the streams[www.twitch.tv]

`accts.xfer_gc_to` && `accts.xfer_gc_to_caller` will be disabled while sender is connected to an ongoing BINMAT session. Inbound GC is not affected, but calls to `market` and usage of `escrow` will fail during BINMAT sessions.

These changes to BINMAT will go live at ~~=ｔｈｅ ｔａｋｅ=~~ event start time.

See our previous post or FAQ[docs.google.com] for event details.

Come join the action! All skill levels needed!

• Steal as much as we can from the Raid Boss — Zez! (experiment_zezo on corps.top)
  
• Try to land hackmud on the Twitch Trending or Main Page

Recon and Prep starts NOW!

Stream event START
2024/12/27 - 1800 UTC

Event End
2024/12/29 - 2359 UTC

• hackmud rules[hackmud.com]
  
• PvP attacks are allowed in hackmud so the PvP part of this event never starts or stops
  
• “Participants” will be those participating in The Twitch Stream Event
  
• Frequently Asked Questions[docs.google.com]

• Zez’s Loot + Certified Bragging Rights™

• new Streaming QoL features
  
• ComCODE's first foray into PvP balance, with a specific and targeted update - more details to come

- Added: Client notification controls `gui.notifs`, useful for streaming
- Added: Chat pings now respect `gui.quiet` settings
- Changed: retire_user text updated for marks
- Changed: marks scripts now autocolor with `Q`
- Changed: `#edit` with no filename now displays a better error message
- Fixed: The shell would sometimes stop displaying text
- Fixed: The badge and status displays would sometimes stop displaying text
- Fixed: `flush` formats `shell.txt` as a script
- Fixed: Certain script outputs could cause errors during autocoloring

Thank you to our ComCODE volunteers and staff for their contributions! @ActualRemy @ast @chirp @fayti1703 @flora @kb @marto @seanmakesgames @spanospy @sudonym @tukib

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