This text adventure, loosely inspired by titles such as ZORK, Adventure and Suspended from the 70s and 80s, was built for the Powershell toolmaking training, part of the APT Masterclass|FORGE. programme. Because who said training has to be predictable and off the shelf?

In this adventure you type commands in natural language (within reason, of course). To change location use GO TO ..., ENTER THE ... or the points of the compass, for example GO NORTH or simply NORTH. If there are objects lying around, you can sometimes pick them up (TAKE/PICK UP ...). To see what you are carrying, try INVENTORY or WHAT DO I HAVE; EXAMINE/WHAT IS ... tells you more about an object. Things you carry can be taken into your hand (HOLD/GRAB ...) so you can use what they offer — reading texts on the smartphone, say, or scanning and cloning a card with the Proxmark.

Technically: the game logic and the API are written in Powershell (yes, really) and served by nginx. The frontend is a quick bit of jQuery with jQueryUI and jQuery Terminal.

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