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Terminal Quest
A retro terminal game where you repair a corrupted system.
Terminal Quest - a terminal mystery game. Explore a corrupted system, find hidden files, befriend the digital cat, and restore the grid. Free alpha browser game.
Hey hunters! 👋
I built Terminal Quest a browser-based retro terminal mystery game where you explore a corrupted filesystem, solve puzzles, and uncover a story about a digital cat and a broken grid.
What you'll do:
Navigate a virtual filesystem with ls, cd, cat. Real terminal commands
Befriend a digital cat (feed, pet, talk) to earn trust and fragments
Repair 4 corrupted sectors, then choose your ending: restore rewrite (clean reboot) or restore preserve (glitches sealed in amber)
Play minigames (play crash, play leak), decrypt ciphers (ROT, XOR, Base64, Vigenère), craft items, manage processes
Unlock 6 prestige levels with permanent perks (auto-feed cat, free decoder, 2× process bits, storm immunity, 2× global bits)
Built with: React, Vite, Tailwind
Runs entirely in browser, progress saved to localStorage.
Play free: https://terminal-quest.vercel.app (no install, no account)
I'm actively developing this and open to ideas. What would you like to see next? More cipher types? Multiplayer? A level editor? Let me know in the comments.
I read everything.
Try it and tell me which ending you chose. 🐱💾
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About Terminal Quest on Product Hunt
“A retro terminal game where you repair a corrupted system.”
Terminal Quest was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #84 on the daily leaderboard. Terminal Quest - a terminal mystery game. Explore a corrupted system, find hidden files, befriend the digital cat, and restore the grid. Free alpha browser game.
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