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Secret Republic - Browser-Based Cyber Security RPG

A cyber security RPG that runs in the browser, open-sourced after years of development. In a post-apocalyptic future, players earn their citizenship and work their way into the Republic's networks one mission at a time: point-and-click puzzles across file, email and database servers, with a query language of their own, all built in an in-game mission designer, while skills like cryptography and vulnerability analysis level up. V4 is the mobile-first rewrite on FuelPHP, with an app-like UI and an AI voice that speaks as you play. V3, the older PHP and MySQL version, goes much wider: guilds that declare war on each other, a world of zones and nodes to conquer, servers with upgradable hardware, forums, blogs and an in-game shop.
Player dashboard
Mission: a remote server and its services
Mission: querying a database server
Skills
Knowledge base
Mission designer
PHP Browser game Cyber security Open source

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