starburst997 / exapunks

My solutions to EXAPUNKS by Zachtronics and a file format parser to auto-generate this repo

The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.

EXAPUNKS

My solutions to the game EXAPUNKS by Zachtronics in which you need to solve puzzles by writing tiny programs in an assembly-like language.

Missing the bonus campaign and achievements (didn't even knew there was any!), might add them eventually, I had so much fun! Will have to play other Zachtronics games as well.

There is no earth-shattering records here, I was playing for fun, aiming to get the less cycles. My solution to the last challenge is particulary bad (and interesting!) but I wanted to finish the game (might revisit it someday).

Also include a quick .solution (game's file format) parser to auto-generate this repo.

Each of the solutions also include the auto-generated GIFs as well

Zines

• Issue #1 (language reference starts at page 14)
• Issue #2

Solutions

Level	Cycles	Size	Activity
1: Trash World News (Tutorial 1)	4	3	2
2: Trash World News (Tutorial 2)	7	6	2
3: Trash World News (Tutorial 3)	11	12	4
4: Trash World News (Tutorial 4)	308	11	2
5: Euclid's Pizza (Order System)	13	14	1
6: Mitsuzen HDI-10 (Left Arm)	241	23	6
7: Last Stop Snaxnet (Factory 11)	31	11	2
8: Zebros Copies (Point-Of-Sale System)	101	24	4
9: SFCTA Highway Sign #4902 (Remote Access Interface)	167	11	1
10: Unknown Network 1 (Unknown Context)	31	22	27
11: UC Berkeley (EECS Department)	165	48	7
12: Workhouse (Work Management System)	523	28	2
13: Equity First Bank (San Fancisco)	4024	17	10
14: Mitsuzen HDI-10 (Heart)	119	32	7
15: Trash World News (Unknown Context)	568	26	4
16: TEC Redshift (Development Kit)	7943	26	4
17: Digital Library Project (Patron Access System)	1489	50	37
18: TEC EXA-Blaster Modem (Radio Stations)	874	57	18
19: Emerson's Guide (Streetsmarts GIS Database)	53	52	6
20: Mitsuzen HDI-10 (Left Hand)	69	54	19
21: Sawayama Wonderdisc (Drive Controller)	8294	58	124
22: Alliance Power and Light (Streetsmarts GIS Database)	44	45	44
23: Xtreme League Baseball (Player Database)	294	70	24
24: King's Ransom Online (US West Realm)	110	49	39
25: KGOG-TV (Satellite Uplink)	502	79	6
26: Equity First Bank (San Francisco (ATMs Offline)	113	52	6
27: TEC EXA-Blaster Modem (Dataphone Network)	1151	71	9
28: Last Stop Snaxnet (Warehouse 27)	301	98	30
29: Mitsuzen HDI-10 (Visual Cortex)	1878	41	359
30: Holman Dynamics (Sales System)	4459	119	7
31: US Government (Fema Genetic Database)	999	131	71
32: Unknown Network 2 (Unknown Context)	243	55	53
33: TEC EXA-Blaster Modem (Pager Network)	638	62	29
34: Mitsuzen HDI-10 (Cerebral Cortex)	8124	148	266

Battle	Wins	Draws	Losses	Rating
1: KGOG-TV (Programming Hub)	100	0	0	S+
2: Valhalla (=Plastered)	100	0	0	S+
3: Deadlock's Domain (Deadlock)	100	0	0	S+
4: The Wormhole (X10X10X)	95	0	5	S
5: Aberdeen (selenium_wolf)	94	0	6	A

Save files location

Gamepass PC:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\58020AllianceMetaversalSt.EXAPUNKS_j78hpz8e66gfw\SystemAppData\xgs\0009000000DE7310_00000000000000000000000065287F60\all

Windows:

%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\EXAPUNKS\<user-id>\

Mac:

$HOME/Library/Application Support/EXAPUNKS/<user-id>/

Linux:

~/.local/share/EXAPUNKS/<user-id>/

TODO

• Generate circa 1997 geocities static html pages
• Achievements
• Bonus Levels
• Nonograms