Show HN: Fatal Core Dump – A debugging murder mystery played with GDB

4 days ago

The story is set in a future where liability laws for software defects have changed after a past devastation.
Players take on the role of a neutral arbiter investigating an airlock failure on the asteroid mining station Apate.
The game, 'Fatal Core Dump', is an interactive mystery requiring debugging of a real binary application to determine the cause of failure.
Players need knowledge of debugging tools and techniques, but assistance is provided for beginners.
A web VM is available for players who don't want to install tools on their PC.
The project uses real code compiled for a real system, with no hidden information in the HTML.
Spoilers can be found by looking at the page source, but are discouraged.
There are options to skip set dressing and go straight to the code and debug artifacts.
A spoiler-filled walkthrough of the game's creation process is available at the provided link.

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