Hacker Evolution

Hacker Evolution and its sequel, Hacker Evolution: Untold, are hacking games by exosyphen studios. They are a Spiritual Successor to Uplink except with less of a Wide Open Sandbox and more of a tighter focus on storytelling. The second game is notable for having customizable map pictures for each mission, so that the game can simulate hacking individual devices in a single building and what not.

A third, RTS-esque game, Hacker Evolution: Duality has recently been released.

This game series provides examples of the following tropes:


 * A.I. Is a Crapshoot: The main plot of both games
 * Disproportionate Retribution:
 * Fighting a Shadow:
 * Gone Horribly Right: In Hacker Evolution: Untold, Xenti's AI was originally supposed to be an automatic marketing tool. It starts killing people who are resistant to marketing
 * It's Personal: John in the second game
 * Kick the Dog: John in the second game
 * The Singularity: The plot of the second game.
 * Temporal Paradox: The first game involves informational time travel.