Hacktivate User Reviews

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Toolbox의 Input에 직접적인 수정을 가해도 그게 제대로 반영이 안됩니다.

Wow

This is exactly what has been needed for so long. Very well done.

Great way to keep up training

This app is a great way to dust off your cybersecurity learnings and have a little fun along the way

Suggestion

Its a good app, but ,, I'd like to add multilingual settings so that the interface supports other languages, including Chinese. This would make the app more popular worldwide.

Fun

Fun

A MUST-HAVE!

I haven’t even finished the tutorials yet and I want to give a review! This is awesome! I will definitely be unlocking the rest of this game. I love games like this — and there are not enough of them. I want this game to be successful and by proxy, the developer — Please continue to develop this game and more games like it. I can tell that this was a serious labor of love. You have gold here, and I fully support your success. Thank you.
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Response from developer

Thank you for writing this delightful review! Hacktivate was indeed a labor of love for me – I had an absolute blast designing the various challenges so they provided lots of variety for players (and taught real techniques rather than fake, “hand-wavy” computer science!), making sure they fitted into different themes across the regions, and also injecting bits of fun into them – you have no idea how many domain names I bought while I was making the game, so that folks who were curious about Hacktivate Radio, Goat Stare, and similar would not be disappointed 😅 Thank you for playing Hacktivate – I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🙌

Very fun

Great but why is it paid I really wanted to play more 😭

LOVE IT

I have been thoroughly enjoying this app
My only complaint is the app crashes when I click the “get more hints options”
apart from that I love it

Like the game, not the music

Love the game, but to turn the music off, you must skip the tutorial for the Settings option to appear. This is not very obvious and it would be better if the Settings were available through the menu bar as well.

Response from developer

Hello! I’m glad you’re enjoying the game. Thank you for your suggestion – the latest Hacktivate update adds a second Settings button during the tutorial, as requested. I hope this helps!

Really nice

I saw that app suggested and I’ve completed the tutorial in one seating! Wow that it’s so nice because you learn and at the same time you’re having fun. Great game for geek who love computer stuff.

Like the game, not the music

I’ve liked the game so far, but I really, really wish there was a way to turn off the music. I’d prefer to listen to something else while I play.

Awesome Puzzle Challenge

I used to compete with Cyber Skyline challenges and since graduating I miss completing cyber challenges without having to compete in a full CTF. This is exactly what I am looking for. One thing though, I played around with the hints and while clicking “get more hints” it crashes the app immediately and I am not able to get any more hints.
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Clever Crypto Challenges

Brilliantly addictive challenges that combine teaching cryptography and computer science with those wonderful “a ha!” moments.

Can’t hear music

I was on the waitlist for this app, and it finally launched! While I was playing, I got to tutorial two: elevator music needs to be listened to, but deaf people can’t hear it at all. It would be fantastic if there were captions added to make it more accessible. Once the issue is fixed, I might will update stars. Thanks!
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Amazing! But a bit pricey.

Hi Paul! First, congrats on putting out a novel, entertaining, and educative game! It really shows all the dedication. Having said that, I feel like the price might be too steep. For every person buying it at $20 there could have been 10 people buying it at $10 or 50 at $5. I understand you have to make a living (and you should, and keep developing new things!!) but I feel you probably would get way more purchases if the price was lower. My 2 cents. Thanks again for building this!
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A wonderful game (oh… and an opportunity to learn, too!)

Really enjoying this game. The storyline and puzzles have been very enjoyable. There was clearly a lot of thought and design consideration in creating the game mechanics. The “tools” provided to assist in problem solving are stellar… the wide diversity of tools, the open ended coding tools, the interactivity… it’s all excellent.
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Very fun!

Would love to be able to accordion collapse elements of the recipe. Playing on phone means I have to scroll a lot if upstream recipe item has an effect on a downstream output.

Keep up the good work!

Great brain teaser!

Since my original review (below), the app has been updated many times and now this concern is well addressed via the in-game quiz.

It strikes a good balance of free hints without being a rollover. I highly still saving them for when you need.

Would now highly recommend this as a way to learn more about hacking and puzzle solving.



Been enjoying the challenges in this app. Would like to rate more highly, but more than a little perturbed hints cost extra money.

If this is an educational game aimed at people starting out, why the need to charge extra on top of the £££ for the base game?
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Engaging, Addictive, Absorbing, Fun

If you enjoy cryptography then this game will give you something to think about.

If you are like me and knew very little about cryptography other than having watched the move “The Imitation Game” then this game will open up a world of intrigue.

There are heaps of challenges differing in difficulty. Some trivial and others tough. There are hints available to point you in the right direction but as you might expect they need to be purchased although you do get a parcel of them free initially.

Go get it. You wont be disappointed.
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Intelligent game

Fun and challenging puzzle games. The tutorials plus the first mission was free but in app purchase was required to continue with the hundreds of other puzzles. Thanks Paul, great fun for programmers.