shellshock

Mohamed Zaam systems · security · solutions

a fighting game where every input is a unix command

arcade

climb the box: sh → csh → fish → zsh → root. best of three.

pick a shell to fight.

a dummy, infinite meter, frame data on every hit.

Type a command and press Enter. How long it takes you to type is the move's startup, the basics are one or two keys, specials three, and the super four.
Twelve commands, one job each. Move: cd dash, .. backdash, / jump, ~ jump forward. Fight: ls punch, rm kick, mv throw, bg guard. Specials: scp fireball, top invulnerable uppercut, cat jump-in. Super: sudo once your meter is full.
It's a triangle: attacks beat throws, throws beat guard, guard beats attacks. bg holds until your next command, and only mv gets through it.
Both prompts float above the fighters' heads, live. Read what they're typing and answer it. They're reading yours too.
Pipes are combos: ls | rm. a | b cancels into b on contact, a && b only on a hit, and a ; b waits for a's full recovery. Jump in with cat, or keep piping after it: cat | ls.
Typing while you're stunned or mid-move is fine: Enter queues the command, and it fires the first frame you can act. Queue top while knocked down and that's your reversal.
Ctrl+C clears the line. Grey hints show what you might be typing, but nothing autocompletes, and a typo means command not found and a stagger.