Daemon Ex Machina

You are a humble IT worker about to begin a late-night system update. Little do you know... you're evening isn't going to be as quiet as you planned.

In this small-scale adventure, you'll have to contend with Daemon. A hacker who's taken over a company computer. Once he's unleashed, it's a race to push him out of the network by updating all workstations in the building before he can infect them. 

If he infects them all, you're out of a job and your computer will be c̵̢̩̰̖̫͔̻̳͈̲͒̽̐͂̔͋̌̌̌͜͜ö̶̡̡̠̖̫̭̰̙̣̭͍̺͚̪̹͎͖̝̙̥̺̩̝͕̜̭̘̖̻́̽͋͐̆̓̍͒̎̕͝ṟ̷̡̢̡̛̲̻̟̝̟̞̰͉̪͖̗̺̖̦̣̦̐̈́́̍̄̽̅̿̽͆̅̐̿͛̐̎̾̃̑͂͋̎͂̓̀̚̕͝r̵̝̻̱̲̼̮̗͍̪͔͎̝͗̓̑͗͑̀̐̀̉̕͝ų̸̧̡̛̹̙̤̘̤͇̤͈̙͙̗̬̦͔̐̀͆̅̀́̓̈́̀͒͐̕͠p̶̡̧̧͈͈͖͚͙̪͚͚̫͕̪̝̑̈́͗̏̈́̾̆́̇̆͑͗͊̌̓̈́̚͜͝͝͝͝ͅͅt̸͔͔̍̀̊̒̍̈́̀́͂̈́̔͐͑͐̂̎͋̏̚͝ę̷̧̡̗̩̝̖̭̖̼̬̮̗͙̙̬͚̣̤̫̩̳̊̅̓͗͌͂̈́͌͊́̋̕ď̵̨̡̛̛̗̟̻̳͓͙̙͉̘͇̣̻̹̖͔̪̐̓̆̄̌̃̓̇́̎̒̀̐̐͌͂͘̚͘͝.

What strange email did the receptionist click on now?

Play Instructions:

• Get inside.
• Update all workstations.
• Clean any c̸̡̛̤͇̗͕̐̓̅̎̍̑̌̓̈̓̃̓̚ơ̶̗͋̄̀̈́̂̀̐̽̎̀̿͐͛̓̆̚͠r̸̢̗̼͍͈̠͚͎̝̺̗̹̙̼͇̞̲̭̰̮͎̗̩̹͉͚̰͓̝̝͌̆̆̎̉̒̂̐r̸̡̧̢͖̬͔͙̤͙̩̣̣̙̟̪̤̹̠̲̽͌̈́̀̒̇͋͊̐̅͛ͅu̷̡̨̨̡̨̧̻͍͈̼̻̖̘͎͖̳͔̠͉͕͒͐̔̋̓̓̃̌̈́̀͂͊͆͛͐̈́͒͗̉͐͊͐̓̔̓̒̚͘̚ͅp̶̡̛͈̙̳̺͕̫͎͙̤̭͙̮͚͕̻͒̉̇̍̀͒͛̎̊̔̃͗͊͜͜͝ͅͅͅt̶̢̨̫̩̗̱͖̫̤̰̝̩̲̮̯̯͓͊̂̀̈́͒̀̚ͅe̸͖̒̾̎̋͝͠͝d̴̢͍̖̮̖̤̰͚̗̳̥̟͋ workstations.
• Can't get through a locked door? There is a key somewhere. 
• Go back home.

Movement: WASD Interaction: 'E'

Setup Instructions:

• Unzip the folder
• Run 'Daemon Ex Machina.exe'

Additional Note:

If you have any questions or bugs to report, please mention them in the comments below. I'll do my best to answer them. Bug fixes will be forthcoming after the submission period.

Known Bug(s)

• Sometimes a prompt will show a red "x" to indicate you can't do something. If you've completed your objectives or found the correct key, then just try to interact anyway. It will probably work.
• The double-doors don't update their prompts correctly. One will show "Unlock" the other will show a red "x, missing key". Just unlock either door and both will swing open for you.
• The van's interaction range is based on the center of the van. Just stand closer to the middle, and the interaction will work.
• With my humblest apologies, the cursor is locked on the end screens for an unknown reason.  You'll need to close the app in one of the following ways:
  • Alt+F4
  • Alt+Tab to a different app, then close the game
  • Press the "Start" key on your keyboard to change focus, then close the game
  • End the task through task manager.