Demo Patch notes - 0.8.0

Missions

• 6 side missions in the demo now (up from 3) - freelance jobs from the IRC boards

Tutorial

• Optional pre-mission walkthrough for new campaigns - toggleable at new game

• static DMs you through a few terminal basics (ls, cd, cat, run) before second_hand ever shows up

• Completely skippable if you already know the drill

IRC

• New #lounge channel - ambient NPC conversation. Hang out while you work

• Horizontal tab bar for channel switching

• Chat history persists across saves

• Welcome message on first join

Concurrent Scripts

• Multiple scripts can now run simultaneously in the background

• Background output shows in the new Processes panel with a live spinner

• Output also writes to /var/log/ .log for later review

• Panel slides up from the Files pane and auto-hides when scripts finish

Terminal

• New: neofetch / sysinfo command

• New: credits command

• Tab completion for ssh, browse, and su

• Right-click IPs in the network panel shows "Copy IP" with SSH/browse/probe

• Source panel (browser view source) now supports text selection and right-click

Browser

• Brief loading animation when navigating between pages

Shop

• Purchased software shows INSTALLED, hardware shows OWNED

Settings

• Font size (12-20) now applies to all panes

• Key clicks have natural variation

Theme Generator

• Interactive theme previewer at blackdoor.tools/theme

• Shareable URLs with?seed=coffee

Bug Fixes

• Fixed sleep() not actually pausing the interpreter

• Fixed connect mission objective false-completing when a script called connect() internally

• Log files now use proper formatting

• [quit] button now returns to main menu instead of closing fully

• Fixed exploit where scripts could pause an active trace

• Fixed CPU display getting stuck after scripts finish

• Fixed CPU overload not triggering with multiple scripts

• Fixed local_crack() being instant instead of progressive

• Fixed browser first-line indent

• Fixed font size not applying to IRC, settings modal, and status bar buttons

• Fixed IRC channel tabs getting misaligned when messages arrive

• Fixed mission hints referencing wrong API syntax

• Faster game startup

Behind the Scenes

• Main campaign still being drafted - more acts coming together

• New side missions in progress for the full release

• Late-game mechanics being wired up quietly in the background

• Every polish pass here lands in the full game too - one codebase, same attention

• Launch is still the goal. Thanks for sticking with it.

Been a big time. Hop into the demo and let me know what you think - feedback and bug reports always welcome through the in-game feedback command or on Discord.

• Static Signal