🕵️‍♂️ Blackmail.exe

In a city that never sleeps and always watches, you're the ghost in the machine.

Welcome to Blackmail.exe, a roguelike puzzle game where you eavesdrop on a surveillance-soaked world, package secrets into profitable scandals, and sell them to the highest bidder—before the system finds you.

Your terminal is your weapon.
You are a freelance hacker-for-hire, and business is booming.

🎮 Gameplay Loop

🛰️ SNOOP

Intercept a stream of chat logs, phone calls, and data files.
Each piece of gossip is a card with a suit
(💘 Romance, 💼 Finance, 🧠 Politics, etc.)
and a type (Common, Bombshell, Deepfake).

🗂️ COLLECT

Combine related clues into powerful blackmail dossiers.
Create combos like a Pair of corporate secrets or a Full Leak of political corruption —
inspired by combo-building games like Balatro.

💰 CASH OUT

Sell your dossiers to meet your round’s cash quota.
The bigger the scandal, the higher the payout.

⚠️ EVADE

Every action raises your trace level.
Powerful evidence and bigger combos attract the authorities faster.
If your trace hits 100%, the run is over.

Do you cash out now and lie low — or risk it all for one more big score?

🔮 UPGRADE

Between runs, use your earnings to buy Charms — persistent upgrades that modify your next hack.
Examples:

• 🕶️ VPN Mask – Clears a portion of your trace.

• 💘 Love Magnet – Increases chance of romantic scandals.

💻 Tone & Style

With a neon-noir terminal UI, the hiss of modem whines, and the frantic click of your keyboard, the mood is cynical, satirical, and tense.

You’re not a hero — you’re just profiting from everyone’s dirty laundry.

Can you survive in the data stream,
or will you become just another ghost in the system?