Welcome, traveler, to Hack'EM!

The first goal of this project is to become the major successor of SLASH'EM and port it to a modern platform. I chose EvilHack as a base because it's based on 3.6, it's inherently more difficult and contains many Quality-Of-Life features already baked in. See here:

EvilHack also has some challenging aspects that complement SLASH'EM as well as new roles, races, items, monsters, and mechanics.

Bits and pieces from other variants has been added as well: SpliceHack, UnNetHack, SlashTHEM, xNetHack, FIQHack, SporkHack, and slashem-up and SLASHEM9.

Hack'EM is now being hosted on the HardFought server! Visit https://www.hardfought.org/ for details.

To install locally, follow the instructions below

If you on Windows, download the latest binary here: https://github.com/elunna/hackem/releases

• Hack'EM Wiki: https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Hack%27EM
• Hack'EM Frequently Asked Questions: https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Hack%27EM_Frequently_Asked_Questions
• Click here to join #hackem on IRC: https://web.libera.chat/#hackem

Each OS type found under the sys folder has an installation guide for that particular operating system. Pre-compiled binaries (linux and windows) can be found here - https://github.com/elunna/HackEM/releases

For Linux (TL;DR version):

• Dependencies needed: make gcc gdb flex bison libncurses-dev

• From the desired directory, git clone https://github.com/elunna/HackEM

• Navigate to the HackEM/sys/unix folder, then ./setup.sh hints/linux or ./setup.sh hints/linux-debug depending on what you intend to do

  • Using the standard linux hints file assumes running as a normal user, and game folders and files will reside in /home/$USER based on the account used. Invoking sudo should not be necessary

  • Using the linux-debug hints file assumes installing as root, and includes extra CFLAGS for debugging in a development scenario. If you prefer using clang as your compiler and have it installed, see clang-linux-debug as an alternative hints file to use

  • With either hints file, edit the install paths to your liking

• Navigate back to the root HackEM folder, and make all && make install

• Execute the HackEM binary

• In the home directory of the account used to install HackEM, create your rc config file - touch .hackemrc and then edit as necessary

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.