<aside> 💡 The Purpose of this game is to teach basic concepts related to game hacking and security. This is a completely offline game, which means the user has access to the entirety of the program and game controls. This is a great place to start if you are unfamiliar with basic game hacking concepts.
As a result, there will be many ways to potentially get the correct flag for each level, but in this guide there will be a suggested solution path and tips for the purposes of learning. Depending on feedback, after DEFCON this game may be developed into a full game with full tutorial instructions built in to teach many game security concepts.
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<aside> 📌 After solving each level you will be given a flag to put into the CTF scoreboard. These flags will be in the form of: GHCTF{…}. Press “I” to see the flag’s value in your inventory before you move on to a new level.
Your inventory is reset each level, so don’t forget to get your points before moving on!
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These tips and hints are to help guide those newer to game security into possible solutions for how these levels are intended to be solved.
<aside> ❓ Are you getting a Base64 string instead of a “GHCTF flag?
Try refreshing your inventory a couple of times with the “i” key
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