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@austinmalick9 on IT Simulator · about 1 month ago

I built SYSADMIN_SYS (v1.1.0), an interactive, open-source terminal simulation game designed to test and sharpen IT troubleshooting skills by dropping players into a terminal where they must diagnose and resolve critical technical tickets across Linux Bash, Windows PowerShell, or macOS Zsh. I originally planned to build an AI text-to-3D model generator using OpenSCAD code, but when the language models kept hallucinating geometry math and outputting broken blocks, I pivoted to a simpler first project. This is a frontend game engine powered by native JavaScript string matching and local storage. I am proud of the command-line parsing layer and the dynamic local leaderboards that track top completion speeds uniquely for each OS and level configuration. If you want to test the app and speed-run the rankings, just click initialize, use the diagnose command to pull up system log errors, and type help if you need to review the valid baseline utility directory maps to fix the underlying fault!

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@austinmalick9 on IT Simulator · about 1 month ago

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SYSADMIN_SYS (v1.1.0), a frontend IT support simulation built from scratch using pure HTML, Tailwind CSS, and vanilla JavaScript. The app drops players into a retro green CRT monitor terminal where they choose a target operating system (Linux Bash, Windows PowerShell, or macOS Zsh) and solve 9 unique, realistic trouble tickets. Instead of clicking multiple-choice options, players must use an authentic command-line workflow: typing diagnose to scan system logs, isolating faults like rogue mining PIDs or unallocated network interfaces, and executing the exact syntax-correct administration scripts to fix the system. I wrote custom string parsers to validate user inputs and implemented a localized leaderboard using localStorage to track performance speedruns across every difficulty tier. The code is 100% open-source, dependency-free, and pushed to GitHub!

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@austinmalick9 on IT Simulator · about 1 month ago

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Hello,
My name is Austin and I am currently a student enrolled at my local Technical High School. I am currently working on my new game. It is a Simulator based game. It is called IT Simulator. The goal of the game is to see how long it takes you to identify the problem, then find a solution to the problem. You can choose the level you want (Difficulty) and the Target Architecture (OS).
Currently this is all that the game has. The game has its main index.html file. This is the default home page to my game. Hopefully tomorrows devlog can include one of the levels and I can show you all the game working. Thanks for your support!