[SteemPacman] Steem Pacman Now Open Source And Better!

Image courtesy of Hive account@inquiringtimes

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Steem Pacman

Recently I released Steem Pacman. The game immediately drew a lot of attention and traffic. Users have received over 20 STEEM in rewards from simply playing Pacman!!!!!

One notable user, Hive account@frankk, took it upon himself to execute a penetration test on the game. I am glad he did, because I did not spend very much time ensuring the security of the game as it is a simple proof of concept. However, frankk showed me he was able to manipulate the leaderboard, and thus, get unearned rewards!

Here's frankk enjoying his well deserved leaderboard placement.

After I was informed of the vulnerability, I went ahead and addressed it by rewriting the engine that is serving the game to the user. Instead of being entirely client side, I have added a server engine, a template processor, and some more security checks.

Built With

• NodeJS
• Express
• SteemJS

How To Play

• Go to https://pacman.steemliberator.com
• Click the game and start playing
• Save your highscore (use a valid Steem username)
• Profit!

How To Contribute

• Fork the repo at https://github.com/netuoso/pacman-steem
• Make a feature branch
• Add your code and push to your branch
• Submit a Pull Request
• Provide ample details

Links

• Pacman Website
• Pacman Repo

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Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors

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