Happy November! Listen to this month's episode below or read the transcript online.

We cover a bunch of fun things:

• Our ongoing community survey over at futureproofgames.com/2019survey! Help spread the word and get the survey out to folks you know. Taking the survey gets you a copy ...

In writing for Exploit: Zero Day, we need to have characters using hacking techniques that aren't too far off what we think is possible. Thing is, neither of us are (or have ever been) hackers.

I (Melissa), however, have some specific sources I use to seed ideas for tactics characters might use: cybersecurity news.

It sounds boring, like reading dry academic papers of new tweaks on cryptographic techniques. Or ho-hum, like yet another hospital attacked with ransomware.

But not only are there some unusual events going on, there are also witty commentary, well-crafted journalism, and surprisingly science fictiony techniques at play. It's pretty fascinating to keep up on, even if you aren't specifically writing in the cyberpunk genre.

So here's where I get my news in a pretty low-key way:

We’ve updated  Exploit: Zero Day  to 0.47.0 as part of the "Acid Burn" release. Changes include:

• System cost is now updated in real-time when adding linked nodes (original report)
• Systems should no longer overlap the edit toolbar at maximum size (original report)
• Jobs can now have disqualifying ...

We're back in action! Listen to this month's episode below or read the transcript online.

We cover a few topics:

• Our community survey is out! It's the first time we've done a wide push to get advice and feedback of this sort, and we appreciate everyone ...

We’ve updated  Exploit: Zero Day  to 0.46.0 as part of the "Acid Burn" release. Changes include:

• The homepage will now showcase some publicly available systems! Even if you don't have an account yet, you can play them.
• The cluster and system lists now show creators' names ...

We've just released an update to Exploit: Zero Day as part of the now ongoing "Acid Burn" release. Changes include:

• You can now replay puzzle solutions. When you play a puzzle, your solutions will be listed below it. Clicking one will take you to a screen where you can ...

With our opening of Exploit: Zero Day's alpha test, we're making progress toward having the game fulfill our complete vision for it. Here's an updated roadmap to the work we have planned over the next year, broken up into our named releases.

This work will happen in ...

We're back with a regular episode! Listen to this month's episode below or read the transcript online.

We talk about:

• The Exploit: Zero Day open alpha!
• A couple of fun bits of drama around the release
• LOWREZJAM 2019, our 3rd quarter game jam

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Exploit: Zero Day is now available as a free, open alpha to anyone who registers at exploitzeroday.com. Our web game with living story about social justice hacktivism comes with a season of free story for everyone, as well as the ability to make and share puzzles that represent servers ...

This is our final user-facing feature in Exploit: Zero Day before we open to the public tomorrow.

It's a crucial feature, but a short change list:

• Add ability for players to block each other: If someone is being abusive, report them to us using the report feature on the ...