200 points · 1 submission
with Zed
Code Noir is a browser-based noir detective game where the crime scene is a developer's codebase. Players solve a murder by investigating real syntax-highlighted code files, running terminal commands, tracing blockchain transactions, and unlocking the victim's phone — every clue is a real security vulnerability developers face daily, from hardcoded secrets to malicious npm scripts. ElevenLabs voices every character — a cinematic narrator reacts to each file opened, suspects have distinct voices during interrogation, and an anonymous caller interrupts mid-investigation with a distorted warning. Built entirely in Zed — the game recreates its editor aesthetic as the full game world. File tree, syntax highlighting, working terminal. Players never leave the developer environment, which makes the moment they realize a murder happened inside their own tools genuinely unsettling.
Submitted 29 Apr 2026