EXORCIST.EXE: The Ghost in the Machine — An Air-Gapped Cyber-Noir OS Murder Mystery Game

Description and use

EXORCIST.EXE is a fully offline, local‑AI powered cyber‑noir forensic game where players investigate real OS artifacts, interrogate daemon suspects, and exorcise a ghost process via terminal command.

Problem

Create an interactive forensic investigation game that runs entirely offline with local open‑weight AI, avoiding cloud telemetry while providing realistic OS‑level evidence and interrogation mechanics.

Outcome

The game demonstrates that a fully offline, local‑AI powered forensic investigation can be built with realistic OS artifacts, dynamic interrogation, and a terminal exorcism mechanic, all without cloud telemetry.

Workflow

• 1. Load the web demo or CLI; the game runs client‑side with no cloud calls.
• 2. Inspect forensic artifacts such as /var/log/syslog, core.dump, netstat output, and cgroup listings.
• 3. Interrogate detained daemons (systemd, GarbageCollector, CronDaemon, Daemon 666) using real‑time tension gauges and CRT glitch effects.
• 4. Compile evidence, file an indictment, identify the exploit mechanism.
• 5. Execute terminal exorcism command (kill -9 666) to exorcise the ghost process and save the kernel.

Evidence

EXORCIST.EXE is an interactive, atmospheric Cyber‑Noir Digital Forensics & Murder Mystery Game powered entirely by open‑weight AI running 100% locally and offline.

Source

Zero Setup Required: The web demo runs 100% client‑side with zero wait times, no credit card, and zero cloud API keys.

Source

The game integrates locally with Ollama using Google's Gemma 2 (gemma2:2b) and Meta's Llama 3.2 (llama3.2:3b).

Source