Code & Chrome

FROM circuit_breaker:stable

Welcome to the neon-soaked Sprawl, where megacorps rule and you survive in the cracks. Code & Chrome is a cyberpunk tabletop RPG built on the Lasers & Feelings engine—but presented like a Docker container you can hack, fork, and deploy.

What's Inside This Container

• Simple but deep mechanics: Roll CODE (2-3) for hacking and analysis, CHROME (4-5) for combat and instinct
• Cyberware stress system: Your chrome makes you powerful but inhuman—push too hard and pay the price
• Corporate heat tracking: Every job draws attention. Stay quiet or face the consequences
• The Net: Dive into cyberspace with expanded hacking rules and digital dangers
• Faction reputation: Navigate the politics of corps, gangs, and rebels
• Mission generator: Random tables to create jobs on the fly
• Example play: See it all in action with Ghostwire's datasteal gone wrong

Docker-Style Design

This isn't just themed—it's built like hackable code. The entire rulebook is presented as a Dockerfile you can read, understand, and modify. Each rule is a layer you can swap out. Don't like the stress system? Comment it out. Want different cyberware? Fork it and add your own.

This is open source gaming. Built for hackers, by hackers.

Ready to Deploy?

• Players: 2-5 cyberpunk outcasts
• Time: 2-4 hours per job
• Prep: Minimal—the generators do the work
• Complexity: Learn in 5 minutes, play for years

Perfect for one-shots or campaigns. Whether you're extracting corporate assets or just trying to survive another night in the Sprawl.

License: Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
Base System: Lasers & Feelings by John Harper
Docker Metaphor: Because everything is code, even the rules

Fork Your Own Reality

Code & Chrome is just one implementation of this hackable approach. The Docker metaphor isn't just aesthetic—it's a design philosophy. What happens when you apply the same systematic thinking to other tired genres?

Possible forks:

• FROM grove_steel:latest → Fantasy with cultural complexity instead of race-as-class
• FROM void_flame:stable → Space opera where technology and mysticism intersect
• FROM silk_thunder:edge → Wuxia where honor and rebellion create mechanical tension
• FROM ink_bone:experimental → Horror that makes fear a collaborative currency

Each genre's assumptions become layers you can replace. Don't like how cyberpunk handles corporate oppression? Swap in your own economic system. Want magic that actually feels magical? Replace the Net layer with something stranger.

The question isn't "what game do you want to play?" It's "what reality do you want to fork?"

git clone https://your-table.local/code-chrome.git
cd cyberpunk-nights
./run.sh --players=4 --job=extract --heat=rising
# Or build your own: cp code-chrome.dockerfile your-genre.dockerfile
# Edit, commit, deploy your vision 

One last job, then you're out. Or so you hope.