8000+ people went to /404 in 72 hours. why?

alright, before starting i have a serious question to ask i scored 2104 at ente.com/404 - can you beat me?

just kidding. btw if you do go beyond that, share it in #off-topic - it's pretty hard.

this was supposed to be a simple task. rahul already made an amazing game for hackathon#2. i just needed to make it responsive and put it on /404.

the game dynamics and UI were already solid. people loved it. the laser obstacle, the dino chasing you, all of it.

but we wanted to add SOMETHING MORE. so we decided to store runs and scores. seeing where you rank globally was fun. getting to #1 was the MAJOR focus - it was about the top players.

also, we knew the game was hackable. but i underestimated the impact on legit players.

minutes after releasing v1 on last monday, the high score was 99999. the hack…