"Sometimes, the bugs aren’t just in your code… they’re watching you."

Welcome to 404: The Missing Coder — an eerie, browser-based horror game that plays out right inside your GitHub profile.

You wake up in a broken codebase, haunted by a ghostly AI known only as ShyGuy. The commits are corrupted. The README speaks in riddles. Can you debug your way out before the repo pulls you in forever?

1. Clone or open the game on GitHub Pages
   👉 Play it now (or if you dare, download and run it locally)

2. Use your keyboard
   Navigate through a haunted terminal, solve cryptic coding puzzles, and follow eerie hints scattered across glitching files.

3. Explore the repo
   Strange clues are hidden inside the commit history, branches, and even this very README.md. 🩸

• 🧠 Interactive puzzles that test your logic and nerves
• 🪦 Creepy ASCII art and haunted commit messages
• 🎧 Ambient audio to set the chilling tone
• 🧩 Secrets hidden in branches, PRs, and issues
• 🫣 Easter eggs that unlock alternate endings
• 💻 100% playable in-browser — no installs needed

ShyGuy was a brilliant coder... until he vanished while debugging a cursed compiler. Now, he haunts the terminal, hunting anyone who dares run his final repo. His ghost injects bugs, whispers corrupted comments, and waits for a new "contributor"...

• May cause keyboard paranoia, sudden chills, and existential debugging crises.
• Do not delete the main branch. It’s... watching.

Fork the repo and add:

• New cursed levels or rooms
• Glitched puzzles or corrupted functions
• Dark secrets hidden in new branches

But beware... every commit feeds him.

MIT – You’re free to escape… if you can.

“In the end, it's not the code that breaks you… it's what stares back when you open the terminal.”

🧟‍♂️ Created with fear by ShyGuy
🎮 Built with HTML, CSS, JS — no libraries, just raw terror