Each minigame is timed, and if it isn't beaten until the time is up, the player either loses a random number of days due to the hacker temporarily blocking them out of their computer, or lose their notes. There are three types of hacks DOS hacks, Kernel hacks, and V.A.P.E hacks. Hacks are quite frequent, and are signaled once the whole screen is flooded with green corruption and a digital skull avatar appears, menacingly cackling. Hacking is a mechanic in Welcome to the Game where anonymous hackers frequently try to invade the player's computer, activating a minigame where they can potentially block the hack. The cackling skull that begins the hacking minigames.
