12-2-2018
I've been an enormous fan of the HTML5 game Browserquest built by Little Workshop ever since I discovered it, but if you haven't noticed, browserquest.mozilla.com has been down for quite some time with no signs of going back up. So... I found the app version of the game, modified by Mads & Peter Sandberg Brun, off the Windows store and proceeded to hack it.
Here's how I hacked the browserquest app https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/browserquest/9wzdncrfhvl1
Travel to C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Packages. Then open the folder that has 'browserquest' in it somewhere.
Open the settings folder and open the file 'settings.dat' in a hex editor. I use HxD. If you don't know how to use a hex editor, now would be a good time to look that up :)
Anyway, the settings file is basically the save file. It stores data like localStorage did on the original.
Now if you scroll down in settings.dat, you will see the string that was in localStorage on original Browserquest:
"hasAlreadyPlayed":true,"player":{"name":"username","weapon":"sword1","armor":"clotharmor"} Or something to that effect.
Now you can change your armor and weapon to any enemy or npc in the game, like 'goblin,' 'boss,' or one of my favorites: 'lavanpc.' Make sure you leave a null byte (00) in between each character!
If you increase the size of the file by even one byte, the game will probably reset the save (it was a bit finicky), so I recommend deleting the excessivly long base64 image string.
I uploaded an example settings.dat file to get you started, but do be warned that your name will be 'script kiddie' until you figure out how to do it yourself :p Look up script kiddie on the internet if you don't know what it means.
Delete the settings.dat file in appdata and replace it with this example one (extract it from the zip) if you're having trouble
(because hex editing is difficult w/o practice) http://cartoonvideosandtips.coffeecup.com/bq/settings.zip
Please don't be mean to other players while hacking. We're all just trying to have a good time!