Dale Shackleford
@hamnesiac.bsky.social
I cannot tell you a bit about myself, because I am dead.
...ok
working so slowly on my own old school MMO
star trek linux C++ nba dwarf fortress piano
am dada archaeology degree
fuck: maga, AI
...ok
working so slowly on my own old school MMO
star trek linux C++ nba dwarf fortress piano
am dada archaeology degree
fuck: maga, AI
I had it open today and actually worked on other player puppetry for solo network testing. Also conceptualized an easy faux 3D client for the 2D server.
Did that... then brain > mush. But there is still a heartbeat to my solo MMO project.
Did that... then brain > mush. But there is still a heartbeat to my solo MMO project.
February 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I had it open today and actually worked on other player puppetry for solo network testing. Also conceptualized an easy faux 3D client for the 2D server.
Did that... then brain > mush. But there is still a heartbeat to my solo MMO project.
Did that... then brain > mush. But there is still a heartbeat to my solo MMO project.
TIL the eye doctor lobby (politics) is as insidious as insurance
February 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM
TIL the eye doctor lobby (politics) is as insidious as insurance
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January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Started a new #dwarffortress, The Wire, of Baldarmor the West.
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Started a new #dwarffortress, The Wire, of Baldarmor the West.
stolen from insta because I relate:
how tf has my 1 year old been around for three years
how tf has my 1 year old been around for three years
January 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
stolen from insta because I relate:
how tf has my 1 year old been around for three years
how tf has my 1 year old been around for three years
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wiring up more database interactions on the client and server side today.
December 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
wiring up more database interactions on the client and server side today.
I might get some code done today.
I might end up writing my own simple database for objects.
I am so close to the breakthrough moment of "net sync works," (and is somewhat efficient).
I just need one session. Secure, uninterrupted sessions are so rare.
I might end up writing my own simple database for objects.
I am so close to the breakthrough moment of "net sync works," (and is somewhat efficient).
I just need one session. Secure, uninterrupted sessions are so rare.
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I might get some code done today.
I might end up writing my own simple database for objects.
I am so close to the breakthrough moment of "net sync works," (and is somewhat efficient).
I just need one session. Secure, uninterrupted sessions are so rare.
I might end up writing my own simple database for objects.
I am so close to the breakthrough moment of "net sync works," (and is somewhat efficient).
I just need one session. Secure, uninterrupted sessions are so rare.
the holiday break should give me time to code.
wrapping 270 days of stay at home dad, tomorrow.
then 2 weeks of lesser responsibility... then 90 more days... *then* I'll have a 2 year-old...
wrapping 270 days of stay at home dad, tomorrow.
then 2 weeks of lesser responsibility... then 90 more days... *then* I'll have a 2 year-old...
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
the holiday break should give me time to code.
wrapping 270 days of stay at home dad, tomorrow.
then 2 weeks of lesser responsibility... then 90 more days... *then* I'll have a 2 year-old...
wrapping 270 days of stay at home dad, tomorrow.
then 2 weeks of lesser responsibility... then 90 more days... *then* I'll have a 2 year-old...
Yes, I worked on code today.
I started connecting the sqlite database to things, I started work on a clientside login screen.
The client will soon be asking the server to show the location of every thing nearby, except "me."
Testing this alone gets tricky. Not a net wiz, have 3 machines/IPs.
I started connecting the sqlite database to things, I started work on a clientside login screen.
The client will soon be asking the server to show the location of every thing nearby, except "me."
Testing this alone gets tricky. Not a net wiz, have 3 machines/IPs.
December 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Yes, I worked on code today.
I started connecting the sqlite database to things, I started work on a clientside login screen.
The client will soon be asking the server to show the location of every thing nearby, except "me."
Testing this alone gets tricky. Not a net wiz, have 3 machines/IPs.
I started connecting the sqlite database to things, I started work on a clientside login screen.
The client will soon be asking the server to show the location of every thing nearby, except "me."
Testing this alone gets tricky. Not a net wiz, have 3 machines/IPs.
#gamedev
I was lucky to have gotten to work with an open source MMO Engine for almost a decade, studying, upgrading, and administering it live. 250k lines of code.
This is how I know what I am doing now, in creating my own.
I'm not bound by the constraints of emulation or IP, anymore.
I was lucky to have gotten to work with an open source MMO Engine for almost a decade, studying, upgrading, and administering it live. 250k lines of code.
This is how I know what I am doing now, in creating my own.
I'm not bound by the constraints of emulation or IP, anymore.
December 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#gamedev
I was lucky to have gotten to work with an open source MMO Engine for almost a decade, studying, upgrading, and administering it live. 250k lines of code.
This is how I know what I am doing now, in creating my own.
I'm not bound by the constraints of emulation or IP, anymore.
I was lucky to have gotten to work with an open source MMO Engine for almost a decade, studying, upgrading, and administering it live. 250k lines of code.
This is how I know what I am doing now, in creating my own.
I'm not bound by the constraints of emulation or IP, anymore.
#gamedev
I've got 600 lines of C++ powering my MMO server/engine.
In theory, it can now handle whatever number of players would cause my physical system to crash, I guess.
Each connected player now has a unique identifier and a few stats.
I don't know how feasible this is, but I would like to ->
I've got 600 lines of C++ powering my MMO server/engine.
In theory, it can now handle whatever number of players would cause my physical system to crash, I guess.
Each connected player now has a unique identifier and a few stats.
I don't know how feasible this is, but I would like to ->
December 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
#gamedev
I've got 600 lines of C++ powering my MMO server/engine.
In theory, it can now handle whatever number of players would cause my physical system to crash, I guess.
Each connected player now has a unique identifier and a few stats.
I don't know how feasible this is, but I would like to ->
I've got 600 lines of C++ powering my MMO server/engine.
In theory, it can now handle whatever number of players would cause my physical system to crash, I guess.
Each connected player now has a unique identifier and a few stats.
I don't know how feasible this is, but I would like to ->
started my #gamedev up again, tentatively...
hamnesiac.com still hosts my single player test, but I will have to launch a new one to do the MMO.
Good news is that I was further along on my server code than I remembered, I had already integrated a database, and it was working.
hamnesiac.com still hosts my single player test, but I will have to launch a new one to do the MMO.
Good news is that I was further along on my server code than I remembered, I had already integrated a database, and it was working.
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
started my #gamedev up again, tentatively...
hamnesiac.com still hosts my single player test, but I will have to launch a new one to do the MMO.
Good news is that I was further along on my server code than I remembered, I had already integrated a database, and it was working.
hamnesiac.com still hosts my single player test, but I will have to launch a new one to do the MMO.
Good news is that I was further along on my server code than I remembered, I had already integrated a database, and it was working.
#dwarffortress did that thing last night where it just makes me want to keep working on my own game, which is a C++ MMO server I coded a few years ago, interfacing with a Godot client.
But I am also still so scarred from my previous gamedev experience, death threats from trump supporters, etc...
But I am also still so scarred from my previous gamedev experience, death threats from trump supporters, etc...
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#dwarffortress did that thing last night where it just makes me want to keep working on my own game, which is a C++ MMO server I coded a few years ago, interfacing with a Godot client.
But I am also still so scarred from my previous gamedev experience, death threats from trump supporters, etc...
But I am also still so scarred from my previous gamedev experience, death threats from trump supporters, etc...
#dwarffortress
Somehow I had never tried reclaiming, so I played around last night. I recovered an old fort that I lost to a bronze colossus, fun.
Still shopping maps and biomes for a fun, sustainable start for a new, long term fort, tonight.
Somehow I had never tried reclaiming, so I played around last night. I recovered an old fort that I lost to a bronze colossus, fun.
Still shopping maps and biomes for a fun, sustainable start for a new, long term fort, tonight.
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
#dwarffortress
Somehow I had never tried reclaiming, so I played around last night. I recovered an old fort that I lost to a bronze colossus, fun.
Still shopping maps and biomes for a fun, sustainable start for a new, long term fort, tonight.
Somehow I had never tried reclaiming, so I played around last night. I recovered an old fort that I lost to a bronze colossus, fun.
Still shopping maps and biomes for a fun, sustainable start for a new, long term fort, tonight.
#dwarffortress
starting a dangerous new fort tonight. trying terrifying biomes til I get one that doesn't kill them all within year 1.
starting a dangerous new fort tonight. trying terrifying biomes til I get one that doesn't kill them all within year 1.
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
#dwarffortress
starting a dangerous new fort tonight. trying terrifying biomes til I get one that doesn't kill them all within year 1.
starting a dangerous new fort tonight. trying terrifying biomes til I get one that doesn't kill them all within year 1.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#dwarffortress
In my current fort, the Chamber of Smoke, my intent is to fortify in the caverns, maybe take in some new migrants just to join the military, then lay siege upon the underworld. Safely. To become comfortable with more challenging scenarios. May try a siege fort soon too, finally.
In my current fort, the Chamber of Smoke, my intent is to fortify in the caverns, maybe take in some new migrants just to join the military, then lay siege upon the underworld. Safely. To become comfortable with more challenging scenarios. May try a siege fort soon too, finally.
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#dwarffortress
In my current fort, the Chamber of Smoke, my intent is to fortify in the caverns, maybe take in some new migrants just to join the military, then lay siege upon the underworld. Safely. To become comfortable with more challenging scenarios. May try a siege fort soon too, finally.
In my current fort, the Chamber of Smoke, my intent is to fortify in the caverns, maybe take in some new migrants just to join the military, then lay siege upon the underworld. Safely. To become comfortable with more challenging scenarios. May try a siege fort soon too, finally.
#dwarffortress
The Chamber of Smoke - Current fortress. Again, using the strategy of making an efficient starting base to grow population, and now I have a King and most of the world's wealth (small, young world), so I'm focusing downward.
I don't do sieges yet, just mega beasts and such.
The Chamber of Smoke - Current fortress. Again, using the strategy of making an efficient starting base to grow population, and now I have a King and most of the world's wealth (small, young world), so I'm focusing downward.
I don't do sieges yet, just mega beasts and such.
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#dwarffortress
The Chamber of Smoke - Current fortress. Again, using the strategy of making an efficient starting base to grow population, and now I have a King and most of the world's wealth (small, young world), so I'm focusing downward.
I don't do sieges yet, just mega beasts and such.
The Chamber of Smoke - Current fortress. Again, using the strategy of making an efficient starting base to grow population, and now I have a King and most of the world's wealth (small, young world), so I'm focusing downward.
I don't do sieges yet, just mega beasts and such.
#dwarffortress
Starvault - still had some bad habits, but I figured out how to get super rich. Got to 2 gem pillars.
The Duchess had the King consort killed, Queen died of sadness, so no Mountainhome. Sealed vault of divine treasures. Duchess is living it up.
Starvault - still had some bad habits, but I figured out how to get super rich. Got to 2 gem pillars.
The Duchess had the King consort killed, Queen died of sadness, so no Mountainhome. Sealed vault of divine treasures. Duchess is living it up.
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
#dwarffortress
Starvault - still had some bad habits, but I figured out how to get super rich. Got to 2 gem pillars.
The Duchess had the King consort killed, Queen died of sadness, so no Mountainhome. Sealed vault of divine treasures. Duchess is living it up.
Starvault - still had some bad habits, but I figured out how to get super rich. Got to 2 gem pillars.
The Duchess had the King consort killed, Queen died of sadness, so no Mountainhome. Sealed vault of divine treasures. Duchess is living it up.
#dwarffortress
Slingweed - I didn't know what I was doing yet, but I was starting to learn. Every citizen had a wooden house, big buildings had basements up to 3 levels. Everyone lived by where they worked. Lots of fishing. Elves *hated* me. May resume one day.
Slingweed - I didn't know what I was doing yet, but I was starting to learn. Every citizen had a wooden house, big buildings had basements up to 3 levels. Everyone lived by where they worked. Lots of fishing. Elves *hated* me. May resume one day.
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#dwarffortress
Slingweed - I didn't know what I was doing yet, but I was starting to learn. Every citizen had a wooden house, big buildings had basements up to 3 levels. Everyone lived by where they worked. Lots of fishing. Elves *hated* me. May resume one day.
Slingweed - I didn't know what I was doing yet, but I was starting to learn. Every citizen had a wooden house, big buildings had basements up to 3 levels. Everyone lived by where they worked. Lots of fishing. Elves *hated* me. May resume one day.
#dwarffortress
Godbasements - abandoned first attempt at mega underground engineering. Made the artificial river and cavern to move into and seal off, but wave after wave of giant agitated elephants pounded the surface, and I moved to a better map.
Godbasements - abandoned first attempt at mega underground engineering. Made the artificial river and cavern to move into and seal off, but wave after wave of giant agitated elephants pounded the surface, and I moved to a better map.
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#dwarffortress
Godbasements - abandoned first attempt at mega underground engineering. Made the artificial river and cavern to move into and seal off, but wave after wave of giant agitated elephants pounded the surface, and I moved to a better map.
Godbasements - abandoned first attempt at mega underground engineering. Made the artificial river and cavern to move into and seal off, but wave after wave of giant agitated elephants pounded the surface, and I moved to a better map.