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Working on adding what may be one of the primary game mechanics... nothing cool looking yet, but the function will be ready.

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 5h

lofty goal, today Want to finish login and character selection framework... want to implement the actual first game system, clientside. The only actual online function, so far, is sharing the large galaxy with anyone else who logs in.

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 29/09/2026

few more currently, there are maybe 18 gas color combos, the moving cloud structures are unique procgen - there are 18 rocky surface combos x 5 atmosphere colors - just want some basic variation for now, to adjust distribution. later on, I'll blow it up with deeper layers and instructions.

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 29/09/2026

The reality of trying to make a game, while also trying to do a good job raising your toddler: It just took me an hour to upload screenshots to my website and make a post here.

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 29/09/2026

#gamedev #GodotEngine Added more screens to hamnesiac.com/gallery Game world is massive, almost time for some deeper detail.

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 29/09/2026

Working on login infrastructure a little bit today.

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 25/09/2026

#gamedev #GodotEngine Finally uploaded some screenshots to the website (hamnesiac.com): Blastoff + orbiting one of the 300,000 unique procgen bodies in my galaxy, and viewing moons from the surface

An image from my video game of the probe blasting off from a planetary surface

An image from my video game of the probe orbiting a procedurally generated planet

An image from my video game of the probe orbiting a procedurally generated planet, showing the water shader

An image from my video game of a view from the planet's surface of its moons and the star in the sky

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 24/09/2026

am just a couple hundred lines of code away from having an interactive, persistent world available, on my website. It's not much, but it's a stable beginning. It is actually the thing. I've always been enamored with the potential of the MMO genre... but disappointed with most implementations.

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 23/09/2026

game server is test building a million system galaxy rn!

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 23/09/2026

hamnesiac.com is back! And I've got a decent VPS behind it. Now I need to code the rest of the server database interactions, and I'll have a working MMO prototype to host here.

hamnesiac.com

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 19/09/2026

Sticks and leaves are alive, but some are more alive than others

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 18/09/2026

As I approach potential code work hours this weekend... still quite torn over which direction to take this framework of a game I have. I have world. I have a server. I have a client that is also a standalone "engine." I have crucial data points connected. The game could still be anything.

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 09/09/2026

I just watched Miss Rachel score more points with Lethal Shooter than Royce White did in his entire NBA career

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Dale Shackleford @hamnesiac.com · 11/08/2026

About me post (since a few are watching): -Modding/releasing since 1999 -8yrs live emulated MMO server dev&admin -self taught language agnostic coder (pref C++) -2x AAA titles as QA -not an artist, but a good whiteboxer -problem solving is my greatest skill, any problem (in life) -also do plumbing

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