Finding the Virtualization Sweet Spot with Proxmox and Ansible
What to choose in physical servers, virtual machines/VMs, Docker containers/LXC, Kubernetes, and hyperscalers like GCP/AWS? Proxmox, apparently.
With Allies Like These: Cooperative Conflict
Group success, personal rewards, friction between allies, and conflict with enemies: there are many layers of in-game conflict in Blasphemess.
Making An Engaging Combat System In A Text-Based RPG
Mortal squads with rocket launchers, angel mechs with miniguns, sword-wielding cyborgs, and more. What systems make fun and cinematic combat?
What Is The Blasphemess Game?
Blasphemess is a browser based multiplayer RPG, set in a multiverse where oppressors have spread like wildfire. The conflict is multi-sided.
Python Celery Task Queue For My Browser Game
Outside the HTTP request cycle, I need something that handles asynchronous tasks, like periodically running NPC actions. Enter Celery.
SQLAlchemy, Race Conditions, And PostgreSQL Advisory Locks
Race conditions and game state consistency are a hard problem in the concurrent world of FastAPI. Can SQL locks be an easy solution?
Open Source is the Way
It's both beneficial and problematic to develop something in the open. Do it anyway! I'm trying to, with this web game project.
Game Server Sharding: Blasphemess Clusters and the Portal
Vertical scaling servers can only get you so far; horizontal scaling and sharding is a great complement to support massive scale.
SQL Check Constraints: Ensuring One Item Has One Owner
Items can be referenced in several tables in the database, which means they have multiple foreign keys. How do I ensure ownership of an item?
Python Full Stack Development and Game Design
Between FastAPI in Python and Svelte's JS/CSS/HTML combination, I've finally fallen in love with full stack engineering as I build this game.