Posts on mWall

Systemd CIFS mount with DNS check

Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:37:00 +0100

Have you seen this error when mounting a CIFS share on boot?

mount error: could not resolve address for [cifs share address]: Unknown error

Boy, do I have blog post for you.

wasabicalc

Sun, 28 Oct 2018 11:09:06 +0100

I dip my fingers into a hot storage solution’s pricing to make sure it doesn’t burn me in the long term.

Lab Overview - mServ

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 12:50:00 +0200

September marks a two year anniversary of running a 24h server on my home network and it seems like a perfect moment to look back, take inventory and make some plans for the future.

Knock-knock, it's updated privacy policy

Sun, 27 May 2018 10:14:44 +0200

I’ve created a Privacy Policy.

Migration to Hugo

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 19:52:37 +0200

I have left this site to the abyss of unvisited websites for the past four years, getting occasional e-mails from Wordpress that the CSM updated automatically due to security reasons.

After a friend mentioned there’s something wrong with the theme I was using, I’ve decided to do something about it. The theme itself wasn’t updated for months and wasn’t compatible with the backend anymore. I’ve switched the site to a plain and generic 201X theme as a stop-gap measure, and resolved to revive the blog, to save it from a limbo.

Stabby 7DRL Challenge 2013 Post-Mortem & What’s going on

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:29:10 +0000

Hello everyone,

Long time no post, as some like to say. And the last post was announcing my 7DRL, which may look like it was a runaway project.

I did however change the project status to “Failure” when the time was up, a gesture that – by folks at RLR – meant I cared. And I did. I still do.

This article is meant to be the usual post-mortem of a software project, highlighting both good and bad things that happened. By the end I want to mention some other stuff I’ve been working on.

Stabby 0h

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:24:16 +0000

Hello visitors,

As with last year, I’m taking part in the 7 Day Roguelike Challenge.

Last time my game was a simple twist on the roguelike formula, making it more into an action game than a deep tactical stuff. I’ve also used a modified code from the python+libtcod tutorial that almost everyone and they mother used by now. However, this was pretty much my first game jam, and I have been doing any coding for only about 6 months back then.

Sil is now on AUR

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:32:32 +0000

Disclaimer [Added Nov 2017]

The version of the AUR Package I created can still be found here https://github.com/aur-archive/sil.
However, I didn’t migrate it to the new git format in 2015, so while the link you find below works, it now leads to a new package created and maintained by someone else.
Still leaving this up for bragging rights or archiving reasons.

Spaced \o/

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:45:17 +0000

After a really long break I took from dev and this blog I’ve decided to do some actual work again.

Behold, Spaced.

This is after a week of work separated by several weeks of inactivity.

Originally attempted for 7DFPS, severely overestimated my abilities, so now it’s just a small project I do on the side.

Warden 1.2 Released

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:55:03 +0000

Hey, here’s another bugfix/balance release. Should be a bit more fun to play and a lot less crashy!

Meet magikarp

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:45:47 +0000

So today I’ve decided to do something silly, and I’ve made myself an IRC bot.

So far it only saves links in neat fashion in the home dir file (already being useful), knows when stuff is awesome, repeats what it’s told to, and says time like a good clock. More to come :)

Overall the project is just something fun to do while bored. I can’t always work on Warden (and next update is coming soon), and I learn things :]

Warden 1.1 Released

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:28:25 +0000

» NEWEST VERSION HERE «

7DRL Challenge 2012 Post-mortem

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:49:40 +0000

TL;DR – It went well.

Click ‘read more’ for cake.

Warden 1.0 7DRL 2012 Release

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:11:48 +0000

» NEWEST VERSION HERE «

I am posting this later than my 168h (I’ve started and finished on Saturdays 11:45 CET), but I wanted to make sure the system specific packages work. Windows libtcod dll crashed a bit so I had to get that fixed.

Warden – 24h left

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:29:04 +0000

I’m almost done!

The main game is mostly complete, I’ve added a high score system and screen that shows your highest 10 scores.

To be added still are the Big Bad Boss, the game ending (I’ve decided that I don’t want an infinite game after all), and the help screen. I am considering doing some graphical niceties like blood spatters and less rigid fov, but that’s on ‘Would Be Nice If’ list.

So, it has come to this

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:57:11 +0000

I’ve failed with Artifact. The project I’ve envisioned for 7DRL Challenge is too large, too complex for my programming skills for now. Also my code base sucks. I’m putting Artifact on back-burner for undefined amount of time. But I want to revisit this idea sometime in the future, so not all is lost.

King is asleep, long live the King

No worries, after some rants on #rgrd and wasting a day, I’ve come up with an idea for a smaller scope game that I have a chance to finish on time, Saturday 11:45 CET. Behold, the Warden.

Artifact, Update 1 (46h in)

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:28:54 +0000

It’s not going well.

I have managed to split my codebase from ~~firstrl~~ (dead link) into several files, removed some things that I didn’t need and create a ‘global variable object’ that handles all the important thing I’ll have to have saved.

The main problem right now?

Game’s main logic is not flexible enough to handle several mouse-checking requests every libtcod frame. It is bad, I cannot make mouse movement work with what I have.

Ready, set, go!

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:45:16 +0000

As of now, 11:45 CET (GMT +1) 10th March 2012 I’m typing “git init” and start coding my 7DRL – Artifact.

My previous plans of making daily updates may be unrealistic. Main goal updates feel more natural.

If you are still interested in my game, check my previus post that explains what Artifact is supposed to be in seven days.

Cheers!

7DRL 2012 Challenge Plans and Preparations

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:51:38 +0000

The 2012 [Seven Day Roguelike Challenge][1] is starting this weekend, and I’m ankles deep in preparations.

My entry will be Artifact (nobody has taken this name yet, really?), a game paying homage to the artifact mugs of Dwarf Fortress.

On libtcod fog of war

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:55:20 +0000

Google is a curious device. It points its users to my blog post tagged ‘~~libtcod~~ (dead link, go to https://bitbucket.org/libtcod/libtcod ) fog of war’, despite it not having much to do with actual instructions on how that works. I’ve decided to write an actual post about it, so you won’t be disappointed next time you click the google link pointing to my blog. Read on if that’s why you’re here.

It’s been a long time…

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:18:06 +0000

I’ve been silent for some time (not that anyone missed me).

If you read my posts before my database went to hell along with my server – I’ve finished the tutorial, and now I’m on my own in the realm of python + libtcod roguelike development.

Things are going along nicely, I sure have a lot of loose ends and unforeseen (‘…consequences’) difficulties, bugs are popping up like daisies in spring, and I still don’t know a lot of stuff. But it’s goooood.

git git git

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:51:59 +0000

Just a quick update – I have not been working on the roguelike as much as I would like, but I have managed to set up a GitHub account and repository.

You can find it here: ~~firstrl~~ (dead link)

Here’s the direct GitHub address:

~~git://github.com/magikmw/firstrl.git~~ (dead link)

Feel free to explore the code (however it is not much more than tutorial code itself).

I intend on making a fork when I finish the tutorial, to keep it ‘clear’ for anyone who would want to look at the tutorial code, and maybe flavor it my way on the fork.

At last, some work done

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:45:08 +0000

I managed to steal a few hours today, and done some ‘coding’. Actually if you count out all the procrastination maybe I had less than an hour…

Point is, about a month ago I found this neat tutorial and decided to give it a spin. As you would imagine, I tend to copy-type everything into EMACS and bug-hunt for around twice that time. As counter-productive it may sound, I have noticed I begin to remember about those little things like 4-spaces and closing round brackets. I also learn a lot about game design problems and possible solutions, like FOV and instant-use library algorithms.

Hello world!

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:53:01 +0000

This would be my thought stream – where I share what I know and what I think with you, the internets.

It will be personal, and subjective. I do welcome discussion and criticism where my work is involved.

My only hope is to have at least one person who gains anything from this blog, and to continuously maintain it for as long as I can.

I am a gamer. I play a lot, or rather used to play a lot. I intend to write about the games I play, sometimes from pure gamer experience, and sometimes attempting to dissect those from a designer perspective.

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Principles

One post per milestone. Write about what you learned, not what you shipped.
Cross-post to dev.to or Hashnode for indexing. Your Hugo blog is canonical.
One Reddit/HN post per article, timed to milestone completion, not before.
Never post “I made a thing, check it out.” Lead with the technical insight.

Schedule

On v3 completion (structured LLM output + backlog + remind me tools)

Article: “The WebDAV Append Pattern”

Posts on mWall

Systemd CIFS mount with DNS check

wasabicalc

Lab Overview - mServ

Knock-knock, it's updated privacy policy

Migration to Hugo

Stabby 7DRL Challenge 2013 Post-Mortem & What’s going on

Stabby 0h

Sil is now on AUR

Disclaimer [Added Nov 2017]

Spaced \o/

Warden 1.2 Released

Meet magikarp

Warden 1.1 Released

» NEWEST VERSION HERE «

7DRL Challenge 2012 Post-mortem

TL;DR – It went well.

Warden 1.0 7DRL 2012 Release

» NEWEST VERSION HERE «

Warden – 24h left

So, it has come to this

King is asleep, long live the King

Artifact, Update 1 (46h in)

Ready, set, go!

7DRL 2012 Challenge Plans and Preparations

On libtcod fog of war

It’s been a long time…

git git git

At last, some work done

Hello world!

Posting Schedule & Social Media Targets

Principles

Schedule

On v3 completion (structured LLM output + backlog + remind me tools)