Moving and downtime

email@example.com (Deep Thought) — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 16:14:15 GMT

That's right—ClrHome is moving to a new host, yet again. Expect some downtime as we get stuff up and running on the new server!

On less exciting news, I accidentally left my working graphing calculator (TI-84 Pocket.fr) in a different city and will not have access to it again until the end of December, which is exactly why there haven't been any updates to Maximum Security recently. Expect some fresh downloads near the end of the month!

EDIT (2014-12-14 10:03 PST): If you can read this, welcome to the new server! We're bound to have some bugs still lying around (turns out not all servers are identical), so if you see any, please don't hesitate to contact us or comment below.

Star Trek progress

email@example.com (ACagliano) — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:30:37 GMT

Progress on Star Trek has been coming nicely and seems to be nearing the 50% mark. Help from the programming community has been very valuable.

This game started as a passing idea for something that the CALCnet protocol could accomplish and evolved into a large-scale real-time strategy game that is nearing completion. Aspects of gameplay continue to evolve by whim as progress continues, as do ideas for seamlessly integrating server and client task management to create a pleasant gaming experience and a networking masterpiece, something previously considered impossible on a Texas Instruments graphing calculator.

Already done are most of the Main Menu and Connect Menu windows, and their related subroutines...relaying login, registration, and change info packets to the game "hub", the server-based interface that enables calc-to-calc and calc-to-server interaction. Additionally, you may file a bug report directly from your calculator. Game saves are stored server-side, not on your calculator.

Remaining to be done is the remainder of the networking, 3D motion, and the combat system, as well as the programming of the server. At the current rate of progress, I have no doubts that the game will be ready for beta testing within a few months. Stay tuned to ClrHome for the latest news on this project.