Hi, welcome to my page.

I’m Zack. I’m a Software Engineer, ex-Microsoft. I like to tinker and make stuff, bake sourdough, and homebrew beer making.

New Projects that still need some work

DB Diagram

The goal of this project is to create a tool to allow the auto-generation of diagrams and documentation of database schema using tools like PlantUML or Mermaid and Markdown.

DB Diagram

I’m currently targeting Dataverse and SQL Server.

MUD prototype

In college, I got into playing MUDs (Multi-User Dungeon) on the Internet. MUDs are text based online games that pre-dated and inspired the MMORPGs that exist today, such as World of Warcraft and EVE Online.

I had the idea to try to write my own MUD in C# to explore some ideas that I had, but as I explored the idea I realized that with the base game engine there were some other types of games/simulations that I’d wanted to try that this would also make possible.

MUD Prototype

Initial Goals are:

Create a basic game engine, storage, layer, NPC layer, account and login
- Game engine should be flexible enough to be able to handle a few different types of games or at least to be easy enough to modify for other game modes.
Create a basic game world

Later Goals:

Upgrade game engine to run distributed in Kubernetes
Explore idea of creating a “Life” style game with NPCs that evolve and mutate

Currently in Prototyping and Design Phase. I’ve gone through a few iterations of a storage layer in SQL Server and have notes on game mechanics and engine design.