Category Archives: Shartak

Shartak internals – Maps and movement

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Simon

The map for Shartak is held in a database table with over 140,000 rows in it. Each row corresponds to a single location on the map, also called a tile. The initial island map was generated automatically based on a … Continue reading →

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IPv6 and Shartak

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Simon

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to figure out IPv6. Having worked through some of the IPv6 certification at http://ipv6.he.net/ I now have an IPv6 enabled web server and mail server as well as IPv6 connectivity at … Continue reading →

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Shartak – now with added music

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Simon

Before you start complaining, I didn’t go crazy and add a dodgy midi track to the Shartak website. I stumbled across a forum thread this evening and apparently Shartak players are forming their own record label. Once finished, the Heads … Continue reading →

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