Hoang's corner of the internet - thoughts on software engineering, tech, and whatever else is on my mind.https://nkh.do/https://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-7/https://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-7/I'm going on holiday, so I made the game playable on a phone — and made the bots stop blowing themselves up, so I'd have someone to play against.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMThttps://nkh.do/posts/client-side-prediction/https://nkh.do/posts/client-side-prediction/Last time I smoothed the jank between the server's positions. This time I had to fix the lag between the server and the client — by predicting the future and reconciling with the past.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-6/https://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-6/A PvE campaign mode. Four monster types. A boss that charges at you. And a whole trap system because apparently the bombs weren't enough.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMThttps://nkh.do/posts/smoothing-movement-jank/https://nkh.do/posts/smoothing-movement-jank/Characters moved in visible jumps. Here's how we measured it, what we tried, and what actually worked.Sat, 30 May 2026 01:00:00 GMThttps://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-5/https://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-5/We have a database. And accounts. And an economy. This is still a bomberman clone, I swear.Fri, 29 May 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-4/https://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-4/You can ride a pig now. Also turtles, spiders, and a Ctrl key that saves your life.Sat, 23 May 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-3/https://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-3/Multiplayer is live. Tiles push. Bombs land where you tell them. Play it at boom.nkh.do.Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:00 GMThttps://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-2/https://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-2/Real sprites! A map builder! A lobby with opinions! I'm practically a game developer now.Mon, 18 May 2026 01:00:00 GMThttps://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-1/https://nkh.do/posts/boom-clone-devlogs-1/Tiles, bombs, bots that don't immediately suicide. Progress.Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 GMThttps://nkh.do/posts/projects-showcase/https://nkh.do/posts/projects-showcase/The blog has a projects section now. Because of course it does.Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 GMThttps://nkh.do/posts/hello-world/https://nkh.do/posts/hello-world/The obligatory first post. You know the drill.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT