diff --git a/content/blog/2022/04/nethack/index.md b/content/blog/2022/04/nethack/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..776c201 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2022/04/nethack/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: "Oh Dear, She Got Hooked on Nethack (Again)" +date: 2022-04-24T17:36:33-07:00 +draft: false +tags: ["Nethack", "Video Games"] +--- + +A couple weeks ago, I connected to my VPS to check on something. Theres [a +part](list-tmux-sessions) of [my dotfiles][zprofile] that runs during login +shell initialization that prints the currently running `tmux` sessions +associated with my account. I noticed I had a session running and attached to it +to see what it was. + +In that session I found a [Nethack][nethack] game that I'd started back in +January and never finished. I finished the game, killed by a Woodland Elf, and, +well, the damage had been done. + +It has been three weeks and I've had at least one game of Nethack going on my +VPS and my laptop. There's been at least one Safari window packed with +[NetHackWiki][nethackwiki] tabs, including a pinned one for the [Price +Identification][priceid] page. + +I've gotten much better in that time. My scores have increased from the +1000-2000 range to my best game so far in which [I scored 9401 +points][over9000]. Who's to say if I'll ever ascend, but I'm having a lot of fun +with it for now. + +It's even got me thinking about building roguelikes... (hmmm) + +For fun and cause I'm a huge nerd, I put together a page on my site that will +auto-update with my latest scores each time I publish the site. Check out my +Nethack [logfile](/nethack) for that. + +[zprofile]: https://github.com/erynofwales/dotfiles/blob/main/zprofile#L26 +[list-tmux-sessions]: https://github.com/erynofwales/dotfiles/blob/main/zsh/func/list_tmux_sessions +[nethack]: https://www.nethack.org +[nethackwiki]: https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page +[priceid]: https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Price_identification +[over9000]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITWMoS2L1oo \ No newline at end of file