DEVLOG | February 12, 2026

Protocol finalization and two-client display

This was a research day: less about ceremony, more about tightening the shape of the thing until it behaved a little more like itself. 5 commits landed or were available locally. The center of gravity was protocol, joystick, server.

What moved

research moved through protocol excavation, finalize protocol and fix display + joystick issues, final tweaks post phase 2, start server phase, and spawned into hanger.

What I learned

The network side is slowly turning from a research map into an implementation contract. The important bit is keeping the protocol understandable enough that future gameplay work does not have to rediscover it.

Source trail

• research 39600fc: protocol excavation
• research 408266a: finalize protocol and fix display + joystick issues
• research 5fe4885: final tweaks post phase 2
• research c685344: start server phase
• research 16bee73: spawned into hanger

The research lane stays research, and the implementation lane stays implementation. This post is a narrative summary of local work, not a publication of raw originals.