Yes — we’re officially back to coding on a regular basis for Fantasy Uprising 2025!The last few weeks have been a whirlwind: lots of travel, quarterly planning at work, and gearing up for the new school semester. Despite the chaos, we’ve made solid progress on the BBS. We now have two door games live and […]
🎉 Greetings and Salutations, Retro BBS Fanatics! 🎉
The alpha gates are open and the bytes are flying — welcome to the public Alpha of Retro42BBS! Now that you beautiful nerds are crawling around the system, I’ve been hammering away at the codebase like a caffeinated sysop in a ‘90s basement. Yes, there are still a few bugs hiding in the shadows like […]
Sunday Night Shenanigans
Good Evening Retro BBS Gurus! Now that my daughter has packed up her truck and headed back to university, I finally had some time to sit down and code today — especially since it rained all afternoon. Most of the message board section is now up and running! You can view messages, write new posts, […]
New Version Published
Well, it’s been a good night in the Babble Baz bunker. I got to spend some time with our daughter, who’s home from university for the weekend — always awesome when we get those windows. (And shoutout to her for catching Ke$ha in concert Thursday night — glitter and chaos, just like this BBS!) Tonight […]
Notice the New Tab?
First off, a huge thank you to everyone who has been patient while we brought Fantasy Uprising this far. The BBS is now open to anyone who’d like to create an account and help test things out! Most of the main menu is working, and tonight I’ve started building out the Message Boards — a […]
Happy Independence Day
Mrs. Baz and I aren’t really the “big crowd” type, so tonight I dove deep into the second rewrite of the BBS. I’m still converting everything to C#, but this time it’s all driven by Retro42BBS.API — a big step forward in modernizing the system. I’ve also been exploring the Accord .NET Framework, which opens […]
Still Alive and Still Coding
Wow — I can’t believe it’s been almost a month since my last update. Let me start by saying this loud and clear: this project is not abandoned. Life’s just been throwing fastballs lately, and sometimes that means coding has to take a back seat. Since my last post, a few big things have happened: […]
Some changes to Retro BBS are coming
Good evening to all my fellow Retro BBS enthusiasts!A glorious three-day weekend is upon us — and you know what that means: it’s time to fire up the editor and dive back into building the BBS. A couple of weeks ago, I made the decision to undergo a major refactor of the Retro BBS project. […]
Another Semester has Ended!
Tonight, I officially submitted my final paper of the semester! With that milestone behind me, I finally have a few months off from school — time I plan to dedicate to finishing the last few items on the Fantasy Uprising BBS. This semester was no joke: it was challenging, intense, and packed with long nights […]
How quickly time flies while you are in school.
💾 Dev Log Update — T-Minus 2 Weeks! I know, I’ve been posting message after message saying just how busy I’ve been, and that I’ll have the Retro BBS up and running soon — or at least opened for Alpha testing. But the reality is… Grad School is kicking this old man’s backside! Between a […]