Welcome to NSXplus!

Hello everyone! Welcome to NSXplus! Named with my initials and my (future) love of the MSX computers. I am rebranding to do a lot of retro coding which I hope to dev log and open up a youtube channel as well, something along the lines of LGR and 8bitguy but more towards coding 8bit games. 

 It's still in early stages but I would try to blog all things retro tech as well as my cybersecurity journey. Which on the other hand, have gotten to an okay start where I volunteered to do some website testing where I attempted to do an SQL injection and ran Burp Suite to find cookie vulnerabilities. So far so good on that end.

 My Mirage Wars game is almost done. I have just finished up the Prologue version and will post a github link since I would like to make most of my stuff open source and free. I am working on an extended/full release version that will include more features than the prologue such as a more intensive combat system and improved gameplay.

Named after my favorite coding community

 Mirage Wars is dope wars clone that is part of a set of text-based games for the C64 which I hope to end the series with a full-fledged game made in Assembly. 

You play as Simon, a Source Runner looking to sell stolen source codes throughout the community to make sure organizations such as the X'lithan Organization take it for their own personal gain. You buy and sell bits of a source code so no one has the full source making it harder for the corrupted corporations to take and use.

Anyways, that's it for now. Looking to start a youtube channel soon and will continue to use my twitch.tv/djknitex for live streams (if I get that far to live stream or just do it on youtube)

See ya around the next blog 

March update

 Hey guys, will be working on some cool stuff later this year after I set up my new workstation.

 As of right now, I am learning Evennia, self-teaching myself computer science, and learning Basic C64 and Assembly language.

Working on a drug wars type game for the  C64 using BASIC. It'll be called Mirage Wars and it still a work in progress. Hoping to push it out later this month. planning on buying a controller and a flash cart for my c64 soon to test it out on actual hardware

Test screenshot:

For fans of Mirage Source

 

 Next things to study is Computer Science in C, and C#/Mono-game

Back to the grind

 I began my passion projects. With a lot of down time at work I was able to get my coding environment up and running for C, C++, C#, Python, and Assembly.

 I am currently learning 6502/6510 Assembly and looking to make quick roms for both the C64 and NES for learning before I dig into them completely.

 I am going to be learning C# to work with Monogame and experiment with that.

I also started up my MUD again and will sit down once a week to begin work on it.

Will be looking for actual Sega Genesis consoles (Hopefully with the Sega CD add-on) and NES so I can test and play my projects on actual hardware.

More stuff soon 

Passion Projects

Okay it's been awhile and I haven't gotten around to work on my WGU article but I am now officially, Nikki X, M.S. 

I would like to work towards CISSP but first I want to try to get into academia by parting a part time adjunct faculty teaching intro comp sci classes.

I been working on slide decks and doing research in this field and would like to start writing essays on my topic which I will self-published here. It will most likely be simple APA essays while I work towards my goals.

But now, let's talk about passion projects. I have so many things I want to do but first I would like to work on my web browser RPG that I always dreamed of making similar to old school PBBGs that I grew up playing. I'll be developing it in Next.js while having AI assist me for my 1.5 half team.

 Other projects I would like to work on in the pipeline:

• A Mirage-based Online RPG
• a 2D Side Scrolling RPG using Monogame
• A Source-based MOD
• An RPG Maker MV game
• My MUD (Forever in development)

I hope to post articles regarding my progress soon but now I am working on my dev station and beginning work on my PBBG.

See ya soon. 

It's been awhile but...

 I graduated with my MS in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance! It's been such a grind lately and haven't been blogging as much I wanted to. I'll get another post regarding my last weeks and how I had to redo the capstone a couple of times and what my topic was.

 I just started Game Off 2025 using pico-8 and hoping to get started on the actual game soon.

I'll be in Las Vegas for Pokemon Regionals in a few weeks. and I'm looking to start up my start up again. IT Services based out of a garage.

Sorry for the late news but hopefully you guys are still reading. 

Going Byond with Mockinbird

 Some team news for mockinbird.dev since its been awhile but I'm going to pivot the team to a small indie team that works/build games using old tech (and maybe some new depending on the project) such as Byond.

I'm still going to have the main focus for mockinbird.dev to be a game jam team so we will be working mostly with RPG Maker and Byond.

Our Game Jam tech will now either be RPG Maker or Pico for quick development and used as framework for future projects.

I am planning on using our Game Jam game for 2025 to be a first of an RPG Maker Series based in the same world as Homeward Bound and Moonward Bound.

Projects that are in the pipeline.

Untitled Intersect Game (Hollowgrounds redone)
Untitled Byond Game
Game Jam 2025 RPG Maker Game 

 

I also just got a job as a Computer Technician and working on my certificates right now. Hopefully, it open doors for me soon. 

It's been awhile

 Hey everyone, it's been a couple months since I last blogged but life has been crazy and I'm still job searching! I did pass the D487 Exam and now working on D488. I am 1 exam and 2 essays away from finishing and looking to get that done before October.

 My plan is to work on D488 by the end of June and start the first paper in July and start my last course in August.

 I am going to start content creation for no reason. Trying to think of a name but it's going to be something tech related, mainly legacy stuff. 

WGU is still on track and I'm getting close to the end.

 See you guys soon