empty client-server game

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+// good base layer overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUOOaXf9qIM
+#ifndef BASE_ALL_H
+#define BASE_ALL_H
+
+///// Context Cracking
+// Development Settings
+#if !defined(ENABLE_ASSERT)
+# define ENABLE_ASSERT 1
+#endif
+#if !defined(ENABLE_SANITIZER)
+# define ENABLE_SANITIZER 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(ENABLE_MANUAL_PROFILE)
+# define ENABLE_MANUAL_PROFILE 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(ENABLE_AUTO_PROFILE)
+# define ENABLE_AUTO_PROFILE 0
+#endif
+
+#if defined(ENABLE_ANY_PROFILE)
+# error user should not configure ENABLE_ANY_PROFILE
+#endif
+
+#if ENABLE_MANUAL_PROFILE || ENABLE_AUTO_PROFILE
+# define ENABLE_ANY_PROFILE 1
+#else
+# define ENABLE_ANY_PROFILE 0
+#endif
+
+//  Untangle Compiler, OS & Architecture
+#if defined(__clang__)
+# define COMPILER_CLANG 1
+
+# if defined(_WIN32)
+#  define OS_WINDOWS 1
+# elif defined(__gnu_linux__)
+#  define OS_LINUX 1
+# elif defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
+#  define OS_MAC 1
+# else
+#  error missing OS detection
+# endif
+
+# if defined(__amd64__)
+#  define ARCH_X64 1
+// TODO verify this works on clang
+# elif defined(__i386__)
+#  define ARCH_X86 1
+// TODO verify this works on clang
+# elif defined(__arm__)
+#  define ARCH_ARM 1
+// TODO verify this works on clang
+# elif defined(__aarch64__)
+#  define ARCH_ARM64 1
+# else
+#  error missing ARCH detection
+# endif
+
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+# define COMPILER_CL 1
+
+# if defined(_WIN32)
+#  define OS_WINDOWS 1
+# else
+#  error missing OS detection
+# endif
+
+# if defined(_M_AMD64)
+#  define ARCH_X64 1
+# elif defined(_M_I86)
+#  define ARCH_X86 1
+# elif defined(_M_ARM)
+#  define ARCH_ARM 1
+// TODO ARM64?
+# else
+#  error missing ARCH detection
+# endif
+
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
+# define COMPILER_GCC 1
+
+# if defined(_WIN32)
+#  define OS_WINDOWS 1
+# elif defined(__gnu_linux__)
+#  define OS_LINUX 1
+# elif defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
+#  define OS_MAC 1
+# else
+#  error missing OS detection
+# endif
+
+# if defined(__amd64__)
+#  define ARCH_X64 1
+# elif defined(__i386__)
+#  define ARCH_X86 1
+# elif defined(__arm__)
+#  define ARCH_ARM 1
+# elif defined(__aarch64__)
+#  define ARCH_ARM64 1
+# else
+#  error missing ARCH detection
+# endif
+
+#else
+# error no context cracking for this compiler
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(COMPILER_CL)
+# define COMPILER_CL 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(COMPILER_CLANG)
+# define COMPILER_CLANG 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(COMPILER_GCC)
+# define COMPILER_GCC 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(OS_WINDOWS)
+# define OS_WINDOWS 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(OS_LINUX)
+# define OS_LINUX 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(OS_MAC)
+# define OS_MAC 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(ARCH_X64)
+# define ARCH_X64 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(ARCH_X86)
+# define ARCH_X86 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(ARCH_ARM)
+# define ARCH_ARM 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(ARCH_ARM64)
+# define ARCH_ARM64 0
+#endif
+
+// Language
+#if defined(__cplusplus)
+# define LANG_CXX 1
+#else
+# define LANG_C 1
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(LANG_CXX)
+# define LANG_CXX 0
+#endif
+#if !defined(LANG_C)
+# define LANG_C 0
+#endif
+
+// Profiler
+#if !defined(PROFILER_SPALL)
+# define PROFILER_SPALL 0
+#endif
+
+// Determine Intrinsics Mode
+#if OS_WINDOWS
+# if COMPILER_CL || COMPILER_CLANG
+#  define INTRINSICS_MICROSOFT 1
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(INTRINSICS_MICROSOFT)
+# define INTRINSICS_MICROSOFT 0
+#endif
+
+// Setup Pointer Size Macro
+#if ARCH_X64 || ARCH_ARM64
+# define ARCH_ADDRSIZE 64
+#else
+# define ARCH_ADDRSIZE 32
+#endif
+
+///// MACROS
+#define global   static
+#define internal static
+#define fn       static
+
+#define arrayLen(a) (sizeof(a)/sizeof(*(a)))
+
+#define intFromPtr(p) (U64)((U8*)p - (U8*)0)
+#define ptrFromInt(n) (void*)((U8*)0 + (n))
+
+#define stmnt(S) do{ S }while(0)
+
+#if !defined(assertBreak)
+# define assertBreak() (*(volatile int*)0 = 0)
+#endif
+
+#if ENABLE_ASSERT
+# define assert(c) stmnt( if (!(c)){ assertBreak(); } )
+#else
+# define assert(c)
+#endif
+
+#define ToBool(x) ((x) != 0)
+
+#define KB(x) ((x) << 10)
+#define MB(x) ((x) << 20)
+#define GB(x) ((x) << 30)
+#define TB(x) ((u64)(x) << 40llu)
+
+#include <string.h>
+#define MemoryCopy(d,s,z) memmove((d), (s), (z))
+#define MemoryCopyStruct(d,s) MemoryCopy((d),(s), Min(sizeof(*(d)) , sizeof(*(s))))
+#define MemoryZero(d,z) memset((d), 0, (z))
+#define MemoryZeroStruct(d,s) MemoryZero((d),sizeof(s))
+#define Min(a,b) (((a)<(b))?(a):(b))
+#define Max(a,b) (((a)>(b))?(a):(b))
+#define Abs(x) (((x)<0)?((x)*-1):(x))
+
+#define SetFlag(flags, bit)     ((flags) |= (1ULL << (bit)))
+#define ClearFlag(flags, bit)   ((flags) &= ~(1ULL << (bit)))
+#define ToggleFlag(flags, bit)  ((flags) ^= (1ULL << (bit)))
+#define CheckFlag(flags, bit)   (((flags) >> (bit)) & 1ULL)
+
+#define QueuePush(f,l,n) (((f)==NULL) ? ((f)=(l)=(n)) : ((l)->next=(n),(l)=(n),(n)->next = NULL))
+
+#define DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT sizeof(void*)
+#define isPowerOfTwo(x) ((x & (x-1)) == 0)
+
+#define XYToPos(x, y, w) ((u32)(((u32)(x)) + (((u32)(y)) * (w))))
+
+#if COMPILER_MSVC
+#  define thread_static __declspec(thread)
+#elif COMPILER_CLANG || COMPILER_GCC
+#  define thread_static __thread
+#else
+#  error thread_static not defined for this compiler.
+#endif
+
+// only valid if there's an in-scope variable bool `debug_mode`
+#define dbg(fmt, ...) osDebugPrint(debug_mode, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+///// TYPES
+// integer types
+typedef unsigned char         u8;
+typedef signed char           i8;
+typedef unsigned short        u16;
+typedef short                 i16;
+typedef unsigned int          u32;
+typedef int                   i32;
+typedef unsigned long long    u64;
+typedef signed long long      i64;
+typedef char *                usize;
+typedef char *                ptr;
+typedef const char*           str;
+
+// Floating point types
+typedef float                 f32;
+typedef double                f64;
+
+//typedef long double f80; only returning 8 bytes on my mac for some reason
+/*
+  printf("u8 %d\n", (int)sizeof(u8) * 8);
+  printf("i8 %d\n", (int)sizeof(i8) * 8);
+  printf("u16 %d\n", (int)sizeof(u16) * 8);
+  printf("i16 %d\n", (int)sizeof(i16) * 8);
+  printf("u32 %d\n", (int)sizeof(u32) * 8);
+  printf("i32 %d\n", (int)sizeof(i32) * 8);
+  printf("u64 %d\n", (int)sizeof(u64) * 8);
+  printf("i64 %d\n", (int)sizeof(i64) * 8);
+  printf("usize %d\n", (int)sizeof(usize) * 8);
+
+  printf("f32 %d\n", (int)sizeof(f32) * 8);
+  printf("f64 %d\n", (int)sizeof(f64) * 8);
+  printf("f80 %d\n", (int)sizeof(f80) * 8);
+*/
+
+// Boolean types
+typedef u8  b8;
+typedef u32 b32;
+#ifndef bool
+#  define bool b8
+#endif
+
+#define true 1
+#define false 0
+
+// Structs
+typedef struct Arena {
+  u8* memory;
+  u64 max;
+  u64 alloc_position;
+  u64 commit_position;
+  b8 static_size;
+} Arena;
+
+typedef struct PtrArray {
+  u32 length;
+  u32 capacity;
+  ptr* items;
+} PtrArray;
+
+typedef struct u8List {
+  u32 length;
+  u32 capacity;
+  u8* items;
+} u8List;
+
+typedef struct String {
+  u32 length;
+  u32 capacity;
+  ptr bytes;
+} String;
+
+typedef struct StringUTF16Const {
+	u16* string;
+	u64 size;
+} StringUTF16Const;
+
+typedef enum Utf8Character {
+  Utf8CharacterAscii,
+  Utf8CharacterTwoByte,
+  Utf8CharacterThreeByte,
+  Utf8CharacterFourByte,
+  Utf8Character_Count,
+} Utf8Character;
+
+typedef struct Box {
+  u32 x;
+  u32 y;
+  u32 height;
+  u32 width;
+} Box;
+
+typedef struct Dim2 {
+  u16 height;
+  u16 width;
+} Dim2;
+
+typedef struct Pos2 {
+  u16 x;
+  u16 y;
+} Pos2;
+
+typedef union Range1u32 Range1u32;
+union Range1u32
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    u32 min;
+    u32 max;
+  };
+  u32 v[2];
+};
+
+typedef union Range1i32 Range1i32;
+union Range1i32
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    i32 min;
+    i32 max;
+  };
+  i32 v[2];
+};
+
+typedef union Range1u64 Range1u64;
+union Range1u64
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    u64 min;
+    u64 max;
+  };
+  u64 v[2];
+};
+
+typedef union Range1i64 Range1i64;
+union Range1i64
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    i64 min;
+    i64 max;
+  };
+  i64 v[2];
+};
+
+typedef union Range1f32 Range1f32;
+union Range1f32
+{
+  struct
+  {
+    f32 min;
+    f32 max;
+  };
+  f32 v[2];
+};
+
+#if OS_WINDOWS
+#  define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#  include <Windows.h>
+#  include <winsock2.h>
+#  include <iphlpapi.h>
+#  include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#  include <timeapi.h>
+#  include <conio.h>
+  typedef struct {
+	  DWORD input_mode;
+	  DWORD output_mode;
+	} TermIOs;
+#else
+#  include <sys/socket.h>
+#  include <netinet/in.h>
+#  include <netdb.h>
+#  include <arpa/inet.h>
+#  include <net/if.h>
+#  include <ifaddrs.h>
+#  include <termios.h>
+#  include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#  include <pthread.h>
+	typedef struct termios TermIOs;
+#endif
+
+typedef struct Barrier {
+  u64 a[1];
+} Barrier;
+
+typedef struct CondVar {
+  u64 a[1];
+} CondVar;
+
+typedef struct Thread {
+  pthread_t thread;
+} Thread;
+
+typedef struct Mutex {
+  pthread_mutex_t mutex;
+} Mutex;
+
+typedef struct Cond {
+  pthread_cond_t cond;
+} Cond;
+
+#define M_SCRATCH_SIZE KB(16)
+typedef struct ScratchFreeListNode ScratchFreeListNode;
+struct ScratchFreeListNode {
+	ScratchFreeListNode* next;
+	u32 index;
+};
+
+typedef struct ScratchMem {
+	Arena arena;
+	u32 index;
+	u64 pos;
+} ScratchMem;
+
+typedef struct LaneCtx {
+  u64 lane_idx;
+  u64 lane_count;
+  Barrier barrier;
+  u64 *broadcast_memory;
+} LaneCtx;
+
+typedef struct ThreadContext {
+	Arena arena; // scratch
+	u32 max_created;
+	ScratchFreeListNode* free_list;
+  LaneCtx lane_ctx;
+} ThreadContext;
+
+///// HARDCODED GLOBALS
+global const u64 MAX_u64 = 0xffffffffffffffffull;
+global const u32 MAX_u32 = 0xffffffff;
+global const u16 MAX_u16 = 0xffff;
+global const u8  MAX_u8  = 0xff;
+
+///// CUSTOM ENTRY POINT
+/* TODO?
+fn void mainThreadBaseEntryPoint(i32 argc, char **argv);
+fn void asyncThreadEntryPoint(void *params);
+fn void supplement_thread_base_entry_point(void (*entry_point)(void *params), void *params);
+fn u64 update_tick_idx(void);
+fn b32 update(void);
+*/
+
+///// MATH
+fn Range1u64 range1u64Create(u64 min, u64 max);
+fn Range1u64 mRangeFromNIdxMCount(u64 n_idx, u64 n_count, u64 m_count);
+fn void u32Quicksort(u32 arr[], u32 low, u32 high);
+fn void u32ReverseArray(u32 arr[], u32 size);
+
+///// MEMORY (Arenas)
+#define ARENA_MAX GB(1)
+// this was an evil bug to figure out
+#if defined(OS_MAC)
+#  define ARENA_COMMIT_SIZE KB(16)
+#else
+#  define ARENA_COMMIT_SIZE KB(8)
+#endif
+
+fn void* arenaAlloc(Arena* arena, u64 size);
+fn void* arenaAllocZero(Arena* arena, u64 size);
+fn void  arenaDealloc(Arena* arena, u64 size);
+fn void  arenaDeallocTo(Arena* arena, u64 pos);
+fn void* arenaRaise(Arena* arena, void* ptr, u64 size);
+fn void* arenaAllocArraySized(Arena* arena, u64 elem_size, u64 count);
+#define arenaAllocArray(arena, elem_type, count) arenaAllocArraySized(arena, sizeof(elem_type), count)
+
+fn void arenaInit(Arena* arena);
+fn void arenaInitSized(Arena* arena, u64 max);
+fn void arenaClear(Arena* arena);
+fn void arenaFree(Arena* arena);
+
+ScratchMem scratchGet(void);
+void scratchReset(ScratchMem* scratch);
+void scratchReturn(ScratchMem* scratch);
+
+///// STRINGS
+#define ASCII_TAB       (9)
+#define ASCII_LINE_FEED (10)
+#define ASCII_RETURN    (13)
+#define ASCII_ESCAPE    (27)
+#define ASCII_DEL       (127)
+#define ASCII_BACKSPACE (8)
+
+fn bool stringsEq(String* a, String* b);
+fn bool cStringEqString(str a, String* b);
+fn Utf8Character classifyUtf8Character(u8 c);
+fn bool isUtf8Ascii(u8 c);
+fn bool isUtf8TwoByte(u8 c);
+fn bool isUtf8ThreeByte(u8 c);
+fn bool isUtf8FourByte(u8 c);
+fn u8 lowerAscii(u8 c);
+fn u8 upperAscii(u8 c);
+fn StringUTF16Const str16FromStr8(Arena* a, String string);
+fn bool isAlphaUnderscoreSpace(u8 c);
+fn bool isSimplePrintable(u8 c);
+
+///// OS-wrapped apis
+void osInit();
+void* osThreadContextGet();
+void osThreadContextSet(void* ctx);
+
+fn Barrier osBarrierAlloc(u64 count);
+fn void osBarrierRelease(Barrier barrier);
+fn void osBarrierWait(Barrier barrier);
+
+// Memory
+fn void* osMemoryReserve(u64 size);
+fn void  osMemoryCommit(void* memory, u64 size);
+fn void  osMemoryDecommit(void* memory, u64 size);
+fn void  osMemoryRelease(void* memory, u64 size);
+fn u64   osTimeMicrosecondsNow();
+fn void  osSleepMicroseconds(u32 t);
+
+fn bool osFileExists(String filename);
+fn String osFileRead(Arena* arena, ptr filepath);
+fn bool osFileCreate(String filename);
+fn bool osFileCreateWrite(String filename, String data);
+fn bool osFileWrite(String filename, String data);
+
+fn void osDebugPrint(bool debug_mode, const char* format, ...);
+
+TermIOs osStartTUI(bool blocking);
+fn void osEndTUI(TermIOs old_terminal_attributes);
+fn Dim2 osGetTerminalDimensions();
+void osBlitToTerminal(ptr writeable_output_ansi_string, i64 count);
+void osReadConsoleInput(u8* buffer, u32 len);
+
+bool osInitNetwork();
+i32 osLanIPAddress();
+
+bool osThreadJoin(Thread handle, u64 endt_us);
+
+///// Basic THREAD synchronization apis
+Thread spawnThread(void * (*threadFn)(void *), void* thread_arg);
+Mutex newMutex();
+Cond newCond();
+void lockMutex(Mutex* m);
+void unlockMutex(Mutex* m);
+void signalCond(Cond* cond);
+void waitForCondSignal(Cond* cond, Mutex* mutex);
+
+///// Multi-Core by Default ThreadContext stuff
+void tctxInit(ThreadContext* ctx);
+void tctxFree(ThreadContext* ctx);
+fn ThreadContext *tctxSelected(void);
+
+ScratchMem tctxScratchGet(ThreadContext* ctx);
+void tctxScratchReset(ThreadContext* ctx, ScratchMem* scratch);
+void tctxScratchReturn(ThreadContext* ctx, ScratchMem* scratch);
+
+fn LaneCtx tctxSetLaneCtx(LaneCtx lane_ctx);
+fn void tctxLaneBarrierWait(void *broadcast_ptr, u64 broadcast_size, u64 broadcast_src_lane_idx);
+#define LaneIdx() (tctxSelected()->lane_ctx.lane_idx)
+#define LaneCount() (tctxSelected()->lane_ctx.lane_count)
+#define LaneFromTaskIdx(idx) ((idx)%LaneCount())
+#define LaneCtx(ctx) tctxSetLaneCtx((ctx))
+#define LaneSync() tctxLaneBarrierWait(0, 0, 0)
+#define LaneSyncu64(pointer, src_lane_idx) tctxLaneBarrierWait((pointer), sizeof(*(pointer)), (src_lane_idx))
+#define LaneRange(count) mRangeFromNIdxMCount(LaneIdx(), LaneCount(), (count))
+
+
+#endif// BASE_ALL_H
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+#include "all.h"
+
+fn void mainThreadBaseEntryPoint(i32 argc, char **argv) {
+  Thread* async_threads = 0;
+  u64 lane_broadcast_val = 0;
+  {
+    u32 num_main_threads = 1;
+    u32 num_async_threads = 12;//TODO: os_get_system_info()->logical_processor_count;
+    u32 num_main_threads_clamped = Min(num_async_threads, num_main_threads);
+    num_async_threads -= num_main_threads_clamped;
+    String num_async_threads_string = cmd_line_string(&cmdline, str8_lit("async_thread_count"));
+    if(num_async_threads_string.size != 0)
+    {
+      try_u64_from_str8_c_rules(num_async_threads_string, &num_async_threads);
+    }
+    num_async_threads = Max(1, num_async_threads);
+    Barrier barrier = barrier_alloc(num_async_threads);
+    LaneCtx *lane_ctxs = push_array(scratch.arena, LaneCtx, num_async_threads);
+    async_threads_count = num_async_threads;
+    async_threads = push_array(scratch.arena, Thread, async_threads_count);
+    for EachIndex(idx, num_async_threads)
+    {
+      lane_ctxs[idx].lane_idx = idx;
+      lane_ctxs[idx].lane_count = async_threads_count;
+      lane_ctxs[idx].barrier = barrier;
+      lane_ctxs[idx].broadcast_memory = &lane_broadcast_val;
+      async_threads[idx] = thread_launch(async_thread_entry_point, &lane_ctxs[idx]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  //- rjf: call into entry point
+  entry_point(&cmdline);
+
+  //- rjf: join async threads
+  ins_atomic_u32_inc_eval(&global_async_exit);
+  cond_var_broadcast(async_tick_start_cond_var);
+  for EachIndex(idx, async_threads_count)
+  {
+    thread_join(async_threads[idx], max_U64);
+  }
+}
+
+fn void asyncThreadEntryPoint(void *params) {
+}
+
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+#ifndef BASE_IMPL_C
+#define BASE_IMPL_C
+
+#include "math.c"
+#include "os.c"
+#include "memory.c"
+#include "serialize.c"
+#include "string.c"
+#include "tctx.c"
+#include "thread.c"
+
+#endif // BASE_IMPL_C
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+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "all.h"
+
+global pthread_barrier_t linux_thread_barrier;
+
+fn Barrier osBarrierAlloc(u64 count) {
+  pthread_barrier_init(&linux_thread_barrier, NULL, count);
+  Barrier result = {(u64)&linux_thread_barrier};
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void osBarrierRelease(Barrier barrier) {
+  pthread_barrier_t* addr = (pthread_barrier_t*)barrier.a[0];
+  pthread_barrier_destroy(addr);
+}
+
+fn void osBarrierWait(Barrier barrier) {
+  pthread_barrier_t* addr = (pthread_barrier_t*)barrier.a[0];
+  pthread_barrier_wait(addr);
+}
+
+// Time
+fn u64 osTimeMicrosecondsNow() {
+  struct timespec ts;
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+	return ((u64)ts.tv_sec * 1000000) + ((u64)ts.tv_nsec / 1000000);
+}
+
+#define MICROSECONDS_PER_SECOND 1000000
+#define NANOSECONDS_PER_MICROSECOND 1000
+fn void osSleepMicroseconds(u32 t) {
+  struct timespec ts = { t / MICROSECONDS_PER_SECOND, (t % MICROSECONDS_PER_SECOND)*NANOSECONDS_PER_MICROSECOND };
+  nanosleep(&ts, NULL);
+}
+
+// Files
+fn bool osFileExists(String filename) {
+  bool result = access((str)filename.bytes, F_OK) == 0;
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn String osFileRead(Arena* arena, ptr filepath) {
+  struct stat st;
+  stat(filepath, &st);
+  String result = { st.st_size, st.st_size, 0 };
+  result.bytes = arenaAlloc(arena, st.st_size);
+
+  size_t handle = open(filepath, O_RDWR, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  read(handle, result.bytes, st.st_size);
+  close(handle);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool osFileCreate(String filename) {
+  /*
+  M_Scratch scratch = scratch_get();
+  string nt = str_copy(&scratch.arena, filename);
+  bool result = true;
+  size_t handle = open((const char*) nt.str, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  if (handle == -1) {
+      result = false;
+  }
+  scratch_return(&scratch);
+  close(handle);
+  return true;
+  */
+  bool result = true;
+  size_t handle = open((str)filename.bytes, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  if (handle == -1) {
+    result = false;
+  }
+  if (close(handle) == -1) {
+    result = false;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool osFileCreateWrite(String filename, String data) {
+  /*
+  M_Scratch scratch = scratch_get();
+  string nt = str_copy(&scratch.arena, filename);
+  b32 result = true;
+  size_t handle =
+    open((const char*) nt.str, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  if (handle == -1) result = false;
+  write(handle, data.str, data.size);
+  close(handle);
+  scratch_return(&scratch);
+  return result;
+  */
+  bool result = true;
+  size_t handle = open(
+    (str)filename.bytes,
+    O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC,
+    S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH
+  );
+  if (handle == -1) result = false;
+  write(handle, data.bytes, data.length);
+  close(handle);
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool osFileWrite(String filename, String data) {
+  /*
+    M_Scratch scratch = scratch_get();
+    string nt = str_copy(&scratch.arena, filename);
+    b32 result = true;
+    size_t handle =
+        open((const char*) nt.str, O_RDWR | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+    if (handle == -1) result = false;
+    write(handle, data.str, data.size);
+    close(handle);
+  */
+  bool result = true;
+  size_t handle = open((str) filename.bytes, O_RDWR | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  if (handle == -1) result = false;
+  write(handle, data.bytes, data.length);
+  close(handle);
+  return result;
+}
+
+
+// Misc
+fn void osDebugPrint(bool debug_mode, const char * format, ... ) {
+  if (debug_mode) {
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, format);
+    vprintf(format, args);
+    va_end(args);
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "all.h"
+#include "pthread_barrier.h"
+
+global pthread_barrier_t macos_thread_barrier;
+
+fn Barrier osBarrierAlloc(u64 count) {
+  pthread_barrier_init(&macos_thread_barrier, NULL, count);
+  Barrier result = {(u64)&macos_thread_barrier};
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void osBarrierRelease(Barrier barrier) {
+  pthread_barrier_t* addr = (pthread_barrier_t*)barrier.a[0];
+  pthread_barrier_destroy(addr);
+}
+
+fn void osBarrierWait(Barrier barrier) {
+  pthread_barrier_t* addr = (pthread_barrier_t*)barrier.a[0];
+  pthread_barrier_wait(addr);
+}
+
+// Time
+fn u64 osTimeMicrosecondsNow() {
+  struct timespec ts;
+  clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, &ts);
+	return ((u64)ts.tv_sec * 1000000) + ((u64)ts.tv_nsec / 1000000);
+}
+
+fn void osSleepMicroseconds(u32 t) {
+  usleep(t);
+}
+
+// Files
+fn bool osFileExists(String filename) {
+  bool result = access((str)filename.bytes, F_OK) == 0;
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn String osFileRead(Arena* arena, ptr filepath) {
+  struct stat st;
+  stat(filepath, &st);
+  String result = { st.st_size, st.st_size, 0 };
+  result.bytes = arenaAlloc(arena, st.st_size);
+
+  size_t handle = open(filepath, O_RDWR, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  read(handle, result.bytes, st.st_size);
+  close(handle);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool osFileCreate(String filename) {
+  /*
+  M_Scratch scratch = scratch_get();
+  string nt = str_copy(&scratch.arena, filename);
+  bool result = true;
+  size_t handle = open((const char*) nt.str, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  if (handle == -1) {
+      result = false;
+  }
+  scratch_return(&scratch);
+  close(handle);
+  return true;
+  */
+  bool result = true;
+  size_t handle = open((str)filename.bytes, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  if (handle == -1) {
+    result = false;
+  }
+  if (close(handle) == -1) {
+    result = false;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool osFileCreateWrite(String filename, String data) {
+  /*
+  M_Scratch scratch = scratch_get();
+  string nt = str_copy(&scratch.arena, filename);
+  b32 result = true;
+  size_t handle =
+    open((const char*) nt.str, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  if (handle == -1) result = false;
+  write(handle, data.str, data.size);
+  close(handle);
+  scratch_return(&scratch);
+  return result;
+  */
+  bool result = true;
+  size_t handle = open(
+    (str)filename.bytes,
+    O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC,
+    S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH
+  );
+  if (handle == -1) result = false;
+  write(handle, data.bytes, data.length);
+  close(handle);
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool osFileWrite(String filename, String data) {
+  /*
+    M_Scratch scratch = scratch_get();
+    string nt = str_copy(&scratch.arena, filename);
+    b32 result = true;
+    size_t handle =
+        open((const char*) nt.str, O_RDWR | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+    if (handle == -1) result = false;
+    write(handle, data.str, data.size);
+    close(handle);
+  */
+  bool result = true;
+  size_t handle = open((str) filename.bytes, O_RDWR | O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH);
+  if (handle == -1) result = false;
+  write(handle, data.bytes, data.length);
+  close(handle);
+  return result;
+}
+
+
+// Misc
+fn void osDebugPrint(bool debug_mode, const char * format, ... ) {
+  if (debug_mode) {
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, format);
+    vprintf(format, args);
+    va_end(args);
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include "all.h"
+
+fn Range1u64 range1u64Create(u64 min, u64 max) {
+  Range1u64 result = {
+    .min = min,
+    .max = max
+  };
+  if (result.min > result.max) {
+    result.max = min;
+    result.min = max;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn Range1u64 mRangeFromNIdxMCount(u64 n_idx, u64 n_count, u64 m_count) {
+  u64 main_idxes_per_lane = m_count / n_count;
+  u64 leftover_idxes_count = m_count - main_idxes_per_lane * n_count;
+  u64 leftover_idxes_before_this_lane_count = Min(n_idx, leftover_idxes_count);
+  u64 lane_base_idx = n_idx*main_idxes_per_lane + leftover_idxes_before_this_lane_count;
+  u64 lane_base_idx__clamped = Min(lane_base_idx, m_count);
+  u64 lane_opl_idx = lane_base_idx__clamped + main_idxes_per_lane + ((n_idx < leftover_idxes_count) ? 1 : 0);
+  u64 lane_opl_idx__clamped = Min(lane_opl_idx, m_count);
+  Range1u64 result = range1u64Create(lane_base_idx__clamped, lane_opl_idx__clamped);
+  return result;
+}
+
+void u32Swap(u32* a, u32* b) {
+  int t = *a;
+  *a = *b;
+  *b = t;
+}
+
+u32 u32ArrPartition(u32 arr[], u32 low, u32 high) {
+  u32 pivot = arr[high];
+  u32 i = low - 1;
+
+  for (u32 j = low; j < high; j++) {
+    if (arr[j] < pivot) {
+      i++;
+      u32Swap(&arr[i], &arr[j]);
+    }
+  }
+  u32Swap(&arr[i + 1], &arr[high]);
+  return i + 1;
+}
+
+fn void u32Quicksort(u32 arr[], u32 low, u32 high) {
+  if (low < high) {
+    u32 pi = u32ArrPartition(arr, low, high);
+    if (pi != 0) {
+      u32Quicksort(arr, low, pi - 1);
+    }
+    u32Quicksort(arr, pi + 1, high);
+  }
+}
+
+fn void u32ReverseArray(u32 arr[], u32 size) {
+  u32 start = 0;
+  u32 end = size - 1;
+  while (start < end) {
+    u32 temp = arr[start];
+    arr[start] = arr[end];
+    arr[end] = temp;
+    start++;
+    end--;
+  }
+}
+
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#include "all.h"
+
+fn u64 alignForward(u64 pointer, u64 align) {
+	u64 p, modulo;
+	assert(isPowerOfTwo(align));
+	p = pointer;
+	// Same as (p % a) but faster as 'a' is a power of two
+	modulo = p & (align-1);
+	if (modulo != 0) {
+		// If 'p' address is not aligned, push the address to the
+		// next value which is aligned
+		p += align - modulo;
+	}
+	return p;
+}
+
+fn void* arenaAlloc(Arena* arena, u64 size) {
+  void* memory = 0;
+  size = alignForward(size, DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT);
+  if (arena->alloc_position + size > arena->commit_position) {
+    if (!arena->static_size) {
+      u64 commit_size = size;
+
+      commit_size += ARENA_COMMIT_SIZE - 1;
+      commit_size -= commit_size % ARENA_COMMIT_SIZE;
+
+      if (arena->commit_position < arena->max) {
+        osMemoryCommit(arena->memory + arena->commit_position, commit_size);
+        arena->commit_position += commit_size;
+      } else {
+        assert(0 && "Arena is out of memory");
+      }
+    } else {
+      assert(0 && "Static-Size Arena is out of memory");
+    }
+  }
+
+  memory = arena->memory + arena->alloc_position;
+  arena->alloc_position += size;
+  return memory;
+}
+
+fn void* arenaAllocArraySized(Arena* arena, u64 elem_size, u64 count) {
+    return arenaAlloc(arena, elem_size * count);
+}
+
+fn void arenaDealloc(Arena* arena, u64 size) {
+  if (size > arena->alloc_position) size = arena->alloc_position;
+  arena->alloc_position -= size;
+}
+
+fn void arenaInit(Arena* arena) {
+  MemoryZeroStruct(arena, Arena);
+  arena->max = ARENA_MAX;
+  arena->memory = osMemoryReserve(arena->max);
+  arena->alloc_position = 0;
+  arena->commit_position = 0;
+  arena->static_size = false;
+}
+
+// WARNING: segfault problems with this approach
+fn void arenaInitStatic(Arena* arena, u64 max) {
+  MemoryZeroStruct(arena, Arena);
+  arena->max = max;
+  arena->memory = osMemoryReserve(arena->max);
+  osMemoryCommit(arena->memory, max + (max % ARENA_COMMIT_SIZE));
+  arena->alloc_position = 0;
+  arena->commit_position = 0;
+  arena->static_size = true;
+}
+
+
+fn void arenaClear(Arena* a) {
+  a->alloc_position = 0;
+}
+
+fn void arenaFree(Arena* a) {
+  osMemoryRelease(a->memory, a->max);
+}
+
+ScratchMem scratchGet(void) {
+	ThreadContext* ctx = (ThreadContext*)osThreadContextGet();
+	return tctxScratchGet(ctx);
+}
+
+void scratchReset(ScratchMem* scratch) {
+	ThreadContext* ctx = (ThreadContext*)osThreadContextGet();
+	tctxScratchReset(ctx, scratch);
+}
+
+void scratchReturn(ScratchMem* scratch) {
+	ThreadContext* ctx = (ThreadContext*)osThreadContextGet();
+	tctxScratchReturn(ctx, scratch);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include "all.h"
+
+#if OS_WINDOWS
+#  include "win32_os.c"
+#elif OS_LINUX
+#  include "linux_os.c"
+#  include "unix_os.c"
+#elif OS_MAC
+#  include "pthread_barrier.c"
+#  include "mac_os.c"
+#  include "unix_os.c"
+#endif
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/* (C) Copyright 2019 Robert Sauter
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+/** Pthread-barrier implementation for macOS using a pthread mutex and condition variable */
+
+
+#include "pthread_barrier.h"
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+
+int pthread_barrier_init(pthread_barrier_t *__restrict barrier,
+                         const pthread_barrierattr_t * __restrict attr,
+                         unsigned count) {
+	if (count == 0) {
+		return EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	int ret;
+
+	pthread_condattr_t condattr;
+	pthread_condattr_init(&condattr);
+	if (attr) {
+		int pshared;
+		ret = pthread_barrierattr_getpshared(attr, &pshared);
+		if (ret) {
+			return ret;
+		}
+		ret = pthread_condattr_setpshared(&condattr, pshared);
+		if (ret) {
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = pthread_mutex_init(&barrier->mutex, attr);
+	if (ret) {
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = pthread_cond_init(&barrier->cond, &condattr);
+	if (ret) {
+		pthread_mutex_destroy(&barrier->mutex);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	barrier->count = count;
+	barrier->left = count;
+	barrier->round = 0;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int pthread_barrier_destroy(pthread_barrier_t *barrier) {
+	if (barrier->count == 0) {
+		return EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	barrier->count = 0;
+	int rm = pthread_mutex_destroy(&barrier->mutex);
+	int rc = pthread_cond_destroy(&barrier->cond);
+	return rm ? rm : rc;
+}
+
+
+int pthread_barrier_wait(pthread_barrier_t *barrier) {
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&barrier->mutex);
+	if (--barrier->left) {
+		unsigned round = barrier->round;
+		do {
+			pthread_cond_wait(&barrier->cond, &barrier->mutex);
+		} while (round == barrier->round);
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&barrier->mutex);
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		barrier->round += 1;
+		barrier->left = barrier->count;
+		pthread_cond_broadcast(&barrier->cond);
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&barrier->mutex);
+		return PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD;
+	}
+}
+
+
+int pthread_barrierattr_init(pthread_barrierattr_t *attr) {
+	return pthread_mutexattr_init(attr);
+}
+
+int pthread_barrierattr_destroy(pthread_barrierattr_t *attr) {
+	return pthread_mutexattr_destroy(attr);
+}
+
+int pthread_barrierattr_getpshared(const pthread_barrierattr_t *__restrict attr,
+                                   int *__restrict pshared) {
+	return pthread_mutexattr_getpshared(attr, pshared);
+}
+
+int pthread_barrierattr_setpshared(pthread_barrierattr_t *attr, int pshared) {
+	return pthread_mutexattr_setpshared(attr, pshared);
+}
+
+#endif  /* __APPLE */
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/** Pthread-barrier implementation for macOS */
+#ifndef PTHREAD_BARRIER_H
+#define PTHREAD_BARRIER_H
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD
+# define PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD -1
+#endif
+
+typedef pthread_mutexattr_t pthread_barrierattr_t;
+
+/* structure for internal use that should be considered opaque */
+typedef struct {
+	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
+	pthread_cond_t cond;
+	unsigned count;
+	unsigned left;
+	unsigned round;
+} pthread_barrier_t;
+
+int pthread_barrier_init(pthread_barrier_t *__restrict barrier,
+                         const pthread_barrierattr_t * __restrict attr,
+                         unsigned count);
+int pthread_barrier_destroy(pthread_barrier_t *barrier);
+
+int pthread_barrier_wait(pthread_barrier_t *barrier);
+
+int pthread_barrierattr_init(pthread_barrierattr_t *attr);
+int pthread_barrierattr_destroy(pthread_barrierattr_t *attr);
+int pthread_barrierattr_getpshared(const pthread_barrierattr_t *__restrict attr,
+                                   int *__restrict pshared);
+int pthread_barrierattr_setpshared(pthread_barrierattr_t *attr,
+                                   int pshared);
+
+
+#ifdef  __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __APPLE__ */
+
+#endif /* PTHREAD_BARRIER_H */
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#include "all.h"
+
+fn u64 writeU64ToBufferLE(u8* buffer, u64 value) {
+  buffer[0] = (u8)(value & 0xFF);
+  buffer[1] = (u8)((value >> 8) & 0xFF);
+  buffer[2] = (u8)((value >> 16) & 0xFF);
+  buffer[3] = (u8)((value >> 24) & 0xFF);
+  buffer[4] = (u8)((value >> 32) & 0xFF);
+  buffer[5] = (u8)((value >> 40) & 0xFF);
+  buffer[6] = (u8)((value >> 48) & 0xFF);
+  buffer[7] = (u8)((value >> 56) & 0xFF);
+  return 8;// number of bytes written
+}
+
+fn u64 writeU32ToBufferLE(u8* buffer, u32 value) {
+  buffer[0] = (u8)(value & 0xFF);
+  buffer[1] = (u8)((value >> 8) & 0xFF);
+  buffer[2] = (u8)((value >> 16) & 0xFF);
+  buffer[3] = (u8)((value >> 24) & 0xFF);
+  return 4;// number of bytes written
+}
+
+fn u64 writeI32ToBufferLE(u8* buffer, i32 value) {
+  buffer[0] = (u8)(value & 0xFF);
+  buffer[1] = (u8)((value >> 8) & 0xFF);
+  buffer[2] = (u8)((value >> 16) & 0xFF);
+  buffer[3] = (u8)((value >> 24) & 0xFF);
+  return 4;// number of bytes written
+}
+
+fn u64 writeU16ToBufferLE(u8* buffer, u16 value) {
+  buffer[0] = (u8)(value & 0xFF);
+  buffer[1] = (u8)((value >> 8) & 0xFF);
+  return 2;// number of bytes written
+}
+
+fn u64 readU64FromBufferLE(u8 *buffer) {
+    return (u64)buffer[0] |
+           ((u64)buffer[1] << 8) |
+           ((u64)buffer[2] << 16) |
+           ((u64)buffer[3] << 24) |
+           ((u64)buffer[4] << 32) |
+           ((u64)buffer[5] << 40) |
+           ((u64)buffer[6] << 48) |
+           ((u64)buffer[7] << 56);
+}
+
+fn u32 readU32FromBufferLE(u8 *buffer) {
+    return (u32)buffer[0] |
+           ((u32)buffer[1] << 8) |
+           ((u32)buffer[2] << 16) |
+           ((u32)buffer[3] << 24);
+}
+
+fn i32 readI32FromBufferLE(u8 *buffer) {
+    return (i32)buffer[0] |
+           ((i32)buffer[1] << 8) |
+           ((i32)buffer[2] << 16) |
+           ((i32)buffer[3] << 24);
+}
+
+fn u16 readU16FromBufferLE(u8 *buffer) {
+    return (u16)buffer[0] |
+           ((u16)buffer[1] << 8);
+}
+
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+#include "all.h"
+
+fn bool stringsEq(String* a, String* b) {
+  if (a->length != b->length) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < a->length; i++) {
+    if (a->bytes[i] != b->bytes[i]) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+fn bool cStringEqString(str a, String* b) {
+  if (strlen(a) != b->length) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < b->length; i++) {
+    if (a[i] != b->bytes[i]) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+fn Utf8Character classifyUtf8Character(u8 c) {
+  /*two_byte utf8 starts with 1100. 192
+  three_byte utf8 starts with 1110. 224
+  four_byte utf8 starts with 1111. 240*/
+  if (c <= 127) {
+    return Utf8CharacterAscii;
+  } else if (c >= 192 && c < 224) {
+    return Utf8CharacterTwoByte;
+  } else if (c >= 224 && c < 240) {
+    return Utf8CharacterThreeByte;
+  } else if (c >= 240) {
+    return Utf8CharacterFourByte;
+  } else {
+    assert(false && "Not a valid utf8 starting byte");
+    return Utf8Character_Count;
+  }
+}
+
+fn bool isUtf8Ascii(u8 c) {
+  return classifyUtf8Character(c) == Utf8CharacterAscii;
+}
+
+fn bool isUtf8TwoByte(u8 c) {
+  return classifyUtf8Character(c) == Utf8CharacterTwoByte;
+}
+
+fn bool isUtf8ThreeByte(u8 c) {
+  return classifyUtf8Character(c) == Utf8CharacterThreeByte;
+}
+
+fn bool isUtf8FourByte(u8 c) {
+  return classifyUtf8Character(c) == Utf8CharacterFourByte;
+}
+
+fn u8 lowerAscii(u8 c) {
+  if (c >= 65 && c <= 90) {
+    return c + 32;
+  }
+  return c;
+}
+
+fn u8 upperAscii(u8 c) {
+  if (c >= 97 && c <= 122) {
+    return c - 32;
+  }
+  return c;
+}
+
+fn bool isAlphaUnderscoreSpace(u8 c) {
+  return ((c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')
+        || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z')
+        || c == ' '
+        || c == '_');
+}
+
+fn bool isSimplePrintable(u8 c) {
+  return (c >= ' ' && c <= '~');
+}
+
+typedef struct StrDecode {
+	u32 codepoint;
+	u32 size;
+} StrDecode;
+
+fn StrDecode strDecodeUTF8(u8 *str, u32 cap){
+	u8 length[] = {
+		1, 1, 1, 1, // 000xx
+		1, 1, 1, 1,
+		1, 1, 1, 1,
+		1, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, // 100xx
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+		2, 2, 2, 2, // 110xx
+		3, 3,       // 1110x
+		4,          // 11110
+		0,          // 11111
+	};
+	u8 first_byte_mask[] = { 0, 0x7F, 0x1F, 0x0F, 0x07 };
+	u8 final_shift[] = { 0, 18, 12, 6, 0 };
+
+	StrDecode result = {0};
+	if (cap > 0){
+		result.codepoint = '#';
+		result.size = 1;
+
+		u8 byte = str[0];
+		u8 l = length[byte >> 3];
+		if (0 < l && l <= cap){
+			u32 cp = (byte & first_byte_mask[l]) << 18;
+			switch (l){
+				case 4: cp |= ((str[3] & 0x3F) << 0);
+				case 3: cp |= ((str[2] & 0x3F) << 6);
+				case 2: cp |= ((str[1] & 0x3F) << 12);
+				default: break;
+			}
+			cp >>= final_shift[l];
+
+			result.codepoint = cp;
+			result.size = l;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+fn u32 strEncodeUTF8(u8 *dst, u32 codepoint){
+	u32 size = 0;
+	if (codepoint < (1 << 8)) {
+		dst[0] = codepoint;
+		size = 1;
+	} else if (codepoint < (1 << 11)) {
+		dst[0] = 0xC0 | (codepoint >> 6);
+		dst[1] = 0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F);
+		size = 2;
+	}
+	else if (codepoint < (1 << 16)) {
+		dst[0] = 0xE0 | (codepoint >> 12);
+		dst[1] = 0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3F);
+		dst[2] = 0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F);
+		size = 3;
+	} else if (codepoint < (1 << 21)) {
+		dst[0] = 0xF0 | (codepoint >> 18);
+		dst[1] = 0x80 | ((codepoint >> 12) & 0x3F);
+		dst[2] = 0x80 | ((codepoint >> 6) & 0x3F);
+		dst[3] = 0x80 | (codepoint & 0x3F);
+		size = 4;
+	} else {
+		dst[0] = '#';
+		size = 1;
+	}
+	return size;
+}
+
+fn StrDecode strDecodeUTF16(u16 *str, u32 cap){
+	StrDecode result = {'#', 1};
+	u16 x = str[0];
+	if (x < 0xD800 || 0xDFFF < x) {
+		result.codepoint = x;
+	} else if (cap >= 2) {
+		u16 y = str[1];
+		if (0xD800 <= x && x < 0xDC00 &&
+			0xDC00 <= y && y < 0xE000
+		) {
+			u16 xj = x - 0xD800;
+			u16 yj = y - 0xDc00;
+			u32 xy = (xj << 10) | yj;
+			result.codepoint = xy + 0x10000;
+			result.size = 2;
+		}
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
+fn u32 strEncodeUTF16(u16 *dst, u32 codepoint){
+	u32 size = 0;
+	if (codepoint < 0x10000) {
+		dst[0] = codepoint;
+		size = 1;
+	} else {
+		u32 cpj = codepoint - 0x10000;
+		dst[0] = (cpj >> 10) + 0xD800;
+		dst[1] = (cpj & 0x3FF) + 0xDC00;
+		size = 2;
+	}
+	return(size);
+}
+
+fn StringUTF16Const str16FromStr8(Arena* arena, String string) {
+	u16* memory = arenaAllocArray(arena, u16, string.length * 2 + 1);
+
+	u16* dptr = memory;
+	u8* ptr = (u8*)string.bytes;
+	u8* opl = (u8*)string.bytes + string.length;
+	for (; ptr < opl;){
+		StrDecode decode = strDecodeUTF8(ptr, (u64)(opl - ptr));
+		u32 enc_size = strEncodeUTF16(dptr, decode.codepoint);
+		ptr += decode.size;
+		dptr += enc_size;
+	}
+
+	*dptr = 0;
+
+	u64 alloc_count = string.length*2 + 1;
+	u64 string_count = (u64)(dptr - memory);
+	u64 unused_count = alloc_count - string_count - 1;
+	arenaDealloc(arena, unused_count * sizeof(*memory));
+
+	StringUTF16Const result = { memory, string_count };
+	return result;
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#include "all.h"
+
+void tctxInit(ThreadContext* ctx) {
+	arenaInit(&ctx->arena);
+	osThreadContextSet(ctx);
+}
+
+void tctxFree(ThreadContext* ctx) {
+	arenaFree(&ctx->arena);
+	osThreadContextSet(ctx);
+}
+
+fn ThreadContext *tctxSelected(void) {
+  return (ThreadContext*)osThreadContextGet();
+}
+
+ScratchMem tctxScratchGet(ThreadContext* ctx) {
+	if (!ctx->free_list) {
+		ScratchMem scratch = {0};
+
+		scratch.arena.memory = arenaAlloc(&ctx->arena, M_SCRATCH_SIZE);
+		scratch.arena.max = M_SCRATCH_SIZE;
+		scratch.arena.alloc_position = 0;
+		scratch.arena.commit_position = M_SCRATCH_SIZE;
+		scratch.arena.static_size = true;
+
+		ctx->max_created++;
+		return scratch;
+	} else {
+		ScratchMem scratch = {0};
+
+		scratch.arena.memory = (u8*) ctx->free_list;
+		scratch.arena.max = M_SCRATCH_SIZE;
+		scratch.arena.alloc_position = 0;
+		scratch.arena.commit_position = M_SCRATCH_SIZE;
+		scratch.arena.static_size = true;
+
+		ctx->free_list = ctx->free_list->next;
+		return scratch;
+	}
+}
+
+void tctxScratchReset(ThreadContext* ctx, ScratchMem* scratch) {
+	scratch->arena.alloc_position = 0;
+}
+
+void tctxScratchReturn(ThreadContext* ctx, ScratchMem* scratch) {
+	ScratchFreeListNode* prev_head = ctx->free_list;
+	ctx->free_list = (ScratchFreeListNode*) scratch->arena.memory;
+	ctx->free_list->next = prev_head;
+}
+
+fn LaneCtx tctxSetLaneCtx(LaneCtx lane_ctx) {
+  ThreadContext *tctx = tctxSelected();
+  LaneCtx restore = tctx->lane_ctx;
+  tctx->lane_ctx = lane_ctx;
+  return restore;
+}
+
+fn void tctxLaneBarrierWait(void *broadcast_ptr, u64 broadcast_size, u64 broadcast_src_lane_idx) {
+  ThreadContext *tctx = tctxSelected();
+
+  // broadcasting -> copy to broadcast memory on source lane
+  u64 broadcast_size_clamped = Min(broadcast_size, sizeof(tctx->lane_ctx.broadcast_memory[0]));
+  if(broadcast_ptr != 0 && LaneIdx() == broadcast_src_lane_idx) {
+    MemoryCopy(tctx->lane_ctx.broadcast_memory, broadcast_ptr, broadcast_size_clamped);
+  }
+
+  // all cases: barrier
+  osBarrierWait(tctx->lane_ctx.barrier);
+
+  // broadcasting -> copy from broadcast memory on destination lanes
+  if(broadcast_ptr != 0 && LaneIdx() != broadcast_src_lane_idx)
+  {
+    MemoryCopy(broadcast_ptr, tctx->lane_ctx.broadcast_memory, broadcast_size_clamped);
+  }
+
+  // broadcasting -> barrier on all lanes
+  if(broadcast_ptr != 0)
+  {
+    osBarrierWait(tctx->lane_ctx.barrier);
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#include "all.h"
+
+Thread spawnThread(void * (*threadFn)(void *), void* thread_arg) {
+  pthread_t thread;
+  pthread_create(&thread, NULL, threadFn, thread_arg);
+  Thread result = { thread };
+  return result;
+}
+
+Mutex newMutex() {
+  Mutex result = { PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER };
+  return result;
+}
+
+Cond newCond() {
+  Cond result = { 0 };
+  pthread_cond_init(&result.cond, NULL);
+  return result;
+}
+
+void lockMutex(Mutex* m) {
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&m->mutex);
+}
+
+void unlockMutex(Mutex* m) {
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&m->mutex);
+}
+
+void signalCond(Cond* cond) {
+  pthread_cond_signal(&cond->cond);
+}
+
+void waitForCondSignal(Cond* cond, Mutex* mutex) {
+  pthread_cond_wait(&cond->cond, &mutex->mutex);
+}
+
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#include "types.h"
+#include "memory.h"
+#ifndef BASE_THREAD_CONTEXT_H
+#define BASE_THREAD_CONTEXT_H
+
+typedef struct LaneCtx {
+  u64 lane_idx;
+  u64 lane_count;
+  Barrier barrier;
+  u64 *broadcast_memory;
+} LaneCtx;
+
+typedef struct AccessPt AccessPt;
+struct AccessPt
+{
+  u64 access_refcount;
+  u64 last_time_touched_us;
+  u64 last_update_idx_touched;
+};
+
+typedef struct AccessPtExpireParams AccessPtExpireParams;
+struct AccessPtExpireParams
+{
+  u64 time;
+  u64 update_idxs;
+};
+
+typedef struct Touch Touch;
+struct Touch
+{
+  Touch *next;
+  AccessPt *pt;
+  CondVar cv;
+};
+
+typedef struct Access Access;
+struct Access
+{
+  Access *next;
+  Touch *top_touch;
+};
+
+typedef struct TCtx {
+  // scratch arenas
+  Arena *arenas[2];
+  u8 thread_name[32];
+  u64 thread_name_size;
+
+  LaneCtx lane_ctx;
+  
+  // source location info
+  char *file_name;
+  u64 line_number;
+  
+  // accesses
+  Arena *access_arena;
+  Access *free_access;
+  Touch *free_touch;
+  
+  u64 *progress_counter_ptr;
+  u64 *progress_target_ptr;
+} TCtx;
+
+////////////////////////////////
+// Thread Context Functions
+
+// thread-context allocation & selection
+fn TCtx *tctxAlloc(void);
+fn void tctxRelease(TCtx *tctx);
+fn void tctxSelect(TCtx *tctx);
+fn TCtx *tctxSelected(void);
+
+//- rjf: scratch arenas
+internal Arena *tctx_get_scratch(Arena **conflicts, U64 count);
+#define scratch_begin(conflicts, count) temp_begin(tctx_get_scratch((conflicts), (count)))
+#define scratch_end(scratch) temp_end(scratch)
+
+//- rjf: lane metadata
+internal LaneCtx tctx_set_lane_ctx(LaneCtx lane_ctx);
+internal void tctx_lane_barrier_wait(void *broadcast_ptr, U64 broadcast_size, U64 broadcast_src_lane_idx);
+#define lane_idx() (tctx_selected()->lane_ctx.lane_idx)
+#define lane_count() (tctx_selected()->lane_ctx.lane_count)
+#define lane_from_task_idx(idx) ((idx)%lane_count())
+#define lane_ctx(ctx) tctx_set_lane_ctx((ctx))
+#define lane_sync() tctx_lane_barrier_wait(0, 0, 0)
+#define lane_sync_u64(ptr, src_lane_idx) tctx_lane_barrier_wait((ptr), sizeof(*(ptr)), (src_lane_idx))
+#define lane_range(count) m_range_from_n_idx_m_count(lane_idx(), lane_count(), (count))
+
+//- rjf: thread names
+internal void tctx_set_thread_name(String8 name);
+internal String8 tctx_get_thread_name(void);
+
+//- rjf: thread source-locations
+internal void tctx_write_srcloc(char *file_name, U64 line_number);
+internal void tctx_read_srcloc(char **file_name, U64 *line_number);
+#define tctx_write_this_srcloc() tctx_write_srcloc(__FILE__, __LINE__)
+
+//- rjf: access scopes
+internal Access *access_open(void);
+internal void access_close(Access *access);
+internal void access_touch(Access *access, AccessPt *pt, CondVar cv);
+
+//- rjf: access points
+internal B32 access_pt_is_expired_(AccessPt *pt, AccessPtExpireParams *params);
+#define access_pt_is_expired(pt, ...) access_pt_is_expired_((pt), &(AccessPtExpireParams){.time = 2000000, .update_idxs = 2, __VA_ARGS__})
+
+//- rjf: progress counters
+#define set_progress_ptr(ptr) (tctx_selected()->progress_counter_ptr = (ptr))
+#define set_progress_target_ptr(ptr) (tctx_selected()->progress_target_ptr = (ptr))
+#define set_progress(val) (tctx_selected()->progress_counter_ptr ? ins_atomic_u64_eval_assign(tctx_selected()->progress_counter_ptr, (val)) : (void)0)
+#define add_progress(val) (tctx_selected()->progress_counter_ptr ? ins_atomic_u64_add_eval(tctx_selected()->progress_counter_ptr, (val)) : (void)0)
+#define set_progress_target(val) (tctx_selected()->progress_target_ptr ? ins_atomic_u64_eval_assign(tctx_selected()->progress_target_ptr, (val)) : (void)0)
+
+#endif // BASE_THREAD_CONTEXT_H
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+#include "all.h"
+
+global pthread_key_t linux_thread_context_key;
+// ThreadContext
+void osInit() {
+  pthread_key_create(&linux_thread_context_key, NULL);
+}
+
+void* osThreadContextGet() {
+  return pthread_getspecific(linux_thread_context_key);
+}
+
+void osThreadContextSet(void* ctx) {
+  pthread_setspecific(linux_thread_context_key, ctx);
+}
+
+bool osThreadJoin(Thread handle, u64 endt_us) {
+  /*
+  if(MemoryIsZeroStruct(&handle)) { return 0; }
+  OS_LNX_Entity *entity = (OS_LNX_Entity *)handle.u64[0];
+  int join_result = pthread_join(entity->thread.handle, 0);
+  B32 result = (join_result == 0);
+  os_lnx_entity_release(entity);
+  return result;
+  */
+  i32 join_result = pthread_join(handle.thread, NULL);
+  bool result = join_result == 0;
+  return result;
+}
+
+// Memory
+fn void* osMemoryReserve(u64 size) {
+  void* result = mmap(((void*)0), size, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON, -1, 0);
+  if(result == MAP_FAILED) {
+    result = 0;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void osMemoryCommit(void* memory, u64 size) {
+  i32 result = mprotect(memory, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE);
+  assert(result == 0 && "osMemoryCommit() failed");
+}
+
+fn void osMemoryDecommit(void* memory, u64 size) {
+    mprotect(memory, size, PROT_NONE);
+}
+
+fn void osMemoryRelease(void* memory, u64 size) {
+    munmap(memory, size);
+}
+
+// TUI
+TermIOs osStartTUI(bool blocking) {
+  // set up the TUI incantations
+  printf("\033[?1049h"); // go to alternate buffer
+  TermIOs terminal_attributes, old_terminal_attributes;
+  tcgetattr(STDOUT_FILENO, &terminal_attributes);
+  old_terminal_attributes = terminal_attributes;
+  terminal_attributes.c_lflag &= ~(ICANON | ECHO); // dont echo keypresses, dont wait for carriage return
+  tcsetattr(STDOUT_FILENO, TCSANOW, &terminal_attributes);
+  if (!blocking) {
+    fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK); // non-blocking input mode
+  }
+  fflush(stdout);
+  return old_terminal_attributes;
+}
+
+fn void osEndTUI(TermIOs old_terminal_attributes) {
+  tcsetattr(STDOUT_FILENO, TCSANOW, &old_terminal_attributes);
+
+  // cleanup terminal TUI incantations
+  printf("\033[?1049l");
+	fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+fn Dim2 osGetTerminalDimensions() {
+  Dim2 result = {0};
+  struct winsize ws;
+  if (ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, &ws) == -1) {
+      //perror("ioctl TIOCGWINSZ failed");
+      //exit(1);
+      return result;
+  }
+  result.width = ws.ws_col;
+  result.height = ws.ws_row;
+  return result;
+}
+
+void osBlitToTerminal(ptr writeable_output_ansi_string, i64 count) {
+  int flags = fcntl(STDOUT_FILENO, F_GETFL);
+  fcntl(STDOUT_FILENO, F_SETFL, flags & ~O_NONBLOCK);
+
+  u64 total = 0;
+  while (total < count) {
+    i64 written_bytes = write(STDOUT_FILENO, writeable_output_ansi_string + total, count - total);
+    /* TODO handle this error
+    if (written_bytes < 0) {
+        if (errno == EINTR) continue;  // Interrupted, retry
+        return -1;  // Real error
+    }
+    */
+    total += written_bytes;
+  }
+  fcntl(STDOUT_FILENO, F_SETFL, flags);
+}
+
+bool osInitNetwork() { return true; }
+
+void osReadConsoleInput(u8* buffer, u32 len) {
+	MemoryZero(buffer, len); // reset the input so it's not contaminated by last keystroke
+	read(STDIN_FILENO, buffer, len);
+}
+
+#define LOCALHOST_127 16777343
+i32 osLanIPAddress() { // returns as HOST byte-order
+  i32 result = 0;
+  struct ifaddrs *ifaddr, *ifa;
+  if (getifaddrs(&ifaddr) != -1) {
+    for (ifa = ifaddr; ifa != NULL; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
+      if (ifa->ifa_addr == NULL) continue;
+      
+      int family = ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family;
+      
+      if (family == AF_INET) {
+          struct sockaddr_in addr = *(struct sockaddr_in*)ifa->ifa_addr;
+          if (addr.sin_addr.s_addr != LOCALHOST_127) {
+            freeifaddrs(ifaddr);
+            //printf("%s %d %d", inet_ntoa(addr.sin_addr), addr.sin_addr.s_addr, ntohl(addr.sin_addr.s_addr));
+            return ntohl(addr.sin_addr.s_addr);
+          }
+          /*
+          char host[NI_MAXHOST];
+          int s = getnameinfo(ifa->ifa_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in),
+                             host, NI_MAXHOST, NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
+          
+          if (s == 0) {
+              printf("Interface: %s\tAddress: %s\n", ifa->ifa_name, host);
+          }
+          */
+      }
+    }
+    
+    freeifaddrs(ifaddr);
+  }
+  return result;
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+#include "string.h"
+#include "os.h"
+#include <userenv.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+static u64 w32_ticks_per_sec = 1;
+static u32 w32_thread_context_index;
+
+void osInit() {
+	LARGE_INTEGER perf_freq = {0};
+	if (QueryPerformanceFrequency(&perf_freq)) {
+		w32_ticks_per_sec = ((u64)perf_freq.HighPart << 32) | perf_freq.LowPart;
+	}
+	timeBeginPeriod(1);
+
+	w32_thread_context_index = TlsAlloc();
+}
+
+void* osThreadContextGet() {
+	return TlsGetValue(w32_thread_context_index);
+}
+
+void osThreadContextSet(void* ctx) {
+	TlsSetValue(w32_thread_context_index, ctx);
+}
+
+// Memory
+fn void* osMemoryReserve(u64 size) {
+  return VirtualAlloc(0, size, MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_NOACCESS);
+}
+
+fn void osMemoryCommit(void* memory, u64 size) {
+  VirtualAlloc(memory, size, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
+}
+
+fn void osMemoryDecommit(void* memory, u64 size) {
+  VirtualFree(memory, size, MEM_DECOMMIT);
+}
+
+fn void osMemoryRelease(void* memory, u64 size) {
+  VirtualFree(memory, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+}
+
+// Time
+fn u64 osTimeMicrosecondsNow() {
+  u64 result = 0;
+	LARGE_INTEGER perf_counter = {0};
+	if (QueryPerformanceCounter(&perf_counter)) {
+		u64 ticks = ((u64)perf_counter.HighPart << 32) | perf_counter.LowPart;
+		result = ticks * 1000000 / w32_ticks_per_sec;
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
+#define MICROSECONDS_PER_MILLISECOND 1000
+fn void osSleepMicroseconds(u32 t) {
+  Sleep(t / MICROSECONDS_PER_MILLISECOND);
+}
+
+// Files
+fn bool osFileExists(String filename) {
+  assert(false && "Not Implemented");
+  ScratchMem scratch = scratchGet();
+  StringUTF16Const filename16 = str16FromStr8(&scratch.arena, filename);
+  DWORD ret = GetFileAttributesW((WCHAR*)filename16.string);
+	scratchReturn(&scratch);
+	return (ret != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && !(ret & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY));
+}
+
+fn String osFileRead(Arena* arena, ptr filepath) {
+  assert(false && "Not Implemented");
+	String result = {0};
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool osFileCreate(String filename) {
+  assert(false && "Not Implemented");
+  return false;
+}
+
+fn bool osFileCreateWrite(String filename, String data) {
+  assert(false && "Not Implemented");
+  bool result = true;
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool osFileWrite(String filename, String data) {
+  assert(false && "Not Implemented");
+  bool result = true;
+  return result;
+}
+
+
+// Misc
+fn void osDebugPrint(bool debug_mode, const char * format, ... ) {
+  if (debug_mode) {
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, format);
+    vprintf(format, args);
+    va_end(args);
+  }
+}
+
+
+// TUI
+TermIOs osStartTUI(bool blocking) {
+	TermIOs old_settings;
+
+	// Windows implementation
+	HANDLE hStdin = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
+	HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+
+	// Save old console modes
+	GetConsoleMode(hStdin, &old_settings.input_mode);
+	GetConsoleMode(hStdout, &old_settings.output_mode);
+
+	// Set up alternate screen buffer
+	printf("\033[?1049h");
+	fflush(stdout);
+
+	// Disable line input and echo (equivalent to ~ICANON and ~ECHO)
+	DWORD new_input_mode = old_settings.input_mode;
+	new_input_mode &= ~(ENABLE_LINE_INPUT | ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT);
+
+	// Enable virtual terminal processing for ANSI escape sequences
+	DWORD new_output_mode = old_settings.output_mode;
+	new_output_mode |= ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING;
+
+	SetConsoleMode(hStdin, new_input_mode);
+	SetConsoleMode(hStdout, new_output_mode);
+
+	SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
+
+	// Note: Windows console is inherently non-blocking when using 
+	// ENABLE_LINE_INPUT disabled. You can check for input with:
+	// DWORD events;
+	// GetNumberOfConsoleInputEvents(hStdin, &events);
+	// Or use PeekConsoleInput() before ReadConsoleInput()
+
+	return old_settings;
+}
+
+fn void osEndTUI(TermIOs old_terminal_attributes) {
+	HANDLE hStdin = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
+	HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+
+	// Restore console modes
+	SetConsoleMode(hStdin, old_terminal_attributes.input_mode);
+	SetConsoleMode(hStdout, old_terminal_attributes.output_mode);
+
+  // cleanup terminal TUI incantations
+  printf("\033[?1049l");
+	fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+fn Dim2 osGetTerminalDimensions() {
+  Dim2 result = {0};
+
+	HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+	CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
+
+	if (GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hStdout, &csbi)) {
+		result.width = csbi.srWindow.Right - csbi.srWindow.Left + 1;
+		result.height = csbi.srWindow.Bottom - csbi.srWindow.Top + 1;
+	} else {
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+void osBlitToTerminal(ptr writeable_output_ansi_string, i64 count) {
+	HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+	DWORD written;
+	WriteConsole(hStdout, writeable_output_ansi_string, count, &written, NULL);
+	assert(written == count);
+}
+
+bool osInitNetwork() {
+	WSADATA wsaData;
+
+	if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsaData) != 0) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (LOBYTE(wsaData.wVersion) != 2 || HIBYTE(wsaData.wVersion) != 2) {
+		WSACleanup();
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+void osReadConsoleInput(u8* buffer, u32 len) {
+	MemoryZero(buffer, len); // reset the input so it's not contaminated by last keystroke
+
+	if (_kbhit()) {
+		buffer[0] = _getch();
+		bool first_byte_is_special = buffer[0] == 0 || buffer[0] == 224;
+		if (first_byte_is_special && _kbhit()) {
+			u8 windows_key = _getch();
+			switch (windows_key) {
+				case 72: buffer[0] = 27; buffer[1] = 91; buffer[2] = 65; break; // up
+				case 75: buffer[0] = 27; buffer[1] = 91; buffer[2] = 68; break; // left
+				case 77: buffer[0] = 27; buffer[1] = 91; buffer[2] = 67; break; // right
+				case 80: buffer[0] = 27; buffer[1] = 91; buffer[2] = 66; break; // down
+				default: buffer[1] = windows_key;
+			}
+			/*if (_kbhit()) {
+				buffer[2] = _getch();
+				if (_kbhit()) {
+					buffer[3] = _getch();
+				}
+			}*/
+		}
+	}
+		/*
+	HANDLE hStdin = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
+	INPUT_RECORD ir;
+	DWORD read;
+	if (PeekConsoleInput(hStdin, &ir, 1, &read) && read > 0) {
+		ReadConsole(hStdin, buffer, len, &read, NULL);
+		ReadConsoleInput(hStdin, &ir, 1, &read);
+		if (ir.EventType == KEY_EVENT) {
+		  buffer[0] = ir.Event.KeyEvent.uChar.AsciiChar;
+		}
+	}
+		*/
+}
+
+i32 osLanIPAddress() {
+  i32 result = 0;
+	/*
+  IP_ADAPTER_INFO *pAdapterInfo;
+  IP_ADAPTER_INFO *pAdapter = NULL;
+  DWORD dwRetVal = 0;
+  ULONG ulOutBufLen;
+
+  pAdapterInfo = (IP_ADAPTER_INFO *)malloc(sizeof(IP_ADAPTER_INFO));
+  ulOutBufLen = sizeof(IP_ADAPTER_INFO);
+
+  // Make an initial call to GetAdaptersInfo to get the necessary size
+  if (GetAdaptersInfo(pAdapterInfo, &ulOutBufLen) == ERROR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW) {
+      free(pAdapterInfo);
+      pAdapterInfo = (IP_ADAPTER_INFO *)malloc(ulOutBufLen);
+  }
+
+  if ((dwRetVal = GetAdaptersInfo(pAdapterInfo, &ulOutBufLen)) == NO_ERROR) {
+      pAdapter = pAdapterInfo;
+      printf("LAN Addresses:\n");
+
+      // TODO: test this on windows
+      while (pAdapter) {
+          printf("Interface: %s\n", pAdapter->AdapterName);
+          printf("Description: %s\n", pAdapter->Description);
+          printf("IP Address: %s\n", pAdapter->IpAddressList.IpAddress.String);
+          printf("IP Address: %d\n", pAdapter->Address[0] << 24 | pAdapter->Address[1] << 16 | pAdapter->Address[2] << 8 | pAdapter->Address[3]);
+          printf("\n");
+          pAdapter = pAdapter->Next;
+      }
+  } else {
+      printf("GetAdaptersInfo failed: %ld\n", dwRetVal);
+  }
+
+  if (pAdapterInfo) {
+    free(pAdapterInfo);
+  }
+	*/
+	WSADATA wsa;
+	char hostname[256];
+	struct addrinfo hints, *final = NULL, *ptr = NULL;
+	struct sockaddr_in *sockaddr_ipv4;
+
+	// Initialize Winsock
+	if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsa) != 0) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	// Get hostname
+	if (gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname)) == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+		WSACleanup();
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	// Set up hints for getaddrinfo
+	ZeroMemory(&hints, sizeof(hints));
+	hints.ai_family = AF_INET;      // IPv4
+	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+	hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
+
+	// Get address info
+	if (getaddrinfo(hostname, NULL, &hints, &final) != 0) {
+		WSACleanup();
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	// Loop through results to find a non-loopback address
+	for (ptr = final; ptr != NULL; ptr = ptr->ai_next) {
+		sockaddr_ipv4 = (struct sockaddr_in *)ptr->ai_addr;
+		unsigned long addr = ntohl(sockaddr_ipv4->sin_addr.s_addr);
+
+		// Skip loopback addresses (127.x.x.x)
+		if ((addr >> 24) != 127) {
+			result = sockaddr_ipv4->sin_addr.s_addr;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	freeaddrinfo(final);
+	WSACleanup();
+
+  return ntohl(result);
+}
+
+bool osThreadJoin(Thread handle, u64 endt_us) {
+  DWORD sleep_ms = os_w32_sleep_ms_from_endt_us(endt_us);
+  OS_W32_Entity *entity = (OS_W32_Entity *)PtrFromInt(handle.u64[0]);
+  DWORD wait_result = WAIT_OBJECT_0;
+  if(entity != 0)
+  {
+    wait_result = WaitForSingleObject(entity->thread.handle, sleep_ms);
+    CloseHandle(entity->thread.handle);
+    os_w32_entity_release(entity);
+  }
+  return (wait_result == WAIT_OBJECT_0);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,743 @@
+/*
+ * Code conventions:
+ *  MyStructType
+ *  myFunction()
+ *  MyMacro()
+ *  my_variable
+ *  MY_CONSTANT
+ * */
+#include <string.h>
+#include "base/impl.c"
+#include "lib/network.c"
+#include "render.c"
+#include "string_chunk.c"
+//#include "assets/asset1.h"
+//#include "assets/asset2.h"
+//#include "assets/asset3.h"
+
+///// #define a bunch of client-only tunable game constants
+#define SYSTEM_MESSAGES_LEN 32
+#define MAX_SYSTEM_MESSAGE_LEN 512
+#define GOAL_LOOPS_PER_S 50
+#define GOAL_LOOP_US 1000000/GOAL_LOOPS_PER_S
+#define LOGIN_NAME_BUFFER_LEN 16
+#define PARSED_SERVER_MESSAGE_THREAD_QUEUE_LEN 16
+#define MAIN_GAME_TAB_COUNT (2)
+
+///// TYPES
+typedef enum Screen {
+  ScreenLogin,
+  ScreenCreateCharacter,
+  ScreenMainGame,
+  ScreenDefeat,
+  ScreenVictory,
+  Screen_Count
+} Screen;
+
+typedef enum LoginScreenState {
+  LoginScreenStateInit,
+  LoginScreenStateLoading,
+  LoginScreenStateBadPw,
+  LoginScreenState_Count
+} LoginScreenState;
+
+typedef enum SpeechTailDirection {
+  SpeechTailDirectionBottomRight,
+  SpeechTailDirectionBottomLeft,
+  SpeechTailDirectionRight,
+  SpeechTailDirectionLeft,
+  SpeechTailDirection_Count
+} SpeechTailDirection;
+
+typedef struct Entity {
+  EntityType type;
+  u8 x;
+  u8 y;
+  u8 color;
+  u64 features;
+  u64 id;
+  StringChunkList name;
+} Entity;
+
+typedef struct EntityList {
+  u64 length; // the currently used length
+  u64 capacity;
+  Entity* items;
+} EntityList;
+
+typedef struct ParsedServerMessage {
+  Message type;
+  u16 port;
+  u16 port2;
+  u32 ip;
+  u32 ip2;
+  u64 id;
+  u64 server_frame;
+  XYZ xyz;
+  //Entity entities[PARSED_CLIENT_ENTITY_LEN];
+  //u64 ids[PARSED_IDS_LEN];
+} ParsedServerMessage;
+
+typedef struct ParsedServerMessageThreadQueue {
+  ParsedServerMessage items[PARSED_SERVER_MESSAGE_THREAD_QUEUE_LEN];
+  u32 head;
+  u32 tail;
+  u32 count;
+  Mutex mutex;
+  Cond not_empty;
+  Cond not_full;
+} ParsedServerMessageThreadQueue;
+
+typedef struct LoginState {
+  LoginScreenState state;
+  u8 selected_field;
+  u8 field_index;
+  String name;
+  String password;
+} LoginState;
+
+typedef struct MenuState {
+  u8 selected_index;
+  u8 len;
+  u64 id;
+} MenuState;
+
+typedef struct GameState {
+  Screen screen;
+  Screen old_screen;
+  EntityList entities;
+  Entity me;
+  u64 server_frame;
+  u64 loop_count;
+  Arena entity_arena;
+  StringArena string_arena;
+  LoginState login_state;
+  MenuState menu;
+  MenuState section; // for tabbing through selected "portions" of the screen
+  u8 choices[4];
+  UDPMessage keep_alive_msg;
+  UDPClient client;
+  StringChunkList message_input;
+} GameState;
+
+///// GLOBALS
+global bool should_quit;
+global bool debug_mode = false;
+global Arena permanent_arena = {0};
+global u8List system_messages[SYSTEM_MESSAGES_LEN] = {0};
+global u8 system_message_index = 0;
+global GameState state = {0};
+global OutgoingMessageQueue* network_send_queue = {0};
+global ParsedServerMessageThreadQueue* network_recv_queue = {0};
+global str TABS[] = {"Debug", "Speak"};
+
+///// FUNCTIONS
+fn ParsedServerMessageThreadQueue* newPSMThreadQueue(Arena* a) {
+  ParsedServerMessageThreadQueue* result = arenaAlloc(a, sizeof(ParsedServerMessageThreadQueue));
+  MemoryZero(result, (sizeof *result));
+  result->mutex = newMutex();
+  result->not_full = newCond();
+  result->not_empty = newCond();
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void psmThreadSafeQueuePush(ParsedServerMessageThreadQueue* queue, ParsedServerMessage* msg) {
+  lockMutex(&queue->mutex); {
+    while (queue->count == PARSED_SERVER_MESSAGE_THREAD_QUEUE_LEN) {
+      waitForCondSignal(&queue->not_full, &queue->mutex);
+    }
+
+    MemoryCopy(&queue->items[queue->tail], msg, (sizeof *msg));
+    queue->tail = (queue->tail + 1) % PARSED_SERVER_MESSAGE_THREAD_QUEUE_LEN;
+    queue->count++;
+
+    signalCond(&queue->not_empty);
+  } unlockMutex(&queue->mutex);
+}
+
+fn ParsedServerMessage* psmThreadSafeNonblockingQueuePop(ParsedServerMessageThreadQueue* q, ParsedServerMessage* copy_target) {
+  // immediately returns NULL if there's nothing in the ThreadQueue
+  // copies the ParsedServerMessage into `copy_target` if there is something in the queue
+  // and marks it as popped from the queue
+  ParsedServerMessage* result = NULL;
+
+  lockMutex(&q->mutex); {
+    if (q->count > 0) {
+      result = &q->items[q->head];
+      MemoryCopy(copy_target, result, (sizeof *copy_target));
+      q->head = (q->head + 1) % PARSED_SERVER_MESSAGE_THREAD_QUEUE_LEN;
+      q->count--;
+
+      signalCond(&q->not_full);
+    }
+  } unlockMutex(&q->mutex);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void entityPush(EntityList* list, Entity e) {
+  if (list->length >= list->capacity) {
+    arenaAllocArray(&state.entity_arena, Entity, list->capacity);
+    list->capacity = list->capacity * 2;
+  }
+  list->items[list->length] = e;
+  list->length += 1;
+}
+
+fn bool entityDelete(EntityList* list, u64 id) {
+  assert(list->length > 0);
+  if (list->items[list->length - 1].id == id) {
+    list->length -= 1;
+    return true;
+  } else {
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < list->length; i++) {
+      if (list->items[i].id == id) {
+        // copy the last one over the one we are deleting
+        list->items[i] = list->items[list->length - 1];
+        list->length -= 1;
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+fn void addSystemMessage(u8* msg) {
+  // save the message to our system_messages ring buffer
+  memset(system_messages[system_message_index].items, 0, SYSTEM_MESSAGES_LEN);
+  sprintf((char*)system_messages[system_message_index].items, "%s", msg);
+  system_messages[system_message_index].length = strlen((char*)system_messages[system_message_index].items);
+  system_message_index += 1;
+  if (system_message_index == SYSTEM_MESSAGES_LEN) {
+    system_message_index = 0;
+  }
+}
+
+fn void renderSystemMessages(Pixel* buf, Dim2 screen_dimensions, Box sys_msg_box) {
+  i32 printable_lines = sys_msg_box.height - 2;
+  if (printable_lines > SYSTEM_MESSAGES_LEN) {
+    printable_lines = SYSTEM_MESSAGES_LEN;
+  }
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < printable_lines; i++) {
+    i32 index = (system_message_index - 1 - i);
+    if (index < 0) {
+      index = SYSTEM_MESSAGES_LEN + index;
+    }
+    u32 y = sys_msg_box.y + (sys_msg_box.height - i) - 1;
+    u8List sys_msg = system_messages[index];
+    for (i32 j = 0; j < MAX_SYSTEM_MESSAGE_LEN && j < sys_msg_box.width-4; j++) {
+      u32 pos = (sys_msg_box.x + 2+j) + (screen_dimensions.width * y);
+      if (j < sys_msg.length) {
+        if (sys_msg.items[j] != '\n') {
+          buf[pos].bytes[0] = sys_msg.items[j];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fn void renderPercentBar(TuiState* tui, u16 x, u16 y, u16 width, u8 ansi_color, u64 value, u64 max) {
+  Pixel* buf = tui->frame_buffer;
+  Dim2 screen_dimensions = tui->screen_dimensions;
+  u16 pos = x + (screen_dimensions.width * y);
+  buf[pos].bytes[0] = '[';
+  pos = x+width + (screen_dimensions.width * y);
+  buf[pos].bytes[0] = ']';
+  pos = x+1 + (screen_dimensions.width * y);
+  f32 base_ratio = 0;
+  if (max != 0) {
+    base_ratio = ((f32)value / (f32)max);
+  }
+  f32 raw_ratio = base_ratio * (width-2);
+  u32 full_spaces_count = (u32) raw_ratio;
+  f32 remainder = raw_ratio - full_spaces_count;
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < full_spaces_count; i++) {
+    buf[pos+i].foreground = ansi_color;
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+i, y, "█", screen_dimensions);
+  }
+  buf[pos+full_spaces_count].foreground = ansi_color;
+  if (value == max) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+full_spaces_count, y, "█", screen_dimensions);
+  } else if (remainder > 0.875) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+full_spaces_count, y, "▉", screen_dimensions);
+  } else if (remainder > 0.75) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+full_spaces_count, y, "▊", screen_dimensions);
+  } else if (remainder > 0.625) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+full_spaces_count, y, "▋", screen_dimensions);
+  } else if (remainder > 0.5) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+full_spaces_count, y, "▌", screen_dimensions);
+  } else if (remainder > 0.375) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+full_spaces_count, y, "▍", screen_dimensions);
+  } else if (remainder > 0.25) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+full_spaces_count, y, "▎", screen_dimensions);
+  } else if (remainder > 0.125) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+full_spaces_count, y, "▏", screen_dimensions);
+  } else {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+full_spaces_count, y, " ", screen_dimensions);
+  }
+}
+
+fn void renderSpeechBubble(TuiState* tui, u16 x, u16 y, u16 max_width, String message, SpeechTailDirection dir) {
+  Pixel* buf = tui->frame_buffer;
+  Dim2 screen_dimensions = tui->screen_dimensions;
+  // calculate dimenions
+  u32 height = (message.length / max_width) + 1;
+  u32 width = message.length;
+  if (message.length > max_width) {
+    width = max_width;
+  }
+  if (width < 12) {
+    width = 12; // minimum width
+  }
+
+  // print the upper border
+  renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x, y, "╭", screen_dimensions);
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < width+1; i++) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+i, y, "─", screen_dimensions);
+  }
+  renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+width+1, y, "╮", screen_dimensions);
+
+  // start printing the rows
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < height; i++) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x, y+1+i, "│", screen_dimensions);
+    // print the line of text
+    for (u32 j = 0; j < width; j++) {
+      u32 character_index = (i*(width-1))+j;
+      u16 pos = (x+1+j) + (screen_dimensions.width * (y+1+i));
+      if (message.length > character_index) {
+        buf[pos].bytes[0] = message.bytes[character_index];
+      } else {
+        buf[pos].bytes[0] = ' ';
+      }
+    }
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+width, y+1+i, "│", screen_dimensions);
+  }
+
+  // print the bottom box border
+  renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x, y+1+height, "╰", screen_dimensions);
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < width+1; i++) {
+    renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+1+i, y+1+height, "─", screen_dimensions);
+  }
+  renderUtf8CharToBuffer(buf, x+width+1, y+1+height, "╯", screen_dimensions);
+  // TODO actually print the speech tail
+}
+
+fn void renderStaticAssetToPixelBuffer(TuiState* tui, u8* asset, u32 len, u16 x, u16 y) {
+  u16 line = 0;
+  u16 x_in_line = 0;
+  u16 pos = x + (tui->screen_dimensions.width * y);
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < len; i++, x_in_line++) {
+    if (asset[i] == '\n') {
+      line += 1;
+      x_in_line = 0;
+      pos = x + (tui->screen_dimensions.width * (y+line));
+    } else if (asset[i] == ' ') {
+      // do nothing, we skip spaces in our assets
+    } else {
+      tui->frame_buffer[pos+x_in_line].bytes[0] = asset[i];
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fn void clearServerSentState() {
+  //memset(&state.current_room, 0, sizeof(RenderableRoom));
+
+  arenaClear(&state.entity_arena);
+  state.entities.capacity = 64;
+  state.entities.length = 0;
+  state.entities.items = arenaAllocArray(&state.entity_arena, Entity, state.entities.capacity);
+}
+
+fn void handleIncomingMessage(u8* message, u32 len, SocketAddress sender, i32 socket) {
+  Message msg_type = message[0];
+  dbg("handleIncomingMessage() of len=%d, message=%s\n", len, MESSAGE_STRINGS[msg_type]);
+  u8List bytes = {len, len, message};
+  u64 msg_pos = 1;
+  ParsedServerMessage parsed = {0};
+  parsed.type = msg_type;
+  switch (msg_type) {
+    case MessageNewAccountCreated:
+    case MessageBadPw: {/*nothing to parse but the type*/} break;
+    case MessageCharacterId: {
+      parsed.id = readU64FromBufferLE(message + 1);
+    } break;
+    case Message_Count:
+      assert(false && "invalid msg_type detected");
+      break;
+    case MessageInvalid:
+      addSystemMessage((u8*)"NOT IMPLEMENTED");
+      break;
+  }
+  psmThreadSafeQueuePush(network_recv_queue, &parsed);
+}
+
+fn void* receiveNetworkUpdates(void* udp) {
+  UDPClient client = *(UDPClient*)udp;
+  dbg("receiveNetworkUpdates() sock=%d\n", client.socket);
+  UDPServer server = {
+    .ready = true,
+    .server_address = client.server_address,
+    .server_socket = client.socket
+  };
+  infiniteReadUDPServer(&server, handleIncomingMessage);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+fn void* sendNetworkUpdates(void* udp) {
+  i32 socket_fd = ((UDPClient*)udp)->socket;
+  dbg("sendNetworkUpdates() sock=%d\n", socket_fd);
+  u8List bytes_list = {0};
+  while (!should_quit) {
+    UDPMessage msg = {0};
+    outgoingMessageQueuePop(network_send_queue, &msg);
+    bytes_list.items = msg.bytes;
+    bytes_list.length = msg.bytes_len;
+    bytes_list.capacity = msg.bytes_len;
+    sendUDPu8List(socket_fd, &msg.address, &bytes_list);
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+fn bool updateAndRender(TuiState* tui, void* s, u8* input_buffer, u64 loop_count) {
+  GameState* state = (GameState*) s;
+  state->loop_count = loop_count;
+  UDPClient* udp = &state->client;
+  state->old_screen = state->screen;
+  Dim2 screen_dimensions = tui->screen_dimensions;
+  bool game_screen_changed = state->old_screen != state->screen; // detect new screens
+  tui->redraw = tui->redraw || game_screen_changed;
+  if (screen_dimensions.height > MAX_SCREEN_HEIGHT || screen_dimensions.width > MAX_SCREEN_WIDTH) {
+    printf("\033[2J\033[%d;%df Your screen is too damn big. Shrink it to %dx%d max, bro... geez", 1,1, MAX_SCREEN_WIDTH, MAX_SCREEN_HEIGHT);
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return should_quit;
+  }
+
+  // process server messages
+  u32 msg_iters = 0;
+  ParsedServerMessage msg = {0};
+  ParsedServerMessage* next_net_msg = psmThreadSafeNonblockingQueuePop(network_recv_queue, &msg);
+  while (next_net_msg != NULL) {
+    msg_iters += 0;
+    switch (msg.type) {
+      case MessageNewAccountCreated: {
+        state->screen = ScreenCreateCharacter;
+      } break;
+      case MessageBadPw: {
+        state->login_state.state = LoginScreenStateBadPw;
+      } break;
+      case MessageCharacterId: {
+        state->me.id = msg.id;
+        char bytes[256] = {0};
+        sprintf(bytes,"got character id: %lld", msg.id);
+        addSystemMessage((u8*)bytes);
+        state->screen = ScreenMainGame;
+        state->menu.selected_index = 0;
+        state->section.selected_index = 0;
+      } break;
+      case Message_Count:
+      case MessageInvalid:
+        assert(false && "invalid message from queue");
+        break;
+    }
+    next_net_msg = psmThreadSafeNonblockingQueuePop(network_recv_queue, &msg);
+    msg_iters++;
+  }
+  
+  // operate on screen-based input+state
+  bool user_pressed_esc = input_buffer[0] == ASCII_ESCAPE && input_buffer[1] == 0;
+  bool user_pressed_a_number = input_buffer[0] >= '1' && input_buffer[0] <= '9' && input_buffer[1] == 0;
+  bool user_pressed_up = input_buffer[0] == 27 && input_buffer[1] == 91 && input_buffer[2] == 65;
+  bool user_pressed_down = input_buffer[0] == 27 && input_buffer[1] == 91 && input_buffer[2] == 66;
+  bool user_pressed_left = input_buffer[0] == 27 && input_buffer[1] == 91 && input_buffer[2] == 68;
+  bool user_pressed_right = input_buffer[0] == 27 && input_buffer[1] == 91 && input_buffer[2] == 67;
+	bool user_pressed_backspace = input_buffer[0] == ASCII_BACKSPACE || input_buffer[0] == ASCII_DEL;
+  bool user_pressed_enter = input_buffer[0] == ASCII_RETURN || input_buffer[0] == ASCII_LINE_FEED;
+  switch (state->screen) {
+    case ScreenCreateCharacter: {
+      //// SIMULATION
+      state->screen = ScreenMainGame; // TODO change this if you want to actually have character creation
+      if (state->me.id != 0) {
+        state->screen = ScreenMainGame;
+        break;
+      }
+
+      if (input_buffer[0] == 'q' || user_pressed_esc) {
+        should_quit = true;
+      } else if (user_pressed_down || user_pressed_right) {
+        state->menu.selected_index++;
+      } else if (user_pressed_up || user_pressed_left) {
+        state->menu.selected_index--;
+      } else if (user_pressed_a_number) {
+        state->menu.selected_index = input_buffer[0] - '1';
+      } else if (input_buffer[0] == ASCII_RETURN || input_buffer[0] == ASCII_LINE_FEED) {
+        if (state->section.selected_index == 0) {
+          state->choices[0] = state->menu.selected_index;
+          state->section.selected_index += 1;
+          state->menu.selected_index = 0;
+          state->menu.len = 2;
+        } else {
+          // send character color to server
+          UDPMessage msg = {0};
+          msg.address = udp->server_address;
+          msg.bytes_len = 2;
+          // 1. msg type/CommandType
+          msg.bytes[0] = CommandCreateCharacter;
+          // 2. what color
+          msg.bytes[1] = ANSI_HP_RED;//WIZARD_COLORS[state->choices[0]];
+
+          outgoingMessageQueuePush(network_send_queue, &msg);
+
+          state->screen = ScreenMainGame;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (state->menu.selected_index >= state->menu.len) {
+        state->menu.selected_index = 0;
+      }
+
+      //// RENDERING
+      u16 line = 2;
+      // 1. draw the outline
+      Box b = { .x = 2, .y = line, .width = screen_dimensions.width - 5, .height = screen_dimensions.height - 5 };
+      drawAnsiBox(tui->frame_buffer, b, screen_dimensions, true);
+
+      // 2. draw the header label
+      str label = "Create Character";
+      renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, (screen_dimensions.width - (strlen(label)+4))/2, ++line, label, screen_dimensions);
+
+      line++;
+      // TODO: game-specific character creation stuff
+    } break;
+    case ScreenMainGame: {
+      // SIMULATION
+      if (input_buffer[0] == 'q' || user_pressed_esc) {
+        should_quit = true;
+      }
+
+      // RENDERING
+      renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, 5, 1, "Games typically would render something here...", screen_dimensions);
+      bool room_active = state->section.selected_index == 0;
+      u32 tabs_y = 1 + 2 + 2;
+      u32 tx = 2;
+      for (u32 i = 0; i < MAIN_GAME_TAB_COUNT; i++) {
+        u32 tab_len = strlen(TABS[i]);
+        Box b = { .x = tx, .y = tabs_y, .width = tab_len+1, .height = 1 };
+        drawAnsiBox(tui->frame_buffer, b, screen_dimensions, state->menu.selected_index == i);
+        renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, tx+1, tabs_y+ 1, TABS[i], screen_dimensions);
+        tx += (tab_len + 3);
+      }
+      // draw the system messages box
+      u32 box_y = tabs_y + 3;
+      Box box = {
+        .x = 1,
+        .y = box_y,
+        .width = screen_dimensions.width - 4,
+        .height = screen_dimensions.height - box_y - 2,
+      };
+      drawAnsiBox(tui->frame_buffer, box, screen_dimensions, !room_active);
+      if (state->menu.selected_index == 0) { // 0 is TABS[0] is "Debug"
+        renderSystemMessages(tui->frame_buffer, tui->screen_dimensions, box);
+      } else if (state->menu.selected_index == 1) { // 1 is TABS[1] is "Speak"
+        renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, box.x+2, box.y+1, "You haven't heard anything interesting lately...", screen_dimensions);
+      }
+    } break;
+    case ScreenLogin: {
+      // SIMULATION
+      if (user_pressed_esc) {
+        should_quit = true;
+      }
+      if (state->login_state.state == LoginScreenStateLoading) {
+        break;
+      }
+      String* field;
+      if (state->login_state.selected_field == 0) {
+        field = &state->login_state.name;
+      } else {
+        field = &state->login_state.password;
+      }
+      if (isAlphaUnderscoreSpace(input_buffer[0])) {
+        field->bytes[state->login_state.field_index] = input_buffer[0];
+        if (state->login_state.field_index+1 < field->capacity) {
+          state->login_state.field_index += 1;
+          field->length += 1;
+        }
+      } else if (user_pressed_backspace) {
+        field->bytes[state->login_state.field_index] = 0;
+        if (state->login_state.field_index > 0) {
+          state->login_state.field_index -= 1;
+          field->length -= 1;
+        }
+      } else if (input_buffer[0] == ASCII_RETURN || input_buffer[0] == ASCII_LINE_FEED) {
+        if (state->login_state.selected_field == 0) {
+          state->login_state.selected_field = 1;
+          state->login_state.field_index = 0;
+        } else {
+          u32 msg_idx = 0;
+          // drop the login message into the network_send_queue
+          UDPMessage msg = {0};
+          msg.address = udp->server_address;
+          // 1. msg type/CommandType
+          msg.bytes[msg_idx++] = CommandLogin;
+          // 2. our LAN-IP to handle the case where we are on the same LAN as the guy we are trying to fight
+          // and our "listened" UDP port
+          msg_idx += writeU16ToBufferLE(msg.bytes + msg_idx, ~(udp->client_port));
+          msg_idx += writeI32ToBufferLE(msg.bytes + msg_idx, ~osLanIPAddress());
+          // 2. how long is the name
+          msg.bytes[msg_idx++] = state->login_state.name.length;
+          // 3. the name
+          memcpy(msg.bytes + msg_idx, state->login_state.name.bytes, state->login_state.name.length);
+          // 4. the password
+          memcpy(msg.bytes + msg_idx + state->login_state.name.length, state->login_state.password.bytes, state->login_state.password.length);
+          msg.bytes_len = msg_idx + state->login_state.name.length + state->login_state.password.length;
+          addSystemMessage((u8*)state->login_state.name.bytes);
+          addSystemMessage((u8*)state->login_state.password.bytes);
+          outgoingMessageQueuePush(network_send_queue, &msg);
+          // show loading signal, stop accepting input
+          state->login_state.state = LoginScreenStateLoading;
+        }
+      }
+
+      // RENDERING
+      // TODO: 1. DiffieHelman exchange
+      // 2. encrypt password
+      // 3. send [CommandLogin uname-len username encrypted_pass]
+      if (screen_dimensions.height < 30 || screen_dimensions.width < 80) {
+        str warning_label = "Screen too smol. Plz resize.";
+        renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, 6, 2, warning_label, screen_dimensions);
+      } else {
+        u32 width = screen_dimensions.width / 3;
+        u32 height = screen_dimensions.height / 4;
+        u32 x = (screen_dimensions.width - width) / 2; // center
+        u32 y = (screen_dimensions.height - height) / 2; // center
+        // outline
+        Box b = { .x = x, .y = y, .width = width, .height = height };
+        drawAnsiBox(tui->frame_buffer, b, screen_dimensions, true);
+        // labels
+        str login_label = " Please login:";
+        renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, x+1, y+1, login_label, screen_dimensions);
+        str name_label = "    Name: ";
+        renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, x+1, y+2, name_label, screen_dimensions);
+        str pw_label = "    Password: ";
+        renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, x+1, y+3, pw_label, screen_dimensions);
+        // render name
+        u16 pos = ((y+2)*screen_dimensions.width) + (x+11);
+        for (u32 i = 0; i < state->login_state.name.length; i++) {
+          tui->frame_buffer[pos+i].bytes[0] = state->login_state.name.bytes[i];
+        }
+        // render password
+        pos = ((y+3)*screen_dimensions.width) + (x+15);
+        for (u32 i = 0; i < state->login_state.password.length; i++) {
+          tui->frame_buffer[pos+i].bytes[0] = '*';
+        }
+        if (state->login_state.state == LoginScreenStateLoading) {
+          renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, x+5, y+5, "Loading...", screen_dimensions);
+        } else if (state->login_state.state == LoginScreenStateBadPw) {
+          renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, x+5, y+5, "Bad password, dumbass", screen_dimensions);
+        }
+        // calculate where to put the cursor
+        if (state->login_state.selected_field == 0) {
+          tui->cursor.y = y+2;
+          tui->cursor.x = x+11+state->login_state.name.length;
+        } else {
+          tui->cursor.y = y+3;
+          tui->cursor.x = x+15+state->login_state.password.length;
+        }
+      }
+    } break;
+    case ScreenVictory: {
+      // SIMULATION
+      if (user_pressed_esc || input_buffer[0] == ASCII_RETURN || input_buffer[0] == ASCII_LINE_FEED) {
+        state->screen = ScreenMainGame;
+      }
+      
+      // RENDERING
+      renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, 10, 10, "You WIN!!!", screen_dimensions);
+    } break;
+    case ScreenDefeat: {
+      // SIMULATION
+      if (user_pressed_esc || input_buffer[0] == ASCII_RETURN || input_buffer[0] == ASCII_LINE_FEED) {
+        state->me.id = 0;
+        state->menu.selected_index = 0;
+        state->section.selected_index = 0;
+        clearServerSentState();
+        state->screen = ScreenCreateCharacter;
+      }
+
+      // RENDERING
+      renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, 10, 10, "You died...", screen_dimensions);
+      renderStrToBuffer(tui->frame_buffer, 10, 11, "[press ESC to continue]", screen_dimensions);
+    } break;
+    case Screen_Count:
+      assert(false && "unhandled screen");
+      break;
+  }
+  
+  if (loop_count % 10 == 0) {
+    outgoingMessageQueuePush(network_send_queue, &state->keep_alive_msg);
+    //outgoingMessageQueuePush(network_send_queue, &testm);
+  }
+
+  return should_quit;
+}
+
+i32 main(i32 argc, ptr argv[]) {
+  assert(Message_Count < 256);
+  assert(CommandType_Count < 256);
+  osInit();
+  // 3 threads, each their own loop:
+  //  1. recvNetwork()
+  //  2. sendNetwork()
+  //  3. input/update/draw "normal" gameloop
+  //    - which is actually "wide" doing each room in parallel across N threads
+
+  // clear and init the state
+  arenaInit(&permanent_arena);
+  arenaInit(&state.entity_arena);
+  state.entities.capacity = 64;
+  state.entities.length = 0;
+  state.entities.items = arenaAllocArray(&state.entity_arena, Entity, state.entities.capacity);
+  arenaInit(&state.string_arena.a);
+  state.string_arena.mutex = newMutex();
+  state.message_input = stringChunkListInit(&state.string_arena);
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < SYSTEM_MESSAGES_LEN; i++) {
+    system_messages[i].capacity = MAX_SYSTEM_MESSAGE_LEN;
+    system_messages[i].length = 0;
+    system_messages[i].items = arenaAllocArraySized(&permanent_arena, sizeof(u8), MAX_SYSTEM_MESSAGE_LEN);
+  }
+
+  // network queues
+  network_send_queue = newOutgoingMessageQueue(&permanent_arena);
+  network_recv_queue = newPSMThreadQueue(&permanent_arena);
+ 
+  // draw login screen, get input username + password
+  state.screen = ScreenLogin;
+  state.login_state.name.capacity = LOGIN_NAME_BUFFER_LEN;
+  state.login_state.name.bytes = arenaAllocArray(&permanent_arena, char, state.login_state.name.capacity);
+  state.login_state.password.capacity = LOGIN_NAME_BUFFER_LEN;
+  state.login_state.password.bytes = arenaAllocArray(&permanent_arena, char, state.login_state.password.capacity);
+
+  // network incantation for connecting to the server
+  if (osInitNetwork() != true) {
+    printf("bad network startup");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  state.client = createUDPClient(7777, argc > 1 ? argv[1] : NULL);
+
+  // "hardcoded" keep alive message to periodically send to server
+  state.keep_alive_msg.address = state.client.server_address;
+  state.keep_alive_msg.bytes[0] = CommandKeepAlive;
+  state.keep_alive_msg.bytes_len = 1;
+
+  Thread recv_thread = spawnThread(&receiveNetworkUpdates, &state.client);
+  Thread send_thread = spawnThread(&sendNetworkUpdates, &state.client);
+
+  // game loop (read input, simulate next frame, render)
+  infiniteUILoop(
+    MAX_SCREEN_WIDTH,
+    MAX_SCREEN_HEIGHT,
+    GOAL_LOOP_US,
+    &state,
+    updateAndRender
+  );
+  return 0;
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+#include "../base/all.h"
+
+// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1098897/what-is-the-largest-safe-udp-packet-size-on-the-internet
+#define UDP_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN 508
+#ifndef NET_OUTGOING_MESSAGE_QUEUE_LEN
+#define NET_OUTGOING_MESSAGE_QUEUE_LEN 16
+#endif
+
+typedef struct sockaddr_in SocketAddress;
+
+typedef struct UDPServer {
+  bool ready;
+  SocketAddress server_address;
+  i32 server_socket;
+} UDPServer;
+
+typedef struct UDPClient {
+  bool ready;
+  SocketAddress server_address;
+  u16 client_port;
+  i32 socket;
+} UDPClient;
+
+typedef struct UDPMessage {
+  u16 bytes_len;
+  SocketAddress address;
+  u8 bytes[UDP_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN];
+} UDPMessage;
+
+typedef struct OutgoingMessageQueue {
+  UDPMessage items[NET_OUTGOING_MESSAGE_QUEUE_LEN];
+  u32 head;
+  u32 tail;
+  u32 count;
+  Mutex mutex;
+  Cond not_empty;
+  Cond not_full;
+} OutgoingMessageQueue;
+
+fn OutgoingMessageQueue* newOutgoingMessageQueue(Arena* a) {
+  OutgoingMessageQueue* result = arenaAlloc(a, sizeof(OutgoingMessageQueue));
+  MemoryZero(result, (sizeof *result));
+  result->mutex = newMutex();
+  result->not_full = newCond();
+  result->not_empty = newCond();
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void outgoingMessageQueuePush(OutgoingMessageQueue* queue, UDPMessage* msg) {
+  lockMutex(&queue->mutex); {
+    while (queue->count == NET_OUTGOING_MESSAGE_QUEUE_LEN) {
+      waitForCondSignal(&queue->not_full, &queue->mutex);
+    }
+
+    MemoryCopy(&queue->items[queue->tail], msg, (sizeof *msg));
+    queue->tail = (queue->tail + 1) % NET_OUTGOING_MESSAGE_QUEUE_LEN;
+    queue->count++;
+
+    signalCond(&queue->not_empty);
+  } unlockMutex(&queue->mutex);
+}
+
+fn UDPMessage* outgoingMessageNonblockingQueuePop(OutgoingMessageQueue* q, UDPMessage* copy_target) {
+  // immediately returns NULL if there's nothing in the ThreadQueue
+  // copies the ParsedClientCommand into `copy_target` if there is something in the queue
+  // and marks it as popped from the queue
+  UDPMessage* result = NULL;
+
+  lockMutex(&q->mutex); {
+    if (q->count > 0) {
+      result = &q->items[q->head];
+      MemoryCopy(copy_target, result, (sizeof *copy_target));
+      q->head = (q->head + 1) % NET_OUTGOING_MESSAGE_QUEUE_LEN;
+      q->count--;
+
+      signalCond(&q->not_full);
+    }
+  } unlockMutex(&q->mutex);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn UDPMessage* outgoingMessageQueuePop(OutgoingMessageQueue* q, UDPMessage* copy_target) {
+  UDPMessage* result = NULL;
+
+  lockMutex(&q->mutex); {
+    while (q->count == 0) {
+        waitForCondSignal(&q->not_empty, &q->mutex);
+    }
+
+    result = &q->items[q->head];
+    MemoryCopy(copy_target, result, (sizeof *copy_target));
+    q->head = (q->head + 1) % NET_OUTGOING_MESSAGE_QUEUE_LEN;
+    q->count--;
+
+    signalCond(&q->not_full);
+  } unlockMutex(&q->mutex);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+
+fn bool socketAddressEqual(SocketAddress a, SocketAddress b) {
+  return a.sin_addr.s_addr == b.sin_addr.s_addr
+    && a.sin_port == b.sin_port;
+}
+
+// ONLY WORKS ON POSIX. taken from https://gist.github.com/miekg/a61d55a8ec6560ad6c4a2747b21e6128
+
+// the only real difference between a udp "server" and a "client" is the bind() syscall
+// that the server makes in order to specify a port/address that it's listening on
+UDPServer createUDPServer(u16 server_port) {
+  UDPServer result = {0};
+  // define the address we'll be listening on
+  result.server_address.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	result.server_address.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("0.0.0.0");//htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+	result.server_address.sin_port = htons(server_port);
+
+  // get a FileDescriptor number from the OS to use for our socket
+  result.server_socket = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+  if (result.server_socket < 0) {
+    return result;
+  }
+  // to let us immediately kill and restart server
+  i32 optval = 1;
+	setsockopt(result.server_socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (const void *)&optval, sizeof(i32));
+
+  result.ready = bind(result.server_socket, (struct sockaddr *)&result.server_address, sizeof(result.server_address)) >= 0;
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+UDPClient createUDPClient(u16 server_port, str addr) {
+  UDPClient result = {0};
+  // define the address we'll be listening on
+  result.server_address.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  if (addr == 0) {
+    result.server_address.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1");
+  } else {
+    result.server_address.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(addr);
+  }
+	result.server_address.sin_port = htons(server_port);
+
+  // get a FileDescriptor number from the OS to use for our socket
+  result.socket = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+  if (result.socket < 0) {
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  struct sockaddr_in client_address = {0};
+  client_address.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  client_address.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+  client_address.sin_port = 0;
+  result.ready = bind(result.socket, (struct sockaddr *)&client_address, sizeof(client_address)) >= 0;
+  struct sockaddr_in empty_addr;
+  socklen_t addr_len = sizeof(empty_addr);
+  getsockname(result.socket, (struct sockaddr *)&empty_addr, &addr_len);
+  result.client_port = ntohs(empty_addr.sin_port);
+  return result;
+}
+
+void infiniteReadUDPServer(UDPServer* server, void (*handleMessage)(u8* udp_message, u32 udp_len, SocketAddress sending_address, i32 socket)) {
+  u8 message_buffer[UDP_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN] = {0};
+  i32 bytes_recieved = 0;
+  SocketAddress client_address = {0};
+  i32 addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr);
+  while (true) {
+    bytes_recieved = recvfrom(server->server_socket, message_buffer, UDP_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&client_address, (socklen_t*)&addrlen);
+
+		//gethostbyaddr: determine who sent the datagram
+		//struct hostent* hostp = gethostbyaddr(
+    //    (const char *)&client_address.sin_addr.s_addr,
+    //    sizeof(client_address.sin_addr.s_addr),
+    //    AF_INET
+    //);
+
+		//ptr printable_host_IP_address_string = inet_ntoa(client_address.sin_addr);
+
+    handleMessage(message_buffer, bytes_recieved, client_address, server->server_socket);
+    MemoryZero(message_buffer, UDP_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN);
+  }
+}
+
+// TODO: sendall() to handle cases when the sendto() bytes return value is less than the intended bytes to send... stupid kernel fuckin wit us.
+i32 sendUDPu8List(i32 using_socket, SocketAddress* to, u8List* message) {
+  return sendto(
+    using_socket,
+    message->items,
+    message->length,
+    0,
+    (const struct sockaddr *)to,
+    sizeof(struct sockaddr)
+  );
+}
+
+i32 sendUDPMessage(UDPServer* to, u8* message, u32 len) {
+  return sendto(to->server_socket, message, len, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&to->server_address, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#include "thread.h"
+
+typedef struct ThreadQueue {
+  void* items;
+  u32 type_size;
+  u32 max;
+  u32 head;
+  u32 tail;
+  u32 count;
+  Mutex mutex;
+  Cond not_empty;
+  Cond not_full;
+} ThreadQueue;
+
+Thread spawnThread(void * (*threadFn)(void *), void* thread_arg) {
+  pthread_t thread;
+  pthread_create(&thread, NULL, threadFn, thread_arg);
+  Thread result = { thread };
+  return result;
+}
+
+Mutex newMutex() {
+  Mutex result = { PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER };
+  return result;
+}
+
+Cond newCond() {
+  Cond result = { 0 };
+  pthread_cond_init(&result.cond, NULL);
+  return result;
+}
+
+void lockMutex(Mutex* m) {
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&m->mutex);
+}
+
+void unlockMutex(Mutex* m) {
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&m->mutex);
+}
+
+void signalCond(Cond* cond) {
+  pthread_cond_signal(&cond->cond);
+}
+
+void waitForCondSignal(Cond* cond, Mutex* mutex) {
+  pthread_cond_wait(&cond->cond, &mutex->mutex);
+}
+
+fn ThreadQueue newThreadQueue(Arena* a, u32 type_size, u32 items_max) {
+  ThreadQueue result = {0};
+  result.type_size = type_size;
+  result.max = items_max;
+  result.items = arenaAllocArraySized(a, type_size, items_max);
+  result.mutex = newMutex();
+  result.not_full = newCond();
+  result.not_empty = newCond();
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void threadSafeQueuePush(ThreadQueue* queue, void* item) {
+  lockMutex(&queue->mutex); {
+    while (queue->count == queue->max) {
+      waitForCondSignal(&queue->not_full, &queue->mutex);
+    }
+
+    memcpy(queue->items + (queue->tail * (sizeof item)), item, queue->type_size);
+    queue->tail = (queue->tail + 1) % queue->max;
+    queue->count++;
+
+    signalCond(&queue->not_empty);
+  } unlockMutex(&queue->mutex);
+}
+
+fn void* threadSafeQueuePop(ThreadQueue* q) {
+  void* result = NULL;
+
+  lockMutex(&q->mutex); {
+    while (q->count == 0) {
+        waitForCondSignal(&q->not_empty, &q->mutex);
+    }
+
+    result = &q->items[q->head];
+    q->head = (q->head + 1) % q->max;
+    q->count--;
+
+    signalCond(&q->not_full);
+  } unlockMutex(&q->mutex);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+// immediately returns NULL if there's nothing in the ThreadQueue
+fn void* threadSafeNonblockingQueuePop(ThreadQueue* q, void* copy_target, u64 len) {
+  void* result = NULL;
+
+  lockMutex(&q->mutex); {
+    if (q->count > 0) {
+      result = &q->items[q->head];
+      MemoryCopy(copy_target, result, len);
+      q->head = (q->head + 1) % q->max;
+      q->count--;
+
+      signalCond(&q->not_full);
+    }
+  } unlockMutex(&q->mutex);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifndef LIB_THREAD_H
+#define LIB_THREAD_H
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include "../base/include.h"
+
+typedef struct Thread {
+  pthread_t thread;
+} Thread;
+
+typedef struct Mutex {
+  pthread_mutex_t mutex;
+} Mutex;
+
+typedef struct Cond {
+  pthread_cond_t cond;
+} Cond;
+
+Thread spawnThread(void * (*threadFn)(void *), void* thread_arg);
+Mutex newMutex();
+Cond newCond();
+void lockMutex(Mutex* m);
+void unlockMutex(Mutex* m);
+void signalCond(Cond* cond);
+void waitForCondSignal(Cond* cond, Mutex* mutex);
+
+#endif //LIB_THREAD_H
@@ -0,0 +1,579 @@
+#include "../base/all.h"
+#include "../string_chunk.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#define UTF8_MAX_WIDTH 4
+#define ANSI_HP_RED (196)
+#define ANSI_MP_BLUE (33)
+#define ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN (82)
+#define ANSI_MID_GREEN (70)
+#define ANSI_DARK_GREEN (35)
+#define ANSI_BLACK (16)
+#define ANSI_WHITE (15)
+#define ANSI_BROWN (130)
+#define ANSI_DULL_RED (1)
+#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_RED (9)
+#define ANSI_DULL_GREEN (2)
+#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_GREEN (10)
+#define ANSI_DULL_YELLOW (3)
+#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_YELLOW (11)
+#define ANSI_DULL_BLUE (4)
+#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_BLUE (12)
+#define ANSI_DULL_GRAY (7)
+#define ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_GRAY (16)
+#define MAX_COMMAND_PALETTE_COMMANDS (1000)
+
+///// TYPES
+typedef struct Pixel {
+  u8 foreground;
+  u8 background;
+  u8 bytes[UTF8_MAX_WIDTH];
+} Pixel;
+
+typedef struct TuiState {
+  bool redraw;
+  ptr writeable_output_ansi_string;
+  Pixel* frame_buffer;
+  Pixel* back_buffer;
+  u64 buffer_len; // how many Pixels
+  Pos2 cursor;
+  Pos2 prev_cursor;
+  Dim2 screen_dimensions;
+  Dim2 prev_screen_dimensions;
+} TuiState;
+
+typedef struct RGB {
+    u8 r;
+    u8 g;
+    u8 b;
+} RGB;
+
+typedef struct CommandPaletteCommand {
+  u32 id;
+  ptr display_name;
+  ptr description;
+  ptr* tags;
+} CommandPaletteCommand;
+
+typedef struct CommandPaletteCommandList {
+  u32 length;
+  CommandPaletteCommand* items;
+} CommandPaletteCommandList;
+
+typedef struct StringSearchScore {
+  bool name_matched;
+  bool description_matched;
+  u16 tag_match_count;
+  u32 score;
+  u32 name_match_start;
+  u32 name_match_len;
+  u32 description_match_start;
+  u32 description_match_len;
+} StringSearchScore;
+
+///// Functions()
+fn u32 rgbToNum(RGB rgb) {
+    return ((rgb.r<<16) | (rgb.g<<8) | rgb.b);
+}
+
+fn u8 rgbToAnsi(RGB color) {
+    u8 r = color.r / (255 / 5);
+    u8 g = color.g / (255 / 5);
+    u8 b = color.b / (255 / 5);
+    return 16 + (36*r) + (6*g) + b;
+}
+
+fn RGB rgbDarken(RGB color, f32 factor) {
+  RGB result = {
+    .r = ((f32)color.r) * factor,
+    .g = ((f32)color.g) * factor,
+    .b = ((f32)color.b) * factor,
+  };
+  return result;
+}
+
+/*
+fn RGB ansiToRGB(u8 ansi) {
+  ansi -= 16;
+  u8 b = ansi % 51;
+  ansi -= ()
+  u8 g = 
+}
+*/
+
+fn bool rgbEq(RGB a, RGB b) {
+    return a.r == b.r && a.g == b.g && a.b == b.b;
+}
+
+fn bool isPixelEq(Pixel a, Pixel b) {
+  return a.background == b.background
+      && a.foreground == b.foreground
+      && a.bytes[0] == b.bytes[0]
+      && a.bytes[1] == b.bytes[1]
+      && a.bytes[2] == b.bytes[2]
+      && a.bytes[3] == b.bytes[3]
+    ;
+}
+
+fn TuiState tuiInit(Arena* a, u64 buffer_len) {
+  TuiState result = {
+    .redraw = false,
+    .writeable_output_ansi_string = arenaAlloc(a, MB(1)),
+    .buffer_len = buffer_len,
+    .back_buffer = arenaAllocArray(a, Pixel, buffer_len), // allocate biggest possible dimensions
+    .frame_buffer = arenaAllocArray(a, Pixel, buffer_len), // allocate biggest possible dimensions
+  };
+  MemoryZero(result.back_buffer, buffer_len * sizeof(Pixel));
+  MemoryZero(result.frame_buffer, buffer_len * sizeof(Pixel));
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void copyStr(u8* bytes, str cstring) {
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < strlen(cstring); i++) {
+    bytes[i] = cstring[i];
+  }
+}
+
+fn void drawAnsiBox(Pixel* buf, Box box, Dim2 sd, bool bold) {
+  str items[] =   {"┌","─","┐","│","└","┘"};
+  str b_items[] = {"┏","━","┓","┃","┗","┛"};
+  ptr* use = (ptr*)items;
+  if (bold) {
+    use = (ptr*)b_items;
+  }
+  u32 pos = XYToPos(box.x, box.y, sd.width);
+
+  // print the upper box border
+  copyStr(buf[pos].bytes, use[0]);
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < box.width; i++) {
+    copyStr(buf[pos+1+i].bytes, use[1]);
+  }
+  copyStr(buf[pos+1+box.width].bytes, use[2]);
+
+  // start printing the rows
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < box.height; i++) {
+    pos = XYToPos(box.x, (box.y+1+i), sd.width); // move cursor to beginning of the row
+    copyStr(buf[pos].bytes, use[3]);
+    copyStr(buf[pos+1+box.width].bytes, use[3]);
+  }
+
+  // print the bottom box border
+  pos = XYToPos(box.x, (box.y+1+box.height), sd.width);
+  copyStr(buf[pos].bytes, use[4]);
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < box.width; i++) {
+    copyStr(buf[pos+1+i].bytes, use[1]);
+  }
+  copyStr(buf[pos+1+box.width].bytes, use[5]);
+}
+
+fn void renderUtf8CharToBuffer(Pixel* buf, u16 x, u16 y, str text, Dim2 screen_dimensions) {
+  assert(strlen(text) <= UTF8_MAX_WIDTH);
+  u32 pos = x + (screen_dimensions.width*y);
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < strlen(text); i++) {
+    buf[pos].bytes[i] = text[i];
+  }
+}
+
+fn void renderStrToBufferMaxWidth(Pixel* buf, u16 x, u16 y, str text, u16 width, Dim2 screen_dimensions) {
+  u32 pos = x + (screen_dimensions.width*y);
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < strlen(text); i++) {
+    buf[pos + (i % width)].background = 0;
+    buf[pos + (i % width)].foreground = 0;
+    buf[pos + (i % width)].bytes[0] = text[i];
+    if (i % width == (width-1)) {     // on last char i inside width
+      pos += screen_dimensions.width; // move pos to next line
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fn void renderStrToBufferMaxWidthWithoutChangingColor(Pixel* buf, u16 x, u16 y, str text, u16 width, Dim2 screen_dimensions) {
+  u32 pos = x + (screen_dimensions.width*y);
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < strlen(text); i++) {
+    buf[pos + (i % width)].bytes[0] = text[i];
+    if (i % width == (width-1)) {     // on last char i inside width
+      pos += screen_dimensions.width; // move pos to next line
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fn void renderStrToBuffer(Pixel* buf, u16 x, u16 y, str text, Dim2 screen_dimensions) {
+  u32 pos = x + (screen_dimensions.width*y);
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < strlen(text); i++) {
+    buf[pos+i].bytes[0] = text[i];
+  }
+}
+
+fn void renderStringChunkList(TuiState* tui, StringChunkList* list, u16 x, u16 y) {
+  u32 pos = XYToPos(x, y, tui->screen_dimensions.width);
+  StringChunk* chunk = list->first;
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < list->total_size; i++) {
+    if (i > 0 && i % STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE == 0) {
+      chunk = chunk->next;
+    }
+    tui->frame_buffer[pos+i].bytes[0] = *((char*)(chunk + 1) + (i%STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE));
+  }
+}
+
+fn u32 sprintfAnsiMoveCursorTo(ptr output, u16 x, u16 y) {
+  return sprintf(output, "\x1b[%d;%df",y,x);
+}
+
+fn void printfBufferAndSwap(TuiState* tui) {
+  Pixel* old = tui->back_buffer;
+  Pixel* next = tui->frame_buffer;
+  u32 length = tui->screen_dimensions.height * tui->screen_dimensions.width;
+  bool screen_dimensions_changed = tui->screen_dimensions.height != tui->prev_screen_dimensions.height
+    || tui->screen_dimensions.width != tui->prev_screen_dimensions.width;
+  bool should_redraw_whole_screen = screen_dimensions_changed || tui->redraw;
+
+  // "quick" exit this fn if old == next
+  if (!should_redraw_whole_screen) {
+    bool old_equals_new = true;
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+      if (old[i].background != next[i].background
+          || old[i].foreground != next[i].foreground
+          || old[i].bytes[0] != next[i].bytes[0]
+          || old[i].bytes[1] != next[i].bytes[1]
+          || old[i].bytes[2] != next[i].bytes[2]
+          || old[i].bytes[3] != next[i].bytes[3]) {
+        old_equals_new = false;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (old_equals_new
+        && tui->prev_cursor.x == tui->cursor.x
+        && tui->prev_cursor.y == tui->cursor.y
+    ) {
+      length += 0; // debugging helper line
+      return; // skip all the write() and sprintf() calls, since the frames are the same.
+    }
+  }
+
+  ptr output = tui->writeable_output_ansi_string;
+  u8 bg = 0;
+  u8 fg = 0;
+  u16 x = 1;
+  u16 y = 1;
+  u16 last_x = 0;
+  u16 last_y = 0;
+  str RESET_STYLES = "\033[0m";
+  str CLEAR_SCREEN = "\033[2J";
+
+  if (should_redraw_whole_screen) {
+    output += sprintf(output, "\033[0m\033[2J");
+    output += sprintfAnsiMoveCursorTo(output, x, y);
+    bool printed_last = false;
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+      x = (i % tui->screen_dimensions.width) + 1;
+      y = (i / tui->screen_dimensions.width) + 1;
+      if (next[i].bytes[0] != 0) {
+        if (printed_last == false) {
+          output += sprintfAnsiMoveCursorTo(output, x, y);
+        }
+        char bytes[5] = {0}; // do this nonsense to ensure null-terminated characters
+        bytes[0] = next[i].bytes[0];
+        bytes[1] = next[i].bytes[1];
+        bytes[2] = next[i].bytes[2];
+        bytes[3] = next[i].bytes[3];
+
+        if (next[i].background != bg || next[i].foreground != fg) {
+          bg = next[i].background;
+          fg = next[i].foreground;
+          if (bg == 0 && fg == 0) {
+            output += sprintf(output, "%s%s", RESET_STYLES, bytes);
+          } else if (bg != 0 && fg == 0) {
+            output += sprintf(output, "\033[48;5;%dm%s", bg, bytes);
+          } else if (bg == 0 && fg != 0) {
+            output += sprintf(output, "\033[38;5;%dm%s", fg, bytes);
+          } else {
+            output += sprintf(output, "\033[48;5;%d;38;5;%dm%s", bg, fg, bytes);
+          }
+        } else {
+          output += sprintf(output, "%s", bytes);
+        }
+        printed_last = true;
+      } else {
+        printed_last = false;
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    // clearing pass, to overwrite things that were there on the last frame, but are no longer present
+    // we do this before the "rendering" pass so that multi-space characters (emojis) are easier to deal with
+    output += sprintf(output, "%s", RESET_STYLES);
+    output += sprintfAnsiMoveCursorTo(output, x, y);
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+      x = (i % tui->screen_dimensions.width) + 1;
+      y = (i / tui->screen_dimensions.width) + 1;
+      bool needs_clearing = (next[i].bytes[0] == 0 && old[i].bytes[0] != 0)
+                         || (next[i].background == 0 && old[i].background != 0)
+                         || (next[i].foreground == 0 && old[i].foreground != 0);
+      if (needs_clearing) {
+        bool last_printed_pos_is_adjacent_to_current_x_y = last_x+1 == x && last_y == y;
+        if (!last_printed_pos_is_adjacent_to_current_x_y) {
+          output += sprintfAnsiMoveCursorTo(output, x, y);
+        }
+        output += sprintf(output, " ");
+        last_x = x;
+        last_y = y;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // rendering pass
+    last_x = 0;
+    last_y = 0;
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+      x = (i % tui->screen_dimensions.width) + 1;
+      y = (i / tui->screen_dimensions.width) + 1;
+      if (!isPixelEq(old[i], next[i])) {
+        if (next[i].bytes[0] != 0) {
+          bool last_printed_pos_is_adjacent_to_current_x_y = last_x+1 == x && last_y == y;
+          if (!last_printed_pos_is_adjacent_to_current_x_y) {
+            output += sprintfAnsiMoveCursorTo(output, x, y);
+          } 
+
+          u8 bytes[5] = {0}; // do this nonsense to ensure null-terminated characters
+          bytes[0] = next[i].bytes[0];
+          bytes[1] = next[i].bytes[1];
+          bytes[2] = next[i].bytes[2];
+          bytes[3] = next[i].bytes[3];
+
+          if (next[i].background != bg || next[i].foreground != fg) {
+            bg = next[i].background;
+            fg = next[i].foreground;
+            if (bg == 0 && fg == 0) {
+              output += sprintf(output, "%s%s", RESET_STYLES, bytes);
+            } else if (bg != 0 && fg == 0) {
+              output += sprintf(output, "\033[48;5;%dm%s", bg, bytes);
+            } else if (bg == 0 && fg != 0) {
+              output += sprintf(output, "\033[38;5;%dm%s", fg, bytes);
+            } else {
+              output += sprintf(output, "\033[48;5;%d;38;5;%dm%s", bg, fg, bytes);
+            }
+          } else {
+            output += sprintf(output, "%s", bytes);
+          }
+
+          last_x = x;
+          last_y = y;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  output += sprintfAnsiMoveCursorTo(output, tui->cursor.x+1, tui->cursor.y+1); // re-position the cursor according to what the rendering logic set it to
+
+  // finally write our whole string to the terminal
+  i64 count = output - tui->writeable_output_ansi_string;
+	osBlitToTerminal(tui->writeable_output_ansi_string, count);
+
+  // swap our buffers
+  Pixel* tmp = tui->back_buffer;
+  tui->back_buffer = tui->frame_buffer;
+  tui->frame_buffer = tmp;
+
+  // reset the `redraw` flag
+  tui->redraw = false;
+}
+
+fn u32 matchCommandPaletteCommands(String current_search, CommandPaletteCommandList commands, u32 menu_index, u32* scores, StringSearchScore* score_details) {
+  // returns the `commands` id that matches the `menu_index`
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < commands.length; i++) {
+    CommandPaletteCommand* cmd = &commands.items[i];
+    bool name_matches = false;
+    for (u32 j = 0; j < strlen(cmd->display_name); j++) {
+      if (current_search.length > 0 && lowerAscii(cmd->display_name[j]) == lowerAscii(current_search.bytes[0])) {
+        for (u32 k = 0; k < current_search.length && k+j < strlen(cmd->display_name); k++) {
+          if (lowerAscii(current_search.bytes[k]) != lowerAscii(cmd->display_name[j+k])) {
+            break;
+          }
+          if (k == current_search.length - 1) {
+            name_matches = true;
+            score_details[i].name_match_start = j;
+            score_details[i].name_match_len = current_search.length;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    bool description_matches = false;
+    u32 tag_match_count = 0;
+    scores[i] = (name_matches * 100 * MAX_COMMAND_PALETTE_COMMANDS) +
+                (description_matches * 10 * MAX_COMMAND_PALETTE_COMMANDS) +
+                (tag_match_count * MAX_COMMAND_PALETTE_COMMANDS) +
+                cmd->id;
+    score_details[i].score = scores[i];
+    score_details[i].name_matched = name_matches;
+    score_details[i].description_matched = description_matches;
+    score_details[i].tag_match_count = tag_match_count;
+  }
+  u32Quicksort(scores, 0, commands.length - 1);
+  u32ReverseArray(scores, commands.length);
+  return (scores[menu_index] % MAX_COMMAND_PALETTE_COMMANDS);
+}
+
+fn Pos2 renderCommandPalette(TuiState* tui, String current_search, CommandPaletteCommandList commands, u32 menu_index) {
+  // returns the cursor position as Pos2
+
+  ScratchMem scratch = scratchGet();
+  Dim2 sd = tui->screen_dimensions;
+  Pos2 result = { 0 };
+
+  // draw the outline
+  Box outline = {
+    .width = sd.width / 2,
+    .height = sd.height / 2,
+  };
+  outline.x = outline.width / 2;
+  outline.y = outline.height / 2;
+  drawAnsiBox(tui->frame_buffer, outline, sd, true);
+
+  // draw the "search bar"
+  result.x = outline.x + 1 + current_search.length;
+  result.y = outline.y + 1;
+  renderStrToBufferMaxWidth(tui->frame_buffer, outline.x+1, outline.y+1, current_search.bytes, outline.width - 2, sd);
+  for (u32 i = 1; i < outline.width-1; i++) {
+    u32 pos = XYToPos(outline.x+1, outline.y+2, sd.width);
+    copyStr(tui->frame_buffer[pos].bytes, "━");
+  }
+
+  // sort the command options
+  u32* scores = arenaAllocArray(&scratch.arena, u32, commands.length);
+  StringSearchScore* score_details = arenaAllocArray(&scratch.arena, StringSearchScore, commands.length);
+  matchCommandPaletteCommands(current_search, commands, menu_index, scores, score_details);
+
+  // draw the command options
+  u32 x = outline.x + 1;
+  u32 y = outline.y + 3;
+  for (u32 i = 0; (y-outline.y) < (outline.height-1) && i < commands.length; i++, y+=2) {
+    if (i == menu_index) {
+      for (u32 ii = 0; ii < outline.width-1; ii++) {
+        u32 pos = XYToPos(x+ii, y, tui->screen_dimensions.width);
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos].bytes[0] = ' ';
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos].foreground = ANSI_BLACK;
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos].background = ANSI_WHITE;
+        pos = XYToPos(x+ii, y+1, tui->screen_dimensions.width);
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos].bytes[0] = ' ';
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos].foreground = ANSI_BLACK;
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos].background = ANSI_WHITE;
+      }
+    }
+    u32 id = scores[i] % MAX_COMMAND_PALETTE_COMMANDS;
+    StringSearchScore score = score_details[id];
+    CommandPaletteCommand* cmd = NULL;
+    for (u32 j = 0; j < commands.length; j++) {
+      if (commands.items[j].id == id) {
+        cmd = &commands.items[j];
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    assert(cmd != NULL);
+    if (score.name_matched) {
+      u32 end_idx = score.name_match_len + score.name_match_start;
+      for (u32 ii = 0; ii < strlen(cmd->display_name); ii++) {
+        u32 pos = XYToPos(x+ii, y, tui->screen_dimensions.width);
+        if (ii >= score.name_match_start && ii < end_idx) {
+          if (i == menu_index) {
+            tui->frame_buffer[pos].foreground = ANSI_DULL_RED;
+          } else {
+            tui->frame_buffer[pos].foreground = ANSI_HIGHLIGHT_YELLOW;
+            tui->frame_buffer[pos].background = 0;
+          }
+        }
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos].bytes[0] = cmd->display_name[ii];
+      }
+    } else {
+      renderStrToBufferMaxWidthWithoutChangingColor(tui->frame_buffer, x, y, cmd->display_name, outline.width - 2, sd);
+    }
+    renderStrToBufferMaxWidthWithoutChangingColor(tui->frame_buffer, x, y+1, cmd->description, outline.width - 2, sd);
+  }
+
+  scratchReturn(&scratch);
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void renderChoiceMenu(TuiState* tui, u16 x, u16 y, ptr options[], u32 len, bool choosable, u32 selected_index, u8* colors) {
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    u32 pos = x + (tui->screen_dimensions.width*(y+i));
+    if (choosable && selected_index == i) {
+      tui->cursor.x = x;
+      tui->cursor.y = y+i;
+    }
+    u8 bytes[80] = {0};
+    sprintf((char*)bytes, "- %d. ", i+1);
+    u32 offset = strlen((char*)bytes);
+    u32 bytes_remaining = (80 - offset);
+    for (
+      u32 j = 0;
+      j < strlen(options[i]) && j < bytes_remaining;
+      j++
+    ) {
+      bytes[offset+j] = options[i][j];
+    }
+    // write our `bytes` buffer into the Pixel* buf
+    for (u32 j = 0; j < 80; j++) {
+      tui->frame_buffer[pos+j].bytes[0] = bytes[j];
+      if (choosable && selected_index == i) {
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos+j].foreground = ANSI_BLACK;
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos+j].background = ANSI_WHITE;
+      } else {
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos+j].foreground = colors == NULL ? ANSI_WHITE : colors[i];
+        tui->frame_buffer[pos+j].background = ANSI_BLACK;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fn void infiniteUILoop(
+  u32 max_screen_width,
+  u32 max_screen_height,
+  u64 goal_input_loop_us,
+  void* state,
+  // updateAndRender should return a bool `should_quit`
+  bool (*updateAndRender)(TuiState* tui, void* state, u8* input_buffer, u64 loop_count)
+) {
+  bool should_quit = false;
+  Arena permanent_arena = {0};
+  arenaInit(&permanent_arena);
+  // set up the TUI incantations
+  TermIOs old_terminal_attributes = osStartTUI(false);
+  TuiState tui = tuiInit(&permanent_arena, max_screen_width*max_screen_height);
+  tui.screen_dimensions = osGetTerminalDimensions();
+
+  // ui loop (read input, simulate next frame, render)
+  u8 input_buffer[5] = {0};
+  u64 loop_start;
+  u64 loop_count = 0;
+  while (!should_quit) {
+    loop_count += 1;
+    loop_start = osTimeMicrosecondsNow();
+
+    // both reads local input from the keyboard AND from the network
+    osReadConsoleInput(input_buffer, 4);
+
+    // prep rendering
+    MemoryZero(tui.frame_buffer, tui.buffer_len * sizeof(Pixel));
+    tui.prev_screen_dimensions = tui.screen_dimensions;
+    if (loop_count % 17 == 0) { // every 17 frames, update our terminal_dimensions
+      tui.screen_dimensions = osGetTerminalDimensions();
+    }
+    tui.prev_cursor = tui.cursor;// save last frame's cursor
+
+    // operate on input + render new tui.frame_buffer
+    should_quit = updateAndRender(&tui, state, input_buffer, loop_count);
+
+    printfBufferAndSwap(&tui);
+
+    // loop timing
+    u32 loop_duration = osTimeMicrosecondsNow() - loop_start;
+    i32 remaining_time = goal_input_loop_us - loop_duration;
+    if (remaining_time > 0) {
+      osSleepMicroseconds(remaining_time);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // cleanup terminal TUI incantations
+  osEndTUI(old_terminal_attributes);
+}
+
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#include "shared.h"
+#include "lib/tui.c"
+
+#define MAX_SCREEN_HEIGHT 300
+#define MAX_SCREEN_WIDTH 800
+
+fn str charForEntity(EntityType e) {
+  switch (e) {
+    case EntityWall:
+      return "# ";
+    case EntityDoor:
+      return "🚪";
+    case EntityCharacter:
+      return "🧙";
+      //return "웃";
+    case EntityNull:
+    case EntityType_Count:
+    //default: // commented out so that we get a warning for missing entity
+      return "  ";
+  }
+}
+
+/* HERE IS WHERE I USUALLY PUT THE "room" OR "map" DRAWING FUNCTION
+ *
+fn void renderRoom(Pixel* buf, u32 x, u32 y, RenderableRoom* room, Dim2 screen_dimensions, bool active) {
+  // x,y is starting cursor location of upper-left corner
+
+  Box b = { .x = x, .y = y, .width = ROOM_WIDTH*2, .height = ROOM_HEIGHT };
+  drawAnsiBox(buf, b, screen_dimensions, active);
+
+  // start printing the rows
+  // move cursor to beginning of the room
+  for (i32 j = 0; j < ROOM_HEIGHT; j++) {
+    for (i32 i = 0; i < ROOM_WIDTH; i++) {
+      u32 roompos = XYToPos(i, j, ROOM_WIDTH);
+      if (!room->visible[roompos] && room->memory[roompos] == RememberedTileQualityNone) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      u32 bufpos = (x+1+(i*2)) + (screen_dimensions.width*(y+1+j));
+
+      str fg_char = charForEntity(room->foreground[roompos]);
+      RGB background_color = colorForTile(room->background[roompos]);
+      if (room->visible[roompos]) {
+        buf[bufpos].foreground = ansiColorForEntity(room->foreground[roompos]);
+        if (room->light[roompos] < VISIBLE_BRIGHTNESS_CUTOFF) {
+          fg_char = charForEntity(EntityMurkyUnknown);
+          background_color = rgbDarken(background_color, 0.8);
+        }
+      } else if (room->memory[roompos] == RememberedTileQualityDim) {
+        background_color = rgbDarken(background_color, 0.4);
+        buf[bufpos].foreground = ansiColorForEntity(room->foreground[roompos]);
+        fg_char = charForEntity(EntityMurkyUnknown);
+      } else if (room->memory[roompos] == RememberedTileQualityClear) {
+        background_color = rgbDarken(background_color, 0.6);
+        buf[bufpos].foreground = ansiColorForEntity(room->foreground[roompos]);
+      }
+      buf[bufpos].background = rgbToAnsi(background_color);
+      Utf8Character first_character_class = classifyUtf8Character((u8)fg_char[0]);
+      // if it's a single ASCII character
+      if (first_character_class == Utf8CharacterAscii && fg_char[1] == '\0') {
+        buf[bufpos].bytes[0] = fg_char[0];
+      // if it's a pair of ASCII characters
+      } else if (first_character_class == Utf8CharacterAscii && fg_char[1] > 0 && fg_char[2] == '\0') {
+        buf[bufpos].bytes[0] = fg_char[0];
+        buf[bufpos+1].bytes[0] = fg_char[1];
+        buf[bufpos+1].background = buf[bufpos].background;
+        buf[bufpos+1].foreground = buf[bufpos].foreground;
+      } else if (first_character_class == Utf8CharacterThreeByte) {
+        if (strlen(fg_char) == 3) {// handle 2-wide characters
+          buf[bufpos+1].background = buf[bufpos].background;
+          buf[bufpos+1].foreground = buf[bufpos].foreground;
+        }
+        for (u32 k = 0; k < strlen(fg_char)/3; k++) {
+          if (k != 0) {
+            buf[bufpos+k].background = buf[bufpos].background;
+            buf[bufpos+k].foreground = buf[bufpos].foreground;
+          }
+          for (u32 l = 0; l < 3; l++) {
+            buf[bufpos+k].bytes[l] = fg_char[l+(k*3)];
+          }
+        }
+      } else if (first_character_class == Utf8CharacterFourByte) {
+        if (strlen(fg_char) == UTF8_MAX_WIDTH) {// assume all of these characters are 2-wide
+          buf[bufpos+1].background = buf[bufpos].background;
+          buf[bufpos+1].foreground = buf[bufpos].foreground;
+        }
+        for (u32 k = 0; k < strlen(fg_char)/UTF8_MAX_WIDTH; k++) {
+          for (u32 l = 0; l < UTF8_MAX_WIDTH; l++) {
+            buf[bufpos+k].bytes[l] = fg_char[l+(k*UTF8_MAX_WIDTH)];
+          }
+        }
+        // handle secondary bytes that didn't divide evenly
+        for (u32 k = 0; k < strlen(fg_char)%UTF8_MAX_WIDTH; k++) {
+          buf[bufpos+1].background = buf[bufpos].background;
+          buf[bufpos+1].foreground = buf[bufpos].foreground;
+          buf[bufpos+1].bytes[k] = fg_char[UTF8_MAX_WIDTH+k];
+        }
+      } else {
+        assert(false && "unhandled bullshit");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+*/
@@ -0,0 +1,785 @@
+/*
+ * Code conventions:
+ *  MyStructType
+ *  myFunction()
+ *  MyMacro()
+ *  my_variable
+ *  MY_CONSTANT
+ * */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/random.h>
+#include "shared.h"
+#include "base/impl.c"
+#define NET_OUTGOING_MESSAGE_QUEUE_LEN 64
+#include "lib/network.c"
+#include "render.c"
+#include "string_chunk.c"
+
+///// CONSTANTS
+#define MAX_ENTITIES (2<<18)
+#define LEFT_ROOM_ENTITES_LEN (KB(1))
+#define ROOM_MAP_COLLISIONS_LEN MAX_ROOMS/8
+#define CLIENT_COMMAND_LIST_LEN 8
+#define SERVER_PORT 7777
+#define SERVER_MAX_HEAP_MEMORY MB(256)
+#define SERVER_MAX_CLIENTS 16
+#define GAME_THREAD_CONCURRENCY 4
+#define GOAL_NETWORK_SEND_LOOPS_PER_S 4
+#define GOAL_NETWORK_SEND_LOOP_US 1000000/GOAL_NETWORK_SEND_LOOPS_PER_S
+#define GOAL_GAME_LOOPS_PER_S 4
+#define GOAL_GAME_LOOP_US 1000000/GOAL_GAME_LOOPS_PER_S
+#define CLIENT_TIMEOUT_FRAMES GOAL_GAME_LOOPS_PER_S*3
+#define CHUNK_SIZE 64
+#define ACCOUNT_CHUNK_SIZE 64
+#define PARSED_CLIENT_COMMAND_THREAD_QUEUE_LEN 64
+
+///// TypeDefs
+typedef struct ParsedClientCommand {
+  CommandType type;
+  u8 byte;
+  u16 sender_port;
+  u16 alt_port;
+  u32 sender_ip;
+  u32 alt_ip;
+  StringChunkList name;
+  StringChunkList pass;
+  u64 id;
+} ParsedClientCommand;
+
+typedef struct ParsedClientCommandThreadQueue {
+  ParsedClientCommand items[PARSED_CLIENT_COMMAND_THREAD_QUEUE_LEN];
+  u32 head;
+  u32 tail;
+  u32 count;
+  Mutex mutex;
+  Cond not_empty;
+  Cond not_full;
+} ParsedClientCommandThreadQueue;
+
+typedef struct Entity {
+  bool changed;
+  u8 x;
+  u8 y;
+  u8 color;
+  EntityType type;
+  u32 misc;
+  u64 id;
+  u64 features;
+} Entity;
+
+typedef struct Account {
+  u64 id;
+  String name;
+  String pw;
+  u64 eid;
+} Account;
+
+typedef struct AccountChunk {
+  u64 length; // the currently used # of accounts in this chunk
+  u64 capacity; // the "chunk size" / space in this chunk
+  struct AccountChunk* next; // the next chunk
+  Account* items; // the actual accounts
+} AccountChunk;
+
+typedef struct EntityList {
+  u64 length; // the currently used length
+  u64 capacity;
+  Entity* items;
+} EntityList;
+
+typedef struct EntityChunk {
+  u64 length; // the currently used # of entities in this chunk
+  u64 capacity; // the "chunk size" / space in this chunk
+  struct EntityChunk* next; // the next chunk
+  Entity* items; // the actual entities
+} EntityChunk;
+
+typedef struct ChunkedEntityList {
+  u64 length; // the current number of entities
+  u64 chunk_size; // the # of entities per chunk
+  u64 chunks; // the # of chunks in this list so far
+  EntityChunk* first; // the first chunk of entities
+} ChunkedEntityList;
+
+typedef struct Client {
+  u16 lan_port;
+  i32 lan_ip;
+  u64 character_eid;
+  u64 account_id;
+  SocketAddress address;
+  CommandType commands[CLIENT_COMMAND_LIST_LEN];
+  u64 last_ping;
+} Client;
+
+typedef struct ClientList {
+  u64 length;
+  u64 capacity;
+  Client* items;
+} ClientList;
+
+typedef struct State {
+  Mutex client_mutex;
+  Mutex mutex;
+  ClientList clients;
+  u64 next_eid;
+  AccountChunk accounts;
+  u64 frame;
+  Arena game_scratch;
+  StringArena string_arena;
+  ParsedClientCommandThreadQueue* network_recv_queue;
+  OutgoingMessageQueue* network_send_queue;
+} State;
+
+///// Global Variables
+global State state = { 0 };
+global Arena permanent_arena = { 0 };
+global const Entity NULL_ENTITY = { 0 };
+global bool debug_mode = false;
+global ChunkedEntityList free_chunks = { 0, CHUNK_SIZE, 0, NULL };
+
+///// functionImplementations()
+fn ParsedClientCommandThreadQueue* newPCCThreadQueue(Arena* a) {
+  ParsedClientCommandThreadQueue* result = arenaAlloc(a, sizeof(ParsedClientCommandThreadQueue));
+  MemoryZero(result, (sizeof *result));
+  result->mutex = newMutex();
+  result->not_full = newCond();
+  result->not_empty = newCond();
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void pccThreadSafeQueuePush(ParsedClientCommandThreadQueue* queue, ParsedClientCommand* msg) {
+  lockMutex(&queue->mutex); {
+    while (queue->count == PARSED_CLIENT_COMMAND_THREAD_QUEUE_LEN) {
+      waitForCondSignal(&queue->not_full, &queue->mutex);
+    }
+
+    MemoryCopy(&queue->items[queue->tail], msg, (sizeof *msg));
+    queue->tail = (queue->tail + 1) % PARSED_CLIENT_COMMAND_THREAD_QUEUE_LEN;
+    queue->count++;
+
+    signalCond(&queue->not_empty);
+  } unlockMutex(&queue->mutex);
+}
+
+fn ParsedClientCommand* pccThreadSafeNonblockingQueuePop(ParsedClientCommandThreadQueue* q, ParsedClientCommand* copy_target) {
+  // immediately returns NULL if there's nothing in the ThreadQueue
+  // copies the ParsedClientCommand into `copy_target` if there is something in the queue
+  // and marks it as popped from the queue
+  ParsedClientCommand* result = NULL;
+
+  lockMutex(&q->mutex); {
+    if (q->count > 0) {
+      result = &q->items[q->head];
+      MemoryCopy(copy_target, result, (sizeof *copy_target));
+      q->head = (q->head + 1) % PARSED_CLIENT_COMMAND_THREAD_QUEUE_LEN;
+      q->count--;
+
+      signalCond(&q->not_full);
+    }
+  } unlockMutex(&q->mutex);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn u64 entitySerialize(Entity current, Account* acct, u64 index, u8 bytes[]) {
+  // send entity header (common to all entity types)
+  index += writeU64ToBufferLE(bytes + index, current.id);
+  index += writeU64ToBufferLE(bytes + index, current.features);
+  bytes[index++] = current.x;
+  bytes[index++] = current.y;
+  bytes[index++] = (u8)current.type;  // EntityType
+
+  //if (CheckFlag(current.features, FeatureRegensHp)) {
+  //  index += writeU16ToBufferLE(bytes + index, current.hp);
+  //  index += writeU16ToBufferLE(bytes + index, current.max_hp);
+  //}
+
+  // send character-specific details (color and name)
+  if (current.type == EntityCharacter) {
+    bytes[index++] = current.color;
+    // send name string
+    index += writeU64ToBufferLE(bytes + index, acct->name.length);
+    for (u32 j = 0; j < acct->name.length; j++) {
+      bytes[index++] = acct->name.bytes[j];
+    }
+  }
+  return index;
+}
+
+fn u64 entityFeaturesFromType(EntityType type) {
+  u64 result = 0;
+  switch (type) {
+    case EntityCharacter: {
+      SetFlag(result, FeatureWalksAround);
+      SetFlag(result, FeatureCanFight);
+    } break;
+    default: {
+    } break;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn Account* findAccountById(u64 id) {
+  AccountChunk* current = &state.accounts;
+  while (current != NULL) {
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < current->length; i++) {
+      if (current->items[i].id == id) {
+        return &current->items[i];
+      }
+    }
+    current = current->next;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+fn Account* findAccountByEId(u64 id) {
+  AccountChunk* current = &state.accounts;
+  while (current != NULL) {
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < current->length; i++) {
+      if (current->items[i].eid == id) {
+        return &current->items[i];
+      }
+    }
+    current = current->next;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+fn Account* findAccountByName(String name) {
+  AccountChunk* current = &state.accounts;
+  while (current != NULL) {
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < current->length; i++) {
+      if (stringsEq(&current->items[i].name, &name)) {
+        return &current->items[i];
+      }
+    }
+    current = current->next;
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+fn Account* newAccount(Arena* a, Account details) {
+  u64 id = 0;
+  AccountChunk* current = &state.accounts;
+  while (current != NULL) {
+    id += current->length;
+    if (current->length < current->capacity) {
+      Account* result = &current->items[current->length];
+      *result = details;
+      result->id = id;
+      current->length += 1;
+      printf("new account created id=%lld\n", id);
+      return result;
+    }
+    if (current->next == NULL) {
+      // alloc next chunk of accounts
+      AccountChunk* next = arenaAlloc(a, sizeof(AccountChunk));
+      next->capacity = ACCOUNT_CHUNK_SIZE;
+      next->items = arenaAllocArray(a, Account, next->capacity);
+      current->next = next;
+    }
+    current = current->next;
+  }
+  assert(false); // never should be reached
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+fn u64 pushEntity(EntityChunk* chunk, Entity e) {
+  assert(chunk->length < chunk->capacity);
+  chunk->items[chunk->length] = e;
+  u64 result = chunk->length;
+  chunk->length += 1;
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool isSpaceInChunk(EntityChunk* chunk) {
+  return chunk->length < chunk->capacity;
+}
+
+fn bool allChunksFull(ChunkedEntityList list) {
+  return list.length >= (list.chunk_size * list.chunks);
+}
+
+fn EntityChunk* pushNewChunk(Arena* a, ChunkedEntityList* list) {
+  EntityChunk* new_chunk;
+  if (free_chunks.length > 0) {
+    new_chunk = free_chunks.first;
+    free_chunks.length -= 1;
+    free_chunks.first = new_chunk->next;
+  } else {
+    new_chunk = arenaAlloc(a, sizeof(EntityChunk));
+    // alloc the new chunk of entities
+    new_chunk->length = 0;
+    new_chunk->capacity = list->chunk_size;
+    new_chunk->next = NULL;
+    new_chunk->items = arenaAllocArray(a, Entity, list->chunk_size);
+  }
+  // bookeeping in the list
+  list->chunks += 1;
+  if (list->first == NULL) {
+    list->first = new_chunk;
+  } else {
+    EntityChunk* last = list->first;
+    while (last->next != NULL) {
+      last = last->next;
+    }
+    last->next = new_chunk;
+  }
+  return new_chunk;
+}
+
+fn Entity* entityPtrFromChunkList(ChunkedEntityList* list, i32 index) {
+  Entity* result = (Entity*)&NULL_ENTITY;
+  i32 chunk_index = index / list->chunk_size;
+  EntityChunk* chunk = list->first;
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < chunk_index; i++) {
+    chunk = chunk->next;
+  }
+  result = &chunk->items[index % list->chunk_size];
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn Entity entityFromChunkList(ChunkedEntityList* list, i32 index) {
+  Entity result = {0};
+  i32 chunk_index = index / list->chunk_size;
+  EntityChunk* chunk = list->first;
+  for (i32 i = 0; i < chunk_index; i++) {
+    chunk = chunk->next;
+  }
+  result = chunk->items[index % list->chunk_size];
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool deleteLastEntity(ChunkedEntityList* list, EntityChunk* last_chunk, EntityChunk* second_to_last_chunk) {
+  last_chunk->length -= 1;
+  list->length -= 1;
+  // don't delete the room's only chunk, but otherwise move the chunk to the free-list
+  if (last_chunk->length == 0 && last_chunk != list->first) {
+    list->chunks -= 1;
+    second_to_last_chunk->next = NULL;
+    free_chunks.length += 1;
+    EntityChunk* last_free_chunk = free_chunks.first;
+    if (last_free_chunk) {
+      while (last_free_chunk->next != NULL) {
+        last_free_chunk = last_free_chunk->next;
+      }
+      last_free_chunk->next = last_chunk;
+    } else {
+      free_chunks.first = last_chunk;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+fn void exitWithErrorMessage(ptr msg) {
+  printf("error: %s", msg);
+  exit(1);
+}
+
+fn u32 pushClient(ClientList* clients, SocketAddress addr) {
+  Client new_client = {0};
+  new_client.last_ping = state.frame;
+  new_client.address = addr;
+
+  // first, try to overwrite an old dc'ed client
+  for (u32 i = 1; i < clients->length; i++) {
+    if (clients->items[i].character_eid == 0) {
+      clients->items[i] = new_client;
+      return i;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // if there are none, then add the client to the end of the list
+  assert(clients->capacity > clients->length);//TODO grow the list if we need to
+  clients->items[clients->length] = new_client;
+  u32 result = clients->length;
+  clients->length += 1;
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn bool deleteClientByEId(ClientList* clients, u64 id) {
+  bool succeeded = false;
+  Client blank_client = {0};
+  // i=1 because first client is null-client
+  for (u32 i = 1; i < clients->length && !succeeded; i++) {
+    if (clients->items[i].character_eid == id) {
+      clients->items[i] = blank_client;
+      succeeded = true;
+    }
+  }
+  return succeeded;
+}
+
+fn u32 findClientHandleByEId(ClientList* clients, u64 id) {
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < clients->length; i++) {
+    Client c = clients->items[i];
+    if (c.character_eid == id) {
+      return i;
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+fn u32 findClientHandleBySocketAddress(ClientList* clients, SocketAddress address) {
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < clients->length; i++) {
+    Client c = clients->items[i];
+    if (socketAddressEqual(address, c.address)) {
+      return i;
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+fn void handleIncomingMessage(u8* message, u32 len, SocketAddress sender, i32 socket) {
+  dbg("%d: %s from %s:%d\n", len, command_type_strings[message[0]], inet_ntoa(sender.sin_addr), sender.sin_port);
+  u32 msg_idx = 0;
+  ParsedClientCommand parsed = {
+    .type = (CommandType)message[msg_idx++],
+    .sender_ip = sender.sin_addr.s_addr,
+    .sender_port = sender.sin_port,
+  };
+  u8 temp_bytes[UDP_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN] = {0};
+  String temp_str = {
+    .bytes = (char*)temp_bytes,
+    .length = 0,
+    .capacity = 0,
+  };
+  switch (parsed.type) {
+    case CommandLogin: {
+      // parse the login command
+      parsed.alt_port = ~readU16FromBufferLE(message + msg_idx);
+      msg_idx += 2;
+      parsed.alt_ip = ~readI32FromBufferLE(message + msg_idx);
+      msg_idx += 4;
+
+      // parse the name
+      u8 name_len = message[msg_idx++];
+      MemoryZero(temp_bytes, UDP_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN);
+      temp_str.length = name_len;
+      temp_str.capacity = temp_str.length+1;
+      for (u32 j = 0; j < temp_str.length; j++) {
+        temp_str.bytes[j] = message[msg_idx+j];
+      }
+      parsed.name = allocStringChunkList(&state.string_arena, temp_str);
+      msg_idx += temp_str.length;
+
+      // parse the password
+      u32 pw_len = 0;
+      while (message[msg_idx+pw_len]) {
+        pw_len += 1;
+      }
+      MemoryZero(temp_bytes, UDP_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN);
+      temp_str.length = pw_len;
+      temp_str.capacity = temp_str.length+1;
+      for (u32 j = 0; j < temp_str.length; j++) {
+        temp_str.bytes[j] = message[msg_idx+j];
+      }
+      parsed.pass = allocStringChunkList(&state.string_arena, temp_str);
+      msg_idx += temp_str.length;
+
+      printf("Logging in player: %s %d %s\n", MESSAGE_STRINGS[parsed.type], name_len, message + 7);
+    } break;
+    case CommandKeepAlive:
+      break;
+    case CommandCreateCharacter: {
+      printf("command create character received\n");
+      parsed.byte = message[1];
+    } break;
+    case CommandInvalid:
+    case CommandType_Count: {
+      dbg("invalid command type");
+    } break;
+  }
+
+  pccThreadSafeQueuePush(state.network_recv_queue, &parsed);
+  fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+fn void* receiveNetworkUpdates(void* udp) {
+  UDPServer server = *(UDPServer*)udp;
+  dbg("receiveNetworkUpdates() sock=%d\n", server.server_socket);
+  infiniteReadUDPServer(&server, handleIncomingMessage);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+fn void* sendNetworkUpdates(void* sock) {
+  ThreadContext tctx = {0};
+  tctxInit(&tctx);
+  i32* socket_ptr = (i32*)sock;
+  i32 socket = *socket_ptr;
+  while (true) {
+    u64 loop_start = osTimeMicrosecondsNow();
+
+    // 1. clear out our "outgoingMessage" queue
+    {
+      UDPMessage to_send = { 0 };
+      UDPMessage* next_to_send = outgoingMessageNonblockingQueuePop(state.network_send_queue, &to_send);
+      u8List bytes_list = { 0 };
+      while (next_to_send != NULL) {
+        bytes_list.items = to_send.bytes;
+        bytes_list.length = to_send.bytes_len;
+        bytes_list.capacity = to_send.bytes_len;
+        sendUDPu8List(socket, &to_send.address, &bytes_list);
+        next_to_send = outgoingMessageNonblockingQueuePop(state.network_send_queue, &to_send);
+      }
+    }
+
+    lockMutex(&state.client_mutex); {
+      // WARNING the `i` starts at 1 here because state.clients.items[0] is a "null" Client
+      for (u32 i = 1; i < state.clients.length; i++) {
+        Client client = state.clients.items[i];
+        if (client.last_ping+CLIENT_TIMEOUT_FRAMES < state.frame) {
+          memset(&state.clients.items[i], 0, sizeof(Client));
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (client.character_eid == 0) {
+          continue; // they are still creating their character
+        }
+
+      }
+    } unlockMutex(&state.client_mutex);
+
+    u32 loop_duration = osTimeMicrosecondsNow() - loop_start;
+    i32 remaining_time = GOAL_NETWORK_SEND_LOOP_US - loop_duration;
+    if (remaining_time > 0) {
+      osSleepMicroseconds(remaining_time);
+    }
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+fn void* gameLoop(void* params) {
+  LaneCtx* lane_ctx = (LaneCtx*)params;
+  ThreadContext tctx = {
+    .lane_ctx = *lane_ctx,
+  };
+  tctxInit(&tctx);
+  printf("Lane %lld (%lld) of %lld starting.\n", lane_ctx->lane_idx, LaneIdx(), lane_ctx->lane_count);
+  fflush(stdout);
+  UDPMessage outgoing_message = {0};
+  u64 loop_start;
+  u64 last_burn = 0;
+  u64 last_hp_regen = 0;
+  Arena scratch_arena = {0};
+  arenaInit(&scratch_arena);
+  while (true) {
+    loop_start = osTimeMicrosecondsNow();
+
+    if (LaneIdx() == 0) { // narrow
+      state.frame += 1;
+
+      // 1. process client messages
+      lockMutex(&state.client_mutex); lockMutex(&state.mutex); {
+
+      u32 msg_iters = 0;
+      SocketAddress sender = {0};
+      ParsedClientCommand msg = {0};
+      ParsedClientCommand* next_net_msg = pccThreadSafeNonblockingQueuePop(state.network_recv_queue, &msg);
+      while (next_net_msg != NULL) {
+        msg_iters += 0;
+        sender.sin_addr.s_addr = msg.sender_ip;
+        sender.sin_port = msg.sender_port;
+        // find which client it is
+        u32 client_handle = findClientHandleBySocketAddress(&state.clients, sender);
+        Client* client = &state.clients.items[client_handle];
+        switch (msg.type) {
+          case CommandKeepAlive: {
+            dbg("KeepAlive for client_handle=%d, %ld", client_handle, state.frame);
+            state.clients.items[client_handle].last_ping = state.frame;
+          } break;
+          case CommandLogin: {
+            if (client_handle == 0) {
+              client_handle = pushClient(&state.clients, sender);
+              client = &state.clients.items[client_handle];
+              printf("pushed new client handle = %d\n", client_handle);
+            }
+            // update/set the lan_ip/port info for p2p connections
+            client->lan_ip = htonl(msg.alt_ip);
+            client->lan_port = htons(msg.alt_port);
+
+            /*
+            struct in_addr ipaddr;
+            ipaddr.s_addr = htonl(msg.alt_ip);
+            printf("client #%d: SENDER=%s:%d\n", client_handle, inet_ntoa(sender.sin_addr), ntohs(sender.sin_port));
+            printf("            LAN=%s:%d   %d vs %d vs %d\n", inet_ntoa(ipaddr), msg.alt_port, msg.alt_ip, htonl(msg.alt_ip), sender.sin_addr.s_addr);
+            */
+
+            String name = stringChunkToString(&permanent_arena, msg.name);
+            releaseStringChunkList(&state.string_arena, &msg.name);
+
+            String pw = stringChunkToString(&permanent_arena, msg.pass);
+            releaseStringChunkList(&state.string_arena, &msg.pass);
+
+            Account* existing_account = findAccountByName(name);
+            printf("name(%d): %s pw(%d): %s acct?: %d\n", name.length, name.bytes, pw.length, pw.bytes, existing_account != NULL);
+            fflush(stdout);
+            if (existing_account) {
+              printf(" existing account\n");
+              bool pw_matches = stringsEq(&pw, &existing_account->pw);
+              arenaDealloc(&permanent_arena, pw.capacity);
+              arenaDealloc(&permanent_arena, name.capacity);
+              if (pw_matches) {
+                printf(" pw matched\n");
+              } else {
+                // tell the client they did a bad pw
+                outgoing_message.bytes[0] = (u8)MessageBadPw;
+                outgoing_message.bytes_len = 1;
+                outgoing_message.address = sender;
+                outgoingMessageQueuePush(state.network_send_queue, &outgoing_message);
+                printf("MessageBadPw sent\n");
+                break;
+              }
+            } else {
+              Account new_account = {
+                .eid = 0,
+                .name = name,
+                .pw = pw,
+              };
+              existing_account = newAccount(&permanent_arena, new_account);
+            }
+            client->account_id = existing_account->id;
+            if (existing_account->eid != 0) {
+              client->character_eid = existing_account->eid;
+
+              // tell the client their character id
+              outgoing_message.bytes[0] = (u8)MessageCharacterId;
+              writeU64ToBufferLE(outgoing_message.bytes + 1, existing_account->eid);
+              outgoing_message.bytes_len = 9;
+              outgoing_message.address = sender;
+              outgoingMessageQueuePush(state.network_send_queue, &outgoing_message);
+              printf("MessageCharacterId sent\n");
+            } else {
+              // tell the client they made a new account
+              outgoing_message.bytes[0] = (u8)MessageNewAccountCreated;
+              outgoing_message.bytes_len = 1;
+              outgoing_message.address = sender;
+              outgoingMessageQueuePush(state.network_send_queue, &outgoing_message);
+              printf("MessageNewAccountCreated sent\n");
+            }
+            printf("eid=%lld, client_handle=%d, acct_id=%lld\n", existing_account->eid, client_handle, existing_account->id);
+          } break;
+          case CommandCreateCharacter: {
+            if (client->character_eid == 0) {
+              // Create new character
+              XYZ room_xyz = {0, 0, 0 };
+              Entity character = {
+                .type = EntityCharacter,
+                .id = state.next_eid++,
+                .changed = true,
+                .features = entityFeaturesFromType(EntityCharacter),
+                .color = msg.byte,
+              };
+              dbg("made new character id=%ld\n", character.id);
+              client->character_eid = character.id;
+              Account* account = findAccountById(client->account_id);
+              account->eid = character.id;
+              printf("character_eid=%lld, client_handle=%d, acct_id=%lld\n", account->eid, client_handle, account->id);
+
+              // tell the client their character id
+              outgoing_message.address = sender;
+              outgoing_message.bytes_len = 9;
+              outgoing_message.bytes[0] = (u8)MessageCharacterId;
+              writeU64ToBufferLE(outgoing_message.bytes + 1, character.id);
+              outgoingMessageQueuePush(state.network_send_queue, &outgoing_message);
+              printf("MessageCharacterId sent\n");
+            } else {
+              printf("client tried to create a character when he already has one.");
+            }
+          } break;
+          case CommandType_Count:
+          case CommandInvalid:
+            dbg("invalid message from queue");
+            break;
+        }
+        next_net_msg = pccThreadSafeNonblockingQueuePop(state.network_recv_queue, &msg);
+        msg_iters++;
+      }
+
+      } unlockMutex(&state.mutex); unlockMutex(&state.client_mutex);
+    }
+
+    LaneSync();
+
+    // 2. tick non-user entities
+    // iterate all the rooms
+    /*
+    Room* room = NULL;
+    Range1u64 room_range = LaneRange(MAX_ROOMS);
+    for (u32 i = room_range.min; i < room_range.max; i++) {
+      room = &state.rooms->items[i];
+      simulateRoom(&scratch_arena, room, burn_tick, regen_hp_tick);
+    }
+    */
+
+    // 3. scratch cleanup
+    arenaClear(&scratch_arena);
+
+    // 4. loop timing
+    u32 loop_duration = osTimeMicrosecondsNow() - loop_start;
+    i32 remaining_time = GOAL_GAME_LOOP_US - loop_duration;
+    if (remaining_time > 0) {
+      osSleepMicroseconds(remaining_time);
+    }
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+// THE SERVER
+i32 main(i32 argc, ptr argv[]) {
+  osInit();
+  // multi-thread architecture:
+  //  - the gameLoop() which just inifinite loops every "tick" and processes user input and updates gameworld state
+  //    - TODO: actually make this N "lanes" as described https://www.rfleury.com/p/multi-core-by-default
+  //      such that we can split room-work among all the various cores on our machine
+  //  - one is the sendNetworkUpdates() infinite loop, which sends a UDP snapshot-or-delta update to each connected client N/sec
+  //  - one is the receiveNetworkUpdates() infinte loop, which waits for new UDP messages from clients
+
+  // 1. initialize gameworld, and spin off infinite game-loop thread
+  // 2. spin off sendNetworkUpdates() infinite loop thread
+  // 3. infinitely wait for incoming UDP messages and process them (usually by just dropping user-commands into the relevant block of shared memory)
+
+  // 1. initialize gameworld, and spin off infinite game-loop thread
+  arenaInit(&permanent_arena);
+  arenaInit(&state.game_scratch);
+  arenaInit(&state.string_arena.a);
+  state.string_arena.mutex = newMutex();
+  state.client_mutex = newMutex();
+  state.mutex = newMutex();
+  state.network_recv_queue = newPCCThreadQueue(&permanent_arena);
+  state.network_send_queue = newOutgoingMessageQueue(&permanent_arena);
+  // alloc the global hashmap of rooms
+  // init + alloc clients
+  state.clients.capacity = SERVER_MAX_CLIENTS;
+  state.clients.length = 1; // making entry 0 to be a "null" client 
+  state.clients.items = (Client*)arenaAllocArray(&permanent_arena, Client, SERVER_MAX_CLIENTS);
+  state.accounts.capacity = ACCOUNT_CHUNK_SIZE;
+  state.accounts.items = arenaAllocArray(&permanent_arena, Account, ACCOUNT_CHUNK_SIZE);
+
+  // 2. spin off sendNetworkUpdates() infinite loop thread
+  UDPServer listener = createUDPServer(SERVER_PORT);
+  if (!listener.ready) {
+    exitWithErrorMessage("Couldn't start the udp server");
+  }
+  Thread send_thread = spawnThread(&sendNetworkUpdates, &listener.server_socket);
+  // 3. infinitely wait for incoming UDP messages and process them (usually by just dropping user-commands into the relevant block of shared memory)
+  Thread recv_thread = spawnThread(&receiveNetworkUpdates, &listener);
+
+  u64 lane_broadcast_val = 0;
+  Barrier barrier = osBarrierAlloc(GAME_THREAD_CONCURRENCY);
+  LaneCtx lane_ctxs[GAME_THREAD_CONCURRENCY] = {0};
+  Thread game_threads[GAME_THREAD_CONCURRENCY] = {0};
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < GAME_THREAD_CONCURRENCY; i++) {
+    lane_ctxs[i].lane_idx = i;
+    lane_ctxs[i].lane_count = GAME_THREAD_CONCURRENCY;
+    lane_ctxs[i].barrier = barrier;
+    lane_ctxs[i].broadcast_memory = &lane_broadcast_val;
+    game_threads[i] = spawnThread(&gameLoop, &lane_ctxs[i]);
+  }
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < GAME_THREAD_CONCURRENCY; i++) {
+    osThreadJoin(game_threads[i], MAX_u64);
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#include "base/all.h"
+
+#ifndef GAMESHARED_H
+#define GAMESHARED_H
+
+///// #define some game-tunable constants
+#define GAME_CONSTANT_ONE (1)
+#define GAME_CONSTANT_TWO (2)
+
+typedef enum EntityFeature {
+  FeatureWalksAround,
+  FeatureCanFight,
+  EntityFeature_Count
+} EntityFeature;
+
+typedef enum EntityType {
+  EntityNull,
+  EntityWall,
+  EntityDoor,
+  EntityCharacter,
+  EntityType_Count,
+} EntityType;
+static const char* ENTITY_STRINGS[] = {
+  "NULL",
+  "Wall",
+  "Door",
+  "Character",
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+  i32 x;
+  i32 y;
+  i32 z;
+} XYZ;
+
+typedef enum Direction {
+  DirectionInvalid,
+  North,
+  South,
+  East,
+  West,
+  Up,
+  Down,
+  Direction_Count
+} Direction;
+
+typedef enum CommandType {
+  CommandInvalid,
+  CommandKeepAlive,
+  CommandLogin,
+  CommandCreateCharacter,
+  CommandType_Count,
+} CommandType;
+static const char* command_type_strings[] = {
+  "Invalid",
+  "KeepAlive",
+  "Login",
+  "CreateCharacter",
+};
+
+#define ENTITY_HEADER_MESSAGE_SIZE (8+8+1+1+1)
+#define ENTITY_MESSAGE_SIZE (ENTITY_HEADER_MESSAGE_SIZE+2+2+2+2+8+1+1)
+typedef enum Message {
+  MessageInvalid,
+  MessageCharacterId,
+  MessageBadPw,
+  MessageNewAccountCreated,
+  Message_Count,
+} Message;
+static const char* MESSAGE_STRINGS[] = {
+  "Invalid",
+  "CharacterId",
+  "BadPw",
+  "NewAccountCreated",
+};
+
+#endif //GAMESHARED_H
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+#include "string_chunk.h"
+
+fn StringChunkList allocStringChunkList(StringArena* a, String string) {
+  StringChunkList result = {0};
+  u64 needed_chunks = (string.length + (STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE-1)) / STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE;
+  u64 bytes_left = string.length;
+  u64 string_offset = 0;
+  lockMutex(&a->mutex); {
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < needed_chunks; i++) {
+      StringChunk* chunk = a->first_free_str_chunk;
+      if (chunk == NULL) {
+        chunk = (StringChunk*)arenaAlloc(&a->a, sizeof(StringChunk)+STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
+      } else {
+        a->first_free_str_chunk = a->first_free_str_chunk->next;
+      }
+      chunk->next = NULL; // makes sure we don't have a pointer to any other free_str_chunks
+      u64 bytes_to_copy = Min(bytes_left, STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
+      // ryan's impl used chunk+1 which seems like a bug but what do I know he had a working demo
+      MemoryCopy(chunk+1, string.bytes+string_offset, bytes_to_copy);
+      QueuePush(result.first, result.last, chunk);
+      result.count += 1;
+      result.total_size += bytes_to_copy;
+      bytes_left -= bytes_to_copy;
+      string_offset += bytes_to_copy;
+    }
+  } unlockMutex(&a->mutex);
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void releaseStringChunkList(StringArena* a, StringChunkList* list) {
+  StringChunk* chunk = list->first;
+  lockMutex(&a->mutex); {
+    for (StringChunk* next = NULL; chunk != NULL; chunk = next) {
+      next = chunk->next;
+      chunk->next = a->first_free_str_chunk;
+      a->first_free_str_chunk = chunk;
+    }
+  } unlockMutex(&a->mutex);
+  MemoryZeroStruct(list, StringChunkList);
+}
+
+fn String stringChunkToString(Arena* a, StringChunkList list) {
+  String result = {
+    .length = list.total_size,
+    .capacity = list.total_size + 1,
+    .bytes = arenaAllocArray(a, u8, list.total_size+1),
+  };
+  // copy the string bytes out of the StringChunkList into the correctly-sized String
+  StringChunk* chunk = list.first;
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < list.total_size; i++) {
+    if (i > 0 && i % STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE == 0) {
+      chunk = chunk->next;
+    }
+    result.bytes[i] = *((char*)(chunk + 1) + (i%STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE));
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void stringChunkListAppend(StringArena* a, StringChunkList* list, String string) {
+  u64 capacity = list->count * STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE;
+  u64 remaining_space = capacity - list->total_size;
+  u64 bytes_in_last_chunk = (list->total_size % STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
+  if (string.length < remaining_space) {
+    MemoryCopy(((u8*)list->last)+sizeof(StringChunk*)+(bytes_in_last_chunk), string.bytes, string.length);
+    list->total_size += string.length;
+  } else {
+    u64 string_offset = 0;
+    u64 bytes_left = string.length;
+    u64 bytes_to_copy = Min(bytes_left, remaining_space);
+    if (remaining_space > 0) {
+      // fill up the last chunk
+      MemoryCopy(((u8*)(list->last+1))+(bytes_in_last_chunk), string.bytes, bytes_to_copy);
+      bytes_left -= bytes_to_copy;
+      string_offset += bytes_to_copy;
+      list->total_size += bytes_to_copy;
+    }
+
+    // then figure out how many more chunks we need
+    u64 needed_chunks = (bytes_left + (STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE-1)) / STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE;
+    lockMutex(&a->mutex); {
+      for (u32 i = 0; i < needed_chunks; i++) {
+        StringChunk* chunk = a->first_free_str_chunk;
+        if (chunk == NULL) {
+          chunk = (StringChunk*)arenaAlloc(&a->a, sizeof(StringChunk)+STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
+        } else {
+          a->first_free_str_chunk = a->first_free_str_chunk->next;
+        }
+        chunk->next = NULL; // makes sure we don't have a pointer to any other free_str_chunks
+        bytes_to_copy = Min(bytes_left, STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
+        // ryan's impl used chunk+1 which seems like a bug but what do I know he had a working demo
+        MemoryCopy(chunk+1, string.bytes+string_offset, bytes_to_copy);
+        QueuePush(list->first, list->last, chunk);
+        list->count += 1;
+        list->total_size += bytes_to_copy;
+        bytes_left -= bytes_to_copy;
+        string_offset += bytes_to_copy;
+      }
+    } unlockMutex(&a->mutex);
+  }
+}
+
+fn void stringChunkListDeleteLast(StringArena* a, StringChunkList* list) {
+  if (list->total_size == 0) return;
+
+  u64 capacity = list->count * STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE;
+  u64 remaining_space = capacity - list->total_size;
+  u64 bytes_in_last_chunk = STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE - remaining_space;
+
+  bool theres_only_one_chunk = list->total_size <= STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE;
+  bool last_chunk_only_has_one_byte = bytes_in_last_chunk == 1;
+
+  if (theres_only_one_chunk) {
+    ptr char_to_delete = ((char*)(list->last + 1) + (list->total_size-1));
+    char_to_delete[0] = '\0';
+  } else if (last_chunk_only_has_one_byte) {
+    // remove the last chunk when it's not the only chunk
+    StringChunk* second_to_last_chunk = list->first;
+    while (second_to_last_chunk->next != list->last && second_to_last_chunk->next != NULL) {
+      second_to_last_chunk = second_to_last_chunk->next;
+    }
+    second_to_last_chunk->next = NULL;
+    lockMutex(&a->mutex); {
+      list->last->next = a->first_free_str_chunk;
+      a->first_free_str_chunk = list->last;
+    } unlockMutex(&a->mutex);
+    list->last = second_to_last_chunk;
+    list->count -= 1;
+  } else {
+    ptr char_to_delete = ((char*)(list->last + 1) + ((list->total_size-1) % STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE));
+    char_to_delete[0] = '\0';
+  }
+  list->total_size -= 1;
+}
+
+fn StringChunkList stringChunkListInit(StringArena* a) {
+  StringChunkList result = {0};
+  lockMutex(&a->mutex); {
+    StringChunk* chunk = a->first_free_str_chunk;
+    if (chunk == NULL) {
+      chunk = (StringChunk*)arenaAlloc(&a->a, sizeof(StringChunk)+STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
+    } else {
+      a->first_free_str_chunk = a->first_free_str_chunk->next;
+    }
+    chunk->next = NULL; // makes sure we don't have a pointer to any other free_str_chunks
+    MemoryZero(chunk+1, STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
+    QueuePush(result.first, result.last, chunk);
+    result.count += 1;
+  } unlockMutex(&a->mutex);
+  return result;
+}
+
+fn void stringChunkCopyToBuffer(StringChunkList* list, u8* buffer, u32 len) {
+  assert(list->total_size <= len);
+
+  StringChunk* chunk = list->first;
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < list->total_size; i++) {
+    if (i > 0 && i % STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE == 0) {
+      chunk = chunk->next;
+    }
+    buffer[i] = *((char*)(chunk + 1) + (i%STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE));
+  }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#ifndef STRING_CHUNK_H
+#define STRING_CHUNK_H
+
+#include "base/all.h"
+
+#define STRING_CHUNK_PAYLOAD_SIZE (64 - sizeof(StringChunk*))
+
+typedef struct StringChunk {
+  struct StringChunk *next; // essentially a header, followed by a fixed maximum str bytes
+} StringChunk;
+
+typedef struct StringChunkList {
+  StringChunk* first;
+  StringChunk* last;
+  u64 count;
+  u64 total_size;
+} StringChunkList;
+
+typedef struct StringArena {
+  Arena a;
+  StringChunk* first_free_str_chunk;
+  Mutex mutex;
+} StringArena;
+
+fn StringChunkList allocStringChunkList(StringArena* a, String string);
+fn void releaseStringChunkList(StringArena* a, StringChunkList* list);
+fn String stringChunkToString(Arena* a, StringChunkList list);
+fn void stringChunkListAppend(StringArena* a, StringChunkList* list, String string);
+fn void stringChunkListDeleteLast(StringArena* a, StringChunkList* list);
+fn StringChunkList stringChunkListInit(StringArena* a);
+fn void stringChunkCopyToBuffer(StringChunkList* list, u8* buffer, u32 len);
+
+#endif //STRING_CHUNK_H