It's finally here! The first full release of LANCommander is live and available to download RIGHT NOW!
https://github.com/LANCommander/LANCommander/releases/tag/v1.0.0
This was probably the largest shift in the codebase since the start of the project (almost two years at this point!). As such, I have a lot of thoughts so let's dive right in.
As indicated in previous posts and releas...
2024-09-28 04:43:23 +0000 UTC View PostLANCommander will be on display at Vintage Computer Fest Midwest 19 in Schaumburg, IL from September 7-8th! Holy crap, that's this weekend π±
We'll be over by the other LAN party sort of by the entrance, so feel free to stop by and talk about game, LAN memories, or just stop by to click some heads. The setup will be very similar to Open Sauce with 6 networked machines on a private LANCommander network.
This is probably the last convention for 2024 as fall and winter roll around. That's LAN season around here in Wisconsin, so ex...
2024-09-04 01:38:58 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a month since the last post, so let's dive into where LANCommander is at and the recent developments!
This update will usher in the first full release of the LANCommander Launcher! The launcher will have the same feature set of the Playnite extension, but future iterations will unlock the ability to introduce bigger and better features. As mentioned previous, this means that v0.9.0 will be the last version to support the Playnite extension. We'll get into that more later, but here's a screenshot of the curren...
2024-07-29 05:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post
In case you missed it, LANCommander was at Open Sauce 2024 in San Franciso! Software is notoriously difficult to demo at shows like these, so I decided to hold a 6 machine LAN party. This was basically the perfect use case for the platform as the setup was closed loop and completely offline. If you're reading this post because you saw us at Open Sauce, welcome!
We were able to run through a few games at the event, but it was largely relegated to first person shooters. I think in total we ran through:
- Quake 3
- Unreal Tournamen...
LANCommander will be at Open Sauce 2024 in San Francisco on June 15th and 16th! Open Sauce is a large gathering of makers and creators showing off projects, networking, and just causing general chaos. To get an idea what will be at the event, you should absolutely check out the featured creators and exhibits.
At the LANCommander booth we'll have a small LAN party set up where a...
2024-06-01 23:54:00 +0000 UTC View Post
LANCommander attended Midwest Gaming Classic this year! I've been going to MGC since 2007 and this was the first year I actually brought something to show off.
MGC is a convention held every year here in Milwaukee that covers pinball, arcade games, retro consoles, (some, and in my opinion not enough) PC gaming, tabletop games, and LARPing (shout out to my friends at Deeplight!). It started off as Jagfest where a small group of people would meet up at a hotel to celebrate the Atari Jaguar. Throughout the years it's grown from small ho...
