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ROCK is a runtime for multiplayer worlds. @petrock life. 37.rocks
@ruburi
37.rocks is live.
I'm still writing the docs, but I wanted to show Bensalem to the world on April 9.
400 years ago, on April 9, Francis Bacon died before finishing The New Atlantis. I was inspired by its vision. I want to build a network of sovereign worlds connected by a magic thread. ROCK is that thread.
I believe this can become something bigger than a single website. If you're interested in building your own world with ROCK, send me a message. I'll share the instructions and help you get started.
As of now, I'm keeping it invite only, because I don't expect many people to rush into trying something like this. I also attached a code snippet from the "ROCK docs" world.
My vision is that every website, app, or game can be cooperative from day one. Like.. the early Internet connected us for real -> there was a shared presence. Now everything feels more like solitary doomscrolling. No thanks, not my type.
Come join me if you want <3
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@ruburi
Pet Rock Life is kinda monstrous under the hood lol. But I'm so glad this thing exists. It was a lot of fun, and I'm not planning to sunset it.
I have a ton of ideas and I kept my old list of your ideas. I wrote down every idea / feature request in my notebook back then.
Crazy how you can't fully realize how fast you're moving until you revisit some old stuff that you've made yourself.
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@ruburi
Uploaded v0.2.3 with hot reloading support.
Docs are live here -> https://github.com/sunsetlover36/rock-binaries/blob/main/DOCS.md
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@ruburi
Starting to wire Farcaster API into ROCK as a plugin. A few crucial event hooks will land with it.
ROCK will be able to act as the brains for miniapps. My next miniapp will essentialy run on ROCK 🪨
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https://github.com/sunsetlover36/rock-binaries
Uploaded a Linux x86_64 binary and added a brief description of the Lua DSL.
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@ruburi
ROCK ecosystem is growing over time. Next up, I should make sure that my thesis will be surfaced well enough. I will build more projects around the ROCK world runtime, including ideas from the Pet Rock Life days.
Pet Rock Life will be revived under the same domain as 37.rocks, so the miniapp will always be available. On September 22, 2025, while I was actively developing Pet Rock Life, I wrote a samizdat.
Check it out if you're interested -> https://samizdat.petrock.life
It hadn't been public until now. I outlined my main principles there.
Also, my thoughts about tokens and token launchers (regarding observation that there are too many tokens rn and we don't need them) -> I've spoken about this before, but I'll repeat.
$ROCK token is not tied to a single project. It's an alignment layer for the broader ROCK line. All projects in the ROCK ecosystem are designed with the token in mind. It meant to reflect continuity across the whole ecosystem.
I believe that there's a place for a meaningful functionality of the token. I believe in developer-scoped tokens functioning as shares, for example. We're in the same boat. Times are tough, but we'll sort it out.
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@ruburi
almost 5 months in. lol, time flies.
i had a few ideas for my beloved $ROCK token. it's a clanker from good times -> one of the reasons i love it!
now these ideas have multiplied way beyond that. a path for execution has emerged. i keep thinking not about the token itself, but the whole env around it. during my work sessions back then, i thought i'd slap some meaningful stuff here and there but the vision kept getting bigger. way bigger than i expected.
pet rock life ideas felt like 1x. post-pet rock life ideas felt like 10x. now it feels like 100x.
and i'm not casting it to speculate. i mean you know that's not my thing. this cast is a self-conviction and a reminder of my obligation
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@ruburi
37.rocks will go live in a few days.
this is a home directory of Bensalem. my concept is that 37.rocks will consist of rocks -> interactive and immersive experiences built on the ROCK engine. welcome to our garden.
the source code for village.lua will be published there as well, along with intro docs for the engine
37.rocks -> inspired by Farcaster, obviously. there are 37 of us left. let's embrace this place and get our powers together. we can make this place a better place, better than ever. we can nourish our digital world and home, nowadays called the Internet. let's make it a better place. i love you
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@ruburi
Pet Rock Life has evolved into an engine for worlds like Pet Rock Life.
ROCK engine is my revision of SA-MP gamemodes written in Pawn, or Roblox games written in Luau. i made something like Luau but shaped by my own philosophy. there are already meaningful differences between game engines, game servers and game backends. ROCK sits somewhere across these boundaries.
self-sufficient sovereign digital spaces
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