From 01144b2bd4e22ab33d3c9321234a9a9ea775de70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vicente Ferrari Smith <vicenteferrarismith@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 16:36:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/client/client.zig | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/server/chunk.zig  | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/server/server.zig |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/client/client.zig
 create mode 100644 src/server/chunk.zig
 create mode 100644 src/server/server.zig

diff --git a/src/client/client.zig b/src/client/client.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..580a856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/client.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const ConnectState = union(enum) {
+    disconnected,
+    connecting,
+    connected: std.net.Stream,
+    err: anyerror,
+};
+
+const Client = struct {
+    state: ConnectState = .disconnected,
+
+    pub fn startConnect(self: *Client, addr: std.net.Address) void {
+        if (self.state == .connecting or self.state == .connected)
+            return;
+
+        self.state = .connecting;
+
+        const stream = std.net.tcpConnectToAddress(addr) catch |err| {
+            self.state = .{ .err = err };
+            return;
+        };
+
+        self.state = .{ .connected = stream };
+    }
+};
diff --git a/src/server/chunk.zig b/src/server/chunk.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..091d703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/chunk.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const shared = @import("shared");
+const server = @import("server.zig");
+
+pub fn spawn(chunk: *shared.chunk.Chunk(), comptime T: type, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, value: T, w: *std.Io.Writer) !void {
+    const id = server.next_entity_id;
+    server.next_entity_id += 1;
+
+    var entity = value;
+    entity.id = id;
+
+    inline for (@typeInfo(shared.chunk.Chunk()).@"struct".fields) |field| {
+        if (field.type == shared.chunk.Storage(T)) {
+            try @field(chunk, field.name).items.append(allocator, entity);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // serialize entity
+    var buffer: [64]u8 = undefined;
+    var fbs = std.io.fixedBufferStream(&buffer);
+    try T.encode(entity, fbs.writer());
+
+    try shared.protocol.write_message(
+        w,
+        .spawn_entity,
+        fbs.getWritten(),
+    );
+    try w.flush();
+}
diff --git a/src/server/server.zig b/src/server/server.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a46a541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/server.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const shared = @import("shared");
+
+pub var next_entity_id: shared.entity.entity_id = 1;