Chuck Kennedy
Lead Developer at EliteMMO.com
Wellington, Nevada United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChuck Kennedy is a Lead Developer with 12 years of experience building extendable third-party frameworks, loaders/injectors, and Node.js backend services for online games. Based in Wellington, Nevada, he specializes in game modding, reverse engineering, and server-side logic—work exemplified by contributions to the Darkstar FFXI server emulator where he fixed crashes, packet handling, and core AI/enmity systems. He leads engineering at EliteMMO and FFEvo, delivering automation and subscription-authentication services while maintaining long-running community platforms. Self-taught and hands-on, Chuck blends systems-level reverse engineering with pragmatic backend development to improve gameplay and tooling. Notably, his public GitHub demonstrates a pattern of deep, low-level fixes and feature integrations rather than surface-level mods. He balances technical risk-taking with operational support, forum administration, and direct user-facing troubleshooting.
12 years of coding experience
Sea Isle City Public SchoolComputer Science, Computer Science at Cape May County Technical High School
Github Skills (12)
c-language10
packet10
cprogramming-language10
gameserver10
server10
tsql9
sql-database9
sql9
databases9
develop8
network-programming8
ai8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
DarkstarProject/darkstar
Dec 2013 - Jan 2015
DEPRECATED - FFXI Server Emulator - See Project Topaz
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:199 commits, 5 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Chuck primarily contributed to the core functionality of a Final Fantasy XI server emulator. Their commits focused on addressing crash issues within specific zones, integrating features like blacklists, and modifying packets related to in-game systems. The user also made code changes to the game's core systems such as AI and Enmity. This indicates a focus on server-side logic and packet handling.
emulatorffxiserver-emulatortopazfinal-fantasy
atom0s/phpbb-extension-cloudflare
Jan 2017 - Mar 2022
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
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