diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+__pycache__
+world
+foxworld.log
+config.yml
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
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+++ b/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import yaml
+import os.path
+
+print("Loading config.")
+
+_DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION = """
+log_level: "INFO"
+max_players: 10
+world_seed: 0
+net:
+  host: "::"
+  port: 7512
+"""[1:] # remove leading \n
+
+def _load_defconf():
+	global c
+	with open("config.yml", "w") as fp:
+		fp.write(_DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION)
+	c = yaml.safe_load(_DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION)
+
+if os.path.isfile("config.yml"):
+	with open("config.yml") as fp:
+		try:
+			c = yaml.safe_load(fp)
+		except:
+			print("Error while loading config! Loading defaults.")
+			_load_defconf()
+else:
+	print("Non existent config file! Loading defaults.")
+	_load_defconf()
diff --git a/log.py b/log.py
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+++ b/log.py
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+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("fw")
+
+RESET_SEQ = "\033[0m"
+COLOR_SEQ = "\033[1;%dm"
+BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE = range(8)
+COLORS = {
+	"DEBUG": CYAN,
+	"INFO": WHITE,
+	"WARNING": YELLOW,
+	"ERROR": RED,
+	"CRITICAL": MAGENTA
+}
+
+class Formatter(logging.Formatter):
+	def format(self, record):
+		return COLOR_SEQ % (30 + COLORS.get(record.levelname, 0)) + super().format(record) + RESET_SEQ
+
+def load(log_level: str) -> None:
+	logger.setLevel(log_level)
+
+	console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+	file_handler = logging.FileHandler("foxworld.log", mode="a", encoding="utf-8")
+
+	term_formatter =         Formatter("[%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d] [%(threadName)s/%(levelname)s]: %(message)s", datefmt="%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S")
+	file_formatter = logging.Formatter("[%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d] [%(threadName)s/%(levelname)s]: %(message)s", datefmt="%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S")
+	console_handler.setFormatter(term_formatter)
+	file_handler   .setFormatter(file_formatter)
+	logger.addHandler(console_handler)
+	logger.addHandler(file_handler)
+
+def debug(*args, **kwargs): logger.debug(*args, **kwargs)
+def info(*args, **kwargs): logger.info(*args, **kwargs)
+def warning(*args, **kwargs): logger.warning(*args, **kwargs)
+def error(*args, **kwargs): logger.error(*args, **kwargs)
+def critical(*args, **kwargs): logger.critical(*args, **kwargs)
+def exception(*args, **kwargs): logger.exception(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63a7844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Requires Python 3.10+
+
+VERSION = "dev"
+
+print(f"Loading FoxWorld server, version {VERSION}")
+
+import sys, platform, asyncio
+
+import log, config, network, world
+
+log.load(config.c["log_level"])
+
+log.info(f"System information: FoxWorld {VERSION}; Python {sys.version}; OS: {' '.join(platform.uname())}")
+
+world_inst = world.World(config.c["world_seed"])
+net = network.Network(config.c["net"]["host"], config.c["net"]["port"], config.c["max_players"], world_inst)
+
+asyncio.run(net.mainloop())
diff --git a/network.py b/network.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/network.py
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+import socket, asyncio, string
+
+import log, packet
+
+_ALLOWED_NICK_CHARACTERS: str = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + "_"
+
+class Network:
+	def __init__(self, host: str, port: int, max_players: int, world):
+		self.host = host
+		self.port = port
+		self.max_players = max_players
+		self.world = world
+		self.players: dict = {}
+		self.player_coros = set()
+		log.info(f"Starting server at [{self.host}]:{self.port}")
+		self.server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM) # not sure if this will work with link-local adresses
+		self.server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+		self.server.bind((self.host, self.port))
+		self.server.setblocking(False)
+
+	async def mainloop(self):
+		loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+		await packet.init()
+		self.server.listen(4) # if your accept buffer is larger than 4 you should consider how big your server is(or ur pc is too old lol)
+		log.debug("Listening for connections.")
+		while True:
+			client_sock, client_addr = await loop.sock_accept(self.server)
+			log.debug("Got connection from [%s]:%s" % client_addr[:2])
+			loop.create_task(self._auth_player(client_sock, client_addr))
+
+	async def _auth_player(self, client_sock: socket.socket, client_addr: tuple):
+		await packet.write_Version(client_sock)
+		nick: str = await packet.read_Login(client_sock)
+		if not (3 <= len(nick) <= 15):
+			log.info("Got invalid nick length %s from [%s]:%s" % (len(nick), *client_addr[:2]))
+			client_sock.close()
+			return
+		for char in nick:
+			if char not in _ALLOWED_NICK_CHARACTERS:
+				log.info("Got invalid nick character %s from [%s]:%s" % (ord(char), *client_addr[:2]))
+				client_sock.close()
+				return
+		log.info("[%s]:%s authenticated with nick %s" % (*client_addr[:2], nick))
+		if nick in self.players:
+			log.info("Disconnecting player because another player with this nickname is logged in.")
+			await packet.write_Disconnect(client_sock, "Already logged in with the same username.")
+			client_sock.close()
+			return
+		if len(self.players) > self.max_players:
+			log.warning("Disconnecting player because the server is full.")
+			await packet.write_Disconnect(client_sock, "The server is full.")
+			client_sock.close()
+			return
+		self.players[nick] = [client_sock, client_addr, nick]
+		# launch new coroutine for the just auth'ed player
+		coro = asyncio.create_task(self._player_coro(nick))
+		self.player_coros.add(coro)
+		coro.add_done_callback(self.player_coros.discard)
+
+	async def _player_coro(self, nick: str):
+		sock = self.players[nick][0]
+		while True:
+			packet_type, packet_data = await packet.read(sock)
+			if packet_type is None:
+				log.info(f"{nick} sent an unknown packet, disconnecting.")
+				await packet.write_Disconnect(sock, "Wrong packet received.")
+				sock.close()
+				del self.players[nick]
+				return
+			match packet_type:
+				case packet.p.C_Quit:
+					log.info(f"Player {nick} quit with reason {packet_data}.")
+					sock.close()
+					del self.players[nick]
+					return
+				case packet.p.C_SetCoord:
+					log.error(f"{nick} sent SetCoord, but it isn't implemented, disconnecting.")
+					await packet.write_Disconnect(sock, "SetCoord not implemented.")
+					sock.close()
+					del self.players[nick]
+					return
+				case packet.p.C_Chat:
+					log.info(f"<{nick}> {packet_data}")
+					for player in self.players:
+						await packet.write_Chat(self.players[player][0], packet_data)
+				case packet.p.C_ChunkRQ:
+					await packet.write_Chunk(sock, *packet_data, self.world.get_chunk_data(*packet_data))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packet.py b/packet.py
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+++ b/packet.py
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+import struct, asyncio
+
+import log
+
+##########
+PVN = 0x00
+##########
+
+class p:
+	# clientbound packets
+	C_Quit     = 0x00
+	C_SetCoord = 0x01
+	C_Chat     = 0x02
+	C_ChunkRQ  = 0x03
+
+	# serverbound packets
+	S_Disconnect = 0x00
+	S_Chunk      = 0x01
+	S_Chat       = 0x02
+	S_Spawn      = 0x03
+
+async def init() -> None:
+	global loop
+	loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+
+# this section writes various packets to the client. it doesn't check whether the specified fields are in range,
+# if something goes wrong the underlying library(struct, etc.) should throw an exception. basically the calling
+# code needs to verify correctness of the data, not these helper functions.
+
+async def write_Version(sock) -> None:
+	await loop.sock_sendall(sock, b"FWNP" + PVN.to_bytes(4))
+
+async def write_Disconnect(sock, message: str) -> None:
+	enc_msg: bytes = message.encode("utf-8")
+	await loop.sock_sendall(sock, struct.pack("!BH", p.S_Disconnect, len(enc_msg)) + enc_msg)
+
+async def write_Chunk(sock, chunk_x: int, chunk_z: int, chunk_data: bytes) -> None:
+	await loop.sock_sendall(sock, struct.pack("!BhhH", p.S_Chunk, chunk_x, chunk_z, len(chunk_data)) + chunk_data)
+
+async def write_Chat(sock, message: str) -> None:
+	enc_msg: bytes = message.encode("utf-8")
+	await loop.sock_sendall(sock, struct.pack("!BH", p.S_Chat, len(enc_msg)) + enc_msg)
+
+async def write_Spawn(sock, spawn_x: float, spawn_y: float, spawn_z: float) -> None:
+	await loop.sock_sendall(sock, struct.pack("!Bfff", spawn_x, spawn_y, spawn_z))
+
+# this functions are the only read functions intended to be used
+
+async def read(sock) -> tuple:
+	packet_id: int = int.from_bytes(await _read_bytes(sock, 1))
+	match packet_id:
+		case p.C_Quit:     return packet_id, await _read_Quit    (sock)
+		case p.C_SetCoord: return packet_id, await _read_SetCoord(sock)
+		case p.C_Chat:     return packet_id, await _read_Chat    (sock)
+		case p.C_ChunkRQ:  return packet_id, await _read_ChunkRQ (sock)
+		case _:            return None, None
+
+async def read_Login(sock) -> str:
+	nick_len: int = int.from_bytes(await _read_bytes(sock, 1))
+	return (await _read_bytes(sock, nick_len)).decode("ascii")
+
+# all of these are read helper functions
+
+async def _read_bytes(sock, n: int) -> bytes or None:
+	buffer: bytes = b""
+	while len(buffer) != n:
+		data = await loop.sock_recv(sock, n - len(buffer))
+		if not data:
+			return
+		buffer += data
+	return buffer
+
+async def _read_Quit(sock) -> int:
+	return int.from_bytes(await _read_bytes(sock, 1))
+
+async def _read_SetCoord(sock) -> tuple[float]:
+	return struct.unpack("!fff", await _read_bytes(sock, 12))
+
+async def _read_Chat(sock) -> str:
+	# yes, i know i could've done this in 1 line, but it's more readable this way - 2o, 22aug2024
+	message_len: int = int.from_bytes(await _read_bytes(sock, 2))
+	return (await _read_bytes(sock, message_len)).decode("utf-8")
+
+async def _read_ChunkRQ(sock) -> tuple[int]:
+	return struct.unpack("!hh", await _read_bytes(sock, 4))
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0dd2691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.py
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+import socket
+
+client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+client.connect(("::1", 7512))
+
+print(client.recv(4).decode("utf-8"))
+print(int.from_bytes(client.recv(4)))
+client.send(b"\x04test")
+for x in range(-32, 32):
+	for z in range(-32, 32):
+		b = b"\x03" + x.to_bytes(2, signed=True) + z.to_bytes(2, signed=True)
+		print(x, z, b)
+		client.send(b)
+client.send(b"\x02\x00\x12should be done now\x00\x00")
+
+while client.recv(8192):
+	""
diff --git a/world.py b/world.py
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+++ b/world.py
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+from perlin_noise import PerlinNoise
+
+import log, worldrw
+
+CHUNK_SIZE = 8
+SEED = 0
+NOISE_OCTAVES = 10
+NOISE_SCALE = 1 / (NOISE_OCTAVES * 10)
+
+class World:
+	def __init__(self, seed: int):
+		self.seed = seed
+		self.noise = PerlinNoise(octaves=NOISE_OCTAVES, seed=self.seed)
+
+	def get_chunk_data(self, x: int, z: int) -> bytes:
+		if worldrw.chunk_exists(x, z):
+			log.debug(f"Loading existing chunk {x}.{z}")
+			try:
+				return worldrw.get_chunk_data(x, z)
+			except RuntimeError:
+				log.critical(f"Error while loading chunk {x}.{z}", exc_info=True)
+				return b""
+		else:
+			log.info(f"Generating new chunk {x}.{z}")
+			data: bytes = self._generate_chunk(x, z)
+			worldrw.save_chunk_data(x, z, data)
+			return data
+
+	def _generate_chunk(self, x: int, z: int) -> bytes:
+		heights = [[0 for x in range(CHUNK_SIZE)] for z in range(CHUNK_SIZE)]
+		log.debug("Generating height map...")
+		for z in range(CHUNK_SIZE):
+			for x in range(CHUNK_SIZE):
+				heights[z][x] = int((self.noise([x * NOISE_SCALE, z * NOISE_SCALE]) + 1) * 128)
+		log.debug("Allocating chunk...")
+		chunk = bytearray(b"\x00" * CHUNK_SIZE * CHUNK_SIZE * 256)
+		log.debug("Generating chunk...")
+		for x, arr_row in enumerate(heights):
+			for z, height in enumerate(arr_row):
+				for y in range(0, height):
+					chunk[y * CHUNK_SIZE * CHUNK_SIZE + z * CHUNK_SIZE + x] = 1 # stone
+		return bytes(chunk)
diff --git a/worldrw.py b/worldrw.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/worldrw.py
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+import os
+import os.path
+
+CHUNK_SIZE = 16
+FILE_VERSION = 0
+
+def _get_chunk_path(x: int, z: int) -> str:
+	return f"world/{x}.{z}.fwc"
+
+def get_chunk_data(x: int, z: int) -> bytes or None:
+	if os.path.exists(loc := _get_chunk_path(x, z)):
+		with open(loc, "rb") as fp:
+			if fp.read(3) != b"FWC":
+				raise RuntimeError(f"{loc} is not a FWC file!")
+			if (version := int.from_bytes(fp.read(2))) != FILE_VERSION:
+				raise RuntimeError(f"{loc} is wrong FWC version! Found {version}, expected {FILE_VERSION}.")
+			return fp.read()
+
+def save_chunk_data(x: int, z: int, data: bytes) -> None:
+	if not os.path.isdir("world"): os.mkdir("world")
+	with open(_get_chunk_path(x, z), "wb") as fp:
+		fp.write(b"FWC" + FILE_VERSION.to_bytes(2))
+		fp.write(data)
+
+def chunk_exists(x: int, z: int) -> bool:
+	return os.path.exists(_get_chunk_path(x, z))