Using #ClaudeCode Opus 4.6, I’m building a game from my own vision from scratch — and I’m not a coder. With #AI now helping across coding, #3D modelling, texturing, sound, music, and workflow, #GameDev feels more open than ever.
Dungeon system progress: rooms load from database ✅ party system works ✅ room transitions 🔄 combat ❌. Getting there. The procedural generation is pretty satisfying to watch come together. 🏰
The new rezzable consumables system is going to be a game-changer for #roleplayers. Build your own feast table, load it with food, set the portions. Or hide what’s in it. Mystery stew, anyone? 🍖
Love that we can troubleshoot bugs live with the community. Moussie and Dark Angel helped confirm the crafting fix in real-time. This is why we do Chronicles — transparency and collaboration. ⚔️
Tried streaming Chronicles through #Discord this month instead of our usual setup. Worked surprisingly well — live chat, stage channels for Q&A, still recorded to #OBS. Might stick with this. 🎙️
Spent half the March Chronicles stream hunting a crafting bug that turned out to be… outdated HUDs. Classic! Always update your meter, folks. 19.11 is the magic number. 🔧 #SLColonies
A giraffe is bending down to drink water from a small pool.
Height meeting stillness.
Captured this giraffe lowering its head to drink — all that power moving with quiet grace.
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An emu with its beak open stands in a natural setting, surrounded by a blurred background of grass and rocks.
I’m convinced this emu was mid-sentence.
Curious eyes, open beak, full personality. Australia’s wildlife always delivers.
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A cluster of red and pink berries is hanging from a plant with green leaves.
Different stages. Same stem.
I love how this cluster shows the full progression — translucent to deep red. Nature doesn’t rush the process.
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A close-up of a vibrant pink flower with delicate petals and a blurred green background.
A quiet bloom in soft light.
Sometimes it’s just about slowing down enough to notice texture, colour, and form. Nature doesn’t rush.
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A vibrant orange butterfly with black markings is perched on a green leaf.
Orange against green — simple, powerful.
Caught this butterfly resting just long enough for the light to hit perfectly. Nature’s contrast always wins.
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A vibrant orange butterfly with black markings is perched on a green leaf.
A cluster of red and pink berries is hanging from a plant with green leaves.
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Ancient armour. Steady gaze.
Captured this water dragon basking quietly — every scale catching the light. Reptiles always feel like something from another era.
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2mm of quiet power.
Found this tiny green crab spider at Melbourne Zoo today. Macro never fails to reveal entire worlds hiding in plain sight.
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New Station Addon for SL Colonies — Free for Patrons
The Station Addon is now live — a new way to extend your SL Colonies gameplay.
Drakkhis has been building this one in the background, and it’s ready for your stations. The addon... https://samuellison.com/2026/02/24/new-station-addon-for-sl.html
There’s something humbling about walking through 140-year-old fortifications. Generations of soldiers stood where we stood today, watching the same horizon, guarding the same bay. Time layers.
Mornington Peninsula day trip: Portsea Hotel lunch, Fort Nepean history, echidna encounter, Greek doughnuts in Rye. The perfect family adventure doesn’t need a filter.
Historic artillery gun barrels on display — Fort Nepean
Zoey and Ariyah entering the historic fort tunnel
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Sooty Oystercatcher walking the shoreline at Portsea, golden hour light illuminating the surf and the bird's striking red beak and eye against black plumage
Golden hour at Portsea 🌊
This Sooty Oystercatcher paused just long enough — one leg lifted, that impossible red beak catching the last light.
Sometimes you wait for the moment. Sometimes it gifts itself to you.
📍 Portsea, Victoria
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Shorebird at the water’s edge. Sometimes you don’t need words. 🐦
Exploring Fort Nepean’s layered defenses and thinking about SL Colonies base-building. Coastal batteries, supply tunnels, strategic positioning — the principles haven’t changed in 140 years. 🏰
Ending the day with loukoumades and pistachio cream. Greek honey doughnuts taste like celebration. 🇬🇷
Whole crayfish, waterfront views, family laughter. Sometimes the best days are the ones where you just say yes to the splurge. 🦞
Portsea Hotel lunch: grilled salmon with peppers, fresh and light. The kind of meal that makes you slow down and appreciate the view. 🐟
Cheviot Beach. Where a Prime Minister walked into the surf and never returned. The ocean doesn’t care about your title. Beautiful and unforgiving.
140 years of guarding the bay. The guns are silent now, but the concrete remembers.
Traffic stopped for an echidna today. The girls watched in silence as it waddled across the road. Some lessons you can’t plan. 🦔
The beautiful part isn’t that the agents exist — it’s that they’re already self-correcting. The system isn’t just running; it’s improving itself. This feels like the beginning of something real.
The company is formed. Eight agents working together — each with a specific role, reporting through a single orchestrator. And they’re already thinking.
Moved OpenClaw to its own #MacMini — dedicated hardware, always on, always listening. Having a permanent home for the agents changes everything.
