Swarmlight

A small factory game for your phone: mine, make and ship from a spaceport on an alien planet, and keep it lit through the night.

Build 24 · Plays on a phone or a computer

Swarmlight

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B24
Build 24Oct 31, 2026, 7:25 PMLatestba6f35b

Versions 40l and 40m: ten bug types, bosses, turret upgrades and a preview of each wave
2 commits in this build
- 4921ce8 V40l: built (Core v40)
- ba6f35b V40m: built (Core v40)
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B23
Build 23Oct 31, 2026, 6:58 PM97aaa28

Versions 40j and 40k: the creatures come back in waves, with laser turrets, fog and repairs
2 commits in this build
- 1f7748e V40j: built (Core v40)
- 97aaa28 V40k: built (Core v40)
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B22
Build 22Oct 31, 2026, 5:42 PM5d1103c

Versions 40h and 40i: better tiles, then just the dark with no creatures
2 commits in this build
- 6754104 V40h: built (Core v40)
- 5d1103c V40i: built (Core v40)
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B21

Build 21Oct 31, 2026, 3:56 PMee6451f

Version 40g: contracts instead of selling, progress while you're away, night creatures, sound and a new look

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B20
Build 20Oct 31, 2026, 3:41 PM526e403

Versions 40e and 40f: numbers on the drones and miners, no pause or 4x, and ore found by pings
4 commits in this build
- 8a23901 V40e: built (Core v40)
- 94af6ac V40f: built (Core v40)
- 805d899 V40f: built (Core v40)
- 526e403 V40f: built (Core v40)
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B19
Build 19Oct 31, 2026, 3:06 PM5b34566

Versions 40c and 40d: the camera fits the base, and one new thing at a time
2 commits in this build
- 267f794 V40c: built (Core v40)
- 5b34566 V40d: built (Core v40)
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B18
Build 18Oct 31, 2026, 1:08 PMd7dec11

Version 40: a smaller game built for your phone. One hub and its modules, miners with drone lines, shipments home and planets as chapters
7 commits in this build
- 06becdf V40 phase 2: the map and the phone UI
- 39df696 V40 phase 3: shipments and the story
- 470ba82 V40 phase 4: night and light
- 365d156 V40 phase 5: planets and carry-over
- 755a83e V40 phase 6: pacing
- 265b04e V40: browser-check fixes and the build note
- d7dec11 V40b: built (Core v40)
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B17

Build 17Oct 31, 2026, 9:41 AM054d17f

Version 38: a new look, pixel art where light is colour

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B16
Build 16Oct 31, 2026, 8:35 AM04dc258

Space pauses the game, and the hub gets a shuttle, lines that run any way round and one shared inventory
4 commits in this build
- e9a209a Space bar pauses the game (Kraig, Oct 31: "we need a pause with space bar"): the sim stops, a 'Paused · Space to resume' badge shows, the clock says paused; menus and the camera still work
- 884122f Dist: site build with the pause
- 352fdcd Core v37 + the hub's shuttle, lines any way round, the hub as inventory, a declutter pass
- 04dc258 Dist: builds and site build with the shuttle (352fdcd)
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B15
Build 15Oct 31, 2026, 12:24 AM2d1ae90

Version 37: light, night and the grid, drone lines and copper
2 commits in this build
- 89f17d2 V37 dist: build stamp b0da6e1 (not published)
- 2d1ae90 V37 dist (build f6a0cc2) and the v37 devlog entry: light, night and the grid; drone lines; copper
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B14
Build 14Oct 30, 2026, 10:40 PMfda3f74

Version 36: back to a simple core loop: mine, carry, smelt, build, sell, upgrade
6 commits in this build
- 5f337f7 V36 phase 1: the core loop in the sim (mine, carry, smelt, construct, sell, upgrade), to BUILD-v36.md section 0
- c318f33 V36 phase 2: the core view and the recorder, to BUILD-v36.md section 0
- 18481d5 V36 phase 3: pacing, to BUILD-v36.md section 0
- 673ceb2 V36 fixes from the playtest and code review: a steady objective box, no upgrade before Sell, shorter saves, bigger growth, clear map labels, the panel camera, Sell with any flag, iron-only free miner, the recorder's resumed end
- 40c5374 V36 dist: build stamp 673ceb2
- fda3f74 V36 devlog entry (back to a simple core), About text for the simple core, site build
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B13

Build 13Oct 30, 2026, 7:59 PM57a8a42

Version 35: scarcity

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B12
Build 12Oct 30, 2026, 5:22 PM3950637

Version 34: rebuilt from the ground up as Swarmlight Core, a tutorial where every upgrade answers a problem you can see
3 commits in this build
- b8f0105 Core v34 phase 4: Swarmlight Core becomes the main game
- 3dac20f Build: dist from 62808e0 (Core v34 with the playtest recorder; adds dist/swarmlight.site.html for kraigadams.com)
- 3950637 Build: dist from c0534b1
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B11
Build 11Oct 30, 2026, 1:44 PM5b68a5f

Version 15: work, then relief. You start in debt, and the first miner is the first thing you earn
4 commits in this build
- 18afff1 V15 build: dist from 5632862
- 5d9ed00 V15 fixes build: dist from 20bd8bf
- 20bed03 DESIGN.md: reset Q1, the first miner is the first thing earned
- 5b68a5f Site build: dist from 43bfd79 (adds dist/swarmlight.site.html)
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B10
Build 10Oct 30, 2026, 9:31 AM7070ed0

Version 14: ideas from ExoMiner, then fixes from a review
2 commits in this build
- 8cee497 Dist: rebuilt for v14 (elements from ExoMiner)
- 7070ed0 Dist: rebuilt for the v14 review fixes
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B9

Build 9Oct 30, 2026, 12:58 AM7ea2a4c

Version 13: the danger comes back

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B8
Build 8Oct 30, 2026, 12:18 AM282b1d2

Versions 10 to 12: landing the colony, power, night, exploration and a better first 10 minutes
3 commits in this build
- 53ac84c Dist: rebuilt for v10 (colony landing and power)
- 33903b3 Dist: rebuilt for v11 (exploration)
- 282b1d2 Dist: rebuilt for v12 (the first 10 minutes)
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B7

Build 7Oct 29, 2026, 11:57 PMf383d43

Version 9: easier to read, with a cleaner look

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B6

Build 6Oct 29, 2026, 11:39 PM2916521

Version 8: the game moves to a peaceful colony on an alien planet

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B5

Build 5Oct 29, 2026, 11:13 PMc0b2a56

Version 7: the swarm grows around you, towers run on batteries, and surges hit

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B4
Build 4Oct 29, 2026, 10:58 PM88a7abc

Versions 4 to 6: a playtest recorder, more pressure, a build menu with credits, and a factory at the base
3 commits in this build
- d741b7a Dist: rebuilt for v4 (recorder, more pressure)
- aa6b232 Dist: rebuilt for v5 (build menu, credits)
- 88a7abc Dist: rebuilt for v6 (the base factory)
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B3

Build 3Oct 29, 2026, 10:33 PM8697a33

Version 3: one continuous game instead of separate trips

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B2

Build 2Oct 29, 2026, 10:10 PM5c4018a

Version 2: trips out from a base and back

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B1
Build 1Oct 29, 2026, 9:38 PMe82efc4

Version 1, playable within the hour: one stop, ore from poor and rich rocks, one tower, and a swarm that chases your ship and copies itself
2 commits in this build
- 19b9f80 Build 1, cut down to play tonight: one stop, ore from poor and rich rocks, one tower, a swarm that chases the ship and copies itself, the jump gate
- e82efc4 Dist: rebuilt from the build 1 commit
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B24Oct 31, 2026Drafted from the build history

Builds 18 to 24: a smaller game for your phone

On Oct 31 Kraig cut the scope down: one hub and its modules, miners with drone lines, shipments home, and planets as chapters, made for a phone first. The same day brought contracts, night creatures, laser turrets in waves, ten bug types and bosses.

B17Oct 31, 2026Drafted from the build history

Builds 12 to 17: starting over as Core

The game was rebuilt from the ground up as Swarmlight Core, a tutorial where every upgrade answers a problem you can see. Then a simpler core loop (mine, carry, smelt, build, sell, upgrade), light and night, drone lines, and a pixel-art look where light is colour.

B11Oct 30, 2026Drafted from the build history

Builds 6 to 11: a planet, and not fun yet

Overnight the game moved down to an alien planet: a colony, drones, power, night and the hives. Kraig played version 14 the next morning and said it wasn't fun yet. An interview reshaped the start and the story: you're in debt to a mining company, and the first miner is the first thing you earn.

B1Oct 29, 2026Drafted from the build history

Build 1: playable the same evening

Kraig wanted a new game that stays small, with a hard cap: the lesson from Solhex. Claude asked one question at a time, wrote down each answer, and had a first version playable within the hour: one stop, ore from poor and rich rocks, one tower, and a swarm that chases your ship and copies itself.

The rest of the night was one feature a build: trips from a base, one continuous game, a recorder, a factory, a swarm that grows.

Build clock

46 h from the first commit to GitHub receiving build 24Verified

Verified with GitHub's own times for kraigadams/swarmlight: the repo's pushes, not the editable commit dates. GitHub received the work in 105 pushes from 13 min after the first commit to 2 s after the latest. Checked Nov 4, 2026 by tools/verify.mjs (gh CLI).

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Oct 29, 2026, 9:27 PMOct 31, 2026, 7:27 PM

Every commit

Oct 31 7:25 PMB24 V40m: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 7:25 PMV40m: the pacing note; the buy-rate check's floor 6 s
Oct 31 7:25 PMV40m: the wave preview at dusk, chitin for laser upgrades, and the pre-playtest pass (title text, the turret card fitting, toasts over the wave counter, the lone tab, the fog edge, bugs wording, Light's price)
Oct 31 7:07 PMHANDOFF.md: the site and both links run v40l (Worker abc14f67)
Oct 31 7:06 PMV40l: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 7:05 PMV40l: ten bug types (Kraig), the Broodmother and the Hive Queen, per-turret Fire rate and the Pierce / Slow specialisations
Oct 31 6:59 PMHANDOFF.md: the site and both links run v40k (Worker 44616df9)
Oct 31 6:58 PMB23 V40k: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 6:57 PMV40k: waves and turrets instead of lamps (Kraig), the fog of war, the global Light upgrade, damage and repair; old saves get their lamps' price back
Oct 31 6:25 PMDESIGN: keep the night gentle (Kraig)
Oct 31 6:02 PMHANDOFF.md: the site and both links run v40j (Worker d723344f)
Oct 31 6:01 PMV40j: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 6:00 PMV40j: lasers and defense at night (Kraig's option 2): the creatures and burrows back; laser turrets placed by long press beside lamps, firing automatically on the battery the lamps share; turret card and upgrades; the return card counts kills and lost loads
Oct 31 5:43 PMHANDOFF.md: the site and both links run v40i (Worker f06b0fa3)
Oct 31 5:42 PMB22 V40i: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 5:41 PMV40i: just the dark (Kraig: "maybe go back to just the dark. no bugs."): no night creatures or burrows; old saves drop them
Oct 31 5:08 PMHANDOFF.md: the site and both links run v40h (Worker a3190fc7)
Oct 31 5:06 PMV40h: the site build (Core v40)
Oct 31 5:05 PMV40h: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 5:05 PMV40h: better tiles (Kraig picked mockup B): module tiles in their accents with their own glyphs, the round spaceport tile, lantern lamps, 44 px miner tiles with a drill tab, modules 96 out, cached tile sprites
Oct 31 3:58 PMHANDOFF.md: the site and both links run v40g (Worker c10e94af)
Oct 31 3:56 PMB21 V40g: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 3:56 PMV40g: shipments are the only way to earn (three contracts that follow what you have), progress while away, sound and haptics, the launch moment, night creatures from burrows, a night that glows, a real spaceport, a palette per planet
Oct 31 3:43 PMHANDOFF.md: the site and both links run v40f (Worker 2c757fe9)
Oct 31 3:41 PMB20 V40f: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 3:41 PMV40f: one patch an ore found by sonar pings, lines that really merge (every line re-planned, mixed trunks in one colour), slower drones with bigger cargo, lamps by long press, the miner's store as a gauge, the smelter's slot chips, no drone speed upgrade
Oct 31 3:29 PMV40f: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 3:28 PMV40f: module progress as one ring split by recipe slot (every processing module), a line's cargo from the start (25), no drone speed upgrade, Spaceport card buttons that fit, the sheet's own header row
Oct 31 3:20 PMV40f: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 3:19 PMV40f: no pause or 4x buttons (Space and F stay; the game pauses itself while the page is hidden), the dock's tabs fill its width, module progress as one ring a recipe slot
Oct 31 3:14 PMHANDOFF.md: the site and both links run v40e (Worker 9a9042eb)
Oct 31 3:12 PMV40e: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 3:12 PMV40e: the numbers on the things: the load inside each drone's disc, the stored ore in place of the miner icon (amber when full), at most 3 digits then k and M
Oct 31 3:07 PMHANDOFF.md: the site and both links run v40d (Worker bf533ecf)
Oct 31 3:06 PMB19 V40d: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 3:06 PMV40d: the opening one new thing at a time, the hub's power trickle (smelter, solar and battery bought), one drone a line with its cargo on the line, merging lines, price bubbles on the map, a compact card that a tap on the map or a swipe closes, ore and load counts, the day and night strip, every resource in the top bar, full screen on iPhone
Oct 31 1:42 PMHANDOFF.md: the site and both links run v40c (Worker f7b11406)
Oct 31 1:40 PMV40c: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 1:40 PMV40c: the camera fits the base (hub, miners, lamps) in the visible map; glides on new miners and lamps, never during or just after the player's own pan
Oct 31 1:12 PMHANDOFF.md: the site runs v40b (Worker b95394a8)
Oct 31 1:10 PMDevlog: A smaller game, built for your phone (v40); About text for the new game; DESIGN.md and HANDOFF.md for v40b
Oct 31 1:08 PMB18 V40b: built (Core v40)
Oct 31 1:08 PMBUILD-v40.md: the v40b fixes and pacing
Oct 31 1:08 PMV40b browser-check fixes: the unlock rides on the story toast, distinct first contracts, a ready-to-ship hint
Oct 31 1:02 PMV40b view: the page patched in place (no rebuild under the finger, 400 ms double-tap guard, pressed state), fixed card layouts, sheet scrolls to the selection, the map never pans on sheet or lamp mode, contracts by id with goods set aside, several lamps at a time, lamps visible dark and lit, night warning in real time, 2 toasts merged, fixed top-bar slots with compact numbers, pause/4x in the dock, recipe chips greyed with why, Spaceport card upgrades, per-recipe speed, launch trail and landing times, Sell-all asks for story stock, 44 px map targets, in-page confirm, glow sprites and a cached night overlay, no draw while paused and still, 4x keeps time on slow frames, pinch re-anchors
Oct 31 12:55 PMV40b sim: carry-over from shipments (final shipment + repeat orders, stacks capped at 5, kept through New game), story pays 2.5x spot, Longdark's glowing crystal, contracts set goods aside and go by id, gentle 1.25-1.4x price ramps, smaller mid-chapter orders and closer quartz, lamps not on modules/patches or in dark light, routes never clip modules, damaged saves refused, exact split credits, sales jump the queue, recorder step after the debt; pacing retuned
Oct 31 12:27 PMV40: browser-check fixes and the build note
Oct 31 12:23 PMV40 phase 6: pacing
Oct 31 12:18 PMV40 phase 5: planets and carry-over
Oct 31 12:16 PMV40 phase 4: night and light
Oct 31 12:14 PMV40 phase 3: shipments and the story
Oct 31 12:14 PMV40 phase 2: the map and the phone UI
Oct 31 12:04 PMV40 phase 1: the new sim and its tests
Oct 31 11:47 AMV40 plan: the smaller, phone-first game (core/BUILD-v40.md)
Oct 31 11:42 AMDESIGN.md: Kraig says build the smaller game
Oct 31 11:41 AMDESIGN.md: special item bonuses are small productivity, cost or speed bonuses (Kraig)
Oct 31 11:39 AMDESIGN.md: each planet has one special final item (Kraig)
Oct 31 11:39 AMDESIGN.md: something to bring and stack across chapters (Kraig)
Oct 31 11:11 AMDESIGN.md: debt story, each chapter a new location (Kraig)
Oct 31 11:10 AMDESIGN.md: resources realistic near, alien far (Kraig)
Oct 31 10:55 AMDESIGN.md: drop the astronaut (Kraig)
Oct 31 10:52 AMDESIGN.md: power model, the light is the grid (Kraig: yes)
Oct 31 10:42 AMDESIGN.md: solar and battery power the lamps (Kraig)
Oct 31 10:40 AMDESIGN.md: complete darkness stops things (Kraig)
Oct 31 10:40 AMDESIGN.md: night slows things down (Kraig)
Oct 31 10:39 AMDESIGN.md: one module of each kind, recipe slots as upgrades (Kraig)
Oct 31 10:29 AMDESIGN.md: drop pixel, minimalist clean style (Kraig)
Oct 31 10:28 AMDESIGN.md: shipments, story plus 3 options (Kraig)
Oct 31 10:21 AMDESIGN.md: sell anytime, shipments and complex items pay more (Kraig)
Oct 31 10:19 AMDESIGN.md: spaceport hub, objectives for credits, upgrades, sensor, routes that bend (Kraig, discussing)
Oct 31 10:17 AMDESIGN.md: minimize scope, hub modules, ore lines only, mobile + desktop (Kraig)
Oct 31 9:47 AMDESIGN.md: v38 unreadable; simplify or change style (Kraig)
Oct 31 9:41 AMB17 V38 dist (build f203971) and the v38 devlog entry: a new look, pixel art where light is colour
Oct 31 9:40 AMCore v38: the pixel look, where light is colour (Kraig: "looks great go")
Oct 31 9:25 AMDESIGN.md: a few creatures come back (Kraig)
Oct 31 9:15 AMDESIGN.md: walking player, hand carrying first, small laser (Kraig)
Oct 31 9:09 AMDESIGN.md: Kraig wondering about a walking player
Oct 31 9:09 AMDESIGN.md: build the pixel moon look (Kraig: go)
Oct 31 9:00 AMDESIGN.md: pixel look, calmer moon ground (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:46 AMDESIGN.md: style picked, pixel art where light is colour (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:42 AMDESIGN.md: desert looks like RimWorld; rethink the style (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:39 AMDESIGN.md: visual style 2, warm desert (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:35 AMB16 Dist: builds and site build with the shuttle (352fdcd)
Oct 31 8:35 AMCore v37 + the hub's shuttle, lines any way round, the hub as inventory, a declutter pass
Oct 31 8:30 AMDESIGN.md: visual upgrade, fixed 3/4 view (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:16 AMDESIGN.md: pick a line's item, switch its direction (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:15 AMDESIGN.md: drone lines between any two buildings, any direction (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:14 AMDESIGN.md: Kraig weighing unlimited storage + sell anywhere
Oct 31 8:12 AMDESIGN.md: storage rule, the hub is the inventory
Oct 31 8:11 AMDESIGN.md: hub + shuttle decided (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:10 AMDESIGN.md: hub as the landing pad with the shuttle? (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:09 AMDESIGN.md: one market/spaceport for selling and objective shipments (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:04 AMDESIGN.md: space bar pause (Kraig)
Oct 31 8:02 AMDist: site build with the pause
Oct 31 8:02 AMSpace bar pauses the game (Kraig, Oct 31: "we need a pause with space bar"): the sim stops, a 'Paused · Space to resume' badge shows, the clock says paused; menus and the camera still work
Oct 31 12:27 AMBUILD-v37.md section 9 (the fix list, before and after numbers, published), section 1 corrected; HANDOFF.md: v37 published; MORNING-v37.md for Kraig
Oct 31 12:24 AMB15 V37 dist (build f6a0cc2) and the v37 devlog entry: light, night and the grid; drone lines; copper
Oct 31 12:23 AMV37 fix, the view: the camera takes in a newly placed building (not lamps, mid-placing), line pops in the drone's colour
Oct 31 12:20 AMV37 fix, the view: drag a line from the hub, a miner, a smelter or a constructor to another (A2: always a line when let go on one; moved only when let go on clear ground), smelters and constructors placed by a tap, Send to… on every source, the hub's popover is its build buttons (Sell on the top bar), the miner shows its ore, machines show their two stores, lines side by side, refused lines and moves say why, the popover never re-shows in a mode or covers its building or rides a drone, banners cleared when no longer true, labels kept readable at any zoom, the phone's slider full width; view and recorder tests on 8 seeds (SEED=n)
Oct 31 12:10 AMV37 fix, the sim: lines between any buildings (hub, miner, smelter, constructor), small input and output stores, no teleport, machines placed by tap, and the B-list bugs (copper kept as copper, piles stay on their patch, Smelt copper needs copper made, refused line kinds, lost miners drop their lines, the shared ladder refund, lights once a step, grid buckets); the battery night needs a charged battery; pacing retuned (scripted 18 min, casual 19-20 min, hard checks on 8 seeds)
Oct 30 11:30 PMV37 dist: build stamp b0da6e1 (not published)
Oct 30 11:30 PMHANDOFF.md and BUILD-v37.md: v37 built and checked, not published
Oct 30 11:29 PMV37 phase 3: copper (far copper patches, a recipe choice per smelter and constructor, a second one to run both chains, wire, tap-to-sell top bar) and the pacing, held on 8 seeds
Oct 30 11:18 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: copper ore, copper ingots, wire (Kraig)
Oct 30 11:17 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: tap a top-bar item to sell it (Kraig)
Oct 30 11:17 PMV37 phase 2: the view (popovers beside buildings and lines, Sell sliders, lines dragged from a miner, lamps, Delete and Move, the night layer, battery meter and countdown, new-version card) and the recorder's v37 fields
Oct 30 11:10 PMDESIGN.md: v37 opening: free first miner, drag the first line yourself; no dead ends (Kraig)
Oct 30 11:08 PMV37 phase 1: the sim (day and night, the grid of lamps, power with lamps first, solar and battery, the dark, far patches, more miners, drone lines from cargo 1, recipes, Delete and Move), with tests on 8 seeds
Oct 30 11:05 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: no drone speed upgrade, cargo only (Kraig)
Oct 30 11:04 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: building visuals (progress ring, dimming light, product icon); drones slow on low power (Kraig)
Oct 30 11:00 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: upgrade levels as a number, not dots (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:56 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: move buildings, lines stay attached (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:56 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: delete any selected building or line (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:54 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: pick each building's recipe (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:52 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: sell with a slider (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:51 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: miners start slow (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:50 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: small popover menus next to each building, close on outside click (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:50 PMBUILD-v37.md: drone lines (drag from a miner to the hub, one drone each, cargo starts at 1, ladders on the line)
Oct 30 10:50 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: drone cargo starts at 1 (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:49 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: upgrade a line's drone cargo on the line (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:48 PMDESIGN.md: v37 note: drag drone lines between buildings (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:48 PMBUILD-v37.md: the plan for light and night (numbers, objectives, pacing targets, phases)
Oct 30 10:42 PMBUILD-v36.md: built and published (main v19, Core v43, site Worker a8234669) with final pacing; HANDOFF.md points at v36
Oct 30 10:41 PMDESIGN.md: v37 adds the battery meter and night countdown (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:40 PMB14 V36 devlog entry (back to a simple core), About text for the simple core, site build
Oct 30 10:39 PMV36 dist: build stamp 673ceb2
Oct 30 10:38 PMV36 fixes from the playtest and code review: a steady objective box, no upgrade before Sell, shorter saves, bigger growth, clear map labels, the panel camera, Sell with any flag, iron-only free miner, the recorder's resumed end
Oct 30 10:37 PMDESIGN.md: v37: machines are on the same grid as lamps (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:36 PMDESIGN.md: v37: lamps are the grid (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:34 PMDESIGN.md: v37: lamps are on the power grid (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:31 PMDESIGN.md: v37: drones keep flying at night and risk the dark (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:29 PMDESIGN.md: v37 planning: anything in the dark at night takes damage and is destroyed (Kraig)
Oct 30 10:21 PMV36 phase 3: pacing, to BUILD-v36.md section 0
Oct 30 10:18 PMDESIGN.md: no tuning panel; Kraig tunes by talking
Oct 30 10:16 PMDESIGN.md: the loop, agreed (push the light out by day, the dark tests it at night)
Oct 30 10:10 PMV36 phase 2: the core view and the recorder, to BUILD-v36.md section 0
Oct 30 9:57 PMV36 phase 1: the core loop in the sim (mine, carry, smelt, construct, sell, upgrade), to BUILD-v36.md section 0
Oct 30 9:47 PMV36 plan: scaled back to one miner, smelter and constructor; no bugs (Kraig)
Oct 30 9:46 PMV36 plan: minimal graphics in phase 2 (Kraig: back to simple graphics to speed things up)
Oct 30 9:35 PMBUILD-v36.md: simple core plan (mine, carry, process, sell, upgrade), revised from the critique; Kraig said go ("Yes, core only")
Oct 30 9:26 PMDESIGN.md: Kraig's steers: lots of little upgrades on each part of the line; start simple: sell anything any time, everything built with credits
Oct 30 9:15 PMBUILD-v36.md: logistics plan revised from two critiques (draft, waiting on Kraig's go)
Oct 30 9:05 PMDESIGN.md: Kraig's steer: the player has a small laser
Oct 30 9:03 PMDESIGN.md: drone lines carry automatically (Kraig)
Oct 30 9:02 PMDESIGN.md: Kraig's steer: no fog of war; clear by day, only lit and powered areas by night
Oct 30 9:01 PMDESIGN.md: Kraig's steer: drone lines dragged like belts, small storage everywhere, single-item storage hubs
Oct 30 8:58 PMDESIGN.md: Kraig's idea: modules anywhere, one upgradable drone between them
Oct 30 8:55 PMBUILD-v36.md: draft plan, waiting on Kraig's steer (clarity build; v35's scarcity numbers kept)
Oct 30 8:05 PMBUILD-v35.md: what changed and the before / after pacing numbers; HANDOFF and DESIGN say v35 (main artifact v18, Core v42, site Worker 0499ec41)
Oct 30 8:04 PMTest: the shortage check counts ore piling at a mine only before that drone's upgrade, and adds what else is visible: no copper coming in, copper ore waiting, a battery not full, the battery that ran dry
Oct 30 8:00 PMDevlog: v35, scarcity (Kraig's steer, what changed, a night screenshot)
Oct 30 7:59 PMB13 Build: dist from 985ae70 (v35)
Oct 30 7:59 PMV35 step 3: the hand generator in the view, whole orders and copy costs shown.
Oct 30 7:55 PMV35 step 2: a tight economy (Kraig: "we expanded too much and too quickly ... we need to create scarcity").
Oct 30 7:38 PMPacing report in the scripted test (v35 step 1): per seed the real time at 1x, seconds on each objective, each machine's starved / waiting share (before its upgrade too), peak stock of each item and the mine piles, credits earned / spent / peak banked, and the longest stretch with no useful action. v34's numbers kept as the baseline in core/test/pacing-v34.json: 15:06, longest idle 154 s, 6 stretches over 60 s, iron ore peaking at ~190 in stock and ~250 at the mine.
Oct 30 7:33 PMDESIGN.md: Kraig's v34 steer: create scarcity
Oct 30 5:46 PMDevlog: the pitch describes Core v34 (the site's About page)
Oct 30 5:27 PMHANDOFF.md: the recorder, both artifacts republished, the site runs Core
Oct 30 5:22 PMDevlog: the v34 entry names its build (3950637)
Oct 30 5:22 PMB12 Build: dist from c0534b1
Oct 30 5:22 PMRecorder: the note button comes back as soon as the note card closes
Oct 30 5:21 PMDevlog: the v34 entry names its build (3dac20f)
Oct 30 5:20 PMBuild: dist from 62808e0 (Core v34 with the playtest recorder; adds dist/swarmlight.site.html for kraigadams.com)
Oct 30 5:20 PMCore v34: the playtest recorder, ported from v15 (Kraig: "Yes, port it")
Oct 30 5:10 PMHANDOFF.md: main link republished with Core v34
Oct 30 5:09 PMHANDOFF.md: the main link still serves v15 (republish pending)
Oct 30 5:08 PMCore v34 phase 4: Swarmlight Core becomes the main game
Oct 30 5:05 PMCore v34 phase 3: the story layer (a freelancer in debt on budget claim 7-B; Greyhollow Mining's cold messages from its orbital; Second Landing's worries, distress and thanks; the 5,000,000 cr loan on screen; intro and end cards)
Oct 30 5:01 PMCore v34 phase 2: fog of war, light from powered modules, deadly nights, day creatures, and a texture and graphics pass
Oct 30 4:54 PMCore v34 phase 1: the full tutorial package (30 objectives: trading post and the other colony, items build and credits upgrade, the bottleneck chain, sensor and copper, wire, poles, the colony raid, turrets, the first swarm, the assembler and the landing pad)
Oct 30 4:29 PMBUILD-v34.md: phases 2-4: fog/light/graphics, story layer, Core becomes the main game
Oct 30 4:23 PMBUILD-v34.md: the packaged plan for the full tutorial
Oct 30 4:22 PMDESIGN.md: items build, credits upgrade
Oct 30 4:17 PMDESIGN.md: pad panels
Oct 30 4:16 PMDESIGN.md: motors build the landing pad
Oct 30 4:16 PMDESIGN.md: assembler and motors end the tutorial
Oct 30 4:15 PMDESIGN.md: upgrades show on buildings
Oct 30 4:14 PMDESIGN.md: deposits found by a sensor
Oct 30 4:13 PMDESIGN.md: swarm first hits the other colony
Oct 30 4:13 PMDESIGN.md: trading post early, landing pad last
Oct 30 4:10 PMDESIGN.md: poles and turrets cost credits
Oct 30 4:06 PMDESIGN.md: copper, wire, poles, turrets
Oct 30 4:06 PMSwarmlight Core v33: guided tutorial, only shuttle shipments pay (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 4:04 PMDESIGN.md: queue defense, fog, danger, light, graphics
Oct 30 4:01 PMDESIGN.md: machines start starved
Oct 30 3:59 PMDESIGN.md: every upgrade answers a pain
Oct 30 3:57 PMDESIGN.md: guided tutorial, shipments pay
Oct 30 3:53 PMSwarmlight Core v32: per-miner upgrades, solar and battery upgrades, no selling, shuttle loads itself (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:52 PMSwarmlight Core v32: per-miner upgrades, no selling, shuttle loads itself (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:49 PMDESIGN.md: shuttle auto-loads again
Oct 30 3:49 PMDESIGN.md: no selling
Oct 30 3:48 PMDESIGN.md: simpler selling
Oct 30 3:47 PMDESIGN.md: per-miner upgrades
Oct 30 3:47 PMSwarmlight Core v31: saving: autosave, Continue or New game (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:44 PMSwarmlight Core v30: chosen orders, selling with auto-sell, small upgrades (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:43 PMDESIGN.md: smaller upgrades
Oct 30 3:38 PMDESIGN.md: auto-sell, shuttle 100
Oct 30 3:36 PMDESIGN.md: selling, chosen objectives, upgrades
Oct 30 3:35 PMSwarmlight Core v29: the hub menu is a side panel beside the running game (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:32 PMSwarmlight Core v28: hub menu cleanup, Power tab, space around the hub (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:26 PMSwarmlight Core v27: separate tabs for items (Ores, Refined, Components) and machines (Smelter, Constructor) (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:23 PMSwarmlight Core v26: hub tabs Ores / Refined / Components with Collected cards (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:21 PMSwarmlight Core v25: inventory list in the Ore tab; empty recipe slot to click and fill (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:19 PMSwarmlight Core v24: hub menu tabs: Ore, Smelting, Constructing (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:16 PMSwarmlight Core v23: the hub menu shows the item inventory (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:15 PMSwarmlight Core v22: one hub menu for building and recipes (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:13 PMSwarmlight Core v21: minimal ExoMiner-style machine cards in the hub panel (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:09 PMSwarmlight Core v20: machines show recipe cost / material available (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:08 PMSwarmlight Core v19: the hub panel shows the smelter's and constructor's live progress (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:06 PMSwarmlight Core v18: hub build options show only what's unlocked (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:05 PMSwarmlight Core v17: power budget with no wires: hub makes 7, miner 3 / smelter 4 / constructor 5 draw, shortfall slows them by the ratio; plate shipment (400 cr) unlocks a solar panel (+8 by day) and a battery (300 power-seconds), 2 min day / 1 min night; ends after a night held at 100% (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 3:02 PMDESIGN.md: solar, battery, day/night
Oct 30 3:01 PMDESIGN.md: power budget
Oct 30 3:00 PMSwarmlight Core v16: the shuttle loads itself and sends once it can; Load button gone; slice checks rewritten for auto-load (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:54 PMSwarmlight Core v15: objectives become shipments: a landing pad and shuttle, load the order, lift-off unlocks and pays credits; builds cost credits; iron ore named in full (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:52 PMDESIGN.md: shipments pay credits
Oct 30 2:51 PMDESIGN.md: iron ore
Oct 30 2:50 PMDESIGN.md: landing pad and shuttle for objective shipments
Oct 30 2:49 PMSwarmlight Core v14: items in a top bar with icons, no counts on the buildings; miners still show their ore (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:46 PMSwarmlight Core v13: 20 iron ingots unlock the constructor, a second hub module that makes iron plates (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:43 PMDESIGN.md: 20 ingots unlock the constructor (iron plates)
Oct 30 2:40 PMSwarmlight Core v12: the smelter is a hub module, built from the hub's build panel (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:37 PMIron ingots, not bars (Kraig, Oct 30 2026: "ingots are better than bars")
Oct 30 2:37 PMShow 4x speed by the clock
Oct 30 2:36 PMF toggles 4x speed (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:36 PMSwarmlight Core v11: the smelter's one recipe slot, set by the player: iron ore -> iron bars (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:34 PMSwarmlight Core v10: no cap on the smelter inventory (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:34 PMSwarmlight Core v9: no cap on the miner store (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:32 PMSwarmlight Core v8: the player never moves ore (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:31 PMDESIGN.md: drop duplicate lines
Oct 30 2:31 PMSwarmlight Core v7: the miner comes with its drone; 40 ore unlocks the smelter; 10 ingots (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:27 PMDESIGN.md: smelter makes ingots
Oct 30 2:26 PMDESIGN.md: the first objective unlocks the smelter
Oct 30 2:25 PMDESIGN.md: no colony trade
Oct 30 2:25 PMDESIGN.md: the miner comes with its drone
Oct 30 2:24 PMStart with one miner, no hand mining (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:20 PMDESIGN.md: mine store, no hand mining, start with one miner
Oct 30 2:20 PMA mine fills its own store (cap 10) and the walker grabs it on contact (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:18 PMStanding on ore drills it, no key (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:18 PMNo richness or mining-rate labels on the patch (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:17 PMDESIGN.md: nonstop drone, one mine to start
Oct 30 2:17 PMOne mine beside the hub for the start (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:16 PMThe drone shuttles nonstop, loading and unloading instantly (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 2:10 PMA fresh graybox prototype of the opening (core/)
Oct 30 2:04 PMDESIGN.md: the opening in Kraig's words
Oct 30 2:02 PMDESIGN.md: reset, no credits earned in the first slice
Oct 30 2:01 PMDESIGN.md: reset, no storage cap at the start
Oct 30 1:59 PMDESIGN.md: reset, drone upgrades answer the wall
Oct 30 1:57 PMDESIGN.md: reset, patches differ in richness
Oct 30 1:57 PMDESIGN.md: reset, patches never run out
Oct 30 1:53 PMDESIGN.md: reset, the player is a person walking
Oct 30 1:53 PMDESIGN.md: reset, colony requests one at a time
Oct 30 1:52 PMDESIGN.md: reset, early income is trading ore to a side colony
Oct 30 1:51 PMDESIGN.md: reset, hauling unlocks the first miner, credits pay
Oct 30 1:51 PMDESIGN.md: reset, starting credits
Oct 30 1:50 PMDESIGN.md: reset, ore is processed into items for contracts
Oct 30 1:48 PMDESIGN.md: reset, credits buy miners
Oct 30 1:48 PMDESIGN.md: reset Q4, ore builds miners, prices scale per purchase
Oct 30 1:46 PMDESIGN.md: reset, plain shapes until it's fun
Oct 30 1:44 PMDESIGN.md: reset Q2, the miner's own drone hauls
Oct 30 1:44 PMB11 Site build: dist from 43bfd79 (adds dist/swarmlight.site.html)
Oct 30 1:44 PMSite build and anonymous public playtests, and the devlog for kraigadams.com/swarmlight/ (Kraig, Oct 30 2026: "can we make sure that there's a devlog for this new game on the website?", "Can we make the game playable from there?")
Oct 30 1:44 PMDESIGN.md: reset Q1, the first miner is the first thing earned
Oct 30 1:41 PMDESIGN.md: reset to basics, rule 1: every advancement is earned
Oct 30 1:19 PMDESIGN.md: v15 built
Oct 30 1:09 PMV15 fixes build: dist from 20bd8bf
Oct 30 1:09 PMV15 fixes, page: readable power, safe removal, a sturdier page
Oct 30 1:09 PMV15 fixes, sim: the review's findings
Oct 30 11:55 AMDESIGN.md: planet 1 is the cheap, poor, dangerous starter (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:49 AMDESIGN.md: pick the next start: asteroid orbital, new surface, underground, gas giant (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:45 AMDESIGN.md: the arc ends as a mega corp (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:45 AMDESIGN.md: planet 1 first, then grow (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:44 AMDESIGN.md: never ending; new planets after the loan (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:43 AMDESIGN.md: debt-free means choosing your buyers (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:42 AMV15 build: dist from 5632862
Oct 30 11:42 AMV15 page: the intro, the warm look, light and dark, readability
Oct 30 11:42 AMV15 sim: work, then relief
Oct 30 11:42 AMDESIGN.md: one buyer, the company's orbital (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:41 AMDESIGN.md: shipments go to the company's orbital; another star system (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:40 AMDESIGN.md: an evolving web of light and defense (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:40 AMDESIGN.md: colonies run themselves (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:40 AMDESIGN.md: linked colonies share light, trade and defense (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:39 AMDESIGN.md: connecting colonies (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:39 AMDESIGN.md: save-us is a real trade-off (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:38 AMDESIGN.md: the save-us distress call is a choice (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:37 AMDESIGN.md: the neighbour falls the night after the first launch (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:37 AMDESIGN.md: one neighbour colony to trade with from the start (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:37 AMDESIGN.md: colonies to watch, salvage and trade with (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:36 AMDESIGN.md: other colonies (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:33 AMDESIGN.md: the loop in one line (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:31 AMDESIGN.md: 5M loan with a ramping minimum (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:30 AMDESIGN.md: the loan is 5 million (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:26 AMDESIGN.md: the story lands in v16 (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:25 AMDESIGN.md: one company is lender and buyer (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:25 AMDESIGN.md: loan paid is the midgame milestone (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:24 AMDESIGN.md: the loan, paid each dawn (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:23 AMDESIGN.md: Q32, the freelancer flies a remote drone from the hub (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 11:19 AMDESIGN.md: the story: a freelancer in debt, dropped with the hub (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:55 AMDESIGN.md: keep the name Swarmlight for now (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:55 AMDESIGN.md: a simple generated sound layer next (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:54 AMDESIGN.md: small glowing red swarmers (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:54 AMDESIGN.md: 4-ring map (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:54 AMDESIGN.md: drone body upgrades let you go farther (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:53 AMDESIGN.md: recipe chain; containment pushes the player to improve (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:52 AMDESIGN.md: 7-minute day (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:52 AMDESIGN.md: explore by day, hide by night (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:51 AMDESIGN.md: light as fog of war, not a weapon (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:49 AMDESIGN.md: the win confirmed (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:48 AMDESIGN.md: storage caps from the start (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:47 AMDESIGN.md: overrun buildings are knocked offline (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:46 AMDESIGN.md: the dark creeps in at night (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:44 AMDESIGN.md: early money from a local trade post (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:40 AMDESIGN.md: zoom, bigger buildings, one starting patch, the dark is deadly (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:39 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q31, power kept with readability; the tech line (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:35 AMDESIGN.md: visible power links and a status light on every building (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:34 AMDESIGN.md: one ore per patch (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:33 AMDESIGN.md: smelter first, clear power, removing, hover details (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:31 AMDESIGN.md: one fixed tech line; ultra-minimal start (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:28 AMDESIGN.md: a trickle of compute from the hub drives research from minute one (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:26 AMDESIGN.md: credits from goods shipped to Earth; the payout opens the datacenter (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:24 AMDESIGN.md: credits for upgrades, compute for research (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 10:22 AMDESIGN.md: v16 is the self-improving middle game (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:53 AMDESIGN.md: the beginning can be slow (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:52 AMDESIGN.md: see what miners and drones are doing; drones loop nonstop (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:51 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q24, the pain and the relief (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:51 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q25, slots are big crafted upgrades (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:51 AMDESIGN.md: hub modules with recipe slots (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:49 AMDESIGN.md: v14 playtest, no pain and no relief (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:32 AMDESIGN.md: the drone's tiny field of view (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:31 AMDESIGN.md: Journey-warm hazy days, dark glowing nights (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:31 AMDESIGN.md: Journey as a look reference (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:31 AMB10 Dist: rebuilt for the v14 review fixes
Oct 30 9:31 AMV14 review fixes: shown yield is what arrives, selling only once unlocked, credits from the first minutes, the press unlock, shortages, pack-up, unlock lines
Oct 30 9:29 AMDESIGN.md: slow exploration, scanners and beacons, excavation (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:26 AMDESIGN.md: the three currencies (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:26 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q22, reboot into a new body (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:25 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q21, the player is the colony's AI in a drone body (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:23 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q20, the ending (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:23 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q19, one reusable rocket you upgrade (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:22 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q18, compute spent on self-improving research (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:22 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q17, worker robots from a robot bay (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:20 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q16, the self-improving loop is the middle game (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:19 AMDESIGN.md: current-events themes (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:19 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q15, first launch at 12-15 minutes (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:18 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q14, shipments home are the story; the tutorial ends at the first launch (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:17 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q13, colony upgrades from goods, big shipments home (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:16 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q12, credits buy upgrades priced by level and distance (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:14 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q11, dig speed and cargo; drones keep one slow speed (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:12 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q10, many small upgrade steps (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:11 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q9, dark and moody with glow as the colour (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:10 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q8, one goal line at a time (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:07 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q7, a short silent intro (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:05 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q6, a taste of danger at the first dusk (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:04 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q5, 1-2 minutes of hand-mining (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:04 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q4, focus on the start (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:03 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q3, no offline progress (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:00 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q2, what to leave out (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 9:00 AMDESIGN.md: interview Q1, what to keep from ExoMiner (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 8:40 AMDist: rebuilt for v14 (elements from ExoMiner)
Oct 30 8:40 AMV14: elements from ExoMiner (the opening by hand, a power grid, a drone a miner, permanent mixed patches, storage caps that burn, one-recipe machines, material costs, the tutorial's unlocks, growing nights)
Oct 30 7:39 AMDESIGN.md: buildings cost materials, credits buy upgrades (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:38 AMDESIGN.md: a power grid with poles and lights; hand-mine to the first power (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:37 AMDESIGN.md: the power confusion (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:36 AMDESIGN.md: start minimal, unlock as a tutorial (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:36 AMDESIGN.md: swarms grow, outposts need growing defenses (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:36 AMDESIGN.md: permanent patches you upgrade (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:34 AMDESIGN.md: scarce patches, slow drones, a trickle (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:33 AMDESIGN.md: see what's left on a patch, pack up a miner and move it (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:33 AMDESIGN.md: machines locked to one recipe (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:32 AMDESIGN.md: only processed goods sell (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:32 AMDESIGN.md: tiered deposits and storage caps that burn the overflow (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 7:27 AMDESIGN.md: ExoMiner elements; a drone with every miner (Kraig, Oct 30 2026)
Oct 30 12:58 AMB9 Dist: rebuilt for v13 (the danger returns)
Oct 30 12:58 AMV13: the danger returns (hives, bug nights, towers on power, the wing, ship upgrades, raids, the win)
Oct 30 12:18 AMB8 Dist: rebuilt for v12 (the first 10 minutes)
Oct 30 12:18 AMV12: the first 10 minutes (a clean opening, tuned against Kraig's recorded play)
Oct 30 12:10 AMDist: rebuilt for v11 (exploration)
Oct 30 12:10 AMV11: exploration (a bigger planet under fog, richer ore farther out, wrecks and crystal fields)
Oct 30 12:04 AMDist: rebuilt for v10 (colony landing and power)
Oct 30 12:04 AMV10: colony landing and power (day and night, solar and batteries)
Oct 29 11:57 PMB7 Dist: rebuilt for v9 (clarity and look)
Oct 29 11:57 PMV9: the clarity and look pass
Oct 29 11:51 PMDESIGN.md: clarity and look pass first; offence apart from towers
Oct 29 11:39 PMB6 Dist: rebuilt for v8 (the peaceful colony)
Oct 29 11:39 PMV8: the peaceful colony (factory and drones), on an alien planet
Oct 29 11:38 PMDESIGN.md: hives fall to daytime raids
Oct 29 11:37 PMDESIGN.md: bugs come at night
Oct 29 11:37 PMDESIGN.md: power, day/night with solar and batteries
Oct 29 11:36 PMDESIGN.md: the swarm rhythm joins the overnight package as v12
Oct 29 11:35 PMDESIGN.md: the swarm rhythm for the danger phase
Oct 29 11:33 PMDESIGN.md: the enemy becomes alien bugs
Oct 29 11:15 PMDESIGN.md: win by destroying the hives
Oct 29 11:13 PMB5 Dist: rebuilt for v7 (growing swarm, tower batteries, surges)
Oct 29 11:13 PMV7: a swarm that grows around your outposts, tower batteries, surges
Oct 29 11:13 PMDESIGN.md: the alien planet, the colonist's mission, richer resources farther out
Oct 29 10:58 PMB4 Dist: rebuilt for v6 (the base factory)
Oct 29 10:58 PMV6: the base factory (storage, smelter, constructor, selling)
Oct 29 10:51 PMDist: rebuilt for v5 (build menu, credits)
Oct 29 10:51 PMV5: the mouse build menu, and ore sold for credits
Oct 29 10:46 PMDist: rebuilt for v4 (recorder, more pressure)
Oct 29 10:46 PMV4: the playtest recorder on the continuous game, and more pressure
Oct 29 10:33 PMB3 Dist: rebuilt for v3 (one continuous game)
Oct 29 10:33 PMV3: one continuous game on one map (no trips, no load-out screen)
Oct 29 10:10 PMB2 Dist: rebuilt for v2 (the run loop)
Oct 29 10:10 PMV2, the run loop: trips out from the base on one map, load-out from banked ore
Oct 29 9:53 PMDESIGN.md: one map (fly back to base, no gate), features one at a time
Oct 29 9:41 PMDESIGN.md: Kraig's run loop from his phone chat, and the overnight build's new scope
Oct 29 9:38 PMB1 Dist: rebuilt from the build 1 commit
Oct 29 9:38 PMBuild 1, cut down to play tonight: one stop, ore from poor and rich rocks, one tower, a swarm that chases the ship and copies itself, the jump gate
Oct 29 9:28 PMPLAN.md: module contracts and the shared bot
Oct 29 9:27 PMDesign log, build 1 spec and contracts, handoff

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