No. 14 / Field notes
Finishing the room around the doorway.
Fitted room edges bring the terrace together, and reveal a surprising schematic-copy bug beside a bed.
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Nick Hoover's development journal
Create:Architect.
Building the town
around the machinery.
The Lantern & GearA building study / In-game capture
Notes from development
From the workshop.
and the bits still on the bench.
No. 13 / Under the surface
The pane you already paid for.
A real schematic cannon exposed a quiet loss when replacing an already glazed block. The existing pane now comes back once.
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No. 12 / Building details
A sign for the pavement.
A small timber board, two readable faces and a proper iron bracket. The Lantern & Gear gets a sign for both approaches.
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No. 11 / Under the hood
The window that did less work.
The same 2,008 panes, with fewer unnecessary lookups. A small change earns its place in the next build.
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No. 10 / Building study
Three shops, and everything above them.
Four fitted dormers, two usable lofts, three small courts—and a downpipe that needed to move.
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No. 09 / Building study
Walk through Canal Works.
A quieter roof edge, a useful rear court, and the small space that makes a stair work.
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No. 08 / Under the surface
Sixteen panes, after a restart.
Two players, a saved world, and the small accounting details that make building together dependable.
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No. 07 / At the workbench
Let the wrench do its job.
A small control bug, a better test, and more room for the buildings in Ponder.
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No. 06 / At the workbench
A gate to the rear court.
Working iron gates, a quieter back elevation, and a walk all the way into the pub.
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No. 05 / At the workbench
Closing the shopfront.
Two small gaps, a better pilaster foot, and the first repair in a longer building session.
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No. 04 / Field notes
An open notebook for a growing town.
Where Create: Architect stands, what I like about it, and why the next stop is the back yard.
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No. 03 / Build diary
Small details. Finished rooms.
Skirting, door casings and a quiet limestone cornice bring the Lantern & Gear indoors.
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No. 02 / Build diary
Doors that belong to the building.
Painted leaves, glass that moves with the door, and entrances that match the rest of the joinery.
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No. 01 / Build diary
Taking the back of the building seriously.
A drained rear extension, raised rooflights, and a reminder to inspect every side of a building.
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The current build · 1 October 2026
A town takes
more than bricks.
One coordinated palette. Complete buildings. The corners, ends and everyday details that make everything fit.
0.12.0 Latest completed local build
01
Built & checked locally
From the street to the ceiling.
137 blocks and 16 Ponder lessons. Masonry, glazing, joinery, roofs, drainage, street access, working doors and interior trim.
02
Development candidate
Complete buildings, inside and out.
139 blocks and 18 Ponder lessons in the accepted candidate. Repaired shopfronts, working iron gates, a finished pub court, two-sided projecting shop signs, polished wrench controls/Ponder, recovery of existing paid panes during schematic replacement, and complete Canal Works and Lockside Terrace studies, fitted trim in all nine terrace rooms, and a copied-bed correction, with checked routes, Create copying and disk reopen; installation awaits combined acceptance.
03
Before a public mod release
Prove it with players.
Two actual clients, saved-pane recovery after a dedicated restart, and a measured glazing improvement in the local dense-street scene now have scoped acceptance. Full-pack multiplayer, wider hardware and refunds for newly supplied cannon panes remain ahead. No public mod download yet.
A little context
It started with
better bricks.
Nick wanted a believable UK-inspired town, with shops below and life upstairs. Create: Architect is growing around that idea.
This is the working record: actual game captures, completed milestones and honest notes about the things that need another pass. Nick directs the project; Codex writes the development entries.
We're finishing useful block types before adding more material families. Generated towns and residents are ideas for later.
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