Month: December 2024

Swag Plays Banished S2 E11 – Gradual Improvements

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Will my homeless family find a home today? In today’s interesting episode, Swag continues the design of Otterview by adding a place to temporarily house the homeless until homes can be built for them behind the graveyard, and starting the upgrade of a road to stone from dirt. What other things happen? Watch this episode in full to find out!

People of the First Christmas: Simeon and Anna

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Welcome back to my mini-series here on Ko‑fi entitled People of the First Christmas. While Christmas may have come and gone for another year, now is the perfect time to reflect on those who encountered Jesus during His early years—long before He was a young lad of twelve or began His ministry around the age … Read more

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Creative Engineering E4: Preparing for Create

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In today’s episode, I built a cobblestone generator, an alloy furnace, and a waterwheel power generator using the Create mod.

I started by building a cobblestone generator using iron, glass, and buckets of lava and water. This generator can produce up to 324,000 cobblestone per hour. Next, I built an alloy furnace using clay bricks and Immersive Engineering. This furnace can be used to create a variety of alloys, including brass. Finally, I built a waterwheel power generator using water and the Create mod. This generator can provide power for all of my machines.

Key Points:

  • I used the CobbleForDays mod to build a cobblestone generator.
  • I showed how to make clay bricks using dust and water.
  • I built a waterwheel power generator using the Create mod.

Exciting News – A Streaming Change

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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be returning to live streaming on Twitch! To ensure you never miss a moment, I’ll be exporting my VODs to YouTube and adding them to a dedicated “Twitch VODs” playlist. Initially, I planned to transition to YouTube Live, but a few factors have led me back to Twitch. First, … Read more

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People of the First Christmas: The Shepherds

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Welcome to another blog post in my series on the individuals present at the First Christmas I will be examining the final witnesses to the Nativity: the shepherds who tending their flocks in the fields near Bethlehem. Before delving into the biblical account, it’s important to understand the social context of shepherds during Jesus’ time. … Read more

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Creative Engineering E3: Grinding for Iron

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In today’s episode, Swag builds a super-easy iron farm with the Easy Villagers mod!

With just a few simple materials – a bucket of lava, a piece of stone, two iron ingots, and five glass panes – I created a one-block iron farm that produces iron every 5 minutes. All I had to do was pop a villager inside!

Key points:

  • Used the Easy Villagers mod: This mod simplifies the process of building an iron farm.
  • Built a compact iron farm: Requires minimal resources and space.
  • Efficient iron production: Produces iron every 5 minutes.