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Gradually Embedding My YouTube Content Here

I’I’m excited to announce that I’m gradually embedding my YouTube content here for everyone to enjoy, and you don’t need to be a member to watch any of it (at least for now). I’ve planned out a schedule to make this process smooth and engaging for you all.

Here’s what you can expect:

  • Daily Episodes: I’ll be embedding five episodes per day.
  • Current Series: I’ll start by finishing the embedding of Swag’s Mini Peaceful Pack, as that series is already halfway done.
  • Classic Seasons: After that, I’ll move on to the first seasons of Banished and Factorio.
  • Current Seasons: Once those are caught up, I’ll start adding new episodes as I post them to YouTube.
  • Creative Engineering: Following that, I’ll embed the first season of Creative Engineering, which currently has 24 episodes. After that, I’ll resume work on that series.
  • Special Releases: I might also release Creative Engineering as a beta modpack for my Full Members and VIP Members. If I do, I’ll start releasing world downloads for them every twenty-fifth episode. However, I don’t anticipate this series reaching one hundred episodes.
  • Other Series: After Creative Engineering is embedded here, I’ll work to embed the rest of my content from oldest to youngest, including my tech series, Swag’s Computers.

I hope this update convinces you to join our community and enjoy not only the embedded content but also our awesome forums and podcast, in addition to these blog posts. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!

Personal, Gaming and Technology

Don’t expect a Minecraft video…

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you are expecting a Minecraft video to be published on my YouTube channel tomorrow, please discard that idea. Due to how long an episode takes to create and how much work outside my home I am currently doing to pay my bills, I do not have the time nor the energy to record one. I’m so tired that I’m not even working on my private work in the evenings, like I do when I don’t get steady work.

If you really wish to see episodes at a more steady pace, consider supporting me. If I had a steady income to pay my bills and buy groceries, I could focus more on creating content and less on the need to earn money to pay bills every month.

Videos

Swag’s Private Minecraft World – A Tour of Infinity Fields in Creative Engineering!

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Welcome to Infinity Fields! In this video, I take you on an exclusive tour of my private world in the Creative Engineering modpack for Minecraft 1.20.1. Check out what I’ve built so far and get a sneak peek at what’s coming next in the main series here on my YouTube channel. You won’t want to miss this!

Gaming and Technology

Important Update About My Video Music Choices

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Suno has recently changed its policy, requiring a paid subscription to use its generated music commercially. Unfortunately, this new rule doesn’t apply retroactively—meaning any music I created before subscribing isn’t covered. Since I want to avoid any risk of demonetization, I’ll be switching to other music that I can use freely and without worry. It’s frustrating, but I’m committed to keeping my content accessible and safe!

Thanks for your support as I make this transition. If this policy shift frustrates you too, consider reaching out to Suno and sharing your thoughts!

Gaming and Technology

Goodbye Pyramid, Hello Display Sign

Dear readers,

It is time to say goodbye to the Pyramid of Support. It was cumbersome at best and took a while to get started on any new world. I am also never in the mood to do sandstone block square pyramid math to figure out if the pyramid has the right number of blocks on it, due to people unfollowing and un-subscribing to my channels making it more complex than it needed to be.

Fear not, my faithful supporters – your support is not in vain and you will still be rewarded for milestones. Instead, say hello to the much more efficient Supporters Sign powered by Create’s Display Board! With simple name tags that can updated in any anvil, updating the numbers is easy, and the math is simple – just addition of the two channels separate totals to get my total supporters number!

Milestones will still be celebrated by the posting of signs – so please help me get to 500 Twitch followers and 75 YouTube subscribers – they are the next two big milestones I want to achieve – and it would be awesome if we did so sooner rather than later!

Another bonus of switching to the Display Board for visually showing the totals is that next season, I will be automating it with the ComputerCraft:Tweaked mod and it’s Create addon. Yes, I will have to learn Lua between seasons (sorry, but I’m not gonna learn it on-stream), but it will reduce the work I have to do once I get it setup correctly.

I’ll be able to do more automation next season with this computer mod in the pack as well as the changes I’ve got planned for season two of Creative Engineering on both YouTube and Twitch! I will not give you any hints as which mods are staying and which mods are going and getting replaced as I want to keep that close to my chest until I am ready to start putting together the season two modpack.

Overall the Creative Engineering modpack for season one was designed for a classic flat Minecraft world, where you would need to treat every resource you could get your hands on as precious. Season two will be returning to regular world generation, and so you can guess how this might effect my choice of mods for it. I will say that Villager life and happiness will be one of the focuses of season two, but how that will affect the modpack is still in the air.

In conclusion, the move from the Pyramid of Support to the Supporters Sign represents a step toward simplicity and efficiency, both for now and as we head into the future with new tools and plans. I’m excited about what’s to come with season two of Creative Engineering—new challenges, creative opportunities, and the chance to grow this community even further.

Thank you for your continued support—it truly means the world to me. Let’s hit those next milestones together and keep building something amazing!

Personal

February Fun: My Exciting Plans and Projects

Hey everyone!

I’d like to kick off this blog post by expressing my heartfelt gratitude for all the support you showed me in January. Whether you tuned in to my Twitch livestreams or subscribed to my YouTube channel, your support truly means the world to me. Last month, I created some amazing content, including launching the Pyramid of Support and continuing my survival adventures in a flat world in modded Minecraft during every livestream.

This month, I have some fantastic content lined up for you. Alongside releasing new episodes of my Factorio, Banished, and Creative Engineering series on YouTube, I’ll continue my flatworld survival series in modded Minecraft live on Twitch. Of course, I might switch things up with different games for a change of pace!

I’m also keeping up with the challenges I started in January. If I don’t receive at least one subscription on Twitch during a stream, there won’t be a raid. Plus, my subgoal challenge remains: I’ll stream for three hours per session unless five new subscribers join before time is up—then, I’ll stream for an extra hour. If you reach the goal before the two-hour mark, I’ll take a short break; otherwise, I’ll skip it.

With both St. Valentine’s Day and my 40th birthday this month, you might expect some bonus content—and you’d be partially correct! I’m planning a birthday celebration stream for the day closest to February 21st (a Friday), depending on my work schedule. To stay updated on the details, make sure to join my Discord community. As for Valentine’s Day, I don’t have anything special planned since I’m single and don’t particularly care for the holiday.

Currently, I am not planning any extra content for YouTube, though I may dedicate an episode or two of my podcast, ‘A Few Moments with God,’ to topics related to these special days.

Here on Ko-fi, I already have a plan for next week’s blog post. I’ll be exploring the meaning of sentient life and discussing what I believe should and should not be classified as such. Stay tuned to read that post and other exciting content here! If you have a topic you’d like me to write about or cover on my podcast, please feel free to suggest it in the comments or via my Discord. I’d love to see your ideas!

Thank you all so much for your continued support and enthusiasm. Your engagement and encouragement keep me motivated and inspired to create and share content. I can’t wait to see what February has in store for us. Stay awesome, and I’ll catch you in the next post or stream!

Gaming and Technology

Introducing the Pyramid of Support

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Hey everyone,

I’m thrilled to share a project that I’ve been working on in Minecraft: a solid square pyramid made entirely out of sandstone, with each block representing one of my amazing Twitch followers or YouTube subscribers. 🎉

This Pyramid of Support symbolizes the foundation you all have helped me build. Every block stands for someone who has believed in me, watched my content, and engaged with the community.

Building this pyramid has been a labor of love, and seeing it take shape has been incredibly rewarding. It’s a testament to the incredible journey we’ve had together, from the first subscriber to the newest follower. We’re also getting so close to our first milestone of 500 supporters, which makes this project even more special!

Thank you for being part of this adventure. Your support means the world to me, and I couldn’t have done it without each and every one of you. Here’s to many more blocks and many more adventures! (And yes, it will keep on growing for every new Twitch follower and YouTube subscriber I get. My hope is that it grows so big, it’ll touch the build height limit!)

Stay awesome,
Swagnilla Ice (Nathan Pinno)