Starting Level 6 of North Is Not Up
Building Loch Ailsa’s streamed world, open-water navigation and swimming systems—and chasing the hitches that refused an easy answer.
Me messing around with AI and seeing what I can build
Building things
with AI.
I make games, apps, websites, automations and other projects, then write honestly about what worked and what didn’t.
Now building · 29 September 2026North Is Not UpBuildingLatest post
All postsMore posts
Polishing North Is Not Up’s First Five Levels
I returned to the finished courses to improve pacing training, mountain audio, asset imports and several small inconsistencies players would notice.
Building Ravenwood: North Is Not Up’s Streamed Score Course
How I rebuilt a country estate, divided it into 65 streamed cells and added North Is Not Up’s first any-order score course.
Building Black Crag Rescue in North Is Not Up
How I turned North Is Not Up into a mountain rescue exercise with clues, directional sound and a grid-reference finale.
Projects in progress
All projects
Game · Updated 29 September 2026 · Status: Building
North Is Not Up
A 3D orienteering game with no blue dot: read a paper map, set a physical compass and navigate by the landscape.
Game · Updated 19 September 2026 · Status: Building
One Good Acre
A single-player farming game where the farm stays small, but every place, choice and relationship gains history.
Watch what I’m building.
I post videos about the projects I build, including the mistakes and fixes along the way.
Watch the videos