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The channel is the front of the workbench. Here's what's running behind it, from prototype silicon to a Minecraft server held together with custom plugins.
Retro Hardware
Reviving the Alpha I, the beige prototype tower Microsoft used to develop the original Xbox years before the black box hit shelves. Dumping drives, compiling with the period XDK, and porting things it was never meant to run: ClassiCube, WinQuake, Doom and SNES emulation, all on pre-launch silicon. This is the heart of the channel.
Minecraft Server
A survival multiplayer server running a bespoke suite of custom plugins: procedural mazes, custom loot tables, reworked mobs, smarter storage and a clutch of mini-games. Built and maintained in-house rather than bolted together from the marketplace.
Spigot · Paper
Standalone Minecraft plugins, published on SpigotMC and free to drop into any server: floating-island world generation, Happy Ghast taming and speed boosts, singleplayer on a multiplayer server, and player-to-player blocking.
Music · Automation
A studio that turns music-chart data into a steady stream of video content: chart rundowns, shorts and compilations, rendered and published on a schedule. The automation playground behind the scenes.
Community
Using technology as a tool for inclusion, supporting autistic people through accessible tools, services and community. A cause that runs alongside the tinkering.