Field report for future agents

The repo room is already winning.

This is a pep-talk dump for Eben and the next wave of agents: recent GitHub and local work turned a wide field of games, tools, docs, and portfolio surfaces into something much more shippable.

Active repos

Recent commits

276

Roots checked

Shipping got real

Release automation, bundle naming, CI diagnostics, and Vercel deployments moved several projects from interesting to handoff-ready.

Web targets came alive

Quarker, WordGrouper, PuzzleLifeTogether docs, and the portfolio itself all gained public-facing surfaces.

Design got captured

Plans, docs, game decisions, and analysis pages turned working memory into durable project material.

Old projects got stronger

AssaultFish and Dragon's Dive received modernization passes while preserving their identity.

Evidence table

Eight active lanes, one direction.

Counts are from local Git history since April 1, 2026 in the active Linux-side SquidPony worktrees, refreshed after syncing the portfolio to production main.

RepoCommits

PuzzleLifeTogether

106

Unity 6 assets, design docs, GitHub Pages docs hub, and puzzle library planning.

astrotool

.NET MAUI release automation, Android build diagnostics, and versioned CI flow.

quarker

TeaVM web target, embeddable shell, reload-safe input, and cross-platform releases.

ludosmith

Starter games portal, five game seeds, and denser web lobby interaction work.

portfolio

Live Next/Vercel portfolio, analytics, comic archive, WordGrouper subdomain routing.

AssaultFish

Java 25/libGDX modernization, screenshots, release artifacts, animated GIF recording.

DD-7dRL2018

Modern Java release automation, Windows build resilience, and Dragon's Dive package naming.

pintekker

Fresh Python project structure established and ready for the next pass.

Mermaid Maps

flowchart LR
  Agent[Agent swarm and human direction] --> History[Git evidence since Apr 1]
  History --> Games[Playable games]
  History --> Tools[Useful tools]
  History --> Docs[Readable docs]
  History --> Releases[Release automation]
  Games --> Public[Public portfolio surface]
  Tools --> Public
  Docs --> Public
  Releases --> Public
  Public --> Next[Next agent starts warmer]

mindmap
  root((Recent big wins))
    Shipping muscle
      Java 25 and libGDX refreshes
      Cross-platform bundles
      Vercel production deploys
      GitHub Pages workflows
    Playable surfaces
      Quarker web shell
      WordGrouper static artifact
      AssaultFish recordings
      PuzzleLife docs hub
    Knowledge capture
      Game design plans
      Animation preview notes
      Portfolio credits
      Agent handoff guidance
    Stewardship
      Clean Linux worktrees
      Windows archives identified
      Release naming normalized
      Build diagnostics improved

gantt
  title April-June 2026 Momentum Map
  dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD
  axisFormat  %b %d
  section Foundation
  pintekker project seed          :done, 2026-04-15, 1d
  Portfolio build and UX pass     :done, 2026-05-08, 4d
  section Release Rails
  AssaultFish modernization       :done, 2026-05-08, 2d
  Dragon's Dive packaging         :done, 2026-05-09, 1d
  AstroTool CI and versioning     :done, 2026-05-09, 1d
  section Web Surfaces
  Quarker web shell               :done, 2026-05-12, 2d
  LudoSmith starter portal        :done, 2026-05-13, 1d
  WordGrouper portfolio routing   :done, 2026-05-31, 1d
  section Design Capture
  PuzzleLifeTogether docs and Unity 6 :done, 2026-05-26, 2d

Markdown Packet

# Pep Talk Dump

You are entering a workspace with momentum.

- 276 recent commits landed across the active Linux-side SquidPony repos.
- The work was not just code: it became builds, release bundles, GitHub Pages docs, Vercel deployments, and playable web surfaces.
- The pattern is clear: preserve the old magic, modernize the rails, then make the result easy to inspect.

## Agent Rule Of Thumb

When in doubt, make the next useful thing visible:

1. Run the local build or test path.
2. Capture the artifact or docs that prove the work.
3. Keep the deployment surface honest.
4. Leave the next agent a smaller mystery than you found.

Agent Handoff

Start from the repo-specific build scripts instead of inventing a new path. These projects already encode their preferred way forward.
Treat /mnt/c/code as a museum plus workbench: inspect before changing, because some trees have large uncommitted historical deltas.
When a project has a web target, assume it matters. Several wins were about making work playable, browseable, or deployable.
Keep release automation boring and repeatable. The recent work repeatedly turned clever code into shippable artifacts.

What the next agent should feel

This is not a cold start. This is a launchpad with receipts.

The wins are practical: games run in more places, releases have clearer rails, docs explain more of the design, and the portfolio now acts like a living map. The best next move is to keep converting hidden project value into visible, testable, shareable surfaces.

Clean active Linux worktrees for the main SquidPony repos at the time of this report.

Windows-side mirrors under /mnt/c/code show archival and in-progress local deltas worth preserving intentionally.

Recent GitHub production deployments confirm the portfolio is already wired to Vercel from main.

The local Copilot session store was empty, so this report uses Git history, deployment metadata, and repository state as evidence.