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June 30, 2026 Summer Into AI 2026 Field Note GameLab

Believe I’ve conquered the current highscore on this. 😎

A compact competition receipt: one screenshot, one score, and the quiet truth that playful public benchmarks keep people building.

Source note: Originally published on Eric's Advisory Hour Substack. The meaningful inline screenshot is mirrored locally and compressed for this site; Substack profile, CDN, and subscription artifacts are intentionally excluded. Read the canonical note or subscribe to Advisory Hour.

The note

Believe I’ve conquered the current highscore on this. 😎

The receipt

End-of-shift game results screen showing the rank Pike Bay Hero, 63 logs delivered, 5 jams broken, 19 river falls, 165,272 board feet, and a final score of 11,995.
The end-of-shift screen shows the Pike Bay Hero rank and a final score of 11,995.
RankPike Bay Hero
Final score11,995
Logs delivered63
Board feet165,272

Why it matters for Summer Into AI

Not every Summer Into AI signal needs to be a full postmortem. Sometimes the most useful archive entry is a simple proof-of-play: the build existed, the loop was engaging enough to chase a score, and the public note left a visible benchmark for the next person to beat.

That is part of the competition energy this section is meant to preserve. Small receipts accumulate into a public build trail, and playful score-chasing can be just as revealing as a formal write-up when the goal is to learn by shipping.

Original source

This local copy preserves the public Substack note text and screenshot for the Summer Into AI 2026 competition section. Canonical Substack URL: https://substack.com/@advisoryhour/note/c-285197651.