Brick press: clay lumps into green bricks that fire into Bricks (t28)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

tasks/t28_brick_press_clay.md

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+---
+id: t28
+title: Brick press for clay bricks
+report: |
+  (agent) The Brick press ($60) is in the Machines tab next to the Saw. Every 8 clay lumps resting
+  on it become a Green brick that drops out underneath. Drop green bricks into a fire hotter than
+  about 900°C (blow them in, belt them in, or put the press over a fire) and they turn into Bricks.
+  2 Bricks build a brick wall block, they sell for about $9, and builders order them. Please try
+  pressing and firing a batch, and check that the press's moving plate reads well.
+status: Review
+created: 2026-10-24
+updated: 2026-10-24T20:55:54Z
+---
+
+## Context
+
+- Clay bricks should be made the same way as the Saw's stone blocks: a 1-block hopper piece takes grains on top and drops an item below. A Brick press squeezes clay lumps into green bricks, and like real bricks they then have to be fired to become Bricks.
+
+## Subtasks
+
+- [x] Brick press block: every 8 clay lumps resting on it make a Green brick that drops out underneath
+- [x] A Green brick that gets hotter than about 900°C fires into a Brick
+- [x] Bricks build brick wall blocks (2 per block) and sell; builders order them

tasks/t4_hopper_blocks_instead.md

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 title: Hopper blocks instead of fixed-size hoppers
 status: Review
 created: 2026-10-24
-updated: 2026-10-24T20:06:51Z
+updated: 2026-10-24T20:55:54Z
 tags: [discussion]
 order: 1
 report: |
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   else. If the space underneath fills up the block stops; hover it to see why. The Refiner and
   Stone cutter are gone from the menu; ones already built keep working. Please try a wide grinder
   hopper fed with the nozzle, a Saw on a Grinder, and an old save that has a Refiner.
+  Follow-ups: the old Refiner and Stone cutter code is removed (a save that still has one loads
+  and refunds it). Grinders now look like a pair of grinding wheels and Saws like a round blade.
+  The Saw also cuts wood chunks into Planks, and its stone output is now called a Stone block.
+  Clay bricks moved to their own task, t28 (Brick press).
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 ## Context
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 - [x] Grinder block (does what the Refiner does) and Saw block (Stone cutter), 1 block each; side by side they make a wider, faster hopper
 - [x] Refiner and Stone cutter leave the build menu; built ones in old saves keep working
+- [x] Remove the Refiner and Stone cutter code; an old save that still has one loads with the machine taken out and its cost refunded
+- [x] Grinders look like two grinding wheels and Saws like a round blade, turning while they work
+- [x] The Saw also cuts wood chunks into Planks, which build wood walls and sell
+- [x] Rename the Saw's "Stone brick" to "Stone block", so only fired clay is called a brick
+- [x] The Saw's description and "stopped" hover say to put a belt or an open drop under it