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Keep forgetting to post here, I have been so busy since graduation! Went straight from graduation celebrations to competing in my first game jam. Once I had finally gotten some sleep, I started my second solo game project, Set Sale. Taking a break from that, I made a game for the the GMTK game jam

I just completed my second game jam, the GMTK Game Jam 2025, which challenges developers to make and publish a game in a set time limit! I finished with 21 hours to spare out of the 96 hour time limit, not bad for my third game! You can play Planet Looper here: benbevan.itch.io/planet-looper

I can't believe I finally get my graduation ceremony this week! Only a year later than I was supposed to celebrate my degree... I am also amazed that my suit still fits since I last wore it 6 years ago after GCSE! Do expect lots of graduation pictures soon 😆

I am incredibly proud to announce that the demo for my first solo game, Swinghammer, is now available to play on itch! Play now here --> nebster66.itch.io/swinghammer After 6 months of on and off work, countless bugs and one broken desk chair, I am so relieved to finally release my first project!

It's been a while since I updated bluesky with my progress on Swinghammer! Swinghammer can now run natively on Android and features a reworked buy/sell menu and new workshop upgrade mechanics. Today I have been working on camera behaviour for different aspect ratios to better support mobile.

I'm very excited to show off the latest update to my solo game, Swinghammer, after a month-long break! This update added some much-needed optimization as well as a new camera for mobile platforms!

I understand sprite normal maps are meant to be used to add a little glimmer of depth to assets based on where light comes from but WHY DO THEY NOT ACKNOWLEDGE LIGHT LAYERED ON TOP OF THEM

The best part of game dev is seeing something work and turning out better than you expected

Instead, I got 2 weeks into a new game idea and I am still not using version control...

Solo game dev is starting 3 game ideas at the same time and not being able to make them all simultaneously. It is also coming back to one of the 3 projects months later, finding a solution to the problem that made you give up but also irreversibly breaks something vital so you have to start again.

I finally understand the Balatro hype.

Added snow and snow storms to my game to celebrate the first snow of the season!

Making another block list for just the general MAGA Republican trolls bsky.app/profile/did:...

Here's another MAGA block list! 😊 bsky.app/profile/did:...

This is a good block list. Best part is that as MAGA are added, once you subscribe and block all, all the new adds are blocked, too. bsky.app/profile/did:...