Benjamin (BenStar) Kiefer

cosmic (trans) angel

Just a heads up; lots of discussion online regarding Switch 2 reverse engineering. Data is cropping up, and models are being converted - however, we won't be accepting contributions for Switch 2 titles at this time. This may be disappointing to some, but it's self preservation.

On the day the world celebrates one of the biggest games ever made, we're celebrating the little ones. The Pyramid launches for FREE November 19, 2026 on Steam. Our love letter to indie games and roguelikes. 3000+ handmade challenges, 150+ games. Wishlist on Steam ⬇️

RT if you don't use AI for coding

📢 Some exciting news! 🎉 Our upcoming next-generation runtime, GMRT, will be free for commercial use and source avaliable for all non-console platforms! READ MORE gamemaker.io/en/blog/gmrt...

after this, google just started sabotaging their own original results showing the investigations from independant press around those searches and is now showing a dummy statement telling people to ""look for official sources"" we're basically at war against the whole american big tech now

Video games has decided to discontinue its once leading product, the video game

indies cannot fucking survive unless people actually help the people behind them to survive. therein lies the problem: the people with the means to do so with the smallest, low impact effort for themselves make it so ppl have to jump into a million hoops to get a single months worth of survivability

It's so damn dire out there. Support your favourite indies, your dedication actually helps them unlike whatever this AAA loop is

I genuinely don't think that human civilization is compatible with "100 dudes should own everything, make nothing, but get infinitely increasing money forever"

what games "industry"?

it cannot actually be ignored or danced around that the closure of BioWare came so soon after the Saudi and Jared Kushner acquisition of EA. they absolutely did take the studio making EA’s broadly queerest games out back and shoot it old yeller style. do not let yourself or colleagues ignore that

Realizing how stressed I am atm by the fact that I missed an important appointment on monday, that I made just last week and only realized once they sent me an email about it today... god.

Matt Mercer is the voice of Mr Magpie! youtu.be/PGB5VC6rebY

looking at the steam next fest gives me the big depression

Pon’s got a tough journey ahead very soon! So, what’s a little help from friends? Featuring Hat Collabs with: 🐛 Silksong 🐁 Mina the Hollower 🪏 Shovel Knight 💣 Öoo ⛺️ PEAK 🛻 Promise Mascot Agency 🐈 D-topia 🌻 Danchi Days BMX reppin’ your fav in TANUKI: Pon’s Summer! Check it out ☺️

Introducing Waveling Island! 🏝️ -A brand new Creature Collecting game! -Battle in real-time -Craft, forage, explore and make new friends and solve mystery surrounding the island! 🏝️Steam Store is live! Wishlist in the link below🏝️ Coming soon, Tell your friends! <3

I'll be honest, there is nothing more demoralizing to me than devs saying "I know AI is built on theft, and anti-labour, and harms the environment, but I'm going to use it anyway bc I don't believe individual choices matter". This is how a movement fails. www.molleindustria.org/blog/future-...

it really does feel like they just got away with unprecedented amount of theft of expertise, and are now profiting off of it while replacing the professional opportunities for the very crafts and humans it trained on I never thought I would see the concept of expertise get so devalued

ANNALYNN MD DEMO AVAILABLE NOW!! 💊🦠🧪 Enjoy a sneak peek of my upcoming falling block puzzle game as part of the Steam Next Fest!

Hour or so in: Penguin Colony is the Mario Sunshine of Lovecraft games

For the Full Game Dev focused edit youtu.be/pv0MvyBRpfw

trying to wrap up this section of the game with the Drill item. making a weird eyeball creature. it needs to actually attack you somehow. (city of none with @liamberry.ca)

The Father, The Sun (RUIN: 35th Anniversary- Definitive Edition) DEMO Available Now: store.steampowered.com/app/5012260/...

The Superman No Smoking Ad, but I lost the audio track and dubbed it from memory

Reminder there is a free DEMO up right NOW play it, or else store.steampowered.com/app/5012260/...

This is time! We're again looking for animators capable of working in #Blockbench. Please share your most impressive blockbench animations in this thread, or please RT it if you want to help someone get a job on @hytale.bsky.social 💫

We'll be at Paris Games Week, October 22-25! 💫 Try the demo and drop a Steam review, pretty please! 😇 store.steampowered.com/app/5021500/... #pixelartgame #narrativegame #fightinggame #monogame

Procedural world generation #gamedev #procgen

Kriles galore, done as studies of the great Sergio Pablos #riviart

Please @steampowered.com explain this decision. The Community Rules & Guidelines you linked list "Trolling or baiting arguments", "Discrimination", and "Derailing a discussion or topic" as examples of posts that breaks the rules.

Again looking for a coding or animation gig, and/or investment for my match 3 game Super Crane HD 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WscV...

the industry really can't crash fast enough for these people

one day I'll be allowed out of the work mines and it'll just be me playing minecraft for a week straight.

HISSSS...Medusa Annalynn returns for a frightening Makeship rerun! The Annalynn plushie is back in sweet-yet-scary gorgon form for the Halloween season! The plush is only available until October 31st, so be sure to pick one up before then! www.makeship.com/products/med...

obligatory grass sway shader #gamedev

🍕 The KNUCKLE PARADISE DEMO is LIVE!! 🔥🐔🥊 It's CHICKEN TIME!! Tell us how you like it, leave a Steam review, tell your friends, and wishlist to the moon and back! 😍💥 shorturl.at/nZSFs #pixelart #monogame #beatemup

I don't really post on here or anywhere really. I don't have much reach on social media but maybe this might find the right people/person. If anyone knows of any gamedev opportunities like director, art director, lead designer, combat design, etc, hit me up. www.artstation.com/bannonrudis #gamedev

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There is no McTry. There is only:

I've written a post introducing Record of Dorathia, the dungeon crawler RPG project we have been working on these past few years. I hope you enjoy it! Let us know your thoughts! Link: www.bombservice.com/post/record-... #rdein_dev #redora