Ben Cawthorne

Just back from seeing Wildwood, incredible. You should go see it.

WORLD MAPS! Our single player takes you a bit of a journey, so we wanted to plot that out. 🖌️ Here's a few of the layout concepts we had. Liked the idea of a cutaway section to show the underneath, but it wasn't flexible enough! What's your fav world map in a game? #gameart #gamedev #indiedev

I am (and always have been) a #physicalmedia fan so when the opportunity to have our game on disc came up we jumped at it!! 👉 Got a smol manual, stickers and art cards in there too 😎 love doing some print-work... work.

Worth sharing what doesn't end up in a game? Before our mascot Leeky, we were trying to figure out who could guide the player through the game. 🖌️ Presenting: Trevor the Tutorial Trowel! One guess what he was inspired by 😁 plus some more haunted tools. #gameart #gamedev #indiedev #characterdesign

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WE. ARE. LIVE. Back our Kickstarter NOW for exclusive Early Bird prices!! You can also now play a demo of the game on our Steam page! #creatureslikeus #indiegame #gamedev #bignews

😮 It's getting so close you can almost smell the potassium nitrate...

Our lead artist Tom has done awesome work in the development of our first multiplatform title. The brief we set ourselves; where could combat gardening take place, the answer - lets keep drawing find out!

Realised we've been a bit quiet, and that's because we've been a bit busy! Got 25 days until the release of Planted! so we're heads down to grow final features, prune project data + weed out bugs 😅 But! We did get out this summer and it was a blast to showcase at both Gamescom and TGS 🤩 #indiedev

It's official! We have our launch date... 29th October! 👀 Our new trailer is now live on IGN, a lot of work from our smol team on show - please check it out. We're really excited 🥳 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxzd... #indiedev #indiegame #gametrailer #gardencombat

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Been having a wonderful time at the Nottingham Video Games Expo with so many enthusiastic players really enjoying Planted! Thank you for playing if you have. Still not dropped by yet? Come see the carrot and tag your pictures with #Planted #NOTTSVGE26

On the train to Brighton for Develop... looking forward to not being on the train 🔥

Seems worth mentioning that you can pre-order Planted! on 💿 PHYSICAL DISC here 👇 help an indie out and back boxed PS5 games 💪 www.thegamecollection.net/products/pla... #indiegame #playstation #indiedev #physicalgames

I buy most all console games physically, so am I being phased out of playing games on console... don't remember having a preference for that 😕 blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/p...

👉 Some last minute garden battles are still possible!! #nextfest 🥕🥕

Aww, this is nice to hear! 😊 youtube.com/shorts/O2LEi... #indiedev #indiegame #multiplayer #partygame

It's here!! (essentially) Check out Steam Next Fest this evening/morning and Planted! will be there waiting for you 😅 #indiegame #gamedev #steam #nextfest #indiedev

⏰ Waaahh, next week Steam Next Fest's ingredients will include Planted! Do check us out 👉 WISHLISTS much appreciated - tell your friends, neighbours, co-workers, past lovers, enemies, chatbots... some of these might be the same person. pltd.short.gy/bsy1 #indiegame #steam #nextfest #indiedev

We’ve been having a wild, wonderful time at events & took Planted to #IMPACTIndies recently - Ben even did a panel on stage! If you’ve been itching to get into some horticultural combat the Planted Playtest is LIVE on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3448000/Pl… #indiegames #indiedev #playtest

Last chance to grab our puzzle narrative record store game for basically a tenner! 🔥😍🙏😭

We've got our first Planted! dev log up on Steam, hopefully of interest! We'll get into the weeds (pun intended) on some future updates 😊

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We are finally showcasing what we've been up to recently... Planted! our horticultural combat game is now available to wishlist on steam✨. store.steampowered.com/app/3448000/...

nevermind I’ll post it today #starfox #myart #fanart

This was a greybox tech test for Röki where we masked a scene load with the illusion of a continuous camera movement.

New opportunity at CCG for a UI/UX Designer; looking at mid/late January to start. If this sounds interesting or you know someone who could fit the role we'd love to hear 🐱

Here's everything I made for NeoGeoNov in one piece. I had a lot of fun making this and there are so many other characters I'd like to add... but that will do for now. This one includes a bunch of tweaks and fixes I wanted to do. I'd love to sell this as a poster (Hello SNK IP lawyers!)

We talk about our highlights from the 2025 Tiny Teams festival that are shaping up to be some of the most anticipated indie games of 2026, all made by small teams and solo developers. #indiegames #tinyteams #gaming www.yogscast.games/news/these-i...

🚨🚨 NEW TRAILER!!!🚨🚨 We have a new trailer with loads of the cool new stuff we've been making and it's narrated by... ME 😭😅♥️ So excited (and bloody terrified) that the release date is getting close! Please share it around !!!♥️🙏🔥📀🎵

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years. His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds. A massive loss 💔

Just got an early copy of @mackeza.bsky.social’s new book about Nintendo and this is exactly what I need right now.

BONK! It's October. The best month. And we've chummed up with @rawfury.bsky.social to bring Ballionaire to our newsletter; 3000 keys will be dropping on Oct 30th. Subscribe and get bold & bizarre games to your inbox: www.pantaloon.io We have 5 keys for Bluesky, too! Follow & share this to be in x

Jucika Receives Love Letters

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

Beyond is the best Animatrix short because it fills in the universe in a way that’s small, personal, and relatable. Kids find a glitch in the matrix, it’s magical, but then it’s paved over.

Just signal boosting this UI/UX Designer job opportunity at CCG, as it'll be closing soon. Have a mooch at the careers page if it sounds interesting 👀 and do share with anyone out there who has the xp and might just be looking for something like this 😊

40 years of @rare.co.uk. From devoted Rare gamers to single-series stalwarts, we want to show our appreciation for anyone who's visited even just one of our worlds. For keeping an assorted ragtag of creatives working magic in the Midlands, only two words will do: THANK YOU 💙💛

Just signal boosting this UI/UX Designer job opportunity at CCG, as it'll be closing soon. Have a mooch at the careers page if it sounds interesting 👀 and do share with anyone out there who has the xp and might just be looking for something like this 😊

Present Location: Japan Current Status: Geeking Out Additional Info: Also melting 🫠

Just heading out the door for Develop: Brighton 🌞 (with a 5hr journey first). Looking forward to sharing what we're up to, and finding out what everyone else has cooking! If you're there... hope to see you there 👋 #gamesindustry #developbrighton #gamedev #indiedev

Lost In Cult, thank goodness you're here! (to preserve physical media's immortality)

Fruit slicing 🍎🍊🍌

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Happy 40th anniversary to Studio Ghibli (founded on June 15, 1985).

It's 2.30am and I'm up 😱 But I just secured Ghibli Museum tickets 🥳 What an ordeal!

It's 2.30am and I'm up 😱 But I just secured Ghibli Museum tickets 🥳 What an ordeal!

I'm pleased to announce that the Game UI Database Summer Update will launch next week!! This will come with a ton of much-requested QOL fixes, and new features such as a revamped Colour Filter tool with the ability to filter by harmonies, as well as wider searches for warm and cool hues. Stay tuned!

🎉 We're both honoured and super excited to share that we're successful recipients of the first Games Scale Up Fund for Wales! It comes at a crucial time for the studio as our team grows and we can't wait to share more of what we're up to 🔜🌍 www.gamesindustry.biz/6-welsh-game... #gamedev #indiedev