Ben Harding

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On that note, let's also *dive* in another favorite subject of mine:

💧 Water shaders 💧

Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 on the tech-art behind our water visuals in HERDLING:

Really great idea. About to install OLED screen, new shell and sticks in my Lite. Would be great to put a new battery in at the same time! Any idea of when you might sell this?

a marketing graphic containing: a picture of the game with various information like "over 5500% funded" (intended to give confidence that this is really popular and successful) and "Final day on Kickstarter" (intended to cause a sense of urgency and scarcity that might get potential backers off the fence)

⏰ Wake up! It's the final day to back Paper Apps™ LABYRINTH.

→ paperapps.online

YouTube video by Panic Herdling Future Games Show & Demo Trailer

I worked on HERDLING (coming out soon!) for the past ~3 years and there's a lot of tech-art goodness there, from fur and foliage to clouds and water shaders ✨

I'm planning on sharing some behind the scenes goodness, but is there anything in particular you're interested in learning more about? 👀

Welcome Tour, Wild Hearts S, Hitman, Shadow Labyrinth, and No Sleep for Kaname Date. This is not a great practice, as users can’t configure these settings on a per game basis, and the inconsistency in game behaviour is bad for platform usability. Devs, please reconsider!

Makes a change from seeing a crashed Windows server.

This is how battles look like in
🛡️G l o o m G a t e⚔️

#indiegame #playdate #1bit #gamedev

An in-game render of Ozzy Osbourne, with the logo for Brutal Legend and text that reads, "Free for the next 666 minutes" and the itch.io logo in the bottom right corner

To honor Ozzy's larger-than-life rock and roll legacy, we're making Brütal Legend *FREE* on itch.io: doublefine.itch.io/brutal-legend

But this incredible deal will only last for 666 minutes, as the prophecy foretold. So get yourself clicking, before it disappears like a demon in the night...

🤘 🖤

Can't wait to see it and hope you eventually make + sell them!

How Much Game Can You Fit in 2.7 Inches? Conversations with artists pushing the limits of the world's tiniest games console

"Slowly, gradually, the Playdate has evolved into something more like a large-scale, collaborative, physical version of UFO 50. It’s an alternate history Game Boy with dozens upon dozens of genuinely great games." 👍

pushtotalk.gg/p/how-much-game-can-you-fit-in-27-inches

I’m gonna allow myself a moment of pride in my workplace here and note that we are currently on the front page of The Verge with a game we’re publishing (Big Walk) and a handheld console we make (Playdate).

Panic is a company of 30. We don’t have investors. We’ve been around for 28 years 🙂

Don Winslow on X: "HOLY SHIT! Did you see the end of @60Minutes tonight? https://t.co/9ylHAVlfaE" / X HOLY SHIT! Did you see the end of @60Minutes tonight? https://t.co/9ylHAVlfaE

You may have seen the story about the head of 60 MIns resigning after corporate/political pressure x.com/donwinslow/s... REMINDER: We covered just how insanely nonsensical/corrupt the legal action behind this is on PEP a few months back www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7mQ...

Present and future Dear supporters and marvelously patient players, First off, a heartfelt thanks to everyone who's downloaded the game and especially to those who've thrown actual money in my direction. Your generosity...

Decided to write an update on the Itch page after I received a few donations. Present and future - The Eldritch Monarch diegzumillo.itch.io/the-eldritch...

An image for the "GDC 2025 DIRECTX STATE OF THE UNION. blog. The main focus of the image is on the right side, where there is a large, glowing green logo that reads "DirectX XII ULTIMATE." The background is dark, which makes the green text and logo stand out prominently. The Microsoft and Xbox logos are featured on the top left.

The @directx12.bsky.social team has just unveiled major updates to streamline development, including advancements in raytracing, improved PIX workflows, and the introduction of cooperative vectors. #GDC2025

🔗 Here's highlights from their State of the Union:
developer.microsoft.com/games/articl...

A graphic for a GDC 2025 Blog "GAMEINPUT PC EXPANDS TO MEET YOUR NEEDS." The text is prominently displayed in bold green and white against a dark background. Accompanying the text are the logos of Windows and Xbox, positioned next to the title. The subtitle reads "Introducing a New Version (v1.0) of the API." (alt text generated using Microsoft Copilot and checked for accuracy)

🚨 Announcing a new 1.0 version of the GameInput PC API

With vast improvements to support the breadth of devices in the Windows ecosystem:

✅Rearchitected PC Platform
✅Support for a variety of HID gamepads
✅Mouse improvements
✅Remote session support

developer.microsoft.com/games/articl... #GDC2025

SHODAN tattoo sleeve on Nightdive founder Stephen Kick courtesy of artist Terry Ribera at Remington Tattoo

We promised someone on the team would get a System Shock tattoo as part of our original Kickstarter campaign - that someone is Nightdive founder Stephen Kick (@pripyatbeast.bsky.social) who can now be seen rocking a permanent SHODAN sleeve! 🤖🔧

🎨 Terry Ribera, Remington Tattoo

YouTube video by Skyth Unleashed Recompiled - Release Trailer

A new way to play Sonic Unleashed on PC.

Unleashed Recompiled is now available!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJre...

I'm having the same problem. Not receiving a verification code when logging in.. @humblebundle.com

photo of the entrance to the Panic office

I've worked at Panic for 17 years now—it's truly the nicest, most creative, most supportive workplace. If you're a Web Services Engineer who'd like to work here, we have a job opening!

panic.com/jobs

Private Link reality bites – Private endpoints are an illusion Welcome to this new series of blog posts in which I will be explaining some not-so-well-known facts about Azure Private Link and some associated technologies! This idea is born from the fact that I…

Private Link reality bites – Private endpoints are an illusion by Jose Moreno #Azure https://blog.cloudtrooper.net/2025/01/20/private-link-reality-bites-private-endpoints-are-an-illusion/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=azureweekly

I found it distracting the trailer too. Maybe without all the camera cuts of a trailer, it will flow better when in game.
Good to hear the effect can be disabled.

Microvania on Steam Explore a tiny world, find upgrades, discover hidden paths, and battle bosses in this retro-style metroidvania action platformer.

i dont get to shout out canberra-made games very often, but microvania is out soon and i love it.

its stripping metroid back as far as it can go. 160x90 resolution, super tight controls, its great.

We've added Bluesky to our lineup of official channels.

Follow the channels below to get the latest info on our games and studio:

@bethesdastudios.com
@fallout.bethesdastudios.com
@starfield.bethesdastudios.com
@elderscrolls.bethesdastudios.com

Exploring TapTo NFC Integration On The MiSTer [Ken] from the YouTube channel What’s Ken Making is back with another MiSTer video detailing the TapTo project and its integration into MiSTer. MiSTer, as some may recall, is a set of FPGA im…

Check out: hackaday.com/2024/09/15/e...

I love the idea of having a small selection of cards with nice graphics for my kids to flick through

It looks v sleek! Love that you've included NFC

Looking good! Can't wait for kit to arrive

...because spreadsheets are over 3,500 years old
www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2020...

My guess for the top 3 (in order): Hellblade 2, Tiny Glade, Indy