Ben Wilson

Crossword puzzle with 3-Down highlighted: [New parents in Scotland receive a basic one for free, along with clothes and other supplies] (4 letters)

Today's puzzle is an 11x11 by roster member Ben Wilson (@zerofiftyone.bsky.social), titled "A Lot to Unpack." In this fun, breezy puzzle, Ben once again wows us with his ability to connect an amazing number of unrelated entries together through clever cluing angles.

Nauticrawl!

Picture of the (now discontinued i think?) Tetley tea mascot characters

whenever i make a cup of tea i’m unable to shake the thought that the tetley tea mascots were just british mario and luigi

right! it instantly puts things into perspective

it was so cool and cathartic to relive the beats of development as told through build progress. the first build with non-placeholder art. the first build after we finally got rid of a longstanding bug that we'd all had to get used to for months. the first build with @elirainsberry.com's music in it!

around the launch of my last shipped game, i put on a presentation for the team where i dug up old builds from the last 3 years and played them in chronological order

on a long project you forget all the small (and big!) changes that get made over time and it’s rewarding to see how far you’ve come!

this is great, and a reminder that it’s always valuable as a dev to keep hold of stuff that tells the story of how your game was made

this is great. i love to see development history documented like this 🙏🏾

ahh i did wonder if there was an influence! i love to see an individual person’s fingerprints on a piece of work so this made me v happy. congrats on release btw!

skin deep has such a cool approach to crediting individual level designers. nobody does tongue-in-cheek diegetic stuff quite like @blendogames.bsky.social. truly the best to ever do it.

Thanks for the kind words :)

Crossword with 23 Down highlighted. The clue is 😂 (or 💀, depending on your age bracket) (4)

New crossword is out. This week's puzzle features Cluedo, Mortal Kombat, and breaking into "the mainframe".

I took a break from constructing because things have been 🎢 lately but I'm glad I was able to put something out this week.

Happy solving ✏

www.zerofiftyone.net/currant-affairs/

crossword will be late again this week. i've been pretty stacked lately so i might have to switch from a weekly to a weekly-ish cadence at this rate

I get a lot of use these days out of photopea, as a quick web-based photoshop replacement

thanks so much for the lovely words! i’m so glad you enjoyed the puzzle 😊🙏🏾

good post. as someone who attended and became aware of bad behaviour almost immediately after arriving, i’m surprised to be seeing a statement like this from them, esp 8 months after the fact. late is def better than never though. i do hope they’ve also reached out in some way to the affected folks

Lemon Meringue Pie Cookies - Ryan Nordheimer Transcendent lemon meringue pie cookies that are perfectly sweet, tart, and rich

i just realised that i logged off, went to bed and totally forgot about this lol. sorry!

this isn't the exact recipe i used but it's very close to it ryannordheimer.com/lemon-mering...

Crossword with 8 Down highlighted. The clue is styled like a Windows XP error message, and says [crossword.___ has encountered a problem and needs to close (3)]

New crossword is out. This week's puzzle features Daniel Kaluuya, cubist art, and gummy bears.

Happy solving ✏

www.zerofiftyone.net/mental-notes/

took a short break from mug making to throw this set of little plates (and garlic grater)

my favourite are lemon meringue cookies. they’re fussy to make but they’re v delicious (also, using a blowtorch to toast the meringue topping is always fun)

ahh thank you Pip 💛💛💛

Haha ty Myriame! i’m gonna try and figure out how best to send pottery overseas and if it’s not too much hassle at a small scale i’ll make you one!

ahh tysm Saleem that’s so nice of you to ask! i don’t atm but maybe i should figure out the logistics of how to send mugs overseas and all that 🤔

i’ll get back to you if it’s doable!

A stoneware mug, glazed in a white and green checkerboard pattern

A stoneware mug, glazed in a white and orange checkerboard pattern

these turned out well!

so happy for you folks! i was glad to see it in the final shortlist after sitting on the jury team this year, and it seems as though i wasn't alone there! congrats :)

Also ty to @alisyareza.bsky.social for help with one of the clues 🙏🏾💛

Crossword with 9 Down highlighted. The clue is [Type of establishment which *checks notes* apparently has nothing at all to do with scuba-themed cocktails (4, 3)]

New crossword is out. This week's puzzle features Yoshi, Nina Simone, and that one guy from The Matrix.

Happy solving ✏

www.zerofiftyone.net/pet-theory/

it looks great! ☺️

💛

stoneware mug with multicoloured confetti style glazing (before firing)

stoneware mug with multicoloured confetti style glazing (after firing)

i was unsure about how this one would go but it turned out well!

i did go a little overboard w the glaze chips but i do kinda like the drippy effect