@bennpowell.bsky.social
Independent Game Developer. Created DeadOS as well as two randomizer mods for the Resident Evil franchise. he/him
Uploaded a small visual bug fix with rivers when viewed on multiple height layers. Now we can have nice screenshots of the city with rivers!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
I was able to have fun with shaders which always makes me happy ^__^ I'm feeling pleased with this screen space flow effect that moves in the water's flow direction
06.02.2026 14:27 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Version 0.37.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added procedurally generated RIVERS!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
I've found it very motivating! I try to add frequent little updates almost each week (though I've been working on the latest one for a month) and I think it helps build a certain amount of community!
05.02.2026 14:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I am so honoured to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday on Bluesky!
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INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & 💬comment, ❤️like, 🔁repost & ✨wishlist all the great games in the thread!
My game DeadOS is technically turn based when you slow it down! It's a zombie apocalyse simulator that focuses on large scale crowds of thousands of people & zombies:
store.steampowered.com/app/1590850/...
DeadOS Sales report, December 2025. Copies sold: 48. Net Sales: $516. Dev Revenue: $361. Platform Cut: $155
December 2025 Sales Report!
02.02.2026 15:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The least Valve could do is to reduce their rate in the first 100k revenue or something, to give small studios with their first titles a fighting chance to maybe make their second game. I swear even Valve would make more money this way.
27.01.2026 12:46 — 👍 97 🔁 22 💬 4 📌 1
A screenshot of being looked down at by another player after being stuffed into a box in Repo
How I imagine life from their perspective:
23.01.2026 13:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh sorry, my bad! I hope you find it!
21.01.2026 14:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looking up the developer it looks like they did two other games too, Foxtrot Delta and Number Fun 1
21.01.2026 12:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
also found gumboots australia in there too, unless you mean you are looking for physical copies of these
21.01.2026 12:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
I found it! It's in the eXoDOS collection under Spelling Fun One:
www.retro-exo.com/exodos.html
I don't usually share this kind of "it's broken but here's a WIP" things but I think I need to be more Present On Social Media if I want people to actually know I work on games :P
16.01.2026 13:00 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The shader for the grid at different LODs might also need tweaking. Breaking up this grid is probably one of the biggest pains of the whole thing as I originally just had a giant plane for the whole grid
16.01.2026 12:58 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
WIP screenshot of rivers in DeadOS.
Progress update on adding rivers, the logic is in but the visuals are going to take a bit longer. Probably going to have to add some kind of railing system but let's do things step at a time.
16.01.2026 12:57 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Screenshot of DeadOS with a river drawn over it running through the city.
Thinking about rivers.
12.01.2026 13:43 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Version 0.36.1 of DeadOS is live with the first update of the new year! Survivors will go to their homes/workplaces to try and survive an outbreak:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
Number crunching: Pay and dividends of Bet365 chief executive v total fiscal cost of gambling-related harm.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Sales report for DeadOS November 2025. Copies sold: 20. Net Sales: $213. Dev Revenue: $149. Platform Cut: $64
November 2025 Sales Report!
05.01.2026 16:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Happy Birthdayyyyyyyy!
30.12.2025 15:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0What if instead of fixing the bugs in the shader code I just make it worse instead and call it a feature?
29.12.2025 22:46 — 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Playing around with a line drawn-esque shader effect.
28.12.2025 21:05 — 👍 29 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
The Ministry of Justice is still refusing to meet with the lawyers or families of hunger strikers being held on remand.
This is a shambolic dereliction of duty.
I have written to David Lammy, again, imploring him to do the right thing before it is too late.
"Colonel, I can't find the DARPA Chief but I've stumbled upon what appears to be a handball game."
14.12.2025 08:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0water study for day 28 / ripple #nodevember2025
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