Ben Slinger

We're getting a great response to In the Dead of the Knife so far! Fun fact: I had my twin 11yo daughters voice a character; they enjoyed getting to drop an f-bomb or two for the sake of the game, despite being a bit scandalized 😆 But nobody has attempted the time trial yet! Beat my time!

In the Dead of the Knife, our game for the @synty.bsky.social Spooky Jam, is out now! Action, comedy, knives, skill shots, voice acting, knives, horror, slo-mo, time trials, and even knives! This is the most fun @trevhscott.bsky.social and I have had on a jam 😀 bslinger.itch.io/in-the-dead-...

We've been working on a game for the Synty Spooky Jam all week, and it's nearly done! It's an action FPS inspired by Doom and Bulletstorm, and @trevhscott.bsky.social has cut together a nice little trailer for it: youtu.be/85NN1zCIGlY?... It'll be on bslinger.itch.io in around 22 hrs!

I'm doing a Product Hunt launch for Quiddo today! I'm hoping to get some more eyes on the app and find some more families that it's suitable for. If you have a moment, an upvote would help me immensely. www.producthunt.com/products/qui...

Quiddo has officially launched! It was a soft launch, but I've been getting a steady stream of trial users joining and even had a subscription or two! I'm going to do a Product Hunt launch on Wednesday to try and get some more eyes on it which should be exciting 🤩 quiddo.com.au

I've been working on a web/mobile app for 6 months, and I'm ready to bring on some beta testers! It's a pocket money app and chore tracking app designed for families with kids who don't want to tie themselves to a bank. iOS+Android. Sign up for the waitlist to be an early tester :) quiddo.com.au

I've been working on a web/mobile app for 6 months, and I'm ready to bring on some beta testers! It's a pocket money app and chore tracking app designed for families with kids who don't want to tie themselves to a bank. iOS+Android. Sign up for the waitlist to be an early tester :) quiddo.com.au

Curses to my across the street neighbour who put out their recycling bin last night when it was actually rubbish week! I TRUSTED YOU!

Ah crud, I haven't been checking the calendar for Steamworks often enough, the current Cyberpunk Fest on Steam would've been perfect for The Grant Grover Anthology! We're finally back and working on it again too!

Oh wow, we did really well I the GMTK jam! #35 for Narrative, #99 for Audio and #108 for Creativity out of 10.5k games. Thanks to anybody who played and rated! bslinger.itch.io/first-night-...

I got ranked #5 overall, and #1 for Gameplay in the @synty.bsky.social 12th birthday jam! Unfortunately a key part of the design is not obvious and players are not getting the upgrades soon enough so I suspect a lot are not finishing the game. Post jam updates coming! bslinger.itch.io/warmboot

I just released a new game for @synty.bsky.social's 12th birthday jam! It's called Warmboot, and is a cozy sort 'em up where you are restoring compute power to a friendly AI. I even fully voiced this one! Heavily inspired by Librarian: Tidy Up The Arcane Library. bslinger.itch.io/warmboot

Those agendas and biases can be anything! Case in point: you think the fruit in the garden of eden was an apple because a guy translating the story into Latin wanted to make a pun.

@grousehousetv.bsky.social

I'm having a lovely time coding our next game in Godot, so I did a little devlog about some of the coolest things I've discovered, and some of the systems I've built so far that I'm excited about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj56... .

We are part of the Curious Odyssey sale this week! Check out all the great story-driven games, and if you haven't tried the demo of The Grant Grover Anthology, we'd love you to give it a go! store.steampowered.com/curator/4589...

Drop a crush from your youth

I start a new day job tomorrow which, counterintuitively, means I'll be able to get more work done on The Grant Grover Anthology - having less possible time to work on it means I'm more likely to use that time on productive things!

Proud of my 12 year old son: one week into high school and he's already running for Student Council on a "no generative AI" platform ✊

I'm impressed with the way my 12yo figured out how to send me a message from school on his new laptop 😂

Had a lot of fun at the Global Game Jam, and learned a lot as usual. We succeeded in our goal of gathering a larger team, ending up with 12 people - somehow we all managed to work together and get a fun little branching narrative game together! bslinger.itch.io/tim-tam #gamedev #gamejam

There is no option here that will stop - jailing Indigenous children - abusing human rights of refugees - accelerating climate change for fossil fuel donor profits - 2 way arms trade with apartheid genocidal regime Israel #auspol

Nearly time for @globalgamejam.bsky.social! This will be our ninth consecutive one (with @trevhscott.bsky.social), but our first one since doing "real" game dev. The theme is a fun one, looking forward to finding a team and building something cool! #gamedev #gamejam

I've come across three references to Great Wolf Lodge in the past month after managing to go nearly 45 years never hearing that combination of words in that order

Whether it's illegal to say it or not (?), Israel is quite clearly committing genocide in Palestine. The Australian government (but not the Australian people) is quite clearly supporting it. And our farce of a democracy is being further eroded so people don't speak this truth.

CONTINUE TELLING EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT AI IS THE STUPIDEST SHIT EVER IT IS WORKING CONTINUE TO MAKE ART YOURSELF CONTINUE TO WRITE THINGS THAT INSPIRE YOU THE WHOLE POINT OF BEING ALIVE IS TO CREATE COOL SHIT AI STRIPS US OF THE POINT OF BEING HUMAN

Hey folks, time for another indie #ShowCasey, January edition! Are you an indie developer? Do you have an upcoming game you would like to show off to people? Reply below with a pitch for your game, screenshots/video, and link to the store page! Use the hashtag if you want, only one rule: No genAI!

Australia needs to seriously come to terms with how much the Labor Party fucking sucks

Hello, it is time for the Annual Tweet! Are you working on a COOL, NEAT, and perhaps even EXTREMELY WEIRD video game that'll be launching in 2026? If the answer is YES then let me know in the replies below! I want to get eyes on some coverage candidates before the year begins to consume us all.

The Grant Grover Anthology is part of the Detective Fest, and we're currently showing up on the second page of the Popular Upcoming section which is super cool! Hoping this sends a few wishlists our way 🤞 store.steampowered.com/category/det...

We've updated our demo with some additions to one of the endings and some fixes Thanks to @ceebee514.bsky.social for streaming the demo and finding some of these issues! store.steampowered.com/news/app/414...

I'm trying to decide if I should re-do our key art on Steam before the Detective Fest that starts in a couple of days. The original seemed a bit unfocused so trying for something more eye-catching. I'd love some feedback! Worth changing to the new one, or just keep the current? #solodev #gamedev

I've been a little remiss in posting, but I have been doing the demo dives! VOD for it all is on Twitch and YouTube, and the write-ups on Ko-Fi, including tonight's stream of The Grant Grover Anthology by Bitstorm Games! @trevhscott.bsky.social and @ben.slinger.com.au ko-fi.com/post/Demo-Di...

hello, please tell me which australian and new zealand-made games you are excited to see this year. i'm in listicle mode & would love to feature as many as possible. 🫶

PM Albanese is a stooge to the violent pedophilic fascists in the US and Israel. Saying things like "we've always been concerned about human rights and democracy" as the Empire flattens both is gaslighting and propaganda. Australia needs a strong, moral leader. We have a toad.

We hit the button and released our demo! The demo contains the whole of The Echo Runs Deep, the first case of the anthology. We've polished it up from the game jam version, adding content and improving the visuals. Try it out and wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4144960/...

We hit the button and released our demo! The demo contains the whole of The Echo Runs Deep, the first case of the anthology. We've polished it up from the game jam version, adding content and improving the visuals. Try it out and wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4144960/...

We've launched a public playtest for the demo of The Grant Grover Anthology! The full demo should still be out by the end of the year, but if you're interested in giving some feedback, we'd love for you to try it out: store.steampowered.com/app/4144960/... #gamedev #indiedev #noir #cyberpunk

We've launched a public playtest for the demo of The Grant Grover Anthology! The full demo should still be out by the end of the year, but if you're interested in giving some feedback, we'd love for you to try it out: store.steampowered.com/app/4144960/... #gamedev #indiedev #noir #cyberpunk

We're essentially releasing The Grant Grover Anthology on the shareware model: one full episode for free, two more if you buy. Couldn't resist this little homage to DooM, though we probably won't use it as it doesn't really fit the tone of the game 🤓 #gamedev #indiedev

We're essentially releasing The Grant Grover Anthology on the shareware model: one full episode for free, two more if you buy. Couldn't resist this little homage to DooM, though we probably won't use it as it doesn't really fit the tone of the game 🤓 #gamedev #indiedev

Where do you keep your spares of these little doohickeys? Maybe I keep them in the same place and just forgot?