Trinket Ben

Trinket Ben

@ben.trinketstudios.com

I principally wear a programmer hat at Trinket Studios. Arguably I wear other hats there too, but they're tinier and sillier. Battle Suit Aces, Battle Chef Brigade, and a handful of other Unity tinkerings. he/him.

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I made a silly video for the enormous Battle Suit Aces update! 🔸new Roguelite Deckbuilder mode 🔸lots of fresh cards, mods, and lore 🔸updated mech art and VFX 🔸LIVE NOW on Steam, Switch, and PS5! (Oh, and there's one more thing for new players at the end of the video)

This brings my shipped titles count for the past 365 days (counting each platform) to 7. Must find another to ship on... 🤔

Hey neat! Battle Chef Brigade is now on mobile (thanks, Crunchyroll!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6LO... apps.apple.com/sb/app/battl... play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Hey yall, Slaughter Void launches today in just a few hours; it's a game that wasn't supposed to get this far, that @smeli.bsky.social and I made together for fun a couple years ago. It would mean the world if you checked it out. #indiedev #swordandsorcery store.steampowered.com/app/3333980/...

store.steampowered.comSlaughter Void on SteamSLAUGHTER VOID is a heavy metal dark fantasy slasher where hesitation is death. Chain kills, keep your momentum, shape your build, and slaughter your way into the Void.

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🌖 Amberspire is OUT NOW! 🌇 A dice driven science fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence to make deals with powerful off-world factions, experience the history of a future city. PC, Mac, Steam Deck s.team/a/3350750

I have spent a lot of the last 24 hours fixing UI layout problems in Battle Chef Brigade that only manifest when the screen aspect is tablet sized. I am not proud to admit this pattern is working well.

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I hit the button ✅😭🐸 🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨 Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount! #indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5

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IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT...it's only FIVE days until Battle Suit Aces launches on PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch! 🤩 if you like mecha, queer found family stories that warm your heart, devastatingly beautiful anime-style characters, and addicting gameplay, check us out!

Somewhat fitting that days before launch our build machine ran out of disk space. I guess I don't need those Battle Suit Aces (née Mech Trek) builds from February 2024... 😢

Yesterday I was testing the latest build of Battle Suit Aces at the kitchen table and my oldest kid, who was getting ready for grade school, asked what I was doing. I explained and she replied, unprompted, "You're the coolest dad". 😭 (she then also said, "remind people to wishlist it, dummy")

Unrelated to last post: Just had two keys from my keyboard simultaneously pop off as I was typing and I IMMEDIATELY got the same feeling you get from the dream where all your teeth start falling out. Surely a good omen.

In BSA's Hangar, we have per character offset/scale tweaks. Editing those tweaks involved finding a data prefab via the Project window, or invoking a convoluted debug shortcut to autoselect the prefab. Today I realized we can use the old school OnGUI to expose these tweaks when the card is selected.

It was a good reminder that sometimes, bridging a short gap for the design team can be worth a little extra work. Also a reminder that the GUI system can still have (limited) use, even though we've switched over almost exclusively to Odin Inspector for editor UX.

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Meet Hanako! USS Zephyr's dependable first officer, Hanako is always calm, composed, and confident, but she's an absolute ace behind the helm. Her professional nature (and fashion sense) can be intimidating, but don't mistake it for haughtiness. She always puts the team first.

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