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@benshore.com

Creative lead at PoodleShark games. Worked on Rick & Morty VR, Bioshock, DOOM, Halo MCC, and others. 少し日本語を話せる。

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Also if your game has a cute animal it must be pet-able.

31.01.2026 18:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hello sir/miss Mango.

Tough question! This maybe a boring answer but it's important to try and balance between your ambitions as a creator (make dream game) and your needs as a person (basically money).

If your job does both that's ideal. Otherwise either split your time or alternate goals 👍

31.01.2026 18:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

To all my followers: I'm so glad to finally give you all a closer look at Penguin Festival gameplay, and clearer launch details.

I know the wait is long, so thank you all for your ongoing support!

#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev #VR

14.11.2025 18:20 👍 117 🔁 20 💬 9 📌 1

This guy did all the music for our game and is crazy talented.
You should grab him before he gets super busy again.

22.10.2025 06:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Star Captain 32767 by squid.jpg/Aaron Pendley Blash your way through The Hive in this retro-arcade-inspired rogue-lite and score 32767 points to win

I did it! I made a video game. Introducing Star Captain 32767, a retro-arcade shooter with rogue-lite elements, inspired by games like Galaga and 10000000. The game is free, but if you enjoy it I would really appreciate a small donation!

aaronpendley.itch.io/starcaptain

04.08.2025 19:31 👍 11 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 2

Aww! I loved working on that alien, was really cool to see what y'all did hooking up his tech.

29.08.2025 02:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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AI Copyright for Game Developers The US Copyright Office has just released guidance on AI-generated materials in games - learn what is copyrighted and what isn't.

Here's an interesting summery of the 2025 Copyright Office guide to Generative AI and Game Development. If you make games this applies to you and your competition now.

Honestly pretty mixed feelings... seems like there's good news and bad news for creatives here.

strebecklaw.com/ai-copyright...

04.04.2025 22:39 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lol if I drew a Tom & Jerry comics for 30 years I'd probably be desperate too make the gritty adult Mad Max version too.

For real tho cool animation.

31.12.2024 04:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sandwiched between large commercial buildings in the heart of Shibuya (渋谷), Japan: what looks like the front of a church but is actually a nightclub with loud music and bouncers dressed as nuns.

Sandwiched between large commercial buildings in the heart of Shibuya (渋谷), Japan: what looks like the front of a church but is actually a nightclub with loud music and bouncers dressed as nuns.

Church themed night club in Shibuya... Enjoy sick beats audible from down the block. Respect the bouncer nuns ✝️🏴‍☠️✝️.

Happy Merry Xmas Hanukkah クリスマス etc everyone!!!

25.12.2024 14:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Crane machine in Akihabara, Japan. Rabbit plushies have all been placed with their faces against the wall or ground like some creepy scene in a horror movie. なぜ??

Crane machine in Akihabara, Japan. Rabbit plushies have all been placed with their faces against the wall or ground like some creepy scene in a horror movie. なぜ??

Why are they all facing the wall?? What did they do?!?

23.12.2024 03:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A hillside in rural Japan, fortified by concret in a lattice pattern that looks surprisingly similar to collision geometry if you're a big game development nerd. 格好いい!

A hillside in rural Japan, fortified by concret in a lattice pattern that looks surprisingly similar to collision geometry if you're a big game development nerd. 格好いい!

Me on vacation: Lol the devs didn't hide the collision geometry on that hillside 😆

Wife: Reallllly can't turn it off can you 😑

14.12.2024 14:25 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

There's something magical about the instant camaraderie when you're struggling to learn a second language, and you meet someone fluent who's struggling to learn your first language, and you just chat like happy brain damaged children for a while.

06.12.2024 06:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Crane game in Japan that appears to be full of prescription drugs... But probably made of plastic... Like toy drugs. For kids. I think.

Crane game in Japan that appears to be full of prescription drugs... But probably made of plastic... Like toy drugs. For kids. I think.

Man I love crane games, they really do have just forests of em in Japan, I think I sh... Hold up wtf is this???

04.12.2024 03:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Little octopus guy

Little octopus guy

02.12.2024 03:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Post a pic you took to add some calm to the timeline

01.12.2024 00:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Furry wolf being furry on a throne for furries drinking a cappuccino.

Furry wolf being furry on a throne for furries drinking a cappuccino.

Experiment: Repost same image with a Furry tag instead.

#furry #fur #anthro

30.11.2024 04:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Big anthro illustrated wolf sitting on a throne of gold and skulls. Drinking a tiny cappuccino.

Big anthro illustrated wolf sitting on a throne of gold and skulls. Drinking a tiny cappuccino.

This guy never got much traction on the other site, maybe it'll do better here.
Art style inspired by the Hades characters which I love. Big guy with little cappuccino for fun.

#wolf #illustration #hades #おえかき

29.11.2024 16:17 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Yikes creepy 😬

I assume
Phase 1: bots run for a while to make accounts look legit and build followers.
Phase 2: bots perform actual purpose of paid advertising or propaganda.

Also lol at that third background pic of hands somehow impossibly grasping controller backwards.

27.11.2024 17:12 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sketch of a large building in three point perspective. Kanji on the side, 学, means "learning", more or less.

Sketch of a large building in three point perspective. Kanji on the side, 学, means "learning", more or less.

Finished a Japanese language course last week. Super nice people.
Made a sketch of the building with a little thank you note for the teachers.

#sketch #Japan #えかき

26.11.2024 03:01 👍 43 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Trying out my Japanese with restaurant server. Going well.

Him: How long are you staying in Japan?
Me: About one month.
Him: Really?!
Me: Yeah!

He stops speaking to me.

8 hours later: Oh wait shit I said I'm staying for one hour. 🤦

25.11.2024 08:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A black and white sketch of a cute chinchilla, signed by the author.

A black and white sketch of a cute chinchilla, signed by the author.

A photo of a chinchilla in a little chinchilla shaped chinchilla house.

A photo of a chinchilla in a little chinchilla shaped chinchilla house.

Saw a chinchilla at a pet store in Fukuoka, reminded me of this old sketch.
These guys are impossibly fluffy.

#chinchilla #cute #Japan #sketch

24.11.2024 14:07 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just wrapping my 4th game using Unity 👋
@benshore.com

22.11.2024 01:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm in Japan for three months as of this writing and planning to spend more time, if that counts. Would love to meet more devs here 👋
@benshore.com

22.11.2024 01:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm running a little indie studio. First game just soft launched. 👋
@benshore.com

22.11.2024 01:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great list. I wear a lot of hats including animator.
@benshore.com

22.11.2024 01:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The character VS how you drew the character.

#art #fanart #xmen #OmegaRed

20.11.2024 05:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Four games I've worked on:

#Games #GameDev #Bioshock #RickAndMorty #Doom2016 #Marvel

20.11.2024 01:51 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dunno if there's room but I'm here for this and any future lists. 👋
Thanks for helping people find each other here.

16.11.2024 04:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Game maker here for any future lists. 👋
Thanks for helping get people connected.

16.11.2024 04:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey got my custom handle now in case BlueSky sells to, say, 2030 Vlad the Devourer of Souls or whoever decides to dip into social media next.

16.11.2024 03:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0