Benn Powell
@bennpowell.bsky.social
Independent Game Developer. Created DeadOS as well as two randomizer mods for the Resident Evil franchise. he/him
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Benn Powell
@bennpowell.bsky.social
· Nov 28
DeadOS on Steam
DeadOS is an early access zombie outbreak simulator by Benn Powell that focuses on city-wide scenarios where you have access to fully customize your apocalypse experience from beginning to end. Simula...
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I forgot to make a post to pin about who I am and what I do so here it is! My name is Benn and I've been working on my solo indie project DeadOS, a zombie outbreak simulator, for the last 5 years.
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The 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.
PC games giant Valve has been told it has to face a £656 million lawsuit in the UK, which claims the Steam giant's revenue share is too high and negatively impacts consumers.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:46 PM
The 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.
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.
January 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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.
Thinking about rivers.
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Thinking about rivers.
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:
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DeadOS - Version 0.36.1 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good Holidays / New Year! I'm back from my break with the first update of the year: Survivors will now remember their pre-outbreak home/work places when they are in s...
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January 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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:
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Number crunching: Pay and dividends of Bet365 chief executive v total fiscal cost of gambling-related harm.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
January 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Number crunching: Pay and dividends of Bet365 chief executive v total fiscal cost of gambling-related harm.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
What if instead of fixing the bugs in the shader code I just make it worse instead and call it a feature?
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What if instead of fixing the bugs in the shader code I just make it worse instead and call it a feature?
Playing around with a line drawn-esque shader effect.
December 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Playing around with a line drawn-esque shader effect.
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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.
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.
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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.
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.
Reposted by Benn Powell
Reposted by Benn Powell
water study for day 28 / ripple #nodevember2025
December 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
water study for day 28 / ripple #nodevember2025
Version 0.36.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added a new startup screen and tweaked existing screens to help beginners learn how the game works:
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DeadOS - Version 0.36.0 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! I'm trying to make the game a little more user friendly for people just starting out so I've restructured the first setup screens this week as I've found with playtesting that players are...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Version 0.36.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added a new startup screen and tweaked existing screens to help beginners learn how the game works:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
Version 0.35.2 of DeadOS is now live! Civilians now report dead bodies to the cops and will lead them to the dead (before they start getting up at least):
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DeadOS - Version 0.35.2 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! This update I've been focusing on the cyan civilian AI and giving it new behaviours. Previously the AI in this state would simply shelter in place but they now have behaviour where they w...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Version 0.35.2 of DeadOS is now live! Civilians now report dead bodies to the cops and will lead them to the dead (before they start getting up at least):
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Version 0.35.1 of DeadOS is now live! Survivors and cops will now hesistate when confronted with their first zombie encounter for extra realism:
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November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Version 0.35.1 of DeadOS is now live! Survivors and cops will now hesistate when confronted with their first zombie encounter for extra realism:
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store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Version 0.34.5 of DeadOS is now live! Fixing AI continuity errors and reworking how civilians decide whether or not they need to panic:
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DeadOS - Version 0.34.5 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! I've been overhauling the AI some more this week after some of the changes from last week broke some more things. The focus is mainly on the cyan state of civilian known as "Alerted". Thi...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Version 0.34.5 of DeadOS is now live! Fixing AI continuity errors and reworking how civilians decide whether or not they need to panic:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
This is one of the most blatant examples of union busting I have ever seen. Shame on you Rockstar.
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The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
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November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is one of the most blatant examples of union busting I have ever seen. Shame on you Rockstar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
Version 0.34.4 of DeadOS is now live! Units that say they are beheading units now actually behead units! Other bug fixes!
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DeadOS - Version 0.34.4 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! This update I've been deep in the trenches of the Civilian AI trying to fix weird behaviours. One issue I've kept noticing is this weird bug where all the indoor civilians were immediatel...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Version 0.34.4 of DeadOS is now live! Units that say they are beheading units now actually behead units! Other bug fixes!
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Version 0.34.3 of DeadOS is now live!
Severed limbs now appear throughout the simulation:
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Severed limbs now appear throughout the simulation:
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DeadOS - Version 0.34.3 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! I've added visuals to the severed limbs update! When arms, legs and heads are removed they will now remain behind on the ground. While functionally this doesn't change anything it adds a ...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Version 0.34.3 of DeadOS is now live!
Severed limbs now appear throughout the simulation:
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Severed limbs now appear throughout the simulation:
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Version 0.34.2 of DeadOS is now live! Legs, arms and heads can now be removed from zombies causing various debuffs such as crawling on the floor:
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DeadOS - Version 0.34.2 is now live! - Steam News
Limb Loss Update
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October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Version 0.34.2 of DeadOS is now live! Legs, arms and heads can now be removed from zombies causing various debuffs such as crawling on the floor:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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5 people are playing a game where they pick a number from 0-100 inclusive. The person who picks the 2nd highest number wins. If multiple players are tied for 2nd place those players still win. If everyone picks the same number they all lose. What is the best strategy in order to win?
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
5 people are playing a game where they pick a number from 0-100 inclusive. The person who picks the 2nd highest number wins. If multiple players are tied for 2nd place those players still win. If everyone picks the same number they all lose. What is the best strategy in order to win?
Version 0.34.1 of DeadOS is now live!
Improved cop quarantine system and fixed bugs. Also I was on a live stream giving some developer commentary :>
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Improved cop quarantine system and fixed bugs. Also I was on a live stream giving some developer commentary :>
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
DeadOS - Version 0.34.1 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! I was on a live stream doing a developer commentary of a friend playing DeadOS (you can watch it on Twitch here) and got some valuable feedback so this week I've been implementing fixes t...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Version 0.34.1 of DeadOS is now live!
Improved cop quarantine system and fixed bugs. Also I was on a live stream giving some developer commentary :>
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
Improved cop quarantine system and fixed bugs. Also I was on a live stream giving some developer commentary :>
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
Version 0.34.0 of DeadOS is now live!
Added the ability for zombies to lose limbs!
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Added the ability for zombies to lose limbs!
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October 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Version 0.34.0 of DeadOS is now live!
Added the ability for zombies to lose limbs!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
Added the ability for zombies to lose limbs!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...