Ben Kane
@ben-kane.bsky.social
Gamedev, runner 🏃♂️💨
🎮: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, DLC Quest, Loot Box Quest, Lair of the Evildoer, Zombie Accountant
Remember XBLIG? Good times.
🎮: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, DLC Quest, Loot Box Quest, Lair of the Evildoer, Zombie Accountant
Remember XBLIG? Good times.
I picked up a drawing tablet a couple weeks back and I am having a BLAST. I last had an old Wacom about 20 years ago that was the size of a business card.
The tech has uhh improved considerably. Not high end by any means, but 16" 2.5K display, plus a nifty little shortcut remote. For like $500!
The tech has uhh improved considerably. Not high end by any means, but 16" 2.5K display, plus a nifty little shortcut remote. For like $500!
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I picked up a drawing tablet a couple weeks back and I am having a BLAST. I last had an old Wacom about 20 years ago that was the size of a business card.
The tech has uhh improved considerably. Not high end by any means, but 16" 2.5K display, plus a nifty little shortcut remote. For like $500!
The tech has uhh improved considerably. Not high end by any means, but 16" 2.5K display, plus a nifty little shortcut remote. For like $500!
aw heck yes!
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
aw heck yes!
I've been noodling away at a turn-based tower defense deckbuilder prototype. Each battle, you play cards to build your tower or directly attack the battlefield. Then there's a round of auto-battling as your tower goes to work and the enemies take their actions.
#gamedev #prototype #solodev
#gamedev #prototype #solodev
October 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've been noodling away at a turn-based tower defense deckbuilder prototype. Each battle, you play cards to build your tower or directly attack the battlefield. Then there's a round of auto-battling as your tower goes to work and the enemies take their actions.
#gamedev #prototype #solodev
#gamedev #prototype #solodev
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Today, Rift Riff…
- got a major free update on Steam!
- released on iOS and Android!
- is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal!
i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼
- got a major free update on Steam!
- released on iOS and Android!
- is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal!
i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼
October 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Today, Rift Riff…
- got a major free update on Steam!
- released on iOS and Android!
- is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal!
i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼
- got a major free update on Steam!
- released on iOS and Android!
- is 30% off as part of a Steam Daily Deal!
i'm so proud, and exhausted. please buy & enjoy the game, repost this, leave a review, ∞ 🙏🏼
Fellow Canadians! 🍁
Here's a way to voice support for govt intervention into the MasterCard/VISA censorship that has already affected Steam and itch.
It's an official House of Commons petition, currently the second largest one open. Read & please consider signing
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Here's a way to voice support for govt intervention into the MasterCard/VISA censorship that has already affected Steam and itch.
It's an official House of Commons petition, currently the second largest one open. Read & please consider signing
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Fellow Canadians! 🍁
Here's a way to voice support for govt intervention into the MasterCard/VISA censorship that has already affected Steam and itch.
It's an official House of Commons petition, currently the second largest one open. Read & please consider signing
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Here's a way to voice support for govt intervention into the MasterCard/VISA censorship that has already affected Steam and itch.
It's an official House of Commons petition, currently the second largest one open. Read & please consider signing
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
We first released Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, on Gear VR, over 10(!!) years ago 😳
The big launch was on PC/Rift, which will turn 10 early next month. Should probably get a cake or something.
The big launch was on PC/Rift, which will turn 10 early next month. Should probably get a cake or something.
Dipping your toes into virtual reality? From shooters to woodsy adventures, these are our favorites to play by yourself or with friends. www.wired.com/gallery/best...
Just Got a Meta Quest Headset? These Are Our Favorite Games
Dipping your toes into virtual reality? From shooters to woodsy adventures, these are our favorites to play by yourself or with friends.
www.wired.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We first released Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, on Gear VR, over 10(!!) years ago 😳
The big launch was on PC/Rift, which will turn 10 early next month. Should probably get a cake or something.
The big launch was on PC/Rift, which will turn 10 early next month. Should probably get a cake or something.
When I was maybe 14 years old, I made my first mod for Half-Life. You could throw a grenade, which released snarks when it hit the ground. They would run around doing their thing, attacking other players and other spawned snarks.
Nintendo has successfully acquired a US patent covering the ability to summon characters in a game and make them battle for you.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintend...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintend...
Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC
The new patent theoretically covers an action that is present in numerous non-Nintendo games…
www.videogameschronicle.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
When I was maybe 14 years old, I made my first mod for Half-Life. You could throw a grenade, which released snarks when it hit the ground. They would run around doing their thing, attacking other players and other spawned snarks.
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To hell with my pride.
I need work. Desperately. Game dev is my thing, but I’ll clean your basement if that’s what you need.
Programmer (10+ yrs), full-service music/sound.
Credits: Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, Wytchwood, some cancelled AAA projects.
Please repost.
website -> liamsauve.com
I need work. Desperately. Game dev is my thing, but I’ll clean your basement if that’s what you need.
Programmer (10+ yrs), full-service music/sound.
Credits: Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, Wytchwood, some cancelled AAA projects.
Please repost.
website -> liamsauve.com
LIAM SAUVÉ
liamsauve.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
To hell with my pride.
I need work. Desperately. Game dev is my thing, but I’ll clean your basement if that’s what you need.
Programmer (10+ yrs), full-service music/sound.
Credits: Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, Wytchwood, some cancelled AAA projects.
Please repost.
website -> liamsauve.com
I need work. Desperately. Game dev is my thing, but I’ll clean your basement if that’s what you need.
Programmer (10+ yrs), full-service music/sound.
Credits: Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes, Wytchwood, some cancelled AAA projects.
Please repost.
website -> liamsauve.com
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This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life
August 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life
👀
Bubsy 4-Ever in Bubsy 4D. 🙀‼️
The bobcat is back in a brand new adventure!
😼 Wishlist: https://link.atari.com/Bubsy4D
The bobcat is back in a brand new adventure!
😼 Wishlist: https://link.atari.com/Bubsy4D
August 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
👀
Love this concept, love the ambition and creativity to just go for it. Why not try a different approach like this?
This week I’m delighted to announce Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1: Re-raptored… and that’s it’s not made by Strange Scaffold.
Follow @pedalboard.games, wishlist it on Steam, and check out Project Share, our next foray into exploring methods of sustainability!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3830150
Follow @pedalboard.games, wishlist it on Steam, and check out Project Share, our next foray into exploring methods of sustainability!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3830150
July 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Love this concept, love the ambition and creativity to just go for it. Why not try a different approach like this?
Whaaaaat!
There’s no chill way to say this so uh—
I’m Aidan.
I’m the voice of the main character in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival.
Wishlist the game, and believe me when I say: They have such sights to show you.
I’m Aidan.
I’m the voice of the main character in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival.
Wishlist the game, and believe me when I say: They have such sights to show you.
July 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Whaaaaat!
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in-depth thread: optimizing GDScript performance from ~83ms to ~9ms in a scene our tower defense game Rift Riff, made in Godot, with 1000 enemies. 🧵👇🏼
#gamedev #godotengine
#gamedev #godotengine
July 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
in-depth thread: optimizing GDScript performance from ~83ms to ~9ms in a scene our tower defense game Rift Riff, made in Godot, with 1000 enemies. 🧵👇🏼
#gamedev #godotengine
#gamedev #godotengine
Glad we were able to save some time on this one
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"Hey, Ben Jimmy, this is [redacted]. I just sent you an email, please let me know. When is the best time for me to call back you can eat it. Send me an email or you can reach me and get some cream [phone number]. Go to therapy. Thank you."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y5hr33z3u4injxb7zqnx3kf2/bafkreialqymfaq6rb6ium5nv4lej4vidw3t54un3kl7myrbz26g4bks2y4@jpeg)
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Glad we were able to save some time on this one
Game devs: where do you share your Early™ prototypes for feedback? Like brutally-ugly-needs-a-text-document-to-describe-what's-happening prototypes?
Really missing our old studio hub space right now...
Really missing our old studio hub space right now...
June 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Game devs: where do you share your Early™ prototypes for feedback? Like brutally-ugly-needs-a-text-document-to-describe-what's-happening prototypes?
Really missing our old studio hub space right now...
Really missing our old studio hub space right now...
I know UI design is cyclical but usually it's just bopping between rounded corners and sharp corners. Dredging up Windows Vista sure is a choice.
June 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I know UI design is cyclical but usually it's just bopping between rounded corners and sharp corners. Dredging up Windows Vista sure is a choice.
Six years ago, we visited Kyoto for BitSummit for the launch of Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes in Japanese (thx @kakehashigames.com!)
We got the best chicken from this little stall: karaage by Umeshin. I'm so happy it's still here today, and still kicks ass.
We got the best chicken from this little stall: karaage by Umeshin. I'm so happy it's still here today, and still kicks ass.
June 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Six years ago, we visited Kyoto for BitSummit for the launch of Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes in Japanese (thx @kakehashigames.com!)
We got the best chicken from this little stall: karaage by Umeshin. I'm so happy it's still here today, and still kicks ass.
We got the best chicken from this little stall: karaage by Umeshin. I'm so happy it's still here today, and still kicks ass.
The Nintendo store in Tokyo slaps, yes, but I gotta hand it to the Capcom store for selling red, green, and blue herb(al tea).
June 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The Nintendo store in Tokyo slaps, yes, but I gotta hand it to the Capcom store for selling red, green, and blue herb(al tea).
The second biggest Buddha I've ever seen, but the biggest I've ever been inside of 👀
June 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The second biggest Buddha I've ever seen, but the biggest I've ever been inside of 👀
Japanese adventure: running a local 10k! I was the only foreigner and supremely jet-lagged but it was a total blast. So glad I pushed out of my comfort zone to sign up and just go for it!
June 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Japanese adventure: running a local 10k! I was the only foreigner and supremely jet-lagged but it was a total blast. So glad I pushed out of my comfort zone to sign up and just go for it!
Japan trip off to a good start 🍜
June 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Japan trip off to a good start 🍜
I'm heading to Japan in two weeks with my dad! His first time, my second. Classic Tokyo/Kyoto/Hiroshima/Osaka itinerary.
What's your top secret tip/suggestion/food? I won't tell anybody.
What's your top secret tip/suggestion/food? I won't tell anybody.
May 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I'm heading to Japan in two weeks with my dad! His first time, my second. Classic Tokyo/Kyoto/Hiroshima/Osaka itinerary.
What's your top secret tip/suggestion/food? I won't tell anybody.
What's your top secret tip/suggestion/food? I won't tell anybody.
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Rift Riff is OUT NOW!!
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world.
store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...
Buy it
Try it
Review it
Repost the heck outa’ this!!1!
… and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game!
youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world.
store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...
Buy it
Try it
Review it
Repost the heck outa’ this!!1!
… and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game!
youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0
Rift Riff - Feature Trailer
YouTube video by Adriaan de Jongh
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Rift Riff is OUT NOW!!
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world.
store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...
Buy it
Try it
Review it
Repost the heck outa’ this!!1!
… and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game!
youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world.
store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...
Buy it
Try it
Review it
Repost the heck outa’ this!!1!
… and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game!
youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0