Richard
@benjymous.bsky.social
'Veteran' from the AAA games industry, building small games and geotechnical engineering software. he/him.
sing-song ding-dong coming to @play.date catalog and itch on 9th December!
https://linktr.ee/benjymous
sing-song ding-dong coming to @play.date catalog and itch on 9th December!
https://linktr.ee/benjymous
-> Change something -> Break something unrelated -> mad panic fixes, we don't have time for this -> game's done ->
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
-> Change something -> Break something unrelated -> mad panic fixes, we don't have time for this -> game's done ->
I'm wondering now if it's possible for a game to bounce the player back to the request refund screen
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I'm wondering now if it's possible for a game to bounce the player back to the request refund screen
Muphry's Law strikes again!
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Muphry's Law strikes again!
Which obviously meant a foreign outside agent had no way to massively force the BBC's hand on an issue.
Now... the BBC is going to be afraid of anyone big enough to threaten court if they can find the tiniest error in anything.
Now... the BBC is going to be afraid of anyone big enough to threaten court if they can find the tiniest error in anything.
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Which obviously meant a foreign outside agent had no way to massively force the BBC's hand on an issue.
Now... the BBC is going to be afraid of anyone big enough to threaten court if they can find the tiniest error in anything.
Now... the BBC is going to be afraid of anyone big enough to threaten court if they can find the tiniest error in anything.
I remember hearing a maybe apocryphal story years ago about Top Gear (the original version) giving a really poor review of some American brand car. The CEO of that brand demanded all advertising be taken away as punishment, and their execs had to explain that the BBC took no advertising money.
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I remember hearing a maybe apocryphal story years ago about Top Gear (the original version) giving a really poor review of some American brand car. The CEO of that brand demanded all advertising be taken away as punishment, and their execs had to explain that the BBC took no advertising money.
In other words, he's just realised he's shot himself in the foot by stealing art from an active artist who's actually noticed their inclusion
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In other words, he's just realised he's shot himself in the foot by stealing art from an active artist who's actually noticed their inclusion
Weird hands, too...
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Weird hands, too...
You can't read Marvin as not having the same voice as Eeyore.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
You can't read Marvin as not having the same voice as Eeyore.
They took away the Mel Gibson statue, didn't they?
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
They took away the Mel Gibson statue, didn't they?
My UK street doesn't have a #13. Also skipped #6, for some reason, which I didn't realise, until I tried to help a very confused delivery driver find their destination, once.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My UK street doesn't have a #13. Also skipped #6, for some reason, which I didn't realise, until I tried to help a very confused delivery driver find their destination, once.
The flipside is you must never change, or look at that code - as soon as you do you'll find it's full of bugs, and it never should've worked in the first place (or ever will again)
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The flipside is you must never change, or look at that code - as soon as you do you'll find it's full of bugs, and it never should've worked in the first place (or ever will again)
Googling it, July 14 is already International Non-Binary People's Day. It's like the world quaked on your arrival.
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Googling it, July 14 is already International Non-Binary People's Day. It's like the world quaked on your arrival.
Or you say something that's true, but not commonly known, downvoted to oblivion by all the "that doesn't match my opinion" people
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Or you say something that's true, but not commonly known, downvoted to oblivion by all the "that doesn't match my opinion" people
Ahh, yeah, that could be a problem
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Ahh, yeah, that could be a problem
This sort of thing.
It's like gardening with an angry rottweiler, but it gets the job done quick
It's like gardening with an angry rottweiler, but it gets the job done quick
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This sort of thing.
It's like gardening with an angry rottweiler, but it gets the job done quick
It's like gardening with an angry rottweiler, but it gets the job done quick
I've got an electric rotovator thing you could borrow, that'll chew through everything!
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I've got an electric rotovator thing you could borrow, that'll chew through everything!
It does that sometimes around us - there's a coop nearby and I think they stop there to unload parcels, then have a coffee break for a bit
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It does that sometimes around us - there's a coop nearby and I think they stop there to unload parcels, then have a coffee break for a bit
But clearly only one person called Gordon can exist! Qed!
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
But clearly only one person called Gordon can exist! Qed!
I don't think I played IV either. Loved the 3 era games (though, tbh, mostly ignored the missions and just explored the cities)
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I don't think I played IV either. Loved the 3 era games (though, tbh, mostly ignored the missions and just explored the cities)
A multiplier of zero is still a multiplier :)
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A multiplier of zero is still a multiplier :)
Fountain pen, then you can have a reloading minigame. And a collection of tiny balls from the spent cartridges.
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Fountain pen, then you can have a reloading minigame. And a collection of tiny balls from the spent cartridges.
You could go super over the top with a x2! x3! x4! multipliers and rising notes as you drag over the dots...
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
You could go super over the top with a x2! x3! x4! multipliers and rising notes as you drag over the dots...
That age old time travel dilemma of is it gay if you do it to yourself?
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
That age old time travel dilemma of is it gay if you do it to yourself?