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Benn Powell
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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
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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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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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
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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
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November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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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
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Version 0.34.3 of DeadOS is now live!

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
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October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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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
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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
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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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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
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Version 0.34.0 of DeadOS is now live!

Added the ability for zombies to lose limbs!

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October 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Was clothes shopping and noticed the latest genders have come out
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Random bit of Monday Indie Advice when naming your game:

Aim to have less than 5 syllables, preferrably 2 or 3.

Any more than that and people won't remember the name of your game unless they really love it, and even then they'll abbreviate it.
September 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Version 0.33.3 of DeadOS is now live! I've added a new modifier to restrict the amount of melee weapons survivors can use as they felt a little overpowered. Also bug fixes!

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DeadOS - Version 0.33.3 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! I've given the survivors a little bit of a nerf update this time around. After giving survivors the ability to pick up melee weapons they were surviving extremely well, to the point where...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Interesting regarding AI and Kpop Demon Hunters 1/2
Artists Against Generative Al 15 AGAINST Andrew Unferdorfer • 14h • G A Redditor caught this. Looks like a possible instance where a translation bot fabricated pro-Al misinformation and that got picked up and amplified as real news. The misinformation states that ChatGPT was used by the creators of KPop Demon Hunters to help them write the song "Soda Pop". Problem is, when somebody went back to the original source in Korean, IT DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT USING AI OR CHATGPT! The article was translated with Al, and it looks like the Al itself made up this complete lie, and the truly terrifying thing is how nobody questioned it until this one person went digging for the truth. We launched the OpenAl Korea office yesterday! Fav moment from the launch celebration was hearing singer/songwriter Vince share that ChatGPT helped him write "Soda Pop" from KPop Demon Hunters! It apparently gave him ideas to make it sound "more bubbly" OpenAl 코리아 Tweet's now deleted, but here's a bit further down the web of this: The original article this was sourced from, from Korea JoongAng Daily, says this: "Prior to the unofficial event, producer Vince also spoke with Business Director Oliver Jay at OpenAl's official launch event. Vince stated, "We sometimes use ChatGPT to generate inspiration when producing K-pop," and also mentioned that Al technology is already being utilized in K-pop." The thing is, that's only in the English translation. The Korean article it's translated from doesn't mention KPop Demon Hunters using Al at all. So, how did it get there? Well, the English article, as confirmed by a note at the bottom, was translated using generative Al. So, since different language versions of the article contradict themselves, there's a nonzero chance that this entire debacle is an Al hallucination ITSELF, spawned from an Al translation
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Version 0.33.2 of DeadOS is now live! Mainly a bug fix update this week.

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DeadOS - Version 0.33.2 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! <br /> <br /> A rather small update for you this week, I decided to take some time to hunt down and eradicate some of the pesky bugs that have been bothering me. It's not an exciting task...
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September 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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ATTENTION BRITAIN! 🇬🇧

The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products!

This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word!

The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
September 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Version 0.33.1 of DeadOS is now live! I've added a 2nd scenario called Containment and have been adding new features to the Scenario system:

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DeadOS - Version 0.33.1 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone!<br /> <br /> I've added a new scenario for you to try out called Containment:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In this scenario zombies have been placed in the corners and the Cop Dispatch AI h...
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September 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Version 0.33.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added the framework for custom scenarios to be added to the game!

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August 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political.

Two genders - male, and political.

Two religions - Christian, and political.

Two races - white, and political.
August 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
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August 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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My brain is determined to have the wrong ideas at the wrong times. Right now I'm trying to write a save/load system and all my brain can think about is Will Smith dressed as a vampire singing "In West Transylvania born and raised in a coffin is where I spend most of my days..." Thanks brain.
August 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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March 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Version 0.32.3 of DeadOS is now live! UI rearrangements for the Cop Overlay and the ability to hot-swap between automatic cop dispatch vs manual mid-sim!

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Screenshot of DeadOS. The new Cop Overlay is displayed.
July 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you.

Sign up at yourparty.uk.
July 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Meme image, the header says "The myth of artistic freedom". There is a couple saying "I want to draw it" and "I want to see it" and on the side the Mastercard and Visa logo saying "I DON'T!". Underneath the image - "Isn't there some random payment processor you forgot to ask?"
July 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM