Ben Sergent V
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Ben Sergent V
@hexfrost.us
Game dev 🕹️, cat dad 🐈‍⬛, husband 💍
Former games: Idle Egg Hunt, Golf Guys, Block Jam 3D, Empire Rush

#Lawnscaper interest signup: https://forms.gle/W4ZMpDqS6jaJ8AFn7
I don’t have as much time to work on #Lawnscaper now with my new job, but I’m determined to see it through. I will release a game as a #solodev.

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev
September 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Figured out GPU instancing in #unity, and now the game runs perfectly, even on low-end mobile devices! I think I'm finally nailing the aesthetic I envisioned with fluffy, animated grass.

#Lawnscaper #screenshotsaturday #indiedev
August 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I ended up going with the clipboard style to match the game-over panel. The animations need a bit more polish, but challenges are pretty much finished mechanically. Curious to see how they affect replayability in the next playtest.

#Lawnscaper #indiedev #gamedev
August 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I let my family play #Lawnscaper, and I noticed they didn’t care about setting new personal bests. The new plan is to include a set of challenges per level that require different playstyles. Do you all like the more minimal UI, or the one that looks like a clipboard?

#indiedev #gamedev
August 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I managed to model some new bridges in #Lawnscaper, but I’m not very good with animations yet. Instead of fiddling with keyframes, I added a rigidbody to each plank and physically simulate them collapsing. Turned out pretty well!

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
August 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Had a lot of fun composing some background music and adding sound effects to #Lawnscaper! I feel like sound is really important to making a game feel like more than a prototype.

#indiegamedev #gamemusic
August 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I’m still very new to blender, but I think this gas canister came out alright. Bit of a shame to lose the detail in the low-res shader…

#Lawnscaper #indiegamedev #solodev
August 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#Lawnscaper has a major problem- it’s not clear how your score is calculated. Stripes are like mini streaks where each consecutive tile is worth one more than the last. Do you all have ideas for how to show this without making it too busy?

#indiegamedev #puzzlegame
August 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm between jobs this week, and that means I can work on #Lawnscaper full-time! Let's speed-run a game.

#indiegamedev #puzzlegame
August 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Basic movement and mowing ✅
Not loving the aesthetic yet, but it's better than that high contrast grass from yesterday.

#Lawnscaper #indiegamedev #solodev
August 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I started mowing my own lawn this summer, and it's a lot more relaxing than I expected. Can I capture that feeling in a puzzle game?

#Lawnscaper #indiedev #solodev
August 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM