Solid Core Games / Benny

I composed a new single track this week. Have a listen if you want 😊 soundcloud.com/bennisines/nig…

@Craftlingsgame Sounds and looks like Lemmings + Factorio + Terraria 😁

Hey there 👋 I'm Ariano, a 41 y/o solo dev, bringing Craftlings to you in 2025! A game about smart building, resource management & automated production chains. Can you guess which games inspired me the most? Add to your Wishlist ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/1771110?ut…

@elonmusk First try. The precision was insane. In theory, could it be refueled and take off again or was there too much damage?

Just inspected the Starship booster, which the arms have now placed back in its launch mount. Looks great! A few outer engine nozzles are warped from heating & some other minor issues, but these are easily addressed. Starship is designed to achieve reflight of its rocket booster ultimately within an hour after liftoff. The booster returns within ~5 minutes, so the remaining time is reloading propellant and placing a ship on top of the booster.

@prantare Your work has impressed since the first day I met you. Incredible work!

this is COMPLETELY crazy to me from being called a "fat nerd" as a child, to making maps for Heroes 3 and WarCraft 3, to now having a game that has more than 3 MILLION players... thank you, everyone - my wonderful team and I are beyond grateful!!🥳

@dark1x they should do what happened elsewhere and split off the company and give them back the ip. it's clearly not interesting to them anyway

I still am not over this. Roll7 made quality games. Players loved them, they won awards, they sold well and were actually profitable. They did everything right. Take 2 is making money too - there is no reason for this aside from pure greed.

@The__Goomba PS5 SNES 360 Switch PS4 I've been all over the console space 😅

My top 5 consoles ever. Switch PS4 Wii SNES PS2

@O_Town_Geek @LarAtLarian testing ideas and making something release worthy is a huge difference in effort

@O_Town_Geek @LarAtLarian studios often do what you say but not in the way you're describing. if they have resources to spare they could be used to prototype ideas and do preproduction on several possible projects that we'll never see to find and prepare for what the next big project will be.

For the avoidance of doubt - there are plenty of people in publishing I met who have their hearts in the right place. This message was for those who try to double their revenue year after year. You don't have to do that. Build more slowly and make your aim improving the state of the art, not squeezing out the last drop. And respect the people making the games. You'll find it brings you more joy.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 take the yellow, learn something incredible, take the black one from the future and then the red one in the present and profit on the knowledge.

@PicturesFoIder we're not using them for the sake of being a cellphone. we're using them for the information and relationships that we create and maintain. so that's probably more likely what we dream about rather than the device itself.

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@dark1x what would be the core pillars if it's design? how would it be different from the previous ones?

If there were one dream I could make possible in gaming - it would be to assemble a team to create a legendary new Ridge Racer game. An impossible task but that would be my personal dream project.

@and3rsjansson Mists over carcassonne. en kooperativ variant av klassikern som vi haft väldigt roligt med. Blir som ett gemensamt spännande pussel där spelelement läggs till varje gång man klarar en nivå och det blir svårare och svårare.

Spelnördar! Jag ska tipsa om sällskapsspel i TV4 om några veckor, och undrar om ni har nåt (relativt nytt) sällskapsspel/boardgame som ni upptäckt det senaste året? Tacksam för tips! #boardgames #åretsjulklapp

@MichaelPHuber no pressure 😅

The most anticipated trailer in the history of this business.

@CoreKeeperGame how are you handling custom user text? can you type anything you want and any player see what you type ? or is it constrained to a few specific phrases to keep content clean 🙂

Our Year-End Update is ready to play a little earlier than expected! Simply update your game to enjoy new content such as decorative items and community-requested features such as signs with customisable text! ✨ Find out more about the update here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/16216…

@Thylander @Icehelmet Mirror's edge will always have a special place in my heart. I still play through it now and then and the ost is played every year. Amazing work!

@Icehelmet Hey I remember that game! 😏 I know I said this before but, fun fact, it's also just a half resolution bake. A late stage bug fix meant we had to retrigger the lighting bake overnight and didn't have time to let it do a full quality run. Could have looked better still 🤔

This is a game from 2008. Let that sink in.

@Dachsjaeger insane that we're almost over the uncanny valley completely. at least for stills. animation has some ways to go still.

Path Tracing + Alan Wake's in-game model. Oh hell yes

@Dachsjaeger looks like some light is leaking beside the windows.

Awesome local light bounce + shadowing from that light bounce

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

@mikeBithell well done Mike on your thingamabob! looking forward to the next podcast episode where you tell us all about it 😎

Just finished a thing I've been working on for a couple months. Please high five and generally celebrate me for this ambiguous and NDAed achievement. Send gifts.

@mikeBithell @Sliwinski you're awesome Mike. it's strange how the big wigs don't figure these things out. make smaller more focused games. these companies have the people to make groundbreaking small experiences if they put together smaller teams with the most passionate people for the best ideas.

I'm very lucky to have an excellent financial mind next to me in @Sliwinski, and to be in a position where I can adjust scope and process when we see an iceberg on the horizon. Leading companies isn't about being in charge, it's about setting priorities.

The biggest issue with these timelines continues to be cumulative impact of task estimation. Stuff like crunch comes about because the best project managers in the world cannot possibly be expected to spotlessly plan 5 years. Constantly paying off time debt they can't catch up on

@HybridBandUK it looks so cool! I bought like 5 of those t-shirts but couldn't find a reference coming with them. so there is an official translation? 😊

@solidcoregames Only the ones that know, know. 🤪

Does anyone know what the alien style text says on @HybridBandUK t-shirts? curious :D