Ben Smith

My latest game jam game is now live! First time using Unity. Using @Google MediaPipe hand detection to translate your webcam into a controller input... for bowling! VR build coming as soon as I can borrow an Oculus to test with. codename-b.itch.io/zero-g-bowling #Unity #GameJam

@BuildItTerence @babylonjs I was just thinking I'd love to recreate Turbo Kart Racers kind of vibes so this is real neat with the voxelly terrain

@codename_B @babylonjs Thanks, I'm trying to make it more game-like though. It needs sounds but the core gameplay needs to be tightened up. I want it to be a game for people who love flying momentum based aircraft, and to make it so that you get into a flow state while playing

We are thrilled to announce that Babylon.js 9.0 has officially been released! We cannot wait to see what you create with it! aka.ms/babylon9Blog #Babylon9Release #3D #WebDev #gamedev #indiedev #WebDevelopment #webgl #gamedevelopment #IndieDevs

@BuildItTerence @babylonjs Love this!

@babylonjs I'm making this high speed precision flight racing game.

Online multiplayer, in a jam game! Here's how I did it. #GameJam #GameDev #Indie #4x #strategy @itchio codename-b.itch.io/pocket-epoch/d…

Hexagonal menus! codename-b.itch.io/pocket-epoch/d…

Another first playable out! This one I'm making for the @JonnyRaZeRYT jam! Using the wonderful paint tiles from @MrmoTarius to give depth and texture to the sprites and painting. codename-b.itch.io/camera-impasto

@KenneyNL I can't wait

Would be cool if someone would model a whole stylized city in chunks and release it as CC0 so developers can use that and make multiple games all take place in the same city. (subtle foreshadowing 👀)

What do we think? Better unit health improvement? I'm trying to go for as minimal style as possible. codename-b.itch.io/pocket-epoch/

Got back my OG curseforge account with over 1m mod downloads. We are so back!

UI pass 2 complete! Definitely a real challenge trying to a civ-style game with a minimalist UI... that stats/info panel is gonna be my next target to rework. #gamejam #indiedev #gamemaker

Added a cancel button so you can cancel production queues, and a few other nice things. codename-b.itch.io/pocket-epoch/d…

I’ve always wanted to build a 4X game. For the Conduit Retro Jam I tried making a small one. Result: Pocket Epoch The first playable build is out now. Very rough, but technically winnable. Looking for feedback 👇 codename-b.itch.io/pocket-epoch

@jakob4509 Back in my day we placed blocks with our hands

What if you could describe anything and it just appears in Hytale? Now you can. Introducing HytaleCraft - AI text-to-blocks for Hytale. #hytale #Hytalebuild #hytalemod #Aiingaming

@DanielcHooper Will this be open source? Would love to have a play with it

I wrote a UI library in C that can lay out 95000 items at 60fps. The library is 566 lines of C, and the application-specific ui code is 998 lines. Works on mac, windows, and linux.

@StarRuneTyping @megaslayyer I'm forever grateful for my 80+wpm

@megaslayyer That's true, and it's like riding a bicycle; it just sticks with you.

No matter what age you are at right now, give two months and learn "TOUCH TYPING", to type in the keyboard without looking using all 10 fingers. achieve at least 35-40 wpm without any mistake. Master it once, enjoy the fast effortless typing for life.

You know whats wild? Theres no gltf integration for windows that gives you previews in your file explorer. Now there is. github.com/codename-B/gli…

@slikey @Kaupenjoe It's the Hypixel Player Council, all over again! When it works, it works!

Working with @Kaupenjoe as our Official Hytale Modding Ambassador is quite the unique and novel approach to community management. It is very important to me. I wanted to solve this question: How do we not just listen to the modding community but work with them to change the game without overwhelming the internal team? We need: - Driven by actual demand & needs, not by whatever Tweet came in last - Understand the actual value that the community is looking for and not just our interpretation of it. - Fast-track development through well formed out concepts - Support and independent modding ecosystem that can't get censored or moderated by us when we disagree - Have fun and make participation interesting / entertaining This concept of a modding ambassador who serves the role of a "producer" directly in the community is our attempt at solving this. If this concept works well, we may expand the size of our embassy and bring on more community members that prove themselves through valuable contributions.

@Google I used @blockbench to make the hand models 😀

My latest game jam game is now live! First time using Unity. Using @Google MediaPipe hand detection to translate your webcam into a controller input... for bowling! VR build coming as soon as I can borrow an Oculus to test with. codename-b.itch.io/zero-g-bowling #Unity #GameJam

@StarRuneTyping Definitely grabbing

@codename_B Is that hand waving goodbye or trying to grab me?!

Doing some blockbench stuff this weekend!