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Benjamin is ... making ottr

@benjaminlistwon.com
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solarpunk indie dev + designer, splitting my time between two software projects and my first game, all focused on stronger, safer, more equitable spaces for communities, their people, and their stories.

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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 2h
Exceedingly useful for tasks like picking up a dropped nail, pulling a dropped fork out from under the fridge … basically picking up dropped metal without needing to bend down.
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 2h
For whatever reason, this made me think of his distant cousin, Magnetoe, who mostly lacks whatever genetic mutation runs in the family, save for their left big toe which is, to your question, made of a single large magnet.
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molly @longfusilli.bsky.social · 4h
as a guy who has to find illustrators to hire for work im begging u people to have a portfolio link in your bio
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Lindsey Wailes (looking for work!) @linwail.bsky.social · 22h
I made a LinkedIn post asking for help today. If anyone knows of ANY full time roles with a livable wage please reach out. I really need the help. Thank you.❤️ 🔗My email: lindseywailes@gmail.com 🎬Demo Reel: vimeo.com/1082323434 🎨Artstation: www.artstation.com/linwail lnkd.in/p/gHmJg4N9
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Aura @aurahack.ca · 22h
insane. insane. insane environment art. seattle environment artists just on another plane of existence. all the creeps are themed to the areas they're in now!! incredible!!!
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Aura @aurahack.ca · 23h
deadlock shipped another major update with 6 new characters and several map changes, all of which are once again reaffirming that Valve is the only studio developing a free-to-play multiplayer game with Actual Art Direction www.playdeadlock.com/cityneversle...
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Deadlock - City Never Sleeps
The Cursed Apple is ever changing, and these streets are nothing like you remember. A massive visual update to the map and neutrals, six new heroes, HUD updates, numerous quality-of-life additions, ac...
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 29/09/2026
It looks like the TARDIS is having trouble with its camouflage system again.
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 29/09/2026
This looks so fun! Had to do some sleuthing to track down the game, but here it is -> store.steampowered.com/app/2929250/...
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over the hill on Steam
Explore the world in the golden age of offroading. Drive iconic 4x4 vehicles from the 60s to 80s by yourself or with friends through challenging trails and beautiful scenery.
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Karina Schaapman @karinaschaapman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Druk druk druk
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Bubblebird Studio - Wishlist Sandcastle! 🏖️ @bubblebird.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Working on some items that can help with managing or controlling the water in our sandbox game 🏖️ What do you think of these controllable water gates?
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鉄面あなざ @gadjetmovie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
The fork when it clears lines!!!! 🍝❤️
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Bryce. Wow, that takes me back. Thinking about wild Kai Krause creations now.
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Let me get this straight, a company and CEO whose entire fortune is based on ignoring consent and sharing private information publicly has made yet another product that does so? Color me shocked!
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Abeeha Tariq @abeehatariqart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
something a bit more different from me but I got a lot to say and I’m not comfortable in front of a camera so… keep AI out of schools!!
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Sorry, got lost daydreaming about how absolutely fun it would be to blow the doors off of 99% of challengers from the line in this. youtu.be/aTWPTt1oLmI?... (sound on, for maximum grins)
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The Aston Martin V8 Super Cygnet - Nicholas Mee & Company, Aston Martin Specialists
YouTube video by Nicholas Mee & Company Ltd
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Yeah. It was the first cyberpunk-based game in a long while that hooked me from the start. And it’s an absolute treat visually!
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
You need to do one of those sideways-scrolling, 10 image carousel versions of this!
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
What is the kindest way to suggest this to people you find/follow do you think? I just followed (another) someone who makes really cool things, sells them, and is sort of small/new-ish here, yet does not have a link in their profile.
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Ofc. The hand animating is a definite huge plus! I would wager that if you did include the text, you might want to fade it out after a loop or two, or do something to balance, as you rightly point out, the affordance with the info density. Anyway, looking great!
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
But, to your question more directly, I like it. Short, sweet headlines; enough explanation to let me know what it is but also roomy enough to still have some mystery/curiosity as a teaser to dive in.
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Like what if I already know what your app does? Why make me wait? Or what if I don't care? The curious will still swipe. The impatient will be less grumpy.
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
One thing I always think about the sort of "getting to know you" carousel intros to apps is that they should offer the sign in (with apple) button on every single card in a fixed location (only the image + text change) so that you don't need to "complete" the tour to just get going.
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
TIL: OG Grover was a different muppet altogether. Originally known as Gleep, from 1968-1970 he worked in Santa's workshop, was a studio exec in the music industry, and apparently also shilled for IBM before becoming the comic waiter we know as Grover. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover
The original Grover muppet. The eyes were a bit more like Oscar's, angled inward and looking a bit grouchier as well. The fur was a marbled brownish/greenish mix, though this image doesn't quite capture that range of hues. This original puppet is on display at the Smithsonian.
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Oh wow, this looks rad. Guessing that fans of Signalis, Cloudpunk, etc will, like me, loooove it. 😍
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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WE'RE MAKING A SHELVING SIM WHERE YOU USE THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM IN A LIBRARY THAT'S HAUNTED AS FUCK BECAUSE A BILLIONAIRE WAS STUFFING CORPSES IN THE WALLS TO GENTRIFY HIS CITY WISHLIST "SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE LIBRARY" TODAY store.steampowered.com/app/3971340/...
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KoboldArt @koboldart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bonus: a basic walk cycle to test the rig. Yeah, it really needs some tweaking T_T ... the pants and belts took ages to not clip or look broken. But I have some ideas how to approach the new version. #spiritpunk #blender3d
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Block Block Block x Nom Nom Nom
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Oh, wow, yeah. I must’ve put a whole month worth of hours into this game trying to solve puzzles and get timings right. Yet you wanted/needed to keep moving forward! It’s a legendary bit of difficulty balancing.
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Blackblooms (indiegamedev) @blackblooms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#indiegamedev #gamedev #solodev #metroidvania #pixelart #oc #funny #indiedev #indiegame #horror Trailer music: 5 Chiptune Actions by subspace audio opengameart.org/content/5-ch... You can download Dispo Sable on itch blackblooms.itch.io/dispo-sable Or on gamejolt gamejolt.com/games/DispoS...
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タカヒロ @haragayowainja.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
color
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
At the very least, a gallery of Rothko works is a breeze to pull off this way. This is a great idea you had. So many fun possibilities!
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#LandBack! The Penobscot Nation regained 11,297 acres of their ancestral homelands near sacred Mt. Katahdin in Maine. Its the first phase of a 30,000-acre land return. tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/rea...
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Penobscot Nation regains 11,297 acres in first phase of major land return
The Penobscot Nation has regained 11,297 acres near Katahdin as partners pursue a $32.5 million effort to return more than 30,000 acres.
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Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When' you've literally spend years fiddling with waves and oceans and wakes.. and it finally starts to look decent.. #indiedev I picked an ocean world because it meant having less assets to produce,, only to then spend a decade on a single asset. also no this won't run on a potato anymore.
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
What a weird tactic of first complimenting the work in your original post, then this nonsense. I was suspicious of the bio, the username, and more, so clicked through to look and ended up blocking.
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 28/09/2026
Discovered my game opinions twin in @pressplaygaming.net today. Notably in his thoughts on Caravan SandWitch, Citizen Sleeper 2, and an incredibly personal piece that hit like when I lost my father 15 years ago.
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Thale Osvik Photography @thaleo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The most magnificent fountain in Oslo - situated in the heart of the Frogner park 🖤 #oslo #video #blackandwhite #travel #filmnoir #fountain #stunday #norway #visitoslo @visitoslo.bsky.social @visitnorway.bsky.social
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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Regent's Canal, London Tow path Rolling shutters with coot mural #reference #environmentreference #materialreference
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 27/09/2026
Maybe I _do_ pine for the "good ol' days"
Screenshot of my closest political match, the Paris Commune. From the screenshot "The revolutionary government that held Paris for 72 days in 1871, the Commune established direct democracy with recallable mandates, workers' self-management of workshops, separation of Church and state, and equal pay, becoming a symbol of communal socialism."
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 27/09/2026
Love the more progressive than CA dimension as well.
Me, out-progressive-ing California
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 27/09/2026
Good. Great even.
Ideology furthest from me: Radical Right
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 27/09/2026
Okay, so yes, you got me. But also the Vatican!?! Talk about weird bedfellows.
A screenshot from the 12axews test thingy showing that I am 98% Anarcho-PacifistThis one showing that the "countries" closest to my beliefs are, in order: Scotland, politically the Paris Commune, socially California and economically Vatican City.I guess the reason I am proximate to the Vatican is because I value life, am pacifist, and am quite non-interventionist.My fellow anarcho peeps: Michael Foucault, Errico Malatesta, Rudolf Rocker, Arne Naess, Mikhail Bakunin, Franz Kafka, Peter Kropotkin, Emile Armand
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 27/09/2026
I NEED this to be reality so I can play as Highland Cow!
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BenoitRc @benoitrc.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I made a game mockup using my Paper minis and battlemap ^^ Here is part of the intro with the character selection screen ^^ You can check the full video on utube ^^ #papercraft #ttrpg #dnd #battlemap #miniatures
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Megan @ziireynak.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Clementine uses her leaves to photosynthesise after she buries herself underground 🌿🌞 To keep player wait-time short, I wanted her to surface quickly after being interacted with. I also made sure it blends into her looping idle animation #b3d #Blender #Creature #indiegame #oc #art #noGenAI
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 27/09/2026
Was looking through Brubeck Institute musicians today and learned about Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, who I've not previously known. Anyway, lots of great music cued up for today as a result. www.chadlb.com
chadlb.com
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown
The official Chad Lefkowitz-Brown website, featuring music, video, tour dates, an online store, and an exclusive download of the new album, "Onward."
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MazeStalker @mazestalker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I usually love building little rooms with little tasks, but sometimes you just have to build the boring part in between and that's a drag. #gamedev #indiegame #solodev
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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
some more paths through the woods
sketchbook spread, some ink drawn landscapes
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Benjamin is ... making ottr @benjaminlistwon.com · 27/09/2026
[screenshotting this for that one time in the future when it can be used for maximum comedic effect] [… unless, of course, I miss it]
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Zvesta @artbyzvesta.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wanted to share this commission of a lil baby clay golem~
An illustration of a small clay golem wearing dungarees holding a garden hoe. Parsnip leaves are growing out of the golem's head almost like hair.
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