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Benn Powell

@bennpowell.bsky.social
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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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jug-hooting yokel @limusrex.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
the rest of my life is gonna be every month or 2 getting a text or pm like "hey i saw your old tweet on ____ and it had a bunch of updoots and imbeciles arguing in the comments"
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
....So VR kind of died on the vine again huh
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Version 0.43.2 of DeadOS is now live! Fixed a lot of bugs this week: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.43.2 is now live! - Steam News
Bug Fix Update!
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Version 0.43.1 of DeadOS is now live! Military now take over parks to make little bases of operations: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.43.1 is now live! - Steam News
Military squads take over parks
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Version 0.43.0 of DeadOS is now live! Overhauled the police station and cop AI! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.43.0 is now live! - Steam News
Police Station / Cop AI Update!
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Library funding is tied to usage.
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Version 0.42.1 of DeadOS is now live! Added new city generating slider options for river/park variety! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.42.1 is now live! - Steam News
City Generating Options Update!
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Version 0.42.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added Hospitals + Doctors! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.42.0 is now live! - Steam News
Hospital Update!
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Working on hospitals / doctors / paramedics for the next update and it's making me redefine how people react to dead bodies. It's interesting the things I have to think about in this kind of work. When do you call the cops? When do you ignore a dead body? When do you realise it's a zombie?
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I should probably go to Develop one of these years...
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Waiting for the current visual trends of Sci-fi to end so that we can have Fifth Element style Sci-fi visuals once again
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Mathieu Kassovitz's Iconic Dance in Fifth Element
ALT: Mathieu Kassovitz's Iconic Dance in Fifth Element
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I know it's not very cool to try to define Art but I'm going to give it a shot anyway. To me, Art at it's simplest level is merely humans trying to communicate with one another. A banana taped to the wall becomes Art when the human that did it intended to communicate something with us.
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Version 0.41.1 of DeadOS is now live! Added river and bridge editing to the City Editor! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.41.1 is now live! - Steam News
City Editor Update Part 2
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Psst in case you missed it DeadOS was on PC Gamer: www.pcgamer.com/games/horror...
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I tried to create the perfect zombie apocalypse in this intensely detailed outbreak simulator, and sorry slow zombie fans, fast zombies are just better
"It's the game I wanted to play but couldn't because it didn't exist, so I made it."
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 30/06/2026
I feel like she, specifically, should know better
Artificial intelligence
66 Is AI an exoskeleton for the mind?
Technology that helps people do things they couldn't otherwise achieve can also lead to atrophy
Sarah O'Connor
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Rick Lane @ricklane.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Here's a fun read for the weekend. I spoke to @bennpowell.bsky.social about his zombie outbreak simulator DeadOS, and it turns out the best way to survive a zombie apocalypse is to be a massive coward with a gun. www.pcgamer.com/games/horror...
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I tried to create the perfect zombie apocalypse in this intensely detailed outbreak simulator, and sorry slow zombie fans, fast zombies are just better
"It's the game I wanted to play but couldn't because it didn't exist, so I made it."
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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 25/06/2026
Oh wow some nerd put all their games and crap on sale! itch.io/s/191307/sum...
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Summer Sale 2026 by Sophie Houlden
A bundle by Sophie Houlden, $15.00 for 11 games
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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I wrote about level design readability: blendogames.com/news/post/20...
a corridor from the game Thirty Flights of Lovinga series of gaps in a wall, each increasing in size
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Version 0.41.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added an in-game city editor! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Did a weird little shader experiment that adds every rendered frame together and averages them. Has very interesting results depending on the content
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 25/05/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you're not a lazy procrastinator, you just have debilitating anxiety problems
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Version 0.40.1 of DeadOS is now live! Bug fixes and changes to how civilians pickup dropped weapons / ammo: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.40.1 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! I've been sick for the last week so I haven't been able to make much progress with the game lately (such is the perils of being a one person game dev team) but I have still managed to pu...
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The reason why Motion Blur is off by default in Unreal's viewport settings is because people want to see what they are doing, and that's why I want it off in my game also. Motion blur is a artistic tool to be used at the right times, not something to turn on by default because "it looks better"
Screenshot from Unreal Engine showing Motion Blur is disabled by default.
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Version 0.40.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added proc-gen inner city park areas for civilians to play in and flee to / from! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.40.0 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! I've added something I've wanted to add for a while in this update - Parks! When generating a city park areas will now also be procedurally generated (there is a checkbox to turn them off...
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jukio kallio @jukio.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
it's bandcamp friday! jukiokallio.bandcamp.com if you buy today, artists will get bandcamp's share! yay! here's some example NICHE releases that you could check out:
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Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Lazy Kickers is coming this summer on Steam! Incremental football micro-manager! Grow balls, shoot goals, get coins and dominate the league charts! Click the magic button on Steam and make sure to tell all your friends about it! store.steampowered.com/app/4613890/...
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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 23/04/2026
Sophie's Grids is playable now! (for FREE!) Your first solve will maybe take a few minutes, but with practice you'll be doing it in seconds! Play in the browser: sophieh.itch.io/sophies-grids On mobile: play.google.com/store/apps/d... Or Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2310850/...
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Shaders whee
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Version 0.39.0 of DeadOS is now live! Zombies are now attracted to loud noises over increasing distances! store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Working on a system for large noises like gunfire to attract zombies from a distance. I think it's going to be a game changer.
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The would barely know any other game devs if it wasn't for Ludum Dare. Sad to see it go.
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🔞 Wysty, CEO of vampire yuri | Comms Open @wysticlipse.art · 12/04/2026
You should know that the infamous I Love You virus uses the same trick - Always make sure to turn on 'show file extensions' in your windows/browser settings.
Tumblr user thereisselfpreservation

"I'm seeing warnings about scammers trying to commission artists but the "reference sheet" for their character they want commissioned isn't an image but a .vbs file ("visual basic script"), and will run a script when you open it, probably to yoink your account(s), but I haven't seen this from anyone who's actually clicked it yet.  Just be careful and never open a file like that, 'cause people suck."

Reply from the same user:

"For reference (heh)"

Screenshots of messages.

Sender: "Okay, I've sent it now."

There's a file attachment called "Shork_YCH_MyReference_v1.vbs". The vbs extension is circled.

Sender: "If everything is in order, I can send the overpayment."

Sender, in reply to the file attachment (again with the vbs extension circled): "How much would the full piece cost?"

thereisselfpreservation:

"At a glance, the file name checks out. But!! do not open a .vbs file!!!
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Version 0.38.0 of DeadOS is now live! Added the ability to create and recreate new proc-gen cities quickly and easily: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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uosdɯᴉS ɐuɐꓷ 🦄 @danacorn.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
It's my birthday! If you want to support a small indie on his birthday check out my early access game DeadOS that I've been working on and updating since 2020: store.steampowered.com/app/1590850/...
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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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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Version 0.37.4 of DeadOS is now live! Reworked the Military AI when acting as cops as well as tweaked the design of some of the buildings: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.37.4 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! This week's update focuses mainly on improvements to how the military AI works when helping cops quarantine areas and deal with the zombie threat. Once cops have been whittled down by a c...
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Version 0.37.3 of DeadOS is now live! Fixed a bunch of bugs that were added in the last couple of large updates ^__^ store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.37.3 is now live! - Steam News
Hi everyone! I've been attacking my bug list since the last big update and this update aims to fix a lot of bugs, so let's get to it! In the previous update the pathfinding for how people drive to com...
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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Benn Powell @bennpowell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Version 0.37.2 of DeadOS is now live! Major river update that removes bridges and creates new choke points with a whole new pathfinding system as a result: store.steampowered.com/news/app/159...
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DeadOS - Version 0.37.2 is now live! - Steam News
Hey everyone! I've got a big update for you this time! Introducing the Bridge Update: This update was a long time coming as a whole load of systems had to be altered and some of them redone in order f...
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