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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 15/07/2026

testing a handful of new features including the ability to attach the cam to characters and dial in some fun new post process shaders... #indiedev #gamedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 20/06/2026

made a system for saving groups of stuff to be reused across scenes #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 12/06/2026

squirmbox is not immune to the sports betting craze #gamedev #indiedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 06/06/2026

you can trigger new effects like toggling ragdoll and randomizing materials #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 03/06/2026

playtesting/jamming with the latest build to some floating points. all screen recorded in one take with no post or editing #gamedev #indiedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 29/05/2026

hey you've got a little booger

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 23/05/2026

Always nice to see what playtesters get up to in Squirmbox. Courtesy of Maciek Łazowski. Music from Noah Lin. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 13/05/2026

the lord of floppy little guys himself @tokyomegaplex.bsky.social gave me his character regis to play with #gamedev #indiedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 10/03/2026

are you at gdc this week? come to my quick talk at the experimental games showcase on friday at 12:30! here is a *vertical* teaser of my new trailer to entice/repel you. hope to see you there and please come say hi at the demo after! #indiedev #gamedev #unrealengine #exgs

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 26/02/2026

in addition to the gizmos, i've added a grab and drag which has been one of the most requested features from my playtesters. alt+drag to duplicate and even snapping still work with this as well. #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #unrealengine

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 21/02/2026

and when you start dragging

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 21/02/2026

and of course for when you hover a draggable item

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 21/02/2026

i'm going to great lengths to avoid having to cut the announcement trailer. decided the cursor should be a little guy...

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 13/02/2026

duplicating a character in place a few times is a nice way to generate nightmare fuel... #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 14/01/2026

What a way to while away the rest of your days... #gamedev #indiedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 08/12/2025

Alt side parking is suspended in observance of Skate Story day. Use the extra extra time to buy it and play it. The hopes and dreams of the nyc game dev community are with you @bysameng.com store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/... #gamedev #indiedev #SkateStory

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 03/12/2025

A dream collab with @bysameng.com for the Skate Story launch party. Will have plenty more to show soon...

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 25/11/2025

another fun addition is a custom sticky triplanar solution that allows for seamless (ish) drag and drop texturing on both static and deforming meshes #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 23/11/2025

Another feature update: players can drive changes in materials through modulators, allowing for some classic motion graphics effects #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 22/11/2025

so many new features since my last update, including...alt+drag to duplicate #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 03/07/2025

Pen tablets quake in fear of a deal like this

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 13/06/2025

"Oh sorry, just gonna squeeze past you there" #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 12/06/2025

First pass on the gizmos! Thanks to @shimmey.bsky.social for sharing his awesome grid shader. So good for prototyping. #gamedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 02/06/2025

We are animating the gizmos, people. Pulling out all the stops. #gamedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 30/05/2025

The most important feature of the game is the ability to make these little freaks dance. #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 29/05/2025

Players can apply modulation and delays to all sorts of stuff… #gamedev #indiegame

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 28/05/2025

Another structure with movement driven from the in-game modulation system. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 28/05/2025

Last posts froze my gifs for some reason... A kinetic statue made in game. Just a simple LFO and delay can be the foundation of hypnotic effects. #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 27/05/2025

My game will be the first where you can make one of these #gamedev #indiegame

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 26/05/2025

An early look of the kind of stuff you can build in my soon to be announced sandbox performance game. All motion being driven by joystick input #gamedev #indiegame

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 25/05/2025

This was built pre-locomotor and was a bit of pain to get set up. You had to spin the joystick around to cycle the legs haha Super fun to build though! All rendered in Unreal using the pathtracer for Emefe's new album (check them out!) emefe.bandcamp.com/album/forward #art #indiegame #gamedev

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 25/05/2025

Another quick one! You get a lot of personality out of a basic character for free, especially when they're turning #gamedev #indiegame

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Ben Elliot @bonkinteractive.com · 25/05/2025

An early experiment with the new locomotor in Unreal. Major workflow improvement for control rig. Hoping to get my game over to UE 5.6 ASAP! #gamedev #indiegame

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