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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Hello, I hope you don’t mind my reaching out, this is Ben’s mum, Karen. Ben allowed me access to his contacts and it’s lovely that you were in touch with him. Sadly, after heroically standing up to the impact of cancer and 11 years of brutal treatments, our darling Ben passed away on 8th January

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Ben’s motto was “show me a mountain, and I’ll climb it”. We’re letting people who knew Ben, know, it was his heartfelt wish that anyone who chooses to, might donate a small amount to The Rainforest Trust in his memory. www.justgiving.com/page/david-w... Thank you Xxx Karen

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Ben Wimsett's fundraiser for Rainforest Trust UK

Help David Wimsett raise money to support Rainforest Trust UK

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Huge Lumbermill blog post below (first reply) 👇 For anyone wondering where I've been / what's been happening to the game make sure to check it out 🌲

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I'm writing up a huge blog post of all the stuff I've been working on. Will share it on here / discord / youtube when it's ready - keep an eye out :)

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Ehh I’d say that’s an oversimplification. User experience extends far beyond gameplay and certain “tedious” things are entirely necessary in a finished product. It’s case-by-case.

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Never underestimate the time you’ll spend as a solo dev doing endless specific, unpredictable tasks like making nice linear volume sliders. I just want to make forest game but the extra QOL stuff adds up 😩

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Yeah, looking to improve on this as a basic design. Needs to remain recognisable but more professional / polished

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Looking to hire a designer to improve Lumbermill’s logo - anyone interested / got any recommendations?

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Just discovered 4 finished tracks I wrote years ago for the Lumbermill OST I'd completely forgotten about - today's a good day 😎

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Thanks Saul! But water you doing writing puns like that 🙄

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I try to playtest personally whenever I can, recently every few days. Makes it so much easier to spot where stuff is missing / unintuitive. Hoping to get it into a few people's hands once I've finished the tech tree work - the core systems will hopefully, finally mesh well. We'll see!

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Thanks Rob! Very nearly there - on feature lock currently and refining the existing systems. Just the research / tech tree that’s due an iteration now.

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

You can wishlist the game here (will be updating the steam page soon!) store.steampowered.com/app/1151300/...

store.steampowered.com

Lumbermill on Steam

Build, Manage and Maintain a Lumber Mill deep in the Forest!

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Lumbermill's latest addition - Water Wheels! They provide a small amount of power for your early game factories (before unlocking Steam Power). #indie #gamedev #pixelart

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Been working on a wholesale market for Lumbermill, and decided to upgrade the money counter at the same time. Trying to make earning money (aka amber) as satisfying as possible...

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Great to see this project out at last, congrats Ben 🎉

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Returning to game dev is going really well :D

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This big gap on GitHub had been looming over me - finally feeling well enough to get back into game dev projects. Long may it last and hopefully I’ll have some updates to share in the near future 🤞

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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

First post here, gonna be posting mostly as I did on X - updates on my projects, game dev stuff etc 🌲

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