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Cameron J.Rooney @crooney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hey you! Are you looking for a marketing leader with over 15 years of experience? One who has worked in AAA games, specialising in technology marketing, who has amazing hair? With experience across brand design, videography, and MORE?! Then look no further than www.cameronrooney.com (pls)

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Cameron Jordan-Rooney

Technical product marketing across AAA game engines, fintech and sport. Fifteen years from EA’s Frostbite engine to Dogecoin.

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I wish I could see who saves my posts and ask them... WHY?!

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The joys of living in Ireland.

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I chat to a lot of people on here through various projects, and I'm not going to point out anyone in particular ,but if you use Chat gpt to write messages to people and think they don't know, you are wrong. Embrace being awkward and making mistakes. Don't make ai your personality.

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

For those of you who haven't yet followed my current giant project of a Visual Novel game engine. We are close to 700 followers and I have things to announce! Come join along the fun over on its account, I promise it will be fun packed, low sodium riot. Vidja Games!!!!!!!

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Project Mammut @projectmammut.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Are you currently working on a visual novel, or wanting to work on one in the future?? I want to chat with you! Send me a DM, or say hi below! Please share to help out. #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

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Visual Novel Updates @visual-novels.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

There is so much cool stuff happening on here from small groups and solo developers that you should go follow. If you think you should be on this list, repost and comment below about what you're working on. go.bsky.app/BYywqmT #gamedev #indiegames #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Getting excited for the first release of our Visual Novel Game engine. We are still looking for more testers to help us make design decisions and find all the bugs. And you will get to make cool stuff! Send me a DM if you are interested.

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Waiting on my board games to arrive... oh and all my other stuff

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Lots of work going into #projectMammut, very close to feature lock for the first release. Let me know if you are interested in helping me test the game engine, as there is a LOT in there.

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Project Mammut @projectmammut.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

A lot of work is currently going in to the Build Process for #projectMammut. Local builds are beginning to look good, and I have been working on a @itch.io auto uploader to allow for a clean build pipeline. #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovel #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I am moving all development info for #ProjectMammut to its own account so I don't spam everyone here with my daily developments. Please help me out and follow me at this new account, and get in touch if you are making or are looking to make a visual novel. Love you all! #gamedev #indiegames

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

As fonts are so important in visual novels, I have added a font downloader and browser to the game engine. You can now download and manage fonts directly in your project, and also just add your own. #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovel #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Beta 3 of #ProjectMammut is just around the corner, This is a big one, you will be able to make scenes using a scene editor, and build a playable project at the end. #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovel #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

After months of work I am finally tackling Mammut's build pipeline. Making a game engine is one thing, but have it spit out a working program at the other end another. Just working through the errors one at a time. #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovel #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

You now have the ability to import your old twine (.twee) files into Mammut.. This should make porting projects much easier. #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovel #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New update, A HIGE over hall to the windows and file system, now you can open multiple widows of the same type up. and you can open multiple chapters at once. This make things a lot more flexible when you are working. Characters are now created as files now, so you can manage them easier too.

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I have been in Dublin now for 8 weeks, and while I wait for Ireland's slow system to process my visa, I have been working on a new profile page to show off some of the projects I have been working on. Please have a look! Love you all portfolio-ben-naulls.web.app?id=bluesky

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Ben Naulls - Game Developer Portfolio

Portfolio of Ben Naulls — programmer, game developer, and educator with 20+ years of experience shipping games, apps, and teaching the next generation of developers.

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

More core systems are in, this time dialog and warning systems. Not as exiting but still important. If you or someone you know is making a visual novel game, I would love to hear from you and ask some questions. #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovel #narrative #gameengine #indiegames #vn #vndev

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Reworking of some core systems that lay at the heart of #projectMammut such as notifications and context menus. While not the most exciting, making things modular helps with developing the exiting things later! #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovel #narrative #gameengine

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Beta 2 of #ProjectMammut is out for testing, New file management, New launcher, fixes, and updates to the programming language and more. Come help out with development at www.projectmammut.com #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovel #narrative #gameengine

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

First night in Seoul, it's got a nice vibe.

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Last day in Melbourne. What a journey.

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Imirt - The Irish Game Makers Association @imirt.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We're proud to unveil the trailer for our Games From Ireland Steam Event, which goes live at 5pm tomorrow! youtu.be/SGwrAGL_h80 #GamesFromIreland #Imirt #IrishGames

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Games From Ireland - Trailer

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Spending the last few nights in Melbourne at the Grand hotel. It's going to be weird saying goodbye to the city I've lived in half my life.

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The most liminal hotel I've ever been in. Spending my last few days in Melbourne in the grand hotel.

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

So flights are obviously still screwed. We are still waiting to be able to get a refund from the airline. It does mean we will have to rebook and fly through Singapore. It will take a lot longer and be a lot more expensive. But as long as we are safe and get there, that's all that matters.

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Meeting with @luisvsm.bsky.social today and started development on the build and hosting server for #projectmammut While it's early days, the basics are done! #indiedev #gamedev #narritivegames

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

With Beta 2 of #ProjectMammut around the corner, I wanted to share a bunch of new quality of life features for all #narrativeGames developers. #indiegames #visualNovel #writing www.projectmammut.com Feature 3: Broken links can be auto built into new nodes

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

12 days till we leave. But it turns out our flight is scheduled to go through Abu Dhabi so it's a bit up in the air with what's going to happen there. But of course it's nothing compared to what's actually happening to everyone being affected. Everyone, stay safe and respond only in love.

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Lara ~ Making BIBDU @bibdu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

BIBDU: An Irish Mythology Video Game. All hand painted. Coming Soon! #indiedev #handdrawn #gamedev #solodev #noai #bibdu

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

What are we we all working on today? Show me your game babies!!!! #gamedev #indiegames #gameEditor #showandtell

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Reworking the game engine with OPSF is going well. Lots of UI items updated. I also had a big chat with someone who will be working on the online build and hosting pipeline for me, so that is exciting. progress!!! #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovel #narrative #gameengine

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

First build from my game engine.. Yes it's very broken, audio doesn't work, sprites aren't loading, fonts aren't.... fonting. But it's building! #indiegame #gamedev #narritivegames #visualnovel #projectmammut

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Meet my engine's Mascot: Mangomo Kenaga Work continues today with work on the build system to get games out of the editor. There will still be a long way to go, but progress is happening at a good pace. If you want to help test the engine, let me know! #gamedev #indiegaming #visualnovel #animegirl

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Lots of progress today, File manager is in, and the audio manager are in, they look good and only have a lot of errors! #projectmammut #gamedev #indiegames #visualnovels

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Are you they type of person who writes 'Test1' 'Test2' 'Test3' when testing, or someone who mashes the keyboard Por qué no los dos? #gameDev #projectmammut

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Learning how OPFS works in modern browsers so that Project Mammut can save and manage entire project folders and files. It's a big learning curve about what browsers can and can't do these days, but overall I am happy with how it is looking. #projectmammut #visualnovels #gameDev

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In just over 2 weeks I will be moving my entire life over to Dublin, This change is huge and I hostly don't know what to expect, but it should be fun. If anyone here lives there and wants to show me around, please sing out! #ireland #dublin

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

There are new features going in every day. Today I am focusing on the logic inside of the narrative flows, allowing for conditional statements and variables #projectmammut #gamedev #twine #visualvovels

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

So I've started building my own HTML5 game engine. Focusing on visual novel games and such. I would love feedback from anyone making a native game. www.projectmammut.com #visualnovels #gamedev

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Project Mammut

An HTML5 Visual Story & Motion Graphic Game Engine

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I made a comic, go read it!

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Weekend Kink @weekendart.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I spent the last 3 week putting together a comic in my own personal style and flow just to see if I could. I wanted to set up an interesting world similar to comic I read growing up. I want to continue and hear what you think. Read the rest here: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/th...

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Doing some gesture drawings to improve my skills. #gesture #digitalart

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Ben Naulls @noweekend.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

During 2020 I started teaching myself how to paint. I put all these up on Instagram and got thousands of followers. Then they changed their policy on nudity and deleted my account. I've just started getting back into it. Please follow if you're interested (very NSFW). bsky.app/profile/week...

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