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@thebenbot.bsky.social
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Void Bite LLC. Working on Rustpunk. Programmer, Game Developer, Dungeon Master I make games with Godot and magic computer nonsense (ノ≧∀≦)ノ ‥…━━━★ Hire us to add multiplayer to your Godot games! voidbite.works Blog: wordsfroma.dev

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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey all, just started an impromptu #gamedev #stream. Going to be working on a multiplayer fishing game. Come join if you want some body doubling or are curious about how I set up my NPCs www.twitch.tv/the_benbot #godotengine #godot
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back to work on my finishing game | Streaming software and game development.
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Graphite - Open Source Graphics Suite @graphiteeditor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Our development roadmap is newly updated with all the vector graphics features planned as we reach 1.0 this year, plus the big push for raster imagine editing support in 2027. Check it out: graphite.art/features/#ro...
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Graphite features
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DevEarley @devearley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Working on a tool called "Inspector Graph". It allows you to have multiple inspectors for the nodes in your #Godot scene. You can pin them. Or select multiple at once.Optionally, show children of nodes selected.. and more coming soon! It isn't released yet - still very early in development. #gamedev
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Tétane @tetane.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
github.com/godotengine/... 👀
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Implement texture mip-level streaming by tdaven · Pull Request #113429 · godotengine/godot
Relates to godotengine/godot-proposals#3177. This PR implements texture mip-level streaming. This is done by loading a smaller version of a texture when its use is far away or at a angle that does...
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I really miss engaging with programmer content online. I always liked seeing what cool discoveries and algorithms people were making. Now so much of it is AI culture warring or vibecoded projects. I still don't really buy that AI will generally replace coding, but it has replaced my feed.
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So I'm working on a game with some people I met recently and just had my brain broken a bit. If you're using .blend files in #godot be sure that nobody on the team has blender addons which modify the default gtlf export options. We were fighting missing textures and incorrect .import files for days
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
No stream tonight. An old friend surprised me and came over, so I'm going to be hanging with him. Today is just full of surprises.
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SceneTree @scentree.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Tired of waiting for your functions to finish? Got a sync'ing feeling that blocking calls are cause for concern? "There's gotta be a better way!" Introducing @thebenbot.bsky.social's Async Godot! Turn those frowns upside down with asynchronous calls for all ages! m.youtube.com/watch?v=kPK9...
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Async Godot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Coroutines
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
They put up my #godotcon talk on youtube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPK9... If you're interested in some more advanced #godot and multiplayer patterns or you just want to hear me talk, give it a watch! Thanks again @scentree.bsky.social! #indiedev #gamedev #godotengine
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Async Godot or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Coroutines
YouTube video by SceneTree
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Tibo @heytibo.com · 12/08/2026
Some quick sketches for the upcoming GodotCon (ideas for the banner and badges) 😅 I don't want it to be too on the nose, but at the same time, I think it's nice to have a distinct visual identity for each convention.
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Going to start streaming in a bit. I want to try doing some first person hand stuff... or maybe play some games www.twitch.tv/the_benbot #gamedev #godotengine #streaming
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I'm a full stack dev, indie game dev, and founder of Void Bite LLC. I have a few games on newgrounds and itch.io. Come join me making games with godot!
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Dug this up the other day. Time to start a run through my favorite game of all time! #zelda #majorasmask
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I published my first #godot asset store addon I really like the compositor, but there's a lot of boilerplate involved. I wrote this to cut that down for some post process shaders you might write. Lmk if you try it and have some feedback store.godotengine.org/asset/benjam... #shaders #godotengine
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EZ Post Process Effect - Godot Asset Store
A simple CompositorEffect implementing the code from the Godot Compositor tutorial plus support for precompiled shaders.
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Doing another #stream pretty soon. Going to be working on wiring up the minigame PettyPixels made and some inventory stuff.... and i might play Nier later too #streaming #gamedev #godotengine www.twitch.tv/the_benbot
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Adding multiplayer to my godot fishing game | Streaming software and game development.
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Yuliy Oneshko @sgradegames.com · 30/07/2026
This is pretty much how I imagined it. Still a long way to go before it’s in a playable state. #gamedev #indiedev #dungeoncrawler #godotengine #WIP #indiegame #DRPG
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hey all, going to be streaming some more #gamedev here in about two hours. Going to either get the inventory system and first-person hands going in my fishing game or work on some characters for Rustpunk. I might also play games, who knows. Come hang out :) www.twitch.tv/the_benbot #godotengine
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the_benbot - Twitch
I'm a full stack dev, indie game dev, and founder of Void Bite LLC. I have a few games on newgrounds and itch.io. Come join me making games with godot!
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just finished a 2 hour stream and added basic multiplayer to my fishing game. Yall can now cast lines together :D I'll put up a video once we have the fishing mini game in. #gamedev #godotengine #godot
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
In about an hour and a half I’m going to be streaming again. Gonna start adding multiplayer to my fishing game. Last time I got distracted by making the fishing rod 😅 Come hang out! #gamedev #godot #godotengine www.twitch.tv/the_benbot
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the_benbot - Twitch
I'm a full stack dev, indie game dev, and founder of Void Bite LLC. I have a few games on newgrounds and itch.io. Come join me making games with godot!
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I've also been working on an autobattler that I want to get out sometime in October. It's not much to look at right now. I want it to have very combo heavy gameplay, so I've been focusing on building the system and different characters. #godot #gamedev #solodev
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Streamed some #gamedev for a few hours last night and started a fishing game. Using the wonderful SUCC controller from @bearlikelion.com and some jank fishing rod code I cooked up, here is the progress after the first stream. Going to add some actual fish mechanics and multiplayer next. #godot
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Going to stream some #gamedev here in a few. I'm working with some people I met at #godotcon on a fishing game, so I'm starting that today. #godot #godotengine www.twitch.tv/the_benbot
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Starting a multiplayer fishing game in godot | Streaming software and game development.
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Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com · 27/07/2026
Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. 🤖 Godot - 47% 🎮 Unity - 34% 🛠️GameMaker - 5% 🚀 Unreal Engine - 3% ✨ Other - 11%
Pie chart showing game engines used to create 10,511 GMTK Game Jam games in 2026. Godot has the largest slice with 47%. Then Unity with 34%. Other with 11%. Game Maker with 5%. And Unreal Engine with 3%.
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I’m a big Rebecca Sugar fan and this song keeps coming to my mind when I read about how hard the tech industry is leaning on AI. Sometimes, you have to trust that you’ve been collecting what matters and just keep going despite the noise. youtu.be/yooVkv1RaWo?...
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Rebecca Sugar - Love The Way It Feels (Official Music Video)
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rawb! 🏳️‍🌈✨ @rawbherb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We’ve reached the part of Godotcon where we all sit around a table sharing pictures of our cats and everyone goes “That’s a great cat!”
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Man #godotcon was such a great time. What a wonderful, friendly, and smart community. Thanks @godotcon.bsky.social and @scentree.bsky.social for a great event. Here’s looking forward to next year!
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I’m still alive. Still making games. Hopefully will have something I can talk about soon 😁
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Continuing my decent into random hyper fixations, here’s my #warhammer40k mini that I painted yesterday.
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I have begun to learn sheet #music Now I just have to figure out what it sounds like.
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Hideori T @hotchpotchhouse.com · 20/10/2025
My character workflow for games! Sculpting in Blender, Texturing in Substance, Rigging in Blender, Finish in UE5👌 He is one of the NPCs from my game Hotch Potch House:) #Blender #GameDev #IndieGame
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Just finished my entry for SCREAM JAM 2025. It's a little ugly and a little rough around the edges, but I definitely got 2 scares out of it already and it has a whole game loop! #gamedev #godotengine #screamjam the-benbot.itch.io/cleaning-wit...
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Cleaning With Clanker by BenBot, coolturtle
Play in your browser
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Just posted a write up for the #pico8 workshop i ran last night. It went pretty well :D I got some good feedback from the attendees as to what I should change to make it run a little smoother. I'd like to polish it up before I advertise the larger workshop wordsfroma.dev/blog/first-w... #gamedev
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First PICO-8 workshop post-mortem – Words From a Dev
You've landed on my blog! Welcome! I've been a programmer for over 20 years. In that time I've worked on games, large frontend projects, enterprise backend products, fun little tools, and generative...
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Today I'm going to be giving a #pico8 workshop at my local gamedev group. It's very basic, but i'm hoping to cover the essential parts of video games and game development. if anyone wants to check out the carts i made for it, they're up on my blog at: wordsfroma.dev/workshops/br... #gamedev
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Make Breakout in PICO-8 – Words From a Dev
You've landed on my blog! Welcome! I've been a programmer for over 20 years. In that time I've worked on games, large frontend projects, enterprise backend products, fun little tools, and generative...
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
So I took part in that Godot XR jam from a couple weeks ago and basically spent the first 4 days getting VR working on Linux. Now that I did, though, it’s pretty great. godot’s XR tools have come a long way and now I’m excited to play with them again :D #godot #xr #vr
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Well my pharmacy has vyvanse on backorder, so I guess it’ll be a couple of weeks until I start on it.
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Sorry for the long silence. Life has been a lot lately… I’m going to be starting some adhd meds next week, so hopefully I’ll be more able to put some good focus time into my gamedev. 🤞
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Hey all, I'm streaming on twitch now :) www.twitch.tv/the_benbot
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making a simple inventory system in godot for my local game jam.
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I'm going to be streaming after work today if anyone wants to come hang and work on some games :) #gamedev #godotengine #streaming www.twitch.tv/the_benbot/s...
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Twitch
Twitch is the world
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
So i hit a new stage in my journey to distract myself from working on camera shy. The local #gamedev meetup I organize is running our first game jam, so i started working on my entry for that yesterday. spent a couple hours yesterday and got func_godot and player movement set up #godotengine
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duende @realduende.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
friendly reminder please buy my shit or i will be homeless (no pressure :3) i need a job (please someone hire me) realduende.itch.io/yoink #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #itchio #psx #3d #blender #godot #unity #ue5 #unrealengine
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Yoink! - Texture ripping and processing software by duende
Available for Windows, Linux
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I think i'm going make a tiny game out of just what I have done with camera shy. It'll be good for me to get a little something out there. It'd be good to have a set number of levels to build After I finish the email client, I'll be making a 5-level tiny camera shy :) #gamedev #solodev #indiedev
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PixelHart @pixelhart.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Sunset on a 64x64 Canva Pixel art done by WaiterFailer at r/PixelArt. #pixelart #pixel #art #indiedev
Image made by WaiterFailer
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
ADHD hits hard sometimes. I was working on my game’s email client, started wondering how email works, then spent the next 2 hours setting up my own email server. I only just realized I got lost in a rabbit hole. So it’s cool that I have that now, but my game’s email client still isn’t done 😅
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Back to the #gamdev updates! yesterday was pretty busy! I got a lot more functionality set up in func_godot for level design and I fixed a small bug I found (which they already fixed in an unreleased branch, but still) Today i've been working on my game's fake email client #solodev #indiedev
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Here’s a #caturday shot of Jiji walking me up.
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I should get back to posting daily updates now that life has been settling. I find time to do at least a little something every day. This week i'm going to be talking to a friend to see if I can use his studio to make some tracks for a camera shy trailer. #gamedev #solodev
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I also got a lot of stuff hooked up to trenchbroom. I can set up doors, paths, NPCs that walk on those paths. I can place cameras and hackable desktops. I'm really liking having all of my level design stuff in a dedicated tool. Helps with the focus. #solodev #gamedev
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Finally got around to writing the 2nd camera shy devlog wordsfroma.dev/blog/camera-... #gamedev #solodev #godotengine #trenchbroom
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Camera Shy Dev Log #2
So that took a while… Took a little more than a week for me to get to this second blog post, but we made it! So I’ve worked on Camera Shy for about 45 days straight. That is longer than I’ve stuck wit...
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Just finished making a few custom resources for rapidly making those hackable computer desktop scenes. Now I just list out the icons and what they do instead of placing each individually #godotengine #gamedev #indiedev
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BenBot @thebenbot.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
godot's whole plugin system is really pleasant to work with. I started messing with custom gizmos and that's been pretty cool #godotengine
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