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Bence Ladányi
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Game Developer, love dogs and playing games!

Working on 🔥Crucible and ⛳Golf with Tanks!
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Also addicted to coffee. Support me and my addiction at https://ko-fi.com/ladben01
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Bence Ladányi @ladben01.bsky.social · Sep 6
Hey all!

A few moments ago, we finally published the steam page for Crucible! Go check it out, and if you like what you see, put us on your wishlist! ✨

store.steampowered.com/app/3629110/...

We will post dev updates, insights and news about our upcoming demo there!

#indiedev #gamedev #promosky
Crucible on Steam
Defend the Crucible from waves of enemies. Grow your economy to new heights, research and be always one step ahead. The Crucible must be completed!
store.steampowered.com
ladben01.bsky.social
Look at this little guy waddling around... Wait it has a gun!? 👀

#indiedev #progress #gaming
October 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ladben01.bsky.social
Hey, just released our first monthly wrap-up post on Steam, featuring a first look into our progression systems and some freshly baked gifs ✨

Check it out, and if you like what you see give us a follow/wishlist! :)

store.steampowered.com/news/app/362...

#indiedev #gaming #devlog
Crucible TD - Crucible Monthly Wrap-up - Steam News
It has been a busy month for Crucible! Tech trees, upgrades, graphical overhaul, localization and more!
store.steampowered.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Switched from Windows 11/Visual Studio to Linux(CachyOS)/Rider a few weeks ago. I was really afraid of the switch, but in the end, I love it and I don't think I'm going back any time soon.

(Only thing that hurts is Unreal load times going up, but hey, you win some you lose some 😅)

#indiedev
October 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
#ScreenshotSaturday time! 📸

Crucible is getting new foliage, effects and weapons! ✨

We have a lot planned for #devtober, starting with our first monthly round-up post on Steam, which should be ready in the next few days!

Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3629110/
#indiedev
October 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Hey all!

A few moments ago, we finally published the steam page for Crucible! Go check it out, and if you like what you see, put us on your wishlist! ✨

store.steampowered.com/app/3629110/...

We will post dev updates, insights and news about our upcoming demo there!

#indiedev #gamedev #promosky
Crucible on Steam
Defend the Crucible from waves of enemies. Grow your economy to new heights, research and be always one step ahead. The Crucible must be completed!
store.steampowered.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Sorry for the radio silence and me not finishing the countdown, dealing with a lot of personal stuff in the background.

That being said... Tomorrow at 5 PM CEST, I will truly reveal some cool stuff! :)

Sorry to keep you hanging! See ya soon :)

#indiedev #gamedev #towerdefense
September 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Hey, the new UI is getting close to completion! ✨

Now just need to plug the rest of the buildings in, complete the other UI elements and I can finally forget UMG for a while. 😅

What do you think?

Also... 1... (might or might not have lost a day in the count💀)
#indiedev #ui #gamedev
August 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
I am working on weapon modificafions. Not a huge priority, but having a cannon shoot ice spikes out of a magazine sounds too cool not to implement! Couldn't get a screenshot in time, so here's a pic of my doggo instead!

Also, i have something big to show you all in 2...

#gamedev #indiedev #tease
My cocker spaniel, Molly, on our couch. :)
August 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Alright, I'm done with my yearly month long procrastination session! 😅

The Crucible must be completed! The Operation must succeed!

3...

#indiedev #towerdefense #gamedev
August 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
ladben01.bsky.social
We started working on a logo for Crucible, and I need your input! 🔨 We have gone through a bunch of ideas, and we are open to suggestions! (more info in the alt text)

#indiedev #gamedev #logodesign #art #workinprogress #designadvice
The logo for Crucible, a tower defense game with deeper economy management. In the background, there are cliffs with trees. The text reads CRUCIBLE, with the U holding lava. At the bottom in the middle, one of the weapons from the game can be seen.
May 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
ladben01.bsky.social
Crucible is coming along nicely! Working on localization setup and finishing basic weapons. 🔥

Here's a bit of early gameplay footage, focusing on build animations and the machinegun in action :)
All feedback is appreciated!

#IndieDev #TowerDefense #FeedbackWanted #GameDev #MadeWithUnreal
May 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Hey, back again!

A lot has happened in the last month, but most importantly: my game has a name! 🔥

The Tower Defense game is now called Crucible!
I was also lucky enough to be able to showcase my progress on a small expo and got tons of valuable feedback.

#indiedev #gamedev #td #gaming
One of the maps from Crucible, my upcoming tower defense game. Enemies spawn at the red portals, and follow the brown roads to attack the middle structure.
May 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
⛳ While I code, my friend Dani is hard at work creating the amazing assets for both of our games! Here's a small peak into the first course for Golf With Tanks! ✨

#gamedev #indiedev #golf #tanks
a tank on a gigantic minigolf course. There are ruined buildings in the background, slowly getting taken over by nature.
April 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Finally decided my Tower Defense game's name!
Well, still not 100%, we want to build it into the 'lore', but at least I can finally start working on assets and logos! 🖌️
Nothing ready to show yet, just thought I'll give a small status update. 🐵

#indiedev #gamedev #towerdefense
April 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
I am in full Tower Defense game dev mode right now, reworking and improving targeting systems. I set a pretty tight deadline for myself, but if I can keep it, I will be able to post some sneak peaks soon.

And also: 🔥🔨🏭

#gamedev #indiedev #towerdefense
April 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Just removed almost every app from my phone, at least until the end of this month. I spent waay too much time doom scrolling and watching things on Youtube, so I needed to do something. Hopefully I can use the extra bit of free time well ☺️

#gamedev #indiedev
April 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Hey, long time no see!

I didn't have the time to work on stuff lately, but that changes today! ✨

For starters, here's a work in progress image of a flying transporter enemy in the tower defense game I'm working on. There are big news coming soon-ish, so stay tuned! 🔥

#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
March 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Golf game time! ⛳
I have been working on implementing some testing UI for both my projects. Golf with Tanks also started getting Steam integration, like achievements, leaderboard, better lobbies and a whole lot more! ✨
Can't wait to show more!
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #golf #tanks
Alpha menu for Golf with Tanks. There is a forest and some rocks in the background, with some tank traps here and there. The hosting screen is on the left, while on the right the player can see their currently selected tank.
February 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Didn't really make any progress on my projects this week, but hey, I took a super cute picture of my doggo. 😅
#dog #gamedev
My dog, looking like she has 0 thoughts currently, pressing her nose against my phone's camera.
February 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
ladben01.bsky.social
Hey, been a while 😅

Wanted to check in with a screenshot featuring the starter towers and a few basic enemies from the tower defense game I'm working on. Soo excited to progress further.

Hope your 2025 started off right :)

#ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #ue5
It's a screenshot from my upoming tower defense game. There are two towers, one is aiming and the other is shooting at enemies. These enemy robots have red HP bars above them, and are following a curvy dirt path.
January 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
ladben01.bsky.social
Soo, I just took a 1 hour break from working on my projects to try the new Indiana Jones game...
Two days later, I have to announce that my break is officially over, and the game is a masterpiece! 😅
#gaming #gamedev
December 12, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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December 4, 2024 at 12:13 AM
ladben01.bsky.social
For today's #ScreenshotSaturday, I wanted to show a cool screenshot of the Tower Defense game I'm working on. Still pretty early, especially the ui, but really proud of the overall art direction :)

Also started a newsletter, go check it out: subscribepage.io/ladben
November 30, 2024 at 8:23 PM
ladben01.bsky.social
Another project I am working on is a Tower defense game with a big focus on economy management. Still a lot to do, but I am pretty happy with the construction animations, and thought they are worth sharing :)
#gamedev #ue5
November 29, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Reposted by Bence Ladányi
bottosson.bsky.social
Thought I'd share a bit about the terrain editing in my little island town building game, since I haven't here.

The terrain is fully editable and supports both smooth surfaces and caves and arches. It automatically makes rocks or grass depending on its shape.

#indiegame #gamedev #procedural
November 27, 2024 at 12:04 PM