Lazy Ben
@lazybengames.bsky.social
#SoloDev busy making an unnamed sci-fi gardening game.
#GameDev streamer Monday-Thursday @ 9:30 am (GMT) over on Twitch!
twitch.tv/lazybengames
YouTube Devlogs: https://youtube.com/@lazybengames
#GameDev streamer Monday-Thursday @ 9:30 am (GMT) over on Twitch!
twitch.tv/lazybengames
YouTube Devlogs: https://youtube.com/@lazybengames
I’ve spent the last few days putting shadows into the renderer. They definitely make scenes look a lot less flat and 2D. 👌 #gamedev | #indiedev | #solodev | #gameengine
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’ve spent the last few days putting shadows into the renderer. They definitely make scenes look a lot less flat and 2D. 👌 #gamedev | #indiedev | #solodev | #gameengine
Here's a nice screenshot of the editor in my #gameengine.
Still work to do, but getting there now!
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiedev
Still work to do, but getting there now!
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiedev
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Here's a nice screenshot of the editor in my #gameengine.
Still work to do, but getting there now!
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiedev
Still work to do, but getting there now!
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiedev
I’ve been working hard adding combat to my game engine. It’s now possible to add status effects to attacks, oh and you can die in the game now!
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiegame | #screenshotsaturday
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiegame | #screenshotsaturday
June 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’ve been working hard adding combat to my game engine. It’s now possible to add status effects to attacks, oh and you can die in the game now!
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiegame | #screenshotsaturday
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiegame | #screenshotsaturday
I’ve been working on combat response today. Here’s the hero getting knocked about a bit.
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiedev | #indiegame
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiedev | #indiegame
June 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’ve been working on combat response today. Here’s the hero getting knocked about a bit.
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiedev | #indiegame
#gamedev | #solodev | #indiedev | #indiegame
A demo using the new behaviour system in the game editor. You can build “brains” and assign them to NPCs. They will use the brains to react to you in the game world.
#gamedev | #indiedev | #solodev | #gameenginen
#gamedev | #indiedev | #solodev | #gameenginen
May 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A demo using the new behaviour system in the game editor. You can build “brains” and assign them to NPCs. They will use the brains to react to you in the game world.
#gamedev | #indiedev | #solodev | #gameenginen
#gamedev | #indiedev | #solodev | #gameenginen
You can now assign default behaviours to NPCs in my game engine. These behaviours allow NPCs to react to the player (and anything else in the world) in a highly customisable way 👌 #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #GameEngine #devlog
May 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
You can now assign default behaviours to NPCs in my game engine. These behaviours allow NPCs to react to the player (and anything else in the world) in a highly customisable way 👌 #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #GameEngine #devlog
A Quick Look at NPC behaviour trees in my game engine. Watch the full vid on YouTube (link in bio). #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #GameEngine #devlog
May 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A Quick Look at NPC behaviour trees in my game engine. Watch the full vid on YouTube (link in bio). #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #GameEngine #devlog
No #GameDev today as it’s a public holiday here in the UK. Experiencing the great outdoors instead! #trains #railway #EskValley #Whitby
May 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
No #GameDev today as it’s a public holiday here in the UK. Experiencing the great outdoors instead! #trains #railway #EskValley #Whitby
NPCs can now ride the monorail 🚝 around the world when they want to travel to/from work, for example. My goal is for the NPCs to be able to travel the world just like the player can. I’m hoping that it makes the world feel more alive! #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
May 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
NPCs can now ride the monorail 🚝 around the world when they want to travel to/from work, for example. My goal is for the NPCs to be able to travel the world just like the player can. I’m hoping that it makes the world feel more alive! #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
Today I got implemented fast travel using the game’s monorail 🚝 system. It made use of a multi-choice menu which is a brand new engine UI feature. 👌
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
April 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Today I got implemented fast travel using the game’s monorail 🚝 system. It made use of a multi-choice menu which is a brand new engine UI feature. 👌
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
A day off #gamedev today. Quality family time in our local park! Back to the #coding tomorrow. Working on more UI for the monorail 🚝. Perhaps extend the UI system so I can pop up smaller multi choice menus that don’t pause the game 🤘 #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
April 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A day off #gamedev today. Quality family time in our local park! Back to the #coding tomorrow. Working on more UI for the monorail 🚝. Perhaps extend the UI system so I can pop up smaller multi choice menus that don’t pause the game 🤘 #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
You can now finally catch the monorail 🚝 in the new sci-fi gardening game I’m developing! There’s no artwork yet but the system is there! #Chuffed #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #GameEngine
April 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
You can now finally catch the monorail 🚝 in the new sci-fi gardening game I’m developing! There’s no artwork yet but the system is there! #Chuffed #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #GameEngine
I can now place monorail 🚝 stations in the world using the game editor. I extended the trigger system. Now I can give triggers a “kind”. This could be extended further by adding different kinds as the game evolves. 👌
#GameDev #SoloDev #GameEngine #IndieGame #IndieDev
#GameDev #SoloDev #GameEngine #IndieGame #IndieDev
April 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I can now place monorail 🚝 stations in the world using the game editor. I extended the trigger system. Now I can give triggers a “kind”. This could be extended further by adding different kinds as the game evolves. 👌
#GameDev #SoloDev #GameEngine #IndieGame #IndieDev
#GameDev #SoloDev #GameEngine #IndieGame #IndieDev
Progress on the monorail 🚝 system in my sci-fi gardening game today! Just systems, no visuals (yet) 😋
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
March 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Progress on the monorail 🚝 system in my sci-fi gardening game today! Just systems, no visuals (yet) 😋
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
Is #SetupSunday a thing? Here’s where I do all my #gamedev! Based in the north of England. Nothing flash…
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame
March 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Is #SetupSunday a thing? Here’s where I do all my #gamedev! Based in the north of England. Nothing flash…
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame
#indiedev #solodev #indiegame
Sven (The Driod 🟩) can use his mining laser (currently imaginary) to break apart rocks and hoover up iron-ore for crafting.
None of it has real art assets yet but the system works!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #screenshotsaturday
None of it has real art assets yet but the system works!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #screenshotsaturday
March 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Sven (The Driod 🟩) can use his mining laser (currently imaginary) to break apart rocks and hoover up iron-ore for crafting.
None of it has real art assets yet but the system works!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #screenshotsaturday
None of it has real art assets yet but the system works!
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev #screenshotsaturday
This week I completed the crafting prototype for my game by putting in support for mining resources.
The next game system is fast travel…that’s where the Star Trek style beaming comes in!
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGane #SoloDev
The next game system is fast travel…that’s where the Star Trek style beaming comes in!
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGane #SoloDev
March 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This week I completed the crafting prototype for my game by putting in support for mining resources.
The next game system is fast travel…that’s where the Star Trek style beaming comes in!
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGane #SoloDev
The next game system is fast travel…that’s where the Star Trek style beaming comes in!
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGane #SoloDev
Happy Friday everyone. Today I accidentally created an orbiting particle system. 😆
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #TwitchStreamer
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #TwitchStreamer
March 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happy Friday everyone. Today I accidentally created an orbiting particle system. 😆
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #TwitchStreamer
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #TwitchStreamer
A nice example of User-Defined Literals in my game. This is for localization of string literals.
👉 _u64 is a compile time hash of a string
👉 _loc takes the hash and does an binary search of the current language table for the translation.
Simple, fast and easy to use.
#GameDev #Coding #IndieDev
👉 _u64 is a compile time hash of a string
👉 _loc takes the hash and does an binary search of the current language table for the translation.
Simple, fast and easy to use.
#GameDev #Coding #IndieDev
March 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Up next on my gameplay journey:
My gardening game is set on a gigantic space station (think Mass Effect Citadel). To give the illusion of size I’m going to come up with some nifty ways to get around the map. Think Star Trek style beaming and Shuttle express ways, etc.
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
My gardening game is set on a gigantic space station (think Mass Effect Citadel). To give the illusion of size I’m going to come up with some nifty ways to get around the map. Think Star Trek style beaming and Shuttle express ways, etc.
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
March 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Up next on my gameplay journey:
My gardening game is set on a gigantic space station (think Mass Effect Citadel). To give the illusion of size I’m going to come up with some nifty ways to get around the map. Think Star Trek style beaming and Shuttle express ways, etc.
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
My gardening game is set on a gigantic space station (think Mass Effect Citadel). To give the illusion of size I’m going to come up with some nifty ways to get around the map. Think Star Trek style beaming and Shuttle express ways, etc.
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame