Ben Chandler
@threeohfour.bsky.social
I make games! Known for Old Skies, Expelled!, Nighthawks, Unavowed, Technobabylon, Blackwell Epiphany, Shardlight, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator and more. :)
I know that this is Too Much but I had to wind down from a very intense Age of Wonders 4 session and how else but doodling in the margins?
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I know that this is Too Much but I had to wind down from a very intense Age of Wonders 4 session and how else but doodling in the margins?
I had too many notes for games that I am playing on my desk, so a while ago I ordered this frog notebook. Now all of these notes go in the frog notebook.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I had too many notes for games that I am playing on my desk, so a while ago I ordered this frog notebook. Now all of these notes go in the frog notebook.
I had too many notes for games that I am playing on my desk, so I while ago I ordered this frog notebook. Now all of these notes go in the frog notebook.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I had too many notes for games that I am playing on my desk, so I while ago I ordered this frog notebook. Now all of these notes go in the frog notebook.
Nekron the Risen was just being kinda cute today 🥰
(Guess how many times I’ve accidentally read Fangir’s name as “Fangirl”)
(Guess how many times I’ve accidentally read Fangir’s name as “Fangirl”)
October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nekron the Risen was just being kinda cute today 🥰
(Guess how many times I’ve accidentally read Fangir’s name as “Fangirl”)
(Guess how many times I’ve accidentally read Fangir’s name as “Fangirl”)
This was the note I left as a reminder for when I came back to Age of Wonders 4 after my lunch break session today btw.
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This was the note I left as a reminder for when I came back to Age of Wonders 4 after my lunch break session today btw.
All I’m gonna say is that if this big fella can have low morale then I don’t feel so bad about having a rough day now and then.
October 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
All I’m gonna say is that if this big fella can have low morale then I don’t feel so bad about having a rough day now and then.
Devlog 20: Interesting challenges I’ve found in completing the first chapter of the game. ben304.blogspot.com/2025/10/devl...
October 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Devlog 20: Interesting challenges I’ve found in completing the first chapter of the game. ben304.blogspot.com/2025/10/devl...
Another perfect spring day! I ended up walking 35km this weekend. I have missed the sun, and I can feel myself recharged by it. Now I spring to life like a thorny weed in the garden - unexpected and strange, and full of vigour.
September 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Another perfect spring day! I ended up walking 35km this weekend. I have missed the sun, and I can feel myself recharged by it. Now I spring to life like a thorny weed in the garden - unexpected and strange, and full of vigour.
If today is the best day I get all to myself this spring, at least I know I did not squander it.
September 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
If today is the best day I get all to myself this spring, at least I know I did not squander it.
Devlog 19: Building gameplay. ben304.blogspot.com/2025/09/devl...
September 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Devlog 19: Building gameplay. ben304.blogspot.com/2025/09/devl...
Spring is coming, and every day I check on the budding leaves to see their progress. It's magical to watch how fast it happens, but also wonderful inspiration for the alien world I am drawing.
September 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Spring is coming, and every day I check on the budding leaves to see their progress. It's magical to watch how fast it happens, but also wonderful inspiration for the alien world I am drawing.
When I was small I had a small Ice Planet 2002 LEGO set - LEGO catalogs always had such wonderful dioramas and I used to love admiring the layouts and colour schemes. That translucent orange feature colour always stuck in my mind, it was so handsome to me, so I used it here.
September 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
When I was small I had a small Ice Planet 2002 LEGO set - LEGO catalogs always had such wonderful dioramas and I used to love admiring the layouts and colour schemes. That translucent orange feature colour always stuck in my mind, it was so handsome to me, so I used it here.
This scene had been waiting for me to paint the details in properly for forever. I finally got there last week. :)
September 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This scene had been waiting for me to paint the details in properly for forever. I finally got there last week. :)
I've been interested in the SFF novelist obsession with Catholicism (Dune, Book of the New Sun, A Canticle for Leibowitz) for a while, then last night read the first of this book's Canterburian tales and it's such a fun/awful twist on this.
September 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I've been interested in the SFF novelist obsession with Catholicism (Dune, Book of the New Sun, A Canticle for Leibowitz) for a while, then last night read the first of this book's Canterburian tales and it's such a fun/awful twist on this.
For months I had been vaguely trying to track down a very old book that I had seen some great illustrations from, knowing it had some impossible to remember exotic name. I finally tracked it down tonight and the title is “Etidorhpa” - literally just “Aphrodite” in reverse.
September 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For months I had been vaguely trying to track down a very old book that I had seen some great illustrations from, knowing it had some impossible to remember exotic name. I finally tracked it down tonight and the title is “Etidorhpa” - literally just “Aphrodite” in reverse.
Every day I stop by this bobtail and say hello to it. At first it was very wary of me but it's gotten quite used to me now. Today it was so warm and sleepy in the sun that it just opened one eye a tiny bit and then went straight back to dozing.
September 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Every day I stop by this bobtail and say hello to it. At first it was very wary of me but it's gotten quite used to me now. Today it was so warm and sleepy in the sun that it just opened one eye a tiny bit and then went straight back to dozing.
Say what you will about algorithms - YouTube knows exactly what I want to see.
September 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Say what you will about algorithms - YouTube knows exactly what I want to see.
Here's an example of a sketched version of a scene from my game vs the final paint. Most of the problems are already solved, but it takes hours of work to get the colours, details and balance just right.
September 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Here's an example of a sketched version of a scene from my game vs the final paint. Most of the problems are already solved, but it takes hours of work to get the colours, details and balance just right.
A couple of people have made connections to this Serpent's Grotto scene from Kyrandia, and it is an intentional homage. Westwood game aesthetics in the Rick Parks era had so many high points, and I wanted to do something similar but with a skull instead of a stone head. :)
September 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A couple of people have made connections to this Serpent's Grotto scene from Kyrandia, and it is an intentional homage. Westwood game aesthetics in the Rick Parks era had so many high points, and I wanted to do something similar but with a skull instead of a stone head. :)
I'm making a point & click adventure game about unusual places and unusual ideas.
September 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I'm making a point & click adventure game about unusual places and unusual ideas.
Trying out Neyyah the way you knew I would - doing all the maps and notes myself. So far the puzzles have been satisfying to solve.
September 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Trying out Neyyah the way you knew I would - doing all the maps and notes myself. So far the puzzles have been satisfying to solve.
Planetfall is funny because you can take off your uniform and walk around and the only consequence so far is that Floyd says that you look funny naked. But I just realised I'm carrying all this stuff around with pockets, somehow...
September 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Planetfall is funny because you can take off your uniform and walk around and the only consequence so far is that Floyd says that you look funny naked. But I just realised I'm carrying all this stuff around with pockets, somehow...
Too tired to do anything productive tonight so I'm playing a text adventure in bed. Planetfall this time. So far I'm enjoying it, mapped out most of Kalamontee Kompleks and have started exploring Lawanda Kompleks.
September 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Too tired to do anything productive tonight so I'm playing a text adventure in bed. Planetfall this time. So far I'm enjoying it, mapped out most of Kalamontee Kompleks and have started exploring Lawanda Kompleks.
A beautiful evening, so I filled my oil lantern and sat out with a guitar to enjoy the sunset. It's been a lovely day even though I just broke a b string. 😌
August 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A beautiful evening, so I filled my oil lantern and sat out with a guitar to enjoy the sunset. It's been a lovely day even though I just broke a b string. 😌