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Ben Hickling // MNKY

@benhickling

Artist / Game Dev / Current project: Ex-Zodiac (out in early access now!) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/

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Awesome, thank you!

06.03.2026 00:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember, I was there

05.03.2026 23:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah I know what you mean, I'll try and keep that dynamic between them as Miko will still be the tech/intel gal :)

05.03.2026 13:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd basically treat it the same way Starfox 64 did it

05.03.2026 12:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

there's definitely a few missions she'd be flying solo

05.03.2026 12:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unfortunately Bsky doesn't have polls yet, but-

I'm considering the idea of giving Kyuu teammates in Ex-Zodiac...

Woo! Monkey friends!

or

No! Only monkey solitude.

?

05.03.2026 11:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kinda UI related, but I'm pretty sure the back button on my mouse still doesn't do anything when using the file explorer or file dialogs

05.03.2026 11:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wait, so you didn't even get past the step of becoming an approved dev?

03.03.2026 20:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

is nice

09.02.2026 16:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I already have to use a vpn for a bunch of stuff in the UK, and there's things I can no longer see as discord has marked them as sensitive and I refuse to upload my ID. You really don't want this, trust me

09.02.2026 16:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 40 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope those are gold plated

07.02.2026 13:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really sad he stopped working on it, it had a lot of character and looked like it got pretty crazy in the later levels

31.01.2026 10:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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HEY! LISTEN!! ๐Ÿงš

Did y'all know there's a "Tree" style comment thread option on Bluesky?

I've been using it for a month and it makes the overall threads of comments and replies MUCH cleaner and more organized!

It's something I haven't mentioned yet, but I just wanted to spread the word! โœŒ๏ธ

21.01.2026 01:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 296 ๐Ÿ” 87 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Crash mode, my beloved

23.01.2026 18:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Calling websites apps is cursed, and apps now being nothing more than containers for webpages is even more cursed

23.01.2026 18:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here's the first of five yet to come, setting the standard. It's Kyuu from Ex Zodiac, as suggested by @mardymuntjak.bsky.social!

I wasn't sure what her bottom half looked like, so I made something up to fit with her jumpsuit. She's very fun to draw, and I like her ship too!

14.01.2026 05:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 58 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is awesome, thank you for drawing Kyuu! โค๏ธ

14.01.2026 19:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love the atmosphere in this game. It's weird cus I never really clicked with spectrum games, but this one was really enjoyable

28.12.2025 17:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@rittzler.bsky.social (creator of Pseudoregalia), has had their Discord and email hacked and is linking to a virus in disguise. If you see anything linking to a game called "Furfall", DO NOT engage with it. It's not made by Rittz and isn't a real game (it's a Remote Access Trojan) DO NOT CLICK IT.

28.12.2025 07:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 3140 ๐Ÿ” 2550 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54 ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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Soothingsnow.WAV (Burning Frost | Ex-Zodiac) Original by +TEK https://soundcloud.com/plrusek-chan/burning-frost-stage-2?in=plrusek-chan/sets/ex-zodiac-soundtrack-ongoing&si=ee31be554e624a4cb3394f005f82db3d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&ut

soundcloud.com/perfectlygen...

still such a neat arrange, sometimes I think about it. thanks, @preferablygeneric.bsky.social

25.12.2025 10:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bulk slash is the shit

24.12.2025 17:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's actually not that far, I should probably visit when it's not so cold

24.12.2025 17:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And merry Christmas!

24.12.2025 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This isn't London!

24.12.2025 17:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ha, that sounds like something I desperately need

23.12.2025 22:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apparently that gpu supports both vulkan and opengl 3.3, so the game should run fine

23.12.2025 22:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

High praise from locomalito โค๏ธ

23.12.2025 21:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd love you

23.12.2025 21:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you, much appreciated!

23.12.2025 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0