Ben Wilson

@zerofiftyone.bsky.social

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Game Developer - Spooky Express, Saltsea Chronicles, Team Sonic Racing, EVADER, TV Trouble, Concentric, ████. Crossword constructor. Hobbyist potter. He/him. zerofifty.one

An abstract geometric stipple art drawing, in a square black frame
A stoneware mug, glazed in green with a maze design
A crossword grid with 7 Down highlighted. The clue is “Star associated with Venus?”
A stoneware mug, glazed with a colourful geometric design
A pair of bisque fired stoneware mugs, ready for glaze firing.
A stoneware mug, at the leather-hard stage.
A crossword grid with 34 Down highlighted. The clue is "Animals who are near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in the other" (4)
A tray of pumpkin and oatmeal cookies with a brown butter icing
Picture of the (now discontinued i think?) Tetley tea mascot characters
Crossword with 23 Down highlighted. The clue is 😂 (or 💀, depending on your age bracket) (4)
Crossword with 8 Down highlighted. The clue is styled like a Windows XP error message, and says [crossword.___ has encountered a problem and needs to close (3)]
A stoneware mug, glazed in a white and green checkerboard pattern
Crossword with 9 Down highlighted. The clue is [Type of establishment which *checks notes* apparently has nothing at all to do with scuba-themed cocktails (4, 3)]
stoneware mug with multicoloured confetti style glazing (before firing)
Crossword with 6 Down highlighted. The clue is [Afro-Surrealist comedy series starring Donald Glover and Brian Tyree Henry (7)]
Crossword with 19 Down highlighted. The clue is [Sea ___ (animal which likes to hold hands with a friend while it sleeps) (5)]
The front page of puzzmo.com for March 4th 2025
Crossword with 42 Across highlighted. The clue is [Algorithmically generated picture with way too many fingers, for example (6)]
A bisque fired stoneware mug, glazed with a white and green checkerboard pattern
Crossword with 47 Across highlighted. The clue is [Typical starting location for a Dungeons & Dragons campaign (6)]
Crossword with 15 Across highlighted. The clue is [“seriously? you’re really gonna break up with me on international talk like a ___ day?? [he sighs, dejected]: yarr” (6)]
Crossword with 27 Across highlighted. The clue is ["omg soooo cute!!!", or alternatively, a pretty good name for a novelty bag store (5, 6)]
screenshot of today’s bongo puzzle on puzzmo.com
A fired and glazed stoneware mug with an oversized handle, glazed with a white and blue checkerboard pattern
Crossword with 38-Down highlighted. The clue is [One who might panic at the disco?] (3 letters)
A pair of stoneware mugs – one glazed in a checkerboard pattern (purple/white with iron flecks), and one glazed all over in glossy black/blue
An unfired stoneware mug, with an oversized handle
Score You get 10 points for each correct word completed. Revealing letters or words will cost you points. For each square you reveal, you lose 1 point(s), but you can still get the 10 points if you get the word right. You get no points for a word if you reveal it entirely. The target time to complete this puzzle is 15 minutes. When you complete the puzzle, you will get a bonus of 15 points for every full minute under the target. There is no penalty for going over the time limit.
How to play Score You get 10 points for each correct word completed. Revealing letters or words will cost you points. For each square you reveal, you lose 1 point(s), but you can still get the 10 points if you get the word right. You get no points for a word if you reveal it entirely. The target time to complete this puzzle is 15 minutes. When you complete the puzzle, you will get a bonus of 15 points for every full minute under the target. There is no penalty for going over the time limit.
A candle and matching pot, both glazed with a sponge-print effect
A blue ceramic pot
A ceramic butter dish with a dolomite glazed lid, and spearmint green glazed interior
fixed line length in playervision Gabe Cuzzillo / Sat, 8 Mar 2014 17:46:47 bullshit Gabe Cuzzillo / Sat, 8 Mar 2014 17:46:48 saved a scene Elliot Cuzzillo / Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:25:10 fixed some indentation stuff Gabe Cuzzillo / Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:50:42 implemented push and grab Gabe Cuzzillo / Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:58:55 working on line stuff
A butter dish and matching lid, made from unfired clay.
A large stoneware bowl, recently thrown on a wheel
A 13x13 crossword grid. 9 across is highlighted: “Worthless cartoon ape jpeg, for example” (3 letters)
A handmade stoneware ceramic mug with a green/blue glaze
A pigeon, perched on my knee while I’m sitting on a bench
me holding my family cat
An unfired bowl with a fluted surface detail
An unfired ceramic pot, with a carved foot ring
An unfired clay bowl
An unfired clay bowl
A mallard duck
“Minigames as Worldbuilding: Designing a Card Game for 'Saltsea Chronicles'” Videogames often contain minigames or sub-systems (e.g. fishing, gambling) that allow the player to blow off steam and take a break from the main gameplay. But we can get even more ambitious in how those sub-systems serve the main story or worldbuilding. In this talk, two designers on story-driven adventure game Saltsea Chronicles recount the development of a trick-taking card game, Spoils, that was created for the project. In the fictional world of Saltsea Chronicles, each island community plays Spoils, but with their own house rules. First, this talk describes how the core Spoils mechanic was inspired by both the politics and history of the fictional world. Second, the talk explains how the rules variations were used to deepen the sense of place of each in-game locale. Games inevitably reflect their cultural context, and we can use that dynamic to heighten the meaning of minigames in larger videogame worlds.
An in-game screenshot of Saltsea Chronicles.