Bendangelo Blog

Hi! I'm Ben, I discuss software development.

Tools I Use

I been working on Riflestorm solo for over a year now, along the way I’ve found some great tools so I thought I’ll share them.

Chain Design Pattern

When I first started making Flash games years ago, I found myself facing the same problem in every game and could not find a solution online.

Creating a RPG Database in Unity

When creating a role-playing game you’ll quickly be faced with the daunting problem of storing possibly hundreds of items, spells, abilities, classes, npcs and other data about the game.

Favorite Hub Aliases For Git

Hub is a command line tool that extends git with Github specific commands, and also some other git enhancements but this post is just about the Github aspect. I originally thought it was not useful but I gave it a try and after a few months, it’s now part of my everyday tool kit.

Unity RTS Game Architecture

I have created many games over the years – mostly small Flash games. And I feel that I have finally constructed a robust game architure which should be the basis of every game. This is inspired by the MVC pattern but with some modifications – a game isn’t a user interface but instead revolves around a game loop.

Using Locomotive CMS on Heroku

So I was given the popular task of creating a site for my sister. It had to be simple enough for her to make edits, upload images, free to host and most importantly low maintenance – I don’t want to spend time ironing issues.