Trinket Ben
@ben.trinketstudios.com
I principally wear a programmer hat at Trinket Studios. Arguably I wear other hats there too, but they're tinier and sillier. Battle Suit Aces, Battle Chef Brigade, and a handful of other Unity tinkerings. he/him.
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I made a silly video for the enormous Battle Suit Aces update!
🔸new Roguelite Deckbuilder mode
🔸lots of fresh cards, mods, and lore
🔸updated mech art and VFX
🔸LIVE NOW on Steam, Switch, and PS5!
(Oh, and there's one more thing for new players at the end of the video)
🔸new Roguelite Deckbuilder mode
🔸lots of fresh cards, mods, and lore
🔸updated mech art and VFX
🔸LIVE NOW on Steam, Switch, and PS5!
(Oh, and there's one more thing for new players at the end of the video)
August 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I made a silly video for the enormous Battle Suit Aces update!
🔸new Roguelite Deckbuilder mode
🔸lots of fresh cards, mods, and lore
🔸updated mech art and VFX
🔸LIVE NOW on Steam, Switch, and PS5!
(Oh, and there's one more thing for new players at the end of the video)
🔸new Roguelite Deckbuilder mode
🔸lots of fresh cards, mods, and lore
🔸updated mech art and VFX
🔸LIVE NOW on Steam, Switch, and PS5!
(Oh, and there's one more thing for new players at the end of the video)
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Battle Suit Aces just updated! We added a big roguelite deckbuilder mode for the low, low price of negative $5! And we've added a Steam demo.
Enjoy the permanent price drop, new mode, and tons of quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and polish.
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
Enjoy the permanent price drop, new mode, and tons of quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and polish.
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
August 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Battle Suit Aces just updated! We added a big roguelite deckbuilder mode for the low, low price of negative $5! And we've added a Steam demo.
Enjoy the permanent price drop, new mode, and tons of quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and polish.
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
Enjoy the permanent price drop, new mode, and tons of quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and polish.
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
This brings my shipped titles count for the past 365 days (counting each platform) to 7. Must find another to ship on... 🤔
Hey neat! Battle Chef Brigade is now on mobile (thanks, Crunchyroll!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6LO...
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Official Mobile Launch Trailer | Battle Chef Brigade on Crunchyroll Game Vault
YouTube video by Crunchyroll
www.youtube.com
July 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This brings my shipped titles count for the past 365 days (counting each platform) to 7. Must find another to ship on... 🤔
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Hey yall, Slaughter Void launches today in just a few hours; it's a game that wasn't supposed to get this far, that @smeli.bsky.social and I made together for fun a couple years ago. It would mean the world if you checked it out.
#indiedev #swordandsorcery
store.steampowered.com/app/3333980/...
#indiedev #swordandsorcery
store.steampowered.com/app/3333980/...
Slaughter Void on Steam
SLAUGHTER VOID is a heavy metal dark fantasy slasher where hesitation is death. Chain kills, keep your momentum, shape your build, and slaughter your way into the Void.
store.steampowered.com
June 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Hey yall, Slaughter Void launches today in just a few hours; it's a game that wasn't supposed to get this far, that @smeli.bsky.social and I made together for fun a couple years ago. It would mean the world if you checked it out.
#indiedev #swordandsorcery
store.steampowered.com/app/3333980/...
#indiedev #swordandsorcery
store.steampowered.com/app/3333980/...
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We just released the demo (and this awesome trailer) for Escape from Slumberland! Go check it out on Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/3011520/...
May 26, 2026 at 10:45 PM
We just released the demo (and this awesome trailer) for Escape from Slumberland! Go check it out on Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/3011520/...
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I pushed the button! Buy SOLARFLARE today, and tell me what difficulty you could clear, and how, so I can loudly congratulate you (and then maybe quietly nerf it a little bit).
store.steampowered.com/app/3941030/...
We have a cute #axolotl with goggles, maybe that helps?
#pixelart #indiedev
store.steampowered.com/app/3941030/...
We have a cute #axolotl with goggles, maybe that helps?
#pixelart #indiedev
May 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I pushed the button! Buy SOLARFLARE today, and tell me what difficulty you could clear, and how, so I can loudly congratulate you (and then maybe quietly nerf it a little bit).
store.steampowered.com/app/3941030/...
We have a cute #axolotl with goggles, maybe that helps?
#pixelart #indiedev
store.steampowered.com/app/3941030/...
We have a cute #axolotl with goggles, maybe that helps?
#pixelart #indiedev
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File this under Unexpected Developer Adventures: I've been trying to figure out what everything in the Battle Suit Aces universe smells like. OVR just launched the Omara kickstarter so that you can smell space stations, frongs, and Pholian ruins. www.kickstarter.com/projects/oma...
May 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
File this under Unexpected Developer Adventures: I've been trying to figure out what everything in the Battle Suit Aces universe smells like. OVR just launched the Omara kickstarter so that you can smell space stations, frongs, and Pholian ruins. www.kickstarter.com/projects/oma...
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🌖 Amberspire is OUT NOW! 🌇
A dice driven science fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence to make deals with powerful off-world factions, experience the history of a future city.
PC, Mac, Steam Deck
s.team/a/3350750
A dice driven science fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence to make deals with powerful off-world factions, experience the history of a future city.
PC, Mac, Steam Deck
s.team/a/3350750
May 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🌖 Amberspire is OUT NOW! 🌇
A dice driven science fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence to make deals with powerful off-world factions, experience the history of a future city.
PC, Mac, Steam Deck
s.team/a/3350750
A dice driven science fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence to make deals with powerful off-world factions, experience the history of a future city.
PC, Mac, Steam Deck
s.team/a/3350750
I have spent a lot of the last 24 hours fixing UI layout problems in Battle Chef Brigade that only manifest when the screen aspect is tablet sized.
I am not proud to admit this pattern is working well.
I am not proud to admit this pattern is working well.
March 27, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I have spent a lot of the last 24 hours fixing UI layout problems in Battle Chef Brigade that only manifest when the screen aspect is tablet sized.
I am not proud to admit this pattern is working well.
I am not proud to admit this pattern is working well.
Ok, so King Bean is NOT supposed to be bouncing like this. But like... it kind of works? Ship it and call it a new feature?
February 27, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Ok, so King Bean is NOT supposed to be bouncing like this. But like... it kind of works? Ship it and call it a new feature?
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I hit the button ✅😭🐸
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I hit the button ✅😭🐸
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW‼️
Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
October 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW‼️
Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
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IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT...it's only FIVE days until Battle Suit Aces launches on PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch! 🤩
if you like mecha, queer found family stories that warm your heart, devastatingly beautiful anime-style characters, and addicting gameplay, check us out!
if you like mecha, queer found family stories that warm your heart, devastatingly beautiful anime-style characters, and addicting gameplay, check us out!
October 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT...it's only FIVE days until Battle Suit Aces launches on PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch! 🤩
if you like mecha, queer found family stories that warm your heart, devastatingly beautiful anime-style characters, and addicting gameplay, check us out!
if you like mecha, queer found family stories that warm your heart, devastatingly beautiful anime-style characters, and addicting gameplay, check us out!
Somewhat fitting that days before launch our build machine ran out of disk space. I guess I don't need those Battle Suit Aces (née Mech Trek) builds from February 2024... 😢
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Somewhat fitting that days before launch our build machine ran out of disk space. I guess I don't need those Battle Suit Aces (née Mech Trek) builds from February 2024... 😢
Yesterday I was testing the latest build of Battle Suit Aces at the kitchen table and my oldest kid, who was getting ready for grade school, asked what I was doing. I explained and she replied, unprompted, "You're the coolest dad". 😭
(she then also said, "remind people to wishlist it, dummy")
(she then also said, "remind people to wishlist it, dummy")
September 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Yesterday I was testing the latest build of Battle Suit Aces at the kitchen table and my oldest kid, who was getting ready for grade school, asked what I was doing. I explained and she replied, unprompted, "You're the coolest dad". 😭
(she then also said, "remind people to wishlist it, dummy")
(she then also said, "remind people to wishlist it, dummy")
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big news: TALL TRAILS is OUT NOW !!
🥾 an exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot!!
🤠 you're a little golem on a quest to find his purpose
🚀 use items as fuel in your ROCKET BOOT to blast yourself through the air!!
get it now Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393760/...
🥾 an exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot!!
🤠 you're a little golem on a quest to find his purpose
🚀 use items as fuel in your ROCKET BOOT to blast yourself through the air!!
get it now Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393760/...
August 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
big news: TALL TRAILS is OUT NOW !!
🥾 an exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot!!
🤠 you're a little golem on a quest to find his purpose
🚀 use items as fuel in your ROCKET BOOT to blast yourself through the air!!
get it now Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393760/...
🥾 an exploration game where EVERYTHING goes in the boot!!
🤠 you're a little golem on a quest to find his purpose
🚀 use items as fuel in your ROCKET BOOT to blast yourself through the air!!
get it now Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393760/...
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Felix - Pilot of the Blue Crest.💙 This was key art drawn for the #BattleSuitAces announcement trailer, June 2024. @team.trinketstudios.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Felix - Pilot of the Blue Crest.💙 This was key art drawn for the #BattleSuitAces announcement trailer, June 2024. @team.trinketstudios.com
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Here's the 2024 status report on our Outersloth activities!
Highlights:
🦥 Holiday time! We're not signing more games until Jan 2025.
🦥 One game has already fully recouped as per our terms!
🦥 We've funded a grand total of 16 games... so far.
Read it all:
www.innersloth.com/outersloth-2...
Highlights:
🦥 Holiday time! We're not signing more games until Jan 2025.
🦥 One game has already fully recouped as per our terms!
🦥 We've funded a grand total of 16 games... so far.
Read it all:
www.innersloth.com/outersloth-2...
Outersloth: 2024 Wrap Up | Innersloth - Creators of Among Us and The Henry Stickmin Collection!
Hi hiiii!
www.innersloth.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Here's the 2024 status report on our Outersloth activities!
Highlights:
🦥 Holiday time! We're not signing more games until Jan 2025.
🦥 One game has already fully recouped as per our terms!
🦥 We've funded a grand total of 16 games... so far.
Read it all:
www.innersloth.com/outersloth-2...
Highlights:
🦥 Holiday time! We're not signing more games until Jan 2025.
🦥 One game has already fully recouped as per our terms!
🦥 We've funded a grand total of 16 games... so far.
Read it all:
www.innersloth.com/outersloth-2...
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Suit up, pilots. We have a brand new trailer to show off! Build relationships, hone your strategy, and ally with factions to take down a new threat that has put the entire universe at risk!
Battle Suit Aces - Official Overview Trailer | The MIX Fall Showcase 2024
YouTube video by GameTrailers
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Suit up, pilots. We have a brand new trailer to show off! Build relationships, hone your strategy, and ally with factions to take down a new threat that has put the entire universe at risk!
Unrelated to last post:
Just had two keys from my keyboard simultaneously pop off as I was typing and I IMMEDIATELY got the same feeling you get from the dream where all your teeth start falling out.
Surely a good omen.
Just had two keys from my keyboard simultaneously pop off as I was typing and I IMMEDIATELY got the same feeling you get from the dream where all your teeth start falling out.
Surely a good omen.
November 20, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Unrelated to last post:
Just had two keys from my keyboard simultaneously pop off as I was typing and I IMMEDIATELY got the same feeling you get from the dream where all your teeth start falling out.
Surely a good omen.
Just had two keys from my keyboard simultaneously pop off as I was typing and I IMMEDIATELY got the same feeling you get from the dream where all your teeth start falling out.
Surely a good omen.
In BSA's Hangar, we have per character offset/scale tweaks. Editing those tweaks involved finding a data prefab via the Project window, or invoking a convoluted debug shortcut to autoselect the prefab. Today I realized we can use the old school OnGUI to expose these tweaks when the card is selected.
November 20, 2024 at 10:13 PM
In BSA's Hangar, we have per character offset/scale tweaks. Editing those tweaks involved finding a data prefab via the Project window, or invoking a convoluted debug shortcut to autoselect the prefab. Today I realized we can use the old school OnGUI to expose these tweaks when the card is selected.
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If you haven't yet, follow our tiktok so you can meet our team!
Get to know the team behind the game! Meet Ben Perez, programmer and designer extraordinaire!
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November 20, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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Meet Hanako!
USS Zephyr's dependable first officer, Hanako is always calm, composed, and confident, but she's an absolute ace behind the helm. Her professional nature (and fashion sense) can be intimidating, but don't mistake it for haughtiness. She always puts the team first.
USS Zephyr's dependable first officer, Hanako is always calm, composed, and confident, but she's an absolute ace behind the helm. Her professional nature (and fashion sense) can be intimidating, but don't mistake it for haughtiness. She always puts the team first.
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Meet Hanako!
USS Zephyr's dependable first officer, Hanako is always calm, composed, and confident, but she's an absolute ace behind the helm. Her professional nature (and fashion sense) can be intimidating, but don't mistake it for haughtiness. She always puts the team first.
USS Zephyr's dependable first officer, Hanako is always calm, composed, and confident, but she's an absolute ace behind the helm. Her professional nature (and fashion sense) can be intimidating, but don't mistake it for haughtiness. She always puts the team first.
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We know you're all excited about Battle Suit Aces, but if you haven't picked up Battle Chef Brigade yet, it's on sale for $3 as part of the Steam Cooking Fest for three more days! ow.ly/wuPI50U4uux
November 15, 2024 at 7:10 PM
We know you're all excited about Battle Suit Aces, but if you haven't picked up Battle Chef Brigade yet, it's on sale for $3 as part of the Steam Cooking Fest for three more days! ow.ly/wuPI50U4uux
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A Trinket discord member asked if there was a Battle Chef Brigade dev log, which got me to re-read a bunch of the monthly Kickstarter updates I wrote. I got pretty nostalgic looking back at all that work! Here's a good example:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
November 15, 2024 at 4:02 PM
A Trinket discord member asked if there was a Battle Chef Brigade dev log, which got me to re-read a bunch of the monthly Kickstarter updates I wrote. I got pretty nostalgic looking back at all that work! Here's a good example:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...