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Caleb Helbling
@helbl.ing
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Senior Member of the Technical Staff
at Draper Laboratory, Programming Language Theory & Gamedev are my jam
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chrisdeleon.bsky.social
all game developers on bsky
October 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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oddioedits.com
Big news for Ace of Spades fans.

New trailer from me just dropped on IGN.

BrickStrike from @extensional.software

youtu.be/nFlx7wok-VU?...
Brickstrike - Official Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
helbl.ing
The Steam page & trailer for Brickstrike is now live! It's a little surreal to see my first solo project on the storefront
store.steampowered.com/app/3758260/...

#game #games #indiedev #steam #gamedev
Brickstrike on Steam
Brickstrike is an online multiplayer first-person shooter set in a fully destructible and buildable voxel battlefield. Team up to dominate in a variety of competitive game modes. Featuring a variety o...
store.steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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bostonindies.bsky.social
The FINAL DEMO NIGHT of 2025(!!!) will be NOVEMBER 24
back at Aeronaut Brewing in Somerville!

Come show that game you've been makin' one last time this year, and enjoy a crisp beer or some of that really good chicken karaage from that place all the way in the back

www.meetup.com/bostongamede...
Boston Indies: Demo Night!, Mon, Nov 24, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Come show off the game you're working on, or just come kick it and see what folks in the community are up to! Hang out and support your fellow game makers with some feedbac
www.meetup.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A sneak peek at the new main menu UI for Brickstrike! The logo is now animated as well. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #games #gaming #videogames
Brickstrike main menu, showing the new UI
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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A sneak peek at the new main menu UI for Brickstrike! The logo is now animated as well. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #games #gaming #videogames
Brickstrike main menu, showing the new UI
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Just finished my digital showcase submission to Boston FIG @bostonfig.bsky.social ! Hopefully Brickstrike will be accepted and I'll see you there on December 7
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
helbl.ing
Just finished my digital showcase submission to Boston FIG @bostonfig.bsky.social ! Hopefully Brickstrike will be accepted and I'll see you there on December 7
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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I just finished working on the new Brickstrike website! www.brickstrike.com
The Steam page will be launching soon as well - as soon as I get the translations in and finalize the capsule art. So good things are happening 🎉
Brickstrike
www.brickstrike.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
helbl.ing
I just finished working on the new Brickstrike website! www.brickstrike.com
The Steam page will be launching soon as well - as soon as I get the translations in and finalize the capsule art. So good things are happening 🎉
Brickstrike
www.brickstrike.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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bostonfig.bsky.social
Join us at the Boston Festival of Indie Games in December for a day of family-friendly fun! We'll have dozens of tabletop games, card games, video games, and everything in between.

Tickets are just $30 during our early bird phase. Get yours now!

www.bostonfig.com/fest-homepage/
September 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
helbl.ing
On Wednesday, August 13 I will be demoing Brickstrike at Boston Indies, held at the MIT Open Space from 6:00 - 9:00 PM. Hope to see you there!
August 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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They said it couldn't be done. (Made on a fiber laser)
Rock that says "paper" Opposite side of the rock that says "scissors"
August 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Today I was going through old stuff I made in Game Maker in middle school to show my niece and nephew. Here's a short video of Pore (great name!) that I made because Spore wasn't out yet. My nephew now says that he wants to be a game developer when he grows up. They just got a Switch for Christmas 😆
August 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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New blog post today on progress in directed graph hashing: helbl.ing/From-Directe...
From Directed Graph Hashing to Directed Graph Languages
Over the years I’ve been gradually chipping away at the problem of graph hashing. For those who are unfamiliar with graph hashing, here is the basic problem: how do you extend hashing algorithms so th...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
helbl.ing
My take on VR adoption: you know how boomers are stereotypically bad with computers? That's going to be the current generation with VR headsets. Once all the gorilla tag generation grows up, they'll create a larger demand for VR tech

#vr #games #gaming
July 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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bryantfrancis.me
This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
Most experts acknowledge that a takeover by artificial intelligence is coming for the video game industry within the next five years, and executives have already started preparing to restructure their companies in anticipation. After all, it was one of the first sectors to deploy A.I. programming in the 1980s, with the four ghosts who chase Pac-Man each responding differently to the player's real-time movements.
July 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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First look at the medkit model with lid opening animation in Brickstrike! This will be an offhand item capable of healing yourself or a nearby team member.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #game #gaming
June 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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First look at the medkit model with lid opening animation in Brickstrike! This will be an offhand item capable of healing yourself or a nearby team member.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #game #gaming
June 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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I finally found the name for an interesting optical effect that I've seen used in some advertisements online: chromostereopsis. Maybe someone can come up with a gamedev use case?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromos...

#gamedev #gaming
Geometric pattern demonstrating chromostereopsis
June 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
helbl.ing
I finally found the name for an interesting optical effect that I've seen used in some advertisements online: chromostereopsis. Maybe someone can come up with a gamedev use case?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromos...

#gamedev #gaming
Geometric pattern demonstrating chromostereopsis
June 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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desolus.bsky.social
Desolus is now playable on Steam for the very first time as part of the #CerebralPuzzleShowcase!

Go download the demo!!
May 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Today I started using the new Unity UI toolkit, and imo it's now a superior experience to the old game object based UI. The new toolkit is XML/CSS based, and it has a really slick visual editor. Unity has successfully entered the jQuery era!

#unity #gamedev
May 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Coding protip: if you aren't sure how a specific class or function should be used and can't find any guides, forum posts or blogs online, search GitHub for the name and filter by the appropriate language. This usually gives at least a few open source usage examples.

#programming #coding
May 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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desolus.bsky.social
After nearly a decade of development, I am very excited to finally announce Desolus!

Explore a city of Gothic architecture torn between past and future in Desolus, a first person puzzle game.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxfV...
DESOLUS Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Mark Mayers
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM