Ben Kosmina
aka: AussieBen
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Ben Kosmina has been working in the video game industry since 2002. Getting his start in Quality Assurance for Tantalus Interactive, he also performed other writing and design-related tasks for various games. In 2006, Ben worked as a designer for Big Ant Studios, on a range of licensed titles.
Ben began work independently in 2009, where he worked with Brawsome on the piratey point and click adventure Jolly Rover, and the werewolf comedy puzzle adventure, MacGuffin's Curse. He began working full time for Tin Man Games as a producer and designer in 2013, where he worked on titles in the Gamebook Adventures and Fighting Fantasy series.
Credited on 34 games
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| The Pale Beyond (2023, Windows) | Channel Marketing Executive |
| Beacon Pines (2022, Windows) | Channel Marketing Executive |
| Citizen Sleeper (2022, Windows) | Channel Marketing Executive |
| Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition - Hop's Iconic Cap (2020, Windows) | Testers |
| Rugby Challenge 4 (2020, PlayStation 4) | Producer |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019, Windows) | Special Thanks to |
| Piffle (2018, Android) | Design |
| The American Dream (2018, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
| Glittermitten Grove (2016, Windows) | Testing |
| The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (2016, Windows) | Developed and Published by |
| Screencheat (2014, Windows) | Special Thanks to |
| Curse of the Assassin (2014, Windows) | Gamebook Technician |
| Time Surfer (2013, Android) | Special Thanks |
| House of Hell (2013, Android) | Quality Assurance |
| Blood of the Zombies (2012, Android) | Quality Assurance |
| Resonance (2012, Windows) | Beta Testers |
| MacGuffin's Curse (2012, Windows) | Original Concept |
| Jolly Rover (2010, Windows) | Additional Word Wrangling |
| Neonscape (2009, iPhone) | Design |
| Hellboy: The Science of Evil (2008, PlayStation 3) | Level Designers |
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In San Francisco for 2009 GDC
Frequent Collaborators
People- 13 games with Arthur Kakouris
- 13 games with John Szoke
- 13 games with Matthew Hall
- 12 games with Andrew Bailey
- 12 games with Tom Crago
- 12 games with Trevor Nuridin
- 12 games with Peter Simpson
- 11 games with Rohan Westbury
- 9 games with John Zheng
- 9 games with Diem Tao
Companies
- 12 games with Valve Corporation
- 11 games with Tantalus Media Pty Ltd.
- 10 games with Unity Technologies ApS
- 5 games with THQ Inc.
- 4 games with Shin'en Multimedia GmbH
- 4 games with Tin Man Games Pty. Ltd.
- 4 games with Surprise Attack Pty Ltd
- 3 games with Krome Studios Pty Ltd.
- 3 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 3 games with Firelight Technologies Pty. Ltd.
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