History Creator / BenCroshaw

* ''Yahtzee's Dev Diary'' -- Yahtzee, as a personal challenge and creative exercise, pledged to develop 12 small-scale games in 12 months. The episodes, published every other week, document the creation and development process of each game, as well as containing random bits of insight from Yahtzee's part on video game development and other topics. It has since been followed up with a second season, wherein Yahtzee explains the development process of his long-term game project with the WorkingTitle "Fun Space Game", later titled ''Starstruck Vagabond''.

* ''Yahtzee's Dev Diary'' -- Yahtzee, as a personal challenge and creative exercise, pledged to develop 12 small-scale games in 12 months. The episodes, published every other week, document the creation and development process of each game, as well as containing random bits of insight from Yahtzee's part on video game development and other topics. It has since been followed up with a second season, wherein Yahtzee explains the development process of his long-term development project with the WorkingTitle "Fun Space Game", later titled ''Starstruck Vagabond''.

* ''Yahtzee's Dev Diary'' -- Yahtzee, as a personal challenge and creative exercise, pledged to develop 12 small-scale games in 12 months. The episodes, published every other week, document the creation and development process of each game, as well as containing random bits of insight from Yahtzee's part on video game development and other topics. It has since been followed up with a second season, wherein Yahtzee explains the development process of his long-term development project with the WorkTitle "Fun Space Game", later titled ''Starstruck Vagabond''.

* ''Yahtzee's Dev Diary'' -- Yahtzee, as a personal challenge and creative exercise, pledged to develop 12 small-scale games in 12 months. The episodes, published every other week, document the creation and development process of each game, as well as containing random bits of insight from Yahtzee's part on video game development and other topics.

* ''Yahtzee's Dev Diary'' -- In May 2019, Yahtzee, as a personal challenge and creative exercise, pledged to develop 12 small-scale games in 12 months.

* [[https://yzcroshaw.itch.io/ Yahtzee's Dev Diary projects]]:

* Yahtzee's Dev Diary projects:

** ''[[https://yzcroshaw.itch.io/the-magic-poo-machine The Magic Poo Machine]]'' -- Build a machine that shapes a small dog's magic [[ToiletHumor turds]] into a desired product, turning a profit within a time limit.

** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/prepan/devdiary1.zip Preflight Panic]]'' -- A flight attendant must ensure that every passenger is belted in and ready to fly before time runs out.
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/beartv/devdiary2.zip BRTV]]'' -- The player must oversee a multiplayer [[VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds PUBG]]-style [[BattleRoyaleGame Battle Royale]] and film the best parts for television.
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/upbeat/devdiary3a.zip Upbeat]]'' -- A platform game in which the player must navigate descending platforms while moving to a rhythm.
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/ezann/devdiary4b.zip The Life of Erich Zann]]'' -- The player must survive as many nights as they can playing a violin out their window to appease cosmic horrors.
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/hogpoc/devdiary5.zip Hogpocalpyse Sow]]'' -- The player must use two different coloured guns to fend off waves of correspondingly coloured feral pigs.
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/clean/devdiary6.zip The Cleaner]]'' -- A cleaning lady must assassinate targets with a vacuum cleaner gun and remove all evidence of the corpse within a time limit.
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/button/devdiary7.zip The Button that Ruins Everything]]'' -- The player must avoid pressing a button that will ruin the life of a happy dog.
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/cjoint/devdiary8.zip Casey Joint]]'' -- Assist a thief on a heist by hacking devices in their path in a manner resembling [[HollywoodHacking cliched movie hacking]].
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/htp/devdiary9.zip Hold the Phone!]]'' -- Complete a series of frustrating phone calls while dealing with daily life and not dying of high blood pressure.
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/sits/devdiary10.zip Something's in the Sea]]'' -- An atmospheric horror game about being hunted by a colossal monster in the middle of the ocean.

The British-born and US (formerly Australian)-residing Benjamin Richard "Yahtzee" Croshaw (born 24 May 1983) is perhaps best known for ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''. But he does have a bit more on his conscience internet-wise. Besides being a video game critic, Yahtzee also has experience in the field of writing and game design. Most of this work (and a bit more) can be accessed through his personal site: [[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com]]. In addition, he did a LetsPlay series in his spare time called ''LetsPlay/LetsDrownOut,'' which can be found on his Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/yahtzee19 here.]] The series has since ended due to Yahtzee's move to America, with the final episode having been uploaded on August 27th, 2016.

* LetsPlay/LetsDrownOut -- In March 2012, Yahtzee started a series of Let's Plays with his friend (the Nick Frost to his Creator/SimonPegg) Gabriel, featuring games from their collective childhoods on his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/yahtzee19/ YouTube channel]]. Yahtzee and Gabriel alternate [=LP=] duties each game, with Yahtzee starting it off with Fantasy World Dizzy. Prior to the VideoGame/{{Flashback}} video, they were pre-recorded and consisted of retro adventure games. Starting with ''VideoGame/{{Quake}} 2'', they were labeled as "Let's Drown Out", which starts as a standard Let's Play of a game that's uninteresting to look at before they get bored talking about the game and instead talk podcast-style topics, which is what some of their past videos turned into anyway. The games drowned out tend to be older games that haven't aged well more often than not, but they do sometimes play games they like [[SelfImposedChallenge played in such a way to make it boring to watch]].

** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/beartv/devdiary2.zip BRTV]]'' -- The player must oversee a multiplayer [[VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds PUBG]]-style Battle Royale and film the best parts for television.

** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/cjoint/devdiary8.zip Casey Joint]]'' -- Assist a thief on a heist by hacking devices in their path in a manner resembling cliched movie hacking.

* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' - Started out as a couple of experimental video reviews, but it caught attention fast and was soon after picked up by ''Website/TheEscapist'' and became a permanent weekly serial. It was Yahtzee's ticket to mainstream fame and remains his most famous and discussed piece of work.

* ''Literature/{{Jam}}'' - A post-apocalyptic novel, that follows a small group of survivors in a world where the remains of civilization has been covered in a weird, red, sticky substance that smells distinctly of strawberries.
* ''Literature/WillSaveTheGalaxyForFood'' - the third novel to be published by Creator/DarkHorseComics, it tells the tale of a space explorer with unemployment hanging over his head after "some thoughtless bastards invent cheap, easy teleportation with limitless range, making all the heroic star pilots redundant".
* ''Literature/DifferentlyMorphous'' - A fantasy novel, and Yahtzee's first to initially be released as an Audible exclusive; a paperback version is set to release in 2019. Follows a group of government agents attempting to hunt down a magical serial killer causing chaos in the English countryside.
* ''Literature/WillDestroyTheGalaxyForCash'' - The sequel to ''Will Save the Galaxy for Food''.

* ''The Trials of Odysseus Kent'' - An adventure game inspired by ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', and features Odysseus Kent, a weird [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation white skinned]] boy who searches for treasure in a provincial town where time never seem to pass.

* ''VideoGame/TwelveThirteen'' - Another experiment with the AGS engine. This one revolved around creating a CinematicPlatformGame '' á la'' ''VideoGame/{{Flashback}}''.

* ''VideoGame/TheConsumingShadow'' - A [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] {{Roguelike}}, citing ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' and ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight'' as its main inspirations, in which a paranormal investigator frantically attempts to put together a ritual in 72 hours in order to stop [[EldritchAbomination a terrifying ancient god]] from entering our world, fighting both the god's hideous minions and [[SanitySlippage his own rapidly deteriorating sanity]] in the process. Released commercially.
* ''VideoGame/{{Hatfall}}'' - It is, to use his own words, "the official WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation game for browsers and tablets designed by me and without a doubt [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the greatest interactive hat putting on simulator called Hatfall]] ever devised by man!"

** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/prepan/devdiary1.zip Preflight Panic]]''
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/beartv/devdiary2.zip BRTV]]''
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/upbeat/devdiary3a.zip Upbeat]]''
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/ezann/devdiary4b.zip The Life of Erich Zann]]''
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/hogpoc/devdiary5.zip Hogpocalpyse Sow]]''
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/clean/devdiary6.zip The Cleaner]]''
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/button/devdiary7.zip The Button that Ruins Everything]]''
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/cjoint/devdiary8.zip Casey Joint]]''
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/htp/devdiary9.zip Hold the Phone!]]''
** ''[[http://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/sits/devdiary10.zip Something's in the Water]]''

* ''Game Damage'' -- A television show in the making featuring Yahtzee as one of the hosts. The show's cast includes Yahtzee, Matt and Yug (the latter two the co-owners of australiangamer.com) commenting on various elements of the gaming world, including reviews and discussion of upcoming games. The show also features rant sections done by each of the hosts and sketch comedy influenced by the gaming community (such as Master Chief walking around a mall or the design team of ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' sitting around bashing their heads against walls). Was ultimately not picked up for broadcast, and can be considered [[StillbornSerial dead]].

->''"The thought occurs that, for all my banging at the 'games are art' drum, art is only as good as the culture that surrounds it. A game could give the most extraordinary emotional experience in the entirety of human culture and bring tears to the eyes of a jaded war veteran with no eyes, but it's all for naught if it's not surrounded by self-important bearded tossers who read too much into things for a living. And since [[SelfDeprecation I'm one of gaming culture's Alpha self-important bearded tossers...]]"''
-->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t4xS2PqFFA "Yahtzee on webcomics"]]'''

* ''Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash'' - The sequel to ''Will Save the Galaxy for Food''.

** ''[[https://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/upbeat/devdiary3a.zip Upbeat]]''
** ''[[https://distro.escapistmagazine.com/devdiary/ezann/devdiary4b.zip The Life of Erich Zann]]''

* ''Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash'' - The sequel to ''Will Save the Galaxy for Food''

The British-born and US (formerly Australian)-residing Benjamin Richard "Yahtzee" Croshaw (born 24 May 1983) is perhaps best known for ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''. But he does have a bit more on his conscience internet-wise. Besides being a video game critic, Yahtzee also has experience in the field of writing and game design. Most of this work (and a bit more) can be accessed through his personal site: [[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com]]. In addition, he did a LetsPlay series in his spare time called ''LetsPlay/LetsDrownOut,'' which can be found on his Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/yahtzee19 here.]] The series has since ended, with the final episode having been uploaded on August 27th, 2016.

* ''Judging By the Cover'' -- Yahtzee examines the cover of anything taking his fancy, be it videogame cases, movie posters etc. and gives his views on the first impressions that may or may not spring to mind. Its last upload was in October 2017 and Yahtzee has not stated whether or not the series will be continued; however, an editor from the Escapist has confirmed that the series will likely not be returning anytime soon.

->''"The thought occurs that, for all my banging at the 'games are art' drum, art is only as good as the culture that surrounds it. A game could give the most extraordinary emotional experience in the entirety of human culture and bring tears to the eyes of a jaded war veteran with no eyes, but it's all for naught if it's not surrounded by self-important bearded tossers who read too much into things for a living, and since [[SelfDeprecation I'm one of gaming culture's Alpha self-important bearded tossers...]]"''

The British-born and US (formerly Australian)-residing Benjamin Richard "Yahtzee" Croshaw (born 24 May 1983) is perhaps best known for ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''. But he does have a bit more on his conscience internet-wise. Besides being a videogame critic, Yahtzee also has experience in the field of writing and video game designing. Most of this work (and a bit more) can be accessed through his personal site: [[http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Fully Ramblomatic.com]]. In addition, he did a LetsPlay series in his spare time called ''LetsPlay/LetsDrownOut,'' which can be found on his Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/yahtzee19 here.]] The series has since ended, with the final episode having been uploaded on August 27th, 2016.

* Yahtzee's Dev Dairy projects:

* ''WebVideo/JimAndYahtzeesRhymedownSpectacular'' -- Another series for The Escapist where he and Jim Sterling (of the WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}) read poetry they wrote about video games.

* ''Judging By the Cover'' - Yahtzee examines the cover of anything taking his fancy, be it videogame cases, movie posters etc. and gives his views on the first impressions that may or may not spring to mind. Its last upload was in October 2017 and Yahtzee has not stated whether or not the series will be continued; however, an editor from the Escapist has confirmed that the series will likely not be returning anytime soon.

* ''Judging By the Cover'' - Yahtzee examines the cover of anything taking his fancy, be it videogame cases, movie posters etc. and gives his views on the first impressions that may or may not spring to mind. Its last upload was in October 2017 and Yahtzee has not stated whether or not the series will be continued.

* ''Differently Morphous'' - A fantasy novel, and Yahtzee's first to initially be released as an Audible exclusive; a paperback version is set to release in 2019. Follows a group of government agents attempting to hunt down a magical serial killer causing chaos in the English countryside.