Ben Tyers is an expert GameMaker user, developer, coder, and trainer. He has authored a number of books on GameMaker for game application developers. He has been using GameMaker for over 20 years, enjoying the changes that has happened during this period. Over this time, he has made over 200 mini game projects covering a range of genres, including remakes of retro games he played as child in the 1980s. He loves finding simple solutions to challenging coding concepts. He is an active member of GameMaker's community, helping new coders with programming issues. Outside of programming, Ben enjoys vintage horror and science fiction films.