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Reuben Covington
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Game Designer. Looking for work.
Formely at Ubisoft, on Xdefiant, Infinity Wars Classic, Ring of Pain & KanaQuest. Massive Card Game enthusiast. Side projects include TitanForge TTRPG & Pokemon Salt and Shadow. He/Him
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kaseygifford.bsky.social
I saw a random reddit comment where someone theorized that Pennywise and Mary Poppins were the same species of primordial psychic entity, but Pennywise feeds on fear while Poppins feeds on joy. both of them eat kid emotions because fear and joy are more intense in kids. This is Canon for me now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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maxnichols.bsky.social
I think the single most important design decision in the entirety of Destiny 1 or 2 was when they built the inventory/quest screens to be interactable during loading screens

Not talked about almost ever, but it was so damn important to the loot game
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
reubencovington.bsky.social
Some of my favourite coworkers from my Ubisoft days have teamed up to make this amazing little game.

store.steampowered.com/app/1162660/...

Give it a wishlist as it's really helpful at the moment as they chat with publishers.
SCAV on Steam
Drive through an alien desert wasteland in your truck, scavenging through monolithic wreckages and slaying ravenous monsters to fulfill contracts.
store.steampowered.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
reubencovington.bsky.social
"Oaths are pretty, fleeting things... Like flowers left to rot.
They saw my gentle hands as weak.
Strength and deed are gossamer-thin.
...I have need of stronger chains."
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
reubencovington.bsky.social
This amazing 47 page Lets-Play thread of Pokemon Salt and Shadow just started up again with our Moon DLC area.

forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.p...

Seeing all the discussion and excitment here really brings me pride in what we created.
The champion's reign is forever. Let's Play Pokemon Salt and Shadow.
forums.somethingawful.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
reubencovington.bsky.social
Another great long form analysis of a game I've never played and barely heard of that fills me with wonder and joy.
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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asmoranomardic.bsky.social
Hi everyone! We've got our first regular article about Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire's development up on the Cryptodex! This time, we're talking about camels, pelicans, and bees. Please check it out!

lostpokedex.weebly.com/rs-period-1a...
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
reubencovington.bsky.social
Having Pokemon Salt and Shadow mentioned in this type of conversation really warms my heart.
www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFri...
TeacupTenor's comment on "Games that SAVED your life?"
Explore this conversation and more from the TwoBestFriendsPlay community
www.reddit.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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buzzcomics.bsky.social
Preview de Monstress #60 par Marjorie Liu et @sanatakeda.bsky.social chez @imagecomics.com #ImageComics #Comics #Monstress www.buzzcomics.net/showpost.php...
August 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
reubencovington.bsky.social
"What do you call trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?

Hope."
August 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
reubencovington.bsky.social
Incredibly humbled to have one of our fans get a tattoo based on Pokemon Salt and Shadow.
August 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
reubencovington.bsky.social
The Abyssal Sea Update
Pokémon: Salt & Shadow (3.0.0) patch
- 30+ new abilities
- 35+ new moves
- 35+ new species
- New items, music, and postgame-only content.
- The truth?
Download here: www.mediafire.com/file/32yz6t3... See ⁠download-steps for directions on how to update.
August 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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maxnichols.bsky.social
Long-shot:
I will pay $500 for a recording or transcript, with slides visible, of the 2017 CEDEC “Field Level Design” Breath of the Wild talk by Hidemaro Fujibayashi and Makoto Yunezu, if you’re ok with me sharing it.
A screenshot of Breath of the Wild, with Link standing on a hill looking out at a wide vista. Overlaid on the screenshot are a bunch of highlighted triangular shapes, part of BOTW’s visual design language.
August 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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lukeplunkett.com
hi. looking to speak to folks in the games industry getting put through the wringer in the job application process rn. unpaid labour, multiple interviews only to get ghosted, sham job listings, scams, AI screening, any and all of that kinda stuff. DM or email at lukeATaftermathDOTsite, thank you!
August 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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downieseb.bsky.social
Games in pre-alpha
hjm.bsky.social Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social · Aug 4
This is incredible
August 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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effortstar.bsky.social
We’re looking for a full time senior 3D artist and animator for Enter the Chronosphere (fully remote).

We hope to fill this role ASAP, so take a look at the job description if it sounds like it’s for you.

effortstar.games/careers

#hiring #indiedev #Australia
August 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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microsff.com
The sigil was drawn in salt and ash, the candles lit at the pentagram points, the incantation declaimed.

There was a shimmer - a demon appeared.

"Curious. What ritual is this?"

"I got it from ChatGPT. I included all protections in my prompt!"

"I see," the demon said and stepped out of the sigil.
May 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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discoelysiumbot.bsky.social
Still, there's something inherently violent even about dice rolls. It's like every time you cast a die, something disappears. Some alternative ending, or an entirely different world...
May 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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ramiismail.com
Viv is 100% correct here. Your options are always one of three:

1. Do not make an indie game.
2. Get funding, usually by making something that fits a very narrow and useless definition of "safe", and subsequently losing agency over your production reality.
3. Have another income or means.
doe-or-die.bsky.social Viv @ Home @doe-or-die.bsky.social · May 11
ok but for real if you want to make a really good indie (or AA) games the number one way is "be financially comfortable via other means"

blue prince guy owned a popular website generating income, toby fox was a successful musician...

frankly if we had a UBI youd get SO MANY GOOD GAMES
May 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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pokefangamenews.bsky.social
A new Eevee Expo, a Nintendo Direct-like presentation for Pokémon Fangames, will air on Monday! ♥️
eeveeexpo.com Eevee Expo @eeveeexpo.com · May 10
#pokemonfangame #pokemonromhack #EeveeExpo4

See you all on our official YouTube channel!
May 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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lukeplunkett.com
FASCINATING

they get their own clause in the voting laws!
May 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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warmfuzzy.games
Playlist for the completed run:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

And... attached are some musings that were too long for BSky's character limit.

... Thread, because they were too long for the screenshot and alt text limits, too. >.>;
Actually, I had that link ready to go as far back as the night part 22 happened, but I had some thoughts I wanted to get in order before I posted this. Since we've completed this playthrough, we've had no shortage of awe and adulation in people's reactions. A good friend of ours recently posted a link and called it one of their favorite challenges ever. Dan Felder himself has been going around spreading the word of our achievement after having doubted us before we proved him wrong, almost like Saint Paul after his conversion. That said, I do have to warn you all about something with this series, and then expand the point into larger philosophical meandering. Those who have seen the final episode know how the ending is the time for heartfelt soapboxes from everyone involved, so, well, here's mine. This series starts out slow and honestly kind of hard to watch. The first few videos were more or less intended to be private, just me making a recording for potential verification footage purposes while playing offline and alone. Later ones include some dearly beloved friends (shoutouts to the SeireaSong, the Jade System, and the Blackfeather Court) as we were "softstreaming" them--playing the game streamed to our personal close-knit-friend-chat Discord server should anyone happen to want to pop in, without the intention of streaming them to a larger audience. Only later did I finally decide to make the effort public, at which point we have the Warm Fuzzy Game Room UI, visible chat, and host/presenter demeanor that you're all used to. Why such a slow and quiet start? Because I had zero confidence that I was going to be able to pull this challenge off. I was hedging my bets (or "hudging my budgies," per one particularly amusing slip of the tongue around the Nitra Mine Foreman fight which I believe is canon now.) The idea was that if this run somehow actually succeeded, we'd have the verification footage for it. It didn't even have to be entertaining; it just had to, well, verify the run, as in show everything on screen to prove we weren't cheating or anything. The developers themselves were the only people who would ever need to see it, and even then, they would only need to see it for verification purposes. Meanwhile, in the very likely event that attempting No Sacrifices AND Perish Mode at the same time proved to be an incredibly stupid idea, that the challenge proved impossible and I ended up giving up on the whole thing partway through, I could just quietly delete the videos before anyone even knew they'd ever existed; no one would ever have to know we'd even attempted this ridiculous idea in the first place. This leads me to my main point: I'm desperately afraid of public expectations and failing to meet them. It's easy for anything announced with hype to end up becoming a meme if and when Development Hell happens. Before Silksong won Hard Drive's tongue-in-cheek "best game that's never actually coming out, ever" award, before George R. R. Martin became famous for doing anything and everything in the world BUT writing The Winds of Winter, there was Duke Nukem Forever, Harlan Ellison's The Last Dangerous Visions, The Beach Boys' SMiLE. I always thought the way to avoid that fate was to never, EVER announce that you're working on anything until it's already done and shadow-dropped and out now. All letting anyone have expectations of you does is give them something you can then fail to meet. I didn't want to face the idea of anyone KNOWING I had tried and failed to do this challenge. If there was the possibility that it was going to die, then at least let it die in complete darkness, away from any potential witnesses.
April 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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willquinnart.bsky.social
Daily bunny no.2935 is doing some parkour
A bunch of rabbits practice leaping from a cement wall to a nearby crate, in an urban setting. They are jumping onto some pillows, for safety. One bunny on a high vantage point films their stunts with a camcorder
April 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
reubencovington.bsky.social
A fan of the Pokemon fangame I worked on has spent 9 months doing a text based "Let's Play"
Today it came to a close and it's been delightful reading everyone's commentary and support

forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.p...
The champion's reign is forever. Let's Play Pokemon Salt and Shadow.
forums.somethingawful.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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sanatakeda.bsky.social
Monstress #57 will be released next week!💪✨
April 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM