Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦
@benjaminrivers.bsky.social
🎮 Game developer + co-founder of Toronto #indiegame studio BancyCo.
👉 BancyCo Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bancyco.bsky.social
🚑 #NeoHarborRescueSquad OUT NOW for PS5, PS4, Steam
🔀 https://linktr.ee/BenjaminRivers
👉 BancyCo Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bancyco.bsky.social
🚑 #NeoHarborRescueSquad OUT NOW for PS5, PS4, Steam
🔀 https://linktr.ee/BenjaminRivers
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Hot #Gamescom news: our paramedic action game Neo Harbor Rescue Squad is racing to the scene on #NintendoSwitch early next year!
Inspired by minigame-filled titles from the Wii and DS era, it'll give your Joy-Con controllers a good workout.
Play a demo at the @indiearenabooth.de in Hall 10.2!
Inspired by minigame-filled titles from the Wii and DS era, it'll give your Joy-Con controllers a good workout.
Play a demo at the @indiearenabooth.de in Hall 10.2!
Sign me the eff uuuuuuup 🦋 📸 👻
A 2003 PS2 horror classic is reborn
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake is coming to PS5 on March 12: play.st/4qUhsGP
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake is coming to PS5 on March 12: play.st/4qUhsGP
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Sign me the eff uuuuuuup 🦋 📸 👻
Wow, it's officially been one year since our newest game, Neo Harbor Rescue Squad, launched on PlayStation and Steam. 🚑🥳 Where did the time go?
The Switch version is still en route for early 2026; just hang in there!
#indiegame #gaming
The Switch version is still en route for early 2026; just hang in there!
#indiegame #gaming
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Wow, it's officially been one year since our newest game, Neo Harbor Rescue Squad, launched on PlayStation and Steam. 🚑🥳 Where did the time go?
The Switch version is still en route for early 2026; just hang in there!
#indiegame #gaming
The Switch version is still en route for early 2026; just hang in there!
#indiegame #gaming
In Montreal for #MIGS. You know what time it is, right? After that epic drive, I think I deserve a big steamy plate of
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November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
In Montreal for #MIGS. You know what time it is, right? After that epic drive, I think I deserve a big steamy plate of
I got to do some UI/UX consulting on Ambrosia Sky — which you can play right now, 'cause it's out!
#indiegame #gaming
#indiegame #gaming
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!
Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.
Maeve is waiting.
ambrosiasky.com
Your homecoming is not what you expected. An alien fungus has claimed your past and your present. Fight back with every tool at your disposal before it takes your future.
Maeve is waiting.
ambrosiasky.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I got to do some UI/UX consulting on Ambrosia Sky — which you can play right now, 'cause it's out!
#indiegame #gaming
#indiegame #gaming
Finally (24 years late) watching the Canadian "classic" Jason X...
This is @superpac.bsky.social's fault!
This is @superpac.bsky.social's fault!
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Finally (24 years late) watching the Canadian "classic" Jason X...
This is @superpac.bsky.social's fault!
This is @superpac.bsky.social's fault!
Today would have been my pops' 90th birthday. Thanks for buying me Mario Paint and my first PC, dad — I owe everything to you. 💙
(I'd post a picture, but just imagine me with a moustache.)
(I'd post a picture, but just imagine me with a moustache.)
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Today would have been my pops' 90th birthday. Thanks for buying me Mario Paint and my first PC, dad — I owe everything to you. 💙
(I'd post a picture, but just imagine me with a moustache.)
(I'd post a picture, but just imagine me with a moustache.)
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Our launch stream & @extralife4kids.bsky.social fundraiser stream is only THREE days away! ⌛
Don't miss out on some great donation incentives, including prize packs 🎁, Skyrim mods to surprise @joelburgess.bsky.social, and Ambrosia Sky Steam keys! 🔑
Donate here: tiny.cc/sr-extralife2025
Don't miss out on some great donation incentives, including prize packs 🎁, Skyrim mods to surprise @joelburgess.bsky.social, and Ambrosia Sky Steam keys! 🔑
Donate here: tiny.cc/sr-extralife2025
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday, and that means you can directly support composers of wonderful, original, video game music. 🎵
🐬 @robbyduguay.com's Neo Harbor Rescue Squad OST: robbyduguay.bandcamp.com/album/neo-ha...
🚀 Ivor Stines' Alone With You OST: 8digital.bandcamp.com/album/alone-...
🐬 @robbyduguay.com's Neo Harbor Rescue Squad OST: robbyduguay.bandcamp.com/album/neo-ha...
🚀 Ivor Stines' Alone With You OST: 8digital.bandcamp.com/album/alone-...
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday, and that means you can directly support composers of wonderful, original, video game music. 🎵
🐬 @robbyduguay.com's Neo Harbor Rescue Squad OST: robbyduguay.bandcamp.com/album/neo-ha...
🚀 Ivor Stines' Alone With You OST: 8digital.bandcamp.com/album/alone-...
🐬 @robbyduguay.com's Neo Harbor Rescue Squad OST: robbyduguay.bandcamp.com/album/neo-ha...
🚀 Ivor Stines' Alone With You OST: 8digital.bandcamp.com/album/alone-...
This week marked the 11th anniversary of our first #horror game, Home, launching on the beloved PlayStation Vita. 💖
It's surreal to see the physical Vita edition of the game going for silly prices sometimes!
It's surreal to see the physical Vita edition of the game going for silly prices sometimes!
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This week marked the 11th anniversary of our first #horror game, Home, launching on the beloved PlayStation Vita. 💖
It's surreal to see the physical Vita edition of the game going for silly prices sometimes!
It's surreal to see the physical Vita edition of the game going for silly prices sometimes!
At the end of the day, my brain always goes through a bunch of game design thought processes. After winding down for the night, all the good ideas that I can implement the next day come rushing forth.
#gamedev #indiedev
#gamedev #indiedev
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November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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TEN++ bonus update! We've added support for Steam Cloud and fixed the save corruption issue -- hooray! Hope this helps everyone have an even better time playing N++ <3
store.steampowered.com/app/230270/N...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
TEN++ bonus update! We've added support for Steam Cloud and fixed the save corruption issue -- hooray! Hope this helps everyone have an even better time playing N++ <3
store.steampowered.com/app/230270/N...
store.steampowered.com/app/230270/N...
Happy that our friends south of the border finally have some good news to celebrate. 💗
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Happy that our friends south of the border finally have some good news to celebrate. 💗
Happy about this. This li'l guy is a real workhorse.
Cloud Streaming officially arrives on PlayStation Portal today.
PS Plus Premium members can now stream select digital PS5 games in their library, in addition to hundreds of compatible games from the Game Catalog and Classics Catalog: play.st/4hShAmg
PS Plus Premium members can now stream select digital PS5 games in their library, in addition to hundreds of compatible games from the Game Catalog and Classics Catalog: play.st/4hShAmg
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Happy about this. This li'l guy is a real workhorse.
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It is only ONE WEEK until Ambrosia Sky: Act One launches! 🎉
An immersive sci-fi narrative clean 'em up set in the wake of a disaster that threatens your former home: you left, and they died.
Available on Steam & EGS, head over to ambrosiasky.com for more info!
An immersive sci-fi narrative clean 'em up set in the wake of a disaster that threatens your former home: you left, and they died.
Available on Steam & EGS, head over to ambrosiasky.com for more info!
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It is only ONE WEEK until Ambrosia Sky: Act One launches! 🎉
An immersive sci-fi narrative clean 'em up set in the wake of a disaster that threatens your former home: you left, and they died.
Available on Steam & EGS, head over to ambrosiasky.com for more info!
An immersive sci-fi narrative clean 'em up set in the wake of a disaster that threatens your former home: you left, and they died.
Available on Steam & EGS, head over to ambrosiasky.com for more info!
@simogo.com Just wanted to say how much I like your new website and the design language you're using!
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@simogo.com Just wanted to say how much I like your new website and the design language you're using!
The Montreal International Games Summit is a week away and we'll be there! We're meeting with partners and publishers about our new #horror game.
Find us on Meet To Match if you're going. 👋
@xpgaminginc.bsky.social #MIGS #gamedev
Find us on Meet To Match if you're going. 👋
@xpgaminginc.bsky.social #MIGS #gamedev
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Montreal International Games Summit is a week away and we'll be there! We're meeting with partners and publishers about our new #horror game.
Find us on Meet To Match if you're going. 👋
@xpgaminginc.bsky.social #MIGS #gamedev
Find us on Meet To Match if you're going. 👋
@xpgaminginc.bsky.social #MIGS #gamedev
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I love everything about this.
Babymetal x Resident Evil collaboration merchandise announced - coming 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXfr...
November 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I love everything about this.
Halloween may be over, but horror games are good any day of the year.
Our two story-rich #horror games are deeply discounted in the #Steam Scream sale! 🔪
Make choices, uncover dark mysteries, and scare yourself silly with these indie classics:
😱 Home: go.bancy.co/homeSteam
💀 Worse Than Death: go.bancy.co/wtdSteam
#indiegame #gaming
Make choices, uncover dark mysteries, and scare yourself silly with these indie classics:
😱 Home: go.bancy.co/homeSteam
💀 Worse Than Death: go.bancy.co/wtdSteam
#indiegame #gaming
November 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Halloween may be over, but horror games are good any day of the year.
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🌟☄️The Stars have Aligned☄️🌟
Play Russian Subway Dogs *today* to unlock the black cat Hex!
Once midnight strikes you'll have to wait for the stars to align again.
Play Russian Subway Dogs *today* to unlock the black cat Hex!
Once midnight strikes you'll have to wait for the stars to align again.
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🌟☄️The Stars have Aligned☄️🌟
Play Russian Subway Dogs *today* to unlock the black cat Hex!
Once midnight strikes you'll have to wait for the stars to align again.
Play Russian Subway Dogs *today* to unlock the black cat Hex!
Once midnight strikes you'll have to wait for the stars to align again.
👻 Happy Halloweeeeeeen! 🎃
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October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
👻 Happy Halloweeeeeeen! 🎃