Rubén Garat
@rgarat.bsky.social
Currently working on Cleared Hot, Worked on Cleanup Crew at Magical Beast Games, Was Lead Programmer at Ironhide Games 2013-2022, also @rgarat at twitter
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Rubén Garat
@rgarat.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Cleared Hot – Publishing Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by MicroProse
www.youtube.com
Hi, I am Rubén and I am working as part of the team making Cleared Hot a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements.
Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO7K...
And would love for you to wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO7K...
And would love for you to wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
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How poor leadership slows down game development
How poor leadership slows down game development
No tool—AI or otherwise—can speed up game development if leaders don't rise to the occasion.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How poor leadership slows down game development
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After years of building, it’s finally happening 🤯
Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025!
Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 Any help sharing is appreciated ❤️
🎯 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025!
Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 Any help sharing is appreciated ❤️
🎯 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
After years of building, it’s finally happening 🤯
Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025!
Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 Any help sharing is appreciated ❤️
🎯 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025!
Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 Any help sharing is appreciated ❤️
🎯 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
This weekend I tried for the first time making a game with Bruno, my 5 year old son. It was an awesome experience for both of us, he was super excited, and I loved it.
We entered LudumDare 58 with our game PirateCopter
Play it here !!
rubeng.itch.io/piratecopter
#ludumdare #ld58 #unity
We entered LudumDare 58 with our game PirateCopter
Play it here !!
rubeng.itch.io/piratecopter
#ludumdare #ld58 #unity
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This weekend I tried for the first time making a game with Bruno, my 5 year old son. It was an awesome experience for both of us, he was super excited, and I loved it.
We entered LudumDare 58 with our game PirateCopter
Play it here !!
rubeng.itch.io/piratecopter
#ludumdare #ld58 #unity
We entered LudumDare 58 with our game PirateCopter
Play it here !!
rubeng.itch.io/piratecopter
#ludumdare #ld58 #unity
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I've just released the Demo of Ship Miner! Weeeee!!!🍻
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game with some elements of combat. Explore procedural generated asteroids to collect minerals, survive threats and improve your ship.
Play the Demo Now on Steam! 🚀
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game with some elements of combat. Explore procedural generated asteroids to collect minerals, survive threats and improve your ship.
Play the Demo Now on Steam! 🚀
September 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I've just released the Demo of Ship Miner! Weeeee!!!🍻
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game with some elements of combat. Explore procedural generated asteroids to collect minerals, survive threats and improve your ship.
Play the Demo Now on Steam! 🚀
Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game with some elements of combat. Explore procedural generated asteroids to collect minerals, survive threats and improve your ship.
Play the Demo Now on Steam! 🚀
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It's been a while.
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by MysticForge
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's been a while.
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
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HERDLING is coming out in just a few hours, so there's just enough time to go through some other fun tech-art stuff 👀
Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 with various other interesting tech-art stuff featured in our vast and furrious game ✨
Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 with various other interesting tech-art stuff featured in our vast and furrious game ✨
August 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
HERDLING is coming out in just a few hours, so there's just enough time to go through some other fun tech-art stuff 👀
Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 with various other interesting tech-art stuff featured in our vast and furrious game ✨
Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 with various other interesting tech-art stuff featured in our vast and furrious game ✨
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Longest-running diversity panel at @officialgdc.bsky.social #1ReasonToBe is looking for panelists for 2026
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
August 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Longest-running diversity panel at @officialgdc.bsky.social #1ReasonToBe is looking for panelists for 2026
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
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I sat down with Chris Zukowski for his subscribers to discuss how vital demos are to current day steam success, as well as a variety of tangents. Turns out this was a very appreciated video with his audience , so much so he put it public for everyone. Enjoy :)
youtu.be/0oYXQLdggHw?...
youtu.be/0oYXQLdggHw?...
Why Demos are so critical with Tomas Sala
YouTube video by How To Market A Game
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I sat down with Chris Zukowski for his subscribers to discuss how vital demos are to current day steam success, as well as a variety of tangents. Turns out this was a very appreciated video with his audience , so much so he put it public for everyone. Enjoy :)
youtu.be/0oYXQLdggHw?...
youtu.be/0oYXQLdggHw?...
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My game has a Steam private Playtest now!!
Ship Miner is a sci-fi twin stick 1bit pixel art mining game.
Explore, gather minerals, upgrade and survive!
Ship Miner is a sci-fi twin stick 1bit pixel art mining game.
Explore, gather minerals, upgrade and survive!
July 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My game has a Steam private Playtest now!!
Ship Miner is a sci-fi twin stick 1bit pixel art mining game.
Explore, gather minerals, upgrade and survive!
Ship Miner is a sci-fi twin stick 1bit pixel art mining game.
Explore, gather minerals, upgrade and survive!
Not even a month ago, it was scary thinking about everything that still needed to be done to get the demo we wanted out.
In the end, we finished something we are super proud of, with an awesome team, exceeding all our expectations.
Hope you like it!
In the end, we finished something we are super proud of, with an awesome team, exceeding all our expectations.
Hope you like it!
The Cleared Hot demo is live on Steam !!!
We have put in a ton of work in the last month for this to happen. Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Play the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
We have put in a ton of work in the last month for this to happen. Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Play the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
June 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Not even a month ago, it was scary thinking about everything that still needed to be done to get the demo we wanted out.
In the end, we finished something we are super proud of, with an awesome team, exceeding all our expectations.
Hope you like it!
In the end, we finished something we are super proud of, with an awesome team, exceeding all our expectations.
Hope you like it!
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After a year of doing "marketing" for Ship Miner I decided to write a blog post from my experience: arielcoppes.dev/2025/05/18/d...
Doing Marketing for Ship Miner
After a year of working on how to market my game Ship Miner I want to share part of my experience and learning about it.
arielcoppes.dev
May 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
After a year of doing "marketing" for Ship Miner I decided to write a blog post from my experience: arielcoppes.dev/2025/05/18/d...
Reposted by Rubén Garat
This is Ship Miner, a 1bit pixel art twin stick miner game in space.
For those interested, I wrote a blogpost with a roadmap for having a Demo in Steam here arielcoppes.dev/2025/03/29/s... where I explain the state of game and what the game needs for the demo.
Hope you you like it.
For those interested, I wrote a blogpost with a roadmap for having a Demo in Steam here arielcoppes.dev/2025/03/29/s... where I explain the state of game and what the game needs for the demo.
Hope you you like it.
March 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is Ship Miner, a 1bit pixel art twin stick miner game in space.
For those interested, I wrote a blogpost with a roadmap for having a Demo in Steam here arielcoppes.dev/2025/03/29/s... where I explain the state of game and what the game needs for the demo.
Hope you you like it.
For those interested, I wrote a blogpost with a roadmap for having a Demo in Steam here arielcoppes.dev/2025/03/29/s... where I explain the state of game and what the game needs for the demo.
Hope you you like it.
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🔥 Kingdom of Cards demo is here for Steam Next Fest! 🃏✨
Step into a world of strategy, discovery, and endless card combinations! Play the brand-new demo, shape your kingdom, and take on powerful foes.
⚔️ Explore. Combine. Conquer.
🎮 Play now: store.steampowered.com/app/3367090/...
Don’t miss it!
Step into a world of strategy, discovery, and endless card combinations! Play the brand-new demo, shape your kingdom, and take on powerful foes.
⚔️ Explore. Combine. Conquer.
🎮 Play now: store.steampowered.com/app/3367090/...
Don’t miss it!
February 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
🔥 Kingdom of Cards demo is here for Steam Next Fest! 🃏✨
Step into a world of strategy, discovery, and endless card combinations! Play the brand-new demo, shape your kingdom, and take on powerful foes.
⚔️ Explore. Combine. Conquer.
🎮 Play now: store.steampowered.com/app/3367090/...
Don’t miss it!
Step into a world of strategy, discovery, and endless card combinations! Play the brand-new demo, shape your kingdom, and take on powerful foes.
⚔️ Explore. Combine. Conquer.
🎮 Play now: store.steampowered.com/app/3367090/...
Don’t miss it!
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It seems the Early Acces debate is back on, I did a GDC talk on this last year, (It seems sadly it wasn't recorded or didn't make it to the vault). For various reasons Early Acces is very dangerous for Indies specifically.
Your EA product being reviewed as a your launch was one vulnerability.
Your EA product being reviewed as a your launch was one vulnerability.
January 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It seems the Early Acces debate is back on, I did a GDC talk on this last year, (It seems sadly it wasn't recorded or didn't make it to the vault). For various reasons Early Acces is very dangerous for Indies specifically.
Your EA product being reviewed as a your launch was one vulnerability.
Your EA product being reviewed as a your launch was one vulnerability.
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🚨🚀 TOSSDOWN IS NOW ON STEAM 🚀🚨
Run, jump and dash through chaos, dodging hazards and enemies as you deliver packages. It’s Crazy taxi meets Jet Set Radio!
Wishlist it on Steam now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3241560/...
RTs highly appreciated!
#gamedev #indiedev
Run, jump and dash through chaos, dodging hazards and enemies as you deliver packages. It’s Crazy taxi meets Jet Set Radio!
Wishlist it on Steam now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3241560/...
RTs highly appreciated!
#gamedev #indiedev
January 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🚨🚀 TOSSDOWN IS NOW ON STEAM 🚀🚨
Run, jump and dash through chaos, dodging hazards and enemies as you deliver packages. It’s Crazy taxi meets Jet Set Radio!
Wishlist it on Steam now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3241560/...
RTs highly appreciated!
#gamedev #indiedev
Run, jump and dash through chaos, dodging hazards and enemies as you deliver packages. It’s Crazy taxi meets Jet Set Radio!
Wishlist it on Steam now!
store.steampowered.com/app/3241560/...
RTs highly appreciated!
#gamedev #indiedev
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I just published a recap blog post about what happened in 2024 for Pixel Core Games and Ship Miner, like winning an innovation award, and my plan for 2025.
arielcoppes.dev/2025/01/12/r...
Hope you like it.
Btw, here is Ship Miner in case you didn't see it before.
arielcoppes.dev/2025/01/12/r...
Hope you like it.
Btw, here is Ship Miner in case you didn't see it before.
January 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I just published a recap blog post about what happened in 2024 for Pixel Core Games and Ship Miner, like winning an innovation award, and my plan for 2025.
arielcoppes.dev/2025/01/12/r...
Hope you like it.
Btw, here is Ship Miner in case you didn't see it before.
arielcoppes.dev/2025/01/12/r...
Hope you like it.
Btw, here is Ship Miner in case you didn't see it before.
Reposted by Rubén Garat
🎉 Exciting news 🎉
We're thrilled to announce that the demo of our upcoming game, is now available on Steam and Itch.io!
Play the demo and let us know your thoughts—we’d love to hear from you!
LINKS IN THE COMMENTS.
We can’t wait to hear what you think. Thanks for being part of our journey!
We're thrilled to announce that the demo of our upcoming game, is now available on Steam and Itch.io!
Play the demo and let us know your thoughts—we’d love to hear from you!
LINKS IN THE COMMENTS.
We can’t wait to hear what you think. Thanks for being part of our journey!
December 18, 2024 at 2:25 PM
🎉 Exciting news 🎉
We're thrilled to announce that the demo of our upcoming game, is now available on Steam and Itch.io!
Play the demo and let us know your thoughts—we’d love to hear from you!
LINKS IN THE COMMENTS.
We can’t wait to hear what you think. Thanks for being part of our journey!
We're thrilled to announce that the demo of our upcoming game, is now available on Steam and Itch.io!
Play the demo and let us know your thoughts—we’d love to hear from you!
LINKS IN THE COMMENTS.
We can’t wait to hear what you think. Thanks for being part of our journey!
Hi, I am Rubén and I am working as part of the team making Cleared Hot a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements.
Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO7K...
And would love for you to wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO7K...
And would love for you to wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Cleared Hot – Publishing Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by MicroProse
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Hi, I am Rubén and I am working as part of the team making Cleared Hot a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements.
Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO7K...
And would love for you to wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO7K...
And would love for you to wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
We just shared a devlog of our progress with Cleared Hot on Steam.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/171...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/171...
Cleared Hot - Viral Reddit Post Aftermath + Combat Refinements - Steam News
Welcome back faithful wishlisters, and hello to all the new people who discovered us last month! The Publisher announcement went better than I ever could've expected, with our Reddit post reaching the...
store.steampowered.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:05 PM
We just shared a devlog of our progress with Cleared Hot on Steam.
store.steampowered.com/news/app/171...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/171...
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Tourist Trap, our dark comedy surrealist point & click game, was released 1 year ago today! 🥳
🚨You can get it now with a 30% DISCOUNT🚨
If you enjoyed it please write a review ♥️
store.steampowered.com/app/2206660/...
🚨You can get it now with a 30% DISCOUNT🚨
If you enjoyed it please write a review ♥️
store.steampowered.com/app/2206660/...
Save 30% on Tourist Trap on Steam
Face an evil corporation™ with the help of a talking monkey in Tourist Trap, a surrealist dark comedy point and click adventure set in a South American coastal city.
store.steampowered.com
November 15, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Tourist Trap, our dark comedy surrealist point & click game, was released 1 year ago today! 🥳
🚨You can get it now with a 30% DISCOUNT🚨
If you enjoyed it please write a review ♥️
store.steampowered.com/app/2206660/...
🚨You can get it now with a 30% DISCOUNT🚨
If you enjoyed it please write a review ♥️
store.steampowered.com/app/2206660/...
Reposted by Rubén Garat
Hey I wrote a blog post
It's about setting up test-levels for art direction (and more)
I'm new to this blog thing so tell me honestly what you think alright?
It's about setting up test-levels for art direction (and more)
I'm new to this blog thing so tell me honestly what you think alright?
Scene setup for art direction
How to use showcase scenes to work on your game art
charlesboury.fr
October 21, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Hey I wrote a blog post
It's about setting up test-levels for art direction (and more)
I'm new to this blog thing so tell me honestly what you think alright?
It's about setting up test-levels for art direction (and more)
I'm new to this blog thing so tell me honestly what you think alright?