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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦

@benjaminrivers.bsky.social

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🎮 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

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · Aug 20

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!

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 21h

Cheerful morning music to help me make this new #horror game I'm plugging away on!

#gamedev #indiegame

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 22h

Remember, my fellow Canucks: it's not "Canadian Thanksgiving." It's just "Thanksgiving." 🦃

#elbowsup

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 22h

Hittin' it up this weekend! Been listening to the soundtrack non-stop.

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 22h

Can you get Salonpas products there? Japanese pain relief stuff (patches, etc.). I swear by them; super helpful.

I've used Voltarol before but find Kalaya creams much more effective (I think they're all natural?) if you that doesn't do the trick.

Signed,
A 46-year-old developer

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 1d

It really is transformative! I find it incredible how you can restore a film like this.

Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Watched Tron: Legacy last week. Now on to the new 4K release of the original. Love seeing the 80s office scenes on film in such high quality.

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no! I'll do some research then; thanks!

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Video!

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man, that is tempting!!!! Probably the last actual Xbox at this point LOL

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 1d

#RippedFromTheHeadlines #RippedFromYourChest #MortalKombat

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 1d

I think so, yeah. We're 13+ years in the biz, four games under our belt, deals with platforms, etc. etc. and we used to be able to get press steadily. Even if not all the big sites, a good chunk of them, and most mid-to-small outlets.

Now? Mostly crickets!

Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday I discovered the music genre "dungeon synth" and it sounds exactly how it should, and is AWESOME.

The band: Cryo Crypt
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Bandcamp: cryocrypt.bandcamp.com

#vgm

Mountain Realm - Shadowlorn [ Full Album ] - Dungeon Synth

YouTube video by Cryo Crypt

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 1d

The cat side-eye is wonderful.

Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 1d

The #retrogaming corner needs some decoration still, but boy is it nice to finally have this, after years of dreaming.

Pictured: getting ready for @digitaleclipse.bsky.social's Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection. 🔥💀

A silver CRT television sits on a pair of IKEA Kallax shelves, which are tucked into a corner. Inside the shelves are various retro game consoles, as well as baskets. The television displays the game Mortal Kombat on Sega CD. a Sega Genesis controller cable can be seen snaking out of the frame toward the photographer. The entire scene has a warm tint from the overhead lights, and is hinted blue from some hinted accent lighting, giving it the soft impression of an arcade.

Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 2d

It's 11pm and I wish I had a #gamedev friend on a red phone somewhere so I could talk through this stuff going 'round my brain.

#indiegame #gaming

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 2d

Happy sixth birthday to our second #horror game, Worse Than Death! 💀 It's still my favourite of our #indiegame children.

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 4d

That's definitely what we're doing! Trying to have fun with it.

I caught that lightning once; it was great! I miss the buzz.

Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 4d

Us right now

Happy Midautumn Festival!!!!

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 4d

As we work on the new game, it's amazing how many "OK, but what if we did this?" moments there are. But I'm adhering to the design doc we've written, and to the genre.

It's funny how inventing something new seems less scary than following a traditional design.

#gamedev #indiegame #gaming

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Benjamin Rivers 🇨🇦 @benjaminrivers.bsky.social · 4d

OK, #gamedev real talk: I've found it difficult to design games to specific genres, because designing something new is my raison d'être.

However, it's hard to get people on board with a new game that doesn't neatly align with a genre they like, so for our new title, I'm doing it.

#indiegame

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