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Richard Rouse III
@richardrouse.bsky.social
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Worked on games like The Suffering, The Church in the Darkness, and Homeworld: Vast Reaches. Wrote Game Design: Theory & Practice. Now Studio Creative Director at FarBridge on dark new things.
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FarBridge @farbridgeco.bsky.social · Oct 3
Fleet, prepare to engage! Homeworld: Vast Reaches is coming to SteamVR on October 23rd with upgraded visuals & new challenging levels designed with Homeworld players in mind. Try the free demo during Steam Next Fest 🎉 store.steampowered.com/app/2949240/...
Homeworld: Vast Reaches on Steam
Command a fleet of spaceships in real-time strategic battles as the beloved Homeworld saga comes to VR. Your fleet is at your fingertips to lead to victory in a bold new story and challenging levels.
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Chris Wright @surprisingchris.bsky.social · Oct 3
Following up the announce of The Hearth and Harbour last month, you'll shortly be able to pre-order a physical release of the team's first game, the Pale Beyond.
fellowtraveller.games Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · Oct 2
Big news, intrepid explorers 🫡

The Pale Beyond will be venturing onto your shelves with a physical release from our friends at Super Rare Games 💽

Pack your warmest coat, because the ice awaits you 🥶
🧊 superraregames.com/collections/...
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FarBridge @farbridgeco.bsky.social · Sep 25
Learn from our Studio Creative Director, Richard Rouse III, and other veteran #gamedevs in the industry how wide-ranging design opinions can be 💭 Watch the popular "Rules of the Game" session from #GDC 2025 available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTE_bVUeHCQ
Rules of the Game 2025: Uncommon Techniques from Insightful Designers
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · Sep 15
Fellow Traveller publisher sale on Steam buff.ly/fFDFakq
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Helen Mask 🔜 Kumoricon 🔜Beelzebubs Bazaar 🔜 @hemask.bsky.social · Aug 28
I was motivated to finish since I've been watching #alienearth
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Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social · Aug 28
See you tomorrow at #PAXRising Seattle. We've got a dope demo and lots of sour candy.
PAX Rising with the homie. Full PAX Rising booth.
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Hypersect ⚔️ making Never’s End @hypersect.com · Aug 31
DAY 3 of #PAXWest is here!

Thanks to everyone who's been stopping by to play the Never's End demo 🖤

Come check it out at Booth 825 🦇

#gamedev #indiegame
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David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.com · Aug 20
And we're announced!

The Killing Stone, a folk horror card-based strategy game from the team at Question (The Magic Circle, The Blackout Club), is coming soon to Steam.

This has been one of the most exciting and unusual games I've worked on in my career!

store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
The Killing Stone on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of de...
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · Jul 3
When making a game, which medium/platform will suit your story the most?

During #LudoNarraCon - @richardrouse.bsky.social‬ Deborah Hendersen, and Jesse Schell discussed how different mediums can alter our experiences of game narratives 🧠

Watch the full discussion below 👇
📺 youtu.be/pXQnO93XAAg
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Chandana Ekanayake @ekanaut.bsky.social · Jun 6
Our next game, Dosa Divas. Battle an evil fast food empire in this spicy narrative turn-based RPG. Two sisters and their upgradable spirit-mech cook delicious meals, fight corpos, build up your reputation with local communities, and reconcile with loved ones. youtu.be/jzOKSPSVYwY?...
Dosa Divas Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Outerloop Games
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Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social · Jun 3
Teamwork, that's what does it! by Frank Kelly Freas
Sequence of images showing the journey of an artist nearly tortured to death by their editor.
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Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social · May 28
Rest in peace to Peter David, who I followed from Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-Man to Hulk to X Factor to But I Digress... Was just reading his autobiography, which reminded me how much I love his voice.
Cover to a Peter David issue of The Incredible Hulk
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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · May 22
TMNT: Tactical Takedown, a turn-based, Strange Scaffold take on the iconic universe, is out RIGHT NOW!

- 20 evolving levels📍
- Turn-based beat-em-up action ⚔️
- Irresistible soundtrack 🎵
- Kick a mouser off the dang planet 🌎
- Only $17.99 💵
- Please share!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3229100/...
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Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social · May 19
We've all been there, right? Right?
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Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social · May 19
How it's going
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Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social · May 8
And so I turn all my tears into a tsunami sea
Tumultuous down to the bottom where I know
How deep it goes
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New Beverly Cinema @newbeverly.bsky.social · May 5
Irène Jacob in two by Krzysztof Kieślowski! THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (1991) screens tonight & tomorrow, Monday & Tuesday May 5th & 6th, at 7:30pm paired with THREE COLORS: RED (1994) at 9:40pm.
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Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social · May 2
My talk with Deborah Hendersen and Jesse Schell from #LudoNarraCon is now up on YouTube - come hear us talk game story changes between genres or from PC to console to VR/AR to mobile and everywhere else.

Thx again @fellowtraveller.games for having us!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXQn...
Very Different Tales - How Game Stories Change by Genre & Medium
YouTube video by Fellow Traveller
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Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social · May 2
Ha ha I think Zelda is a good one for that hearth experience. Some of the stuff I like to play, not so much....
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Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social · May 1
Happy to be back at #LudoNarraCon, which starts right now!

Our talk "Very Different Tales" is up first - come watch Jesse Schell, Deborah Hendersen & I talk about different ways that game stories work across games/genres/mediums.

Thx @fellowtraveller.games for hosting!

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Panel description for Very Different Tales at LudoNarraCon with Jesse Schell, Deborah Hendersen and Richard Rosue III
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · Apr 30
ICYMI: the #LudoNarraCon 2025 schedule is now available! 🗓️

📺 Tons of amazing panels, fireside chats, and demo streams across May 1 - 2
🔴 Catch all the content LIVE on the #LudoNarraCon Steam page and the Fellow Traveller YouTube channel.

Click the link for more info!
🚶‍♀️ www.ludonarracon.com
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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · Apr 26
happy indie bookstore day!
I wouldn't be writing books today if it weren't for independent bookstores and I am forever grateful. Now more than ever, in the face of some truly insidious forces, show your favorite indie some love. ❤️
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Gwen Frey @diregoldfish.bsky.social · Apr 15
🎉 LAB RAT is out now!! 🎉

- A comedic puzzler that satirizes your favorite games
- Over 100 puzzles
- At least 10 good belly laughs

👇 Check it out Here 👇
store.steampowered.com/app/1304610/...
Lab Rat - Official Launch Trailer [4k]
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Richard Rouse III @richardrouse.bsky.social · Mar 28
Last week at GDC as an intro for our Rules of the Game session I talked about our very first speaker, Laralyn McWilliams. I recommend her "You're Not Broken" talk for anyone going through a hard time while trying to stay creative. Laralyn is so missed.

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You're Not Broken: Finding Your Creative Way Through Difficult Times
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Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · Mar 21
Today’s the day for the first ever Game Trailer Microtalks panel at GDC!

It’s at 1:30p in West Hall room 3001

9 talks about a different facet of making game trailers from producing, to capture, to VR, hacking together solutions when devs are too busy to fix bugs, and more!
Game Trailer Microtalks
21st March, 2025 01:30pm - 02:30pm - The first ever game trailer microtalks panel featuring seasoned professional game trailer makers in ...
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