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Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames

@phantomsloth.bsky.social

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Creator of The Diving Bell, The Bends, and INTERIM. Currently working on: Secret Agent Wizard Boy for DuckyDev Games Side Project: TBA #Freelance #3D #indiedev #UE5 Links: https://linktr.ee/Phant0mSl0th

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Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames @phantomsloth.bsky.social · Oct 31

New updates to my portfolio! I've been working really hard on it so I hope to land some interviews sooner or later. Open to feedback if anyone wants to help me out! :D

#3d | #Gamedev | #Indiegames | #environmentart
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The image displayed contains all of the games I have worked on so far(Excluding NDA based projects). Sylvio black waters, my friendly neighborhood, Inscryption, hand of doom, mirror forge, interim, the bends, Happy's humble burger farm, the diving bell, and Vestigial.

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Conner Rush (FYRE Games) | PROJECT SONGBIRD @fyregames.bsky.social · 4h

‪Play D.I.M. on itch for FREE‬

fyre-games.itch.io/dim

D.I.M. by FYRE Games, Phantom Sloth, BrainError

Can you help the AI Chatbot D.I.M. achieve true sentience?

fyre-games.itch.io

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Conner Rush (FYRE Games) | PROJECT SONGBIRD @fyregames.bsky.social · 4h

Not sure if you want to play our new game D.I.M.?

Take it from these players 🎮!!!

“…one of the best Jam game I have ever played!”

You can play for free today on itch!

🔗 in 🧵

@phantomsloth.bsky.social
@brainerror.bsky.social

#horrorgame #FreeGame #jamesepticeye #gamejam #horror

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Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames @phantomsloth.bsky.social · 12h

Ha, sameeee.

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BrainError @brainerror.bsky.social · 1d

hehehe meaty pipes

Go check 'm out at fyre-games.itch.io/dim

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Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames @phantomsloth.bsky.social · 1d

"Every game where you can die is a Soulslike" 🤔

So the newest jam game I worked on is a Soulslike now I guess, I'll be sure to tell the team. You can confirm it yourself here fyre-games.itch.io/dim
#Jamsepticeye #ITCH.io

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BrainError @brainerror.bsky.social · Oct 30

Go wishlist this atmospheric psychological indie horror by Conner Rush from Fyre Games.

I've been lucky enough to have been part of this mainly doing the character/creature concept designs, 2D assets & key art.

Go check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3180410/...

#indiehorror #horrorgames

Project Songbird on Steam

Project Songbird is a cinematic first-person narrative horror game set in the Appalachian forest. Take on the role of Dakota, a musician who must record their new album in a remote log cabin amidst a ...

store.steampowered.com

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 2d

Somebody give me a boatload of money, I need to make a Son of Reanimator with Daniel Radcliffe

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Ash Blue @ashbluex.bsky.social · Aug 8

Ready to dive into a dark future? 🔥 Sign up for Burn The Hive's closed beta now! A tactical card game that mixes Slay The Spire's strategy with Plants vs Zombies' chaos. 🧠💥

🔗 Join here: sendfox.com/burn_the_hive

#gamedev #cardgames #indiegames #slaythespire #plantsvszombies #videogames

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames @phantomsloth.bsky.social · 2d

By the way, if you play through D.I.M. you can get a sneak peak at my soon to be announced game!

Conner Rush (FYRE Games) | PROJECT SONGBIRD @fyregames.bsky.social · 3d

Some surprise news!

I made a NEW GAME called “D.I.M.” in collaboration with @phantomsloth.bsky.social and @brainerror.bsky.social

Control a death row inmate as he’s offered a chance at freedom in exchange for training a new sentient AI chatbot

Made in 5 days for #Jamsepticeye

Now free on itch!

Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames @phantomsloth.bsky.social · 3d

Yeahhhhh! We did! Go check it out fam! Leave a rating too!

Conner Rush (FYRE Games) | PROJECT SONGBIRD @fyregames.bsky.social · 3d

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Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames @phantomsloth.bsky.social · 3d

Over 1,000 jam games were made for #jamsepticeye Great work to everyone who entered, I can't wait to check out the other games and thank you to Conner Rush and Denice Stout for jamming with me on this one!! fyre-games.itch.io/dim

Game jam ended with over 1,000 games entered!

Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames @phantomsloth.bsky.social · 3d

As we jam down to the wire I would like to remind everyone doing the #jamsepticeye #gamejam with us, to properly name your animations as you go.

Meaty Pipes, which should be obvious in name about what it is.

Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames @phantomsloth.bsky.social · 3d

Over 200 games have been submitted to the #Jamsepticeye ! This is going to be awesome to see what everyone came up with!

image shows the number of games that have been made for the game jam, (209)

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Dale @devdelver.bsky.social · 4d

Day 63 of #100DaysOfGameDev & nearing the end of #jamsepticeye
Late night trying to get assets in and everything assembled. Been a while since I last jammed and I'm a little rusty, but hopefully everything goes smoothly and I'll be posting a link to the game tomorrow night.
#GameDev #IndieDev #Unity

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Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames @phantomsloth.bsky.social · 4d

My daughter played my new game demo today for the first time in months, took her 57 minutes to finish it... Her palms were sweating like crazy, laughing and shouting the whole time XD