Richard Rouse III

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.

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/...

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.

YouTube video by Game Developers Conference Rules of the Game 2025: Uncommon Techniques from Insightful Designers

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

Fellow Traveller publisher sale on Steam buff.ly/fFDFakq

I was motivated to finish since I've been watching #alienearth

PAX Rising with the homie.

Full PAX Rising booth.

See you tomorrow at #PAXRising Seattle. We've got a dope demo and lots of sour candy.

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

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...

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/...

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

YouTube video by Outerloop Games Dosa Divas Announcement Trailer

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?...

Sequence of images showing the journey of an artist nearly tortured to death by their editor.

Teamwork, that's what does it! by Frank Kelly Freas

Cover to a Peter David issue of The Incredible Hulk

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.

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/...

We've all been there, right? Right?

How it's going

Spiritbox

And so I turn all my tears into a tsunami sea
Tumultuous down to the bottom where I know
How deep it goes

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.

YouTube video by Fellow Traveller Very Different Tales - How Game Stories Change by Genre & Medium

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...

Ha ha I think Zelda is a good one for that hearth experience. Some of the stuff I like to play, not so much....

Panel description for Very Different Tales at LudoNarraCon with Jesse Schell, Deborah Hendersen and Richard Rosue III

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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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

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. ❤️

YouTube video by Klei Entertainment Lab Rat - Official Launch Trailer [4k]

🎉 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/...

YouTube video by Game Developers Conference You're Not Broken: Finding Your Creative Way Through Difficult Times

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.

youtu.be/eTWchlLFL-Y?...

Game Trailer Microtalks 21st March, 2025 01:30pm - 02:30pm - The first ever game trailer microtalks panel featuring seasoned professional game trailer makers in ...

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!

Thanks for the great talk last year! And GDC is ready to welcome back your triumphant return in 2026...

Rules of the Game 2025: Uncommon Techniques from Insightful Designers 20th March, 2025 03:30pm - 04:30pm - Every designer knows that game rules are what create gameplay, but figuring out the rules we use ...

I'm not at GDC this year (I'll be back next year!) but don't miss @richardrouse.bsky.social's excellent Rules of the Game session on Thursday, which I was lucky enough to participate in a couple of years ago—look at all these wonderful speakers! schedule.gdconf.com/session/rule...

Two Xbox 360 wired controllers still in their packaging

I cracked into my secret stash to bring two of the best game controller of all time to GDC for demos. #gdc #gdc2025

the most important design rule(s) driving my personal work right now are:

- if it is obvious, do not do it
- if it is hard or boring to do, do not do it

what remains, by definition, are only the easy and non-obvious things. it is hard to describe how fun and rewarding it is to design this way

GDC's just about a week away & I've seen all the talks for Rules of the Game & I bet you'll like them as much as I do!

We're Thursday at 3:30, come see what rules will be shared by @carlaeng.bsky.social @ekanaut.bsky.social @nfalstein.bsky.social @harvey1966.bsky.social @alishathayer.bsky.social