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Reuben Covington

@reubencovington.bsky.social

Game Designer. Looking for work. Formely at Ubisoft, on Xdefiant, Infinity Wars Classic, Ring of Pain & KanaQuest. Massive Card Game enthusiast. Side projects include TitanForge TTRPG & Pokemon Salt and Shadow. He/Him

145 Followers  |  321 Following  |  76 Posts  |  Joined: 21.11.2024  |  1.7701

Latest posts by reubencovington.bsky.social on Bluesky

I saw a random reddit comment where someone theorized that Pennywise and Mary Poppins were the same species of primordial psychic entity, but Pennywise feeds on fear while Poppins feeds on joy. both of them eat kid emotions because fear and joy are more intense in kids. This is Canon for me now.

10.11.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 751    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 10

I think the single most important design decision in the entirety of Destiny 1 or 2 was when they built the inventory/quest screens to be interactable during loading screens

Not talked about almost ever, but it was so damn important to the loot game

11.11.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

1st icon.
The 2nd icon looks like it has little arms holding it's head in distress.

10.11.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SCAV on Steam Drive through an alien desert wasteland in your truck, scavenging through monolithic wreckages and slaying ravenous monsters to fulfill contracts.

Some of my favourite coworkers from my Ubisoft days have teamed up to make this amazing little game.

store.steampowered.com/app/1162660/...

Give it a wishlist as it's really helpful at the moment as they chat with publishers.

03.11.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Oaths are pretty, fleeting things... Like flowers left to rot.
They saw my gentle hands as weak.
Strength and deed are gossamer-thin.
...I have need of stronger chains."

01.11.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The champion's reign is forever. Let's Play Pokemon Salt and Shadow.

This amazing 47 page Lets-Play thread of Pokemon Salt and Shadow just started up again with our Moon DLC area.

forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.p...

Seeing all the discussion and excitment here really brings me pride in what we created.

01.11.2025 05:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love love love FFTA1
I've bounced off FFTA2 twice at the difficulty spike during the Lord of the Flowsand boss (You get a defeat screen during main missions and I'd forgot to save beforehand.), maybe I need to give it another shot tho...

31.10.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another great long form analysis of a game I've never played and barely heard of that fills me with wonder and joy.

30.10.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure theres some daring Food Critic chugging acid resist potions just to get a taste of the forbidden jelly.

30.10.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like the Gelatinious Cube has recently enjoyed a meal

30.10.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi everyone! We've got our first regular article about Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire's development up on the Cryptodex! This time, we're talking about camels, pelicans, and bees. Please check it out!

lostpokedex.weebly.com/rs-period-1a...

27.10.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Multiple fire trucks out the front now

11.10.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The single vid I'm most excited for personally.

03.10.2025 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TeacupTenor's comment on "Games that SAVED your life?" Explore this conversation and more from the TwoBestFriendsPlay community

Having Pokemon Salt and Shadow mentioned in this type of conversation really warms my heart.
www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFri...

10.09.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Preview de Monstress #60 par Marjorie Liu et @sanatakeda.bsky.social chez @imagecomics.com #ImageComics #Comics #Monstress www.buzzcomics.net/showpost.php...

29.08.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Popular enough they turned it into a whole catagory of Shrine in TotK which were arguably some of the best.

22.08.2025 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Consider that one of the most popular parts of BOTW is the island where they strip away all your items and put you in a tiny sandbox again. I kinda wonder how the major "dungeons" would of been received if they'd all used that mechanic.

22.08.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"What do you call trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?

Hope."

22.08.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredibly humbled to have one of our fans get a tattoo based on Pokemon Salt and Shadow.

21.08.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Join the Salt & Shadow Discord Server! Check out the Salt & Shadow community on Discord – hang out with 783 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Salt and Shadow Discord server:
discord.gg/jQuDamwtc3

19.08.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Abyssal Sea Update
PokΓ©mon: Salt & Shadow (3.0.0) patch
- 30+ new abilities
- 35+ new moves
- 35+ new species
- New items, music, and postgame-only content.
- The truth?
Download here: www.mediafire.com/file/32yz6t3... See ⁠download-steps for directions on how to update.

19.08.2025 11:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of Breath of the Wild, with Link standing on a hill looking out at a wide vista. Overlaid on the screenshot are a bunch of highlighted triangular shapes, part of BOTW’s visual design language.

A screenshot of Breath of the Wild, with Link standing on a hill looking out at a wide vista. Overlaid on the screenshot are a bunch of highlighted triangular shapes, part of BOTW’s visual design language.

Long-shot:
I will pay $500 for a recording or transcript, with slides visible, of the 2017 CEDEC β€œField Level Design” Breath of the Wild talk by Hidemaro Fujibayashi and Makoto Yunezu, if you’re ok with me sharing it.

12.08.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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hi. looking to speak to folks in the games industry getting put through the wringer in the job application process rn. unpaid labour, multiple interviews only to get ghosted, sham job listings, scams, AI screening, any and all of that kinda stuff. DM or email at lukeATaftermathDOTsite, thank you!

07.08.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 386    πŸ” 240    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Games in pre-alpha

04.08.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 627    πŸ” 169    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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We’re looking for a full time senior 3D artist and animator for Enter the Chronosphere (fully remote).

We hope to fill this role ASAP, so take a look at the job description if it sounds like it’s for you.

effortstar.games/careers

#hiring #indiedev #Australia

05.08.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 3
Clair Obscur: What Happened to the Other Expeditions? A Visual Guide
YouTube video by Loreworx Clair Obscur: What Happened to the Other Expeditions? A Visual Guide

Very possible! Unfortunately most corpses don't have a expedition number on their model.
youtu.be/oMOZ9p1wC_I?...

29.06.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As I said elsewhere the transition your talking about is by far the most awkward element of the game for me. I had the exact same thought about if it was cut for scope or pacing.

29.06.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd love to hear them, as certainly my biggest gripe about the game is the act 2 -> act 3/postgame transition. The "greatest Expedition" show not tell felt like a big missed opputunity too. (but maybe it was something cut for scope?)

26.06.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Which is a huge shame considering how spectacular the ending can feel if the mechanical balance is right.

26.06.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly I'd recommend just doing the main quest ASAP and then treat act 3 like post-game only content. All of the story elements still work out fine and the mechanical progression works much better.

26.06.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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