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Richard Atlas

@richmakesgames.bsky.social

๐ŸŽฎ CEO / Creative Director at Clever Endeavour Games (he/him) ๐Ÿต Lover of tea, chocolate, heavy metal, cycling, fantasy, health science, and games with good feel ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ“ Blog here: http://richardatlas.com

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Last chance to get the Sheep plush! Not to be doing self-promo but I'm trying to avoid the disappointment in the eyes of people who walked by my desk when I had the Chicken plush last time and were like WHAT I CAN'T GET IT ANYMORE

www.makeship.com/products/ult...

27.10.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of the Steam NextFest branding showing the dates October 13 to 20, with 20 crossed out and replaced by 26. The animals from Ultimate Sheep Raccoon are biking along the text, with Horse jumping off the front end and doing a trick.

Image of the Steam NextFest branding showing the dates October 13 to 20, with 20 crossed out and replaced by 26. The animals from Ultimate Sheep Raccoon are biking along the text, with Horse jumping off the front end and doing a trick.

One more weekend to try our NextFest demo! We made some improvements based on your feedback, with a ton more coming. Let us know what you think!
store.steampowered.com/app/2923350/...

24.10.2025 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're baa-ck with a GIVEAWAY for the Ultimate Sheep Plush! ๐Ÿ‘

How to enter?
1. Follow @makeship.bsky.social and @clevendeavgames.bsky.social
2. Share this post
Giveaway ends Oct 24th at 11PM Eastern

21.10.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Sometimes Spotify makes some bold choicesโ€”I'm just here listening to some chill Iron Maiden in the morning and it's like "maybe you want SLIPKNOT??? RAAAAGHHHH"

...I'm cool with it

16.10.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The gods were not entirely kind. But we'll make it work!

13.10.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NextFest is today! Now we pray to the gods of software to keep the game-breaking bugs at bay ๐Ÿ™

(and we also did QA and stuff but you know)

13.10.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just casually making level adjustments on the final work day before NextFest... ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

10.10.2025 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image showing the Ultimate Chicken Horse plushie of the Sheep character from the game. The background shows 2D versions of Sheep dancing and a blue sky with clouds in it

Image showing the Ultimate Chicken Horse plushie of the Sheep character from the game. The background shows 2D versions of Sheep dancing and a blue sky with clouds in it

Cute Sheep plush from Ultimate Chicken Horse? Yes plz โ†“โ†“
www.makeship.com/products/ult...

03.10.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This version of surfing the web sounds wholesome af... unless you lead us to weird dark places ๐Ÿซฃ

28.09.2025 05:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bag of loose mint tea leaves next to a mug with a Zelda logo on it and tea steeping inside it.

Bag of loose mint tea leaves next to a mug with a Zelda logo on it and tea steeping inside it.

Not really a life hack but you can just steep mint leaves instead of getting mint tea and it's like 1/8th the price

19.09.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A drawing of a squirrel that says "Sir Von Dreymenhymer, 19th century German squirrel architect". The image actually has very little to do with the post, which is a link to a blog post about design. It involves being critical of design without understanding its constraints, and somehow in looking for an image the author found and chose this one to represent it.

A drawing of a squirrel that says "Sir Von Dreymenhymer, 19th century German squirrel architect". The image actually has very little to do with the post, which is a link to a blog post about design. It involves being critical of design without understanding its constraints, and somehow in looking for an image the author found and chose this one to represent it.

New blog post! A design analogy for being a little kinder:

richardatlas.com/2025/09/13/d...

13.09.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of a computer screen showing part of a style guide, with a colour palette and explanations of where different colours are to be used.

Image of a computer screen showing part of a style guide, with a colour palette and explanations of where different colours are to be used.

Trying to put the graphic design learnings to use working on the Montreal Games Week branding ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป

(very much not a graphic designer but working on it! And no the red isn't actually that bright don't worry)

06.09.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image of a computer screen on a desk showing the title of the video game Silksong

Image of a computer screen on a desk showing the title of the video game Silksong

Lez goooooooooo ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป

05.09.2025 03:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats y'all!!! ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿป๐Ÿค

05.09.2025 03:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our next game dev chat: Richard Atlas (@richmakesgames.bsky.social) from @clevendeavgames.bsky.social on how he swapped architecture for building games that craft digital, physical, and emotional spaces!

๐Ÿ”๐Ÿด Read โ†’ www.weloveeverygame....

#IndieDev #GameDesign #GameDev

19.08.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Hollow Knight: Silksong - Release Trailer
YouTube video by Team Cherry Hollow Knight: Silksong - Release Trailer

September officially reserved for important duties: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGe...

21.08.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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USR August Demo - MAJOR GAME CHANGES & FEEDBACK THREAD :: Ultimate Sheep Raccoon General Discussions Hey folks! Weโ€™ve got a new demo coming August 15-18 and would love your feedback. Weโ€™ve made A LOT of changes to the game based on all the feedback youโ€™ve given in the last two demos. We may not have ...

I wrote a message to the community about all the changes we've made as well: steamcommunity.com/app/2923350/...

15.08.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

New demo of our game with some major gameplay changes! Try it and tell your friends ๐Ÿ˜Ž

15.08.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Drawing of a cartoon duck in a wooden frame, hung on a wall with other frames. The image says "Pato" which means duck in Spanish.

Drawing of a cartoon duck in a wooden frame, hung on a wall with other frames. The image says "Pato" which means duck in Spanish.

Look I drew a duck!

12.08.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only resorts worth going to have goats

12.08.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is mostly a joke btw, we do a lot to reduce bias but this is probably not a particularly important one ๐Ÿ˜‚

11.08.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is there such thing as trying to avoid bias TOO much in interviews?

...Wearing the same basic shirt to all three interviews so that someone doesn't, for example, comment on my band shirt and I like them more for it

11.08.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ‘€

01.08.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Best question on our management feedback form:

What's the most annoying thing about your boss? What do you complain to your partners/friends about: "ugh my boss always does _____ and it's really annoying!"

Obviously employee's answers are going to be toned down, but it's been very revealing!

01.08.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Grabbing this immediately!!

31.07.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our lovely Rat friends just launched their game!! Been eagerly watching their progress on Kickstarter ๐Ÿ‘€

16.07.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Header image of Take Us North, showing five people looking at a setting sun over a large border wall

Header image of Take Us North, showing five people looking at a setting sun over a large border wall

Still 3 days to back this important project by @anima-interactive.com on @kickstarter.com ! The game tells the stories of migrants and their harrowing but hopeful journeys across the southern US border:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...

10.07.2025 00:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really glad to be able to support this amazing initiative ๐Ÿ’œ

08.07.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of games launching on GamePass this month, showing our game Ultimate Chicken Horse on the list.

Screenshot of games launching on GamePass this month, showing our game Ultimate Chicken Horse on the list.

Hey look Ultimate Chicken Horse is on Game Pass @gamepass.xbox.com ! ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿด

#uch #gamepass #xbox

03.07.2025 02:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a Spotify playlist called "chill viking music"

Screenshot of a Spotify playlist called "chill viking music"

Sometimes I do love the internet.

01.07.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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