Rubén Garat
@rgarat.bsky.social
Currently working on Cleared Hot, Worked on Cleanup Crew at Magical Beast Games, Was Lead Programmer at Ironhide Games 2013-2022, also @rgarat at twitter
Ship Miner has a EA Release Date!! Here is the announcement trailer!! I worked really hard on that trailer, had to learn davinci resolve and recorded and edited like one hundred videos. Really proud of the result. Likes and retweets are really appreciated!
Real good bit about the slippery slope of genAI use. A battle we're already fighting, especially against the C-suite.
Doctora Malka Older@older.bsky.social · 2mo ago"“I’m here to tell you the mission of your generation is to destroy AI,” said Chieng." news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Ship Miner reached 4k Wishlists on Steam!! 🥳 Thank you so much!!🙏
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Incredible how a specific brand of smart people can be this dumb sometimes. You don't hate social commentary - you hate social commentary that doesn't conform to your own, and you're normative enough that you don't have to worry about reminding people you are human. gizmodo.com/andy-weir-st...
It's been a while since I do a semi technical blog post but here I am, sharing my second part of the "how I use ECS in my games" series (in 2.5y I will write the 3rd part xD): arielcoppes.dev/2026/03/29/d... If you are using ECS, would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for reading!
Design decisions when building games using ECS II
This is just the second part to the “Design decisions when building games using ECS” since I have new patterns that I want to share.
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Placing a layer of algorithmic recommendation on speech does not make speech less free, but it does pervert it. Algorithmic mediation turns speech into a resource extracted from human behavior. Platforms do not value speech because it is protected, they value the service it provides them.
Huh. Looks like Cleared Hot - a modern successor to EA's old Strike series of helicopter shooters - is doing great. 1000 user reviews in a few days, 98% positive. Right now it's just Episode 1 (defending Texas against corporate technocrat takeover), shareware style, with the others coming later.
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CLEARED HOT is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and ...
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It has been amazing working on this game with Colin and the team at @notknowingcorp.bsky.social Everyone in the team is super talented and thankfully players seem to be having a great time. This begins a new chapter with the game live, and I hope we can all enjoy the journey even more.
@notknowingcorp.bsky.social · 8mo agoIt's live! 🚨 Cleared Hot has launched into Steam early access !! 🚁💥 We are thrilled with the response so far. Thanks to everyone who has been playing, sharing, and giving us feedback. 🙏 Play it now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
After years of building, it’s finally happening 🤯 Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025! Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 Any help sharing is appreciated ❤️ 🎯 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
This weekend I tried for the first time making a game with Bruno, my 5 year old son. It was an awesome experience for both of us, he was super excited, and I loved it. We entered LudumDare 58 with our game PirateCopter Play it here !! rubeng.itch.io/piratecopter #ludumdare #ld58 #unity
I've just released the Demo of Ship Miner! Weeeee!!!🍻 Ship Miner is a relaxing mining game with some elements of combat. Explore procedural generated asteroids to collect minerals, survive threats and improve your ship. Play the Demo Now on Steam! 🚀
It's been a while. Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs. store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer
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HERDLING is coming out in just a few hours, so there's just enough time to go through some other fun tech-art stuff 👀 Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 with various other interesting tech-art stuff featured in our vast and furrious game ✨
Longest-running diversity panel at @officialgdc.bsky.social #1ReasonToBe is looking for panelists for 2026 We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country forms.gle/QWSK8wPjLu5t...
I sat down with Chris Zukowski for his subscribers to discuss how vital demos are to current day steam success, as well as a variety of tangents. Turns out this was a very appreciated video with his audience , so much so he put it public for everyone. Enjoy :) youtu.be/0oYXQLdggHw?...
Why Demos are so critical with Tomas Sala
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My game has a Steam private Playtest now!! Ship Miner is a sci-fi twin stick 1bit pixel art mining game. Explore, gather minerals, upgrade and survive!
Not even a month ago, it was scary thinking about everything that still needed to be done to get the demo we wanted out. In the end, we finished something we are super proud of, with an awesome team, exceeding all our expectations. Hope you like it!
@notknowingcorp.bsky.social · last yr.The Cleared Hot demo is live on Steam !!! We have put in a ton of work in the last month for this to happen. Give it a try and let us know what you think! Play the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
After a year of doing "marketing" for Ship Miner I decided to write a blog post from my experience: arielcoppes.dev/2025/05/18/d...
Doing Marketing for Ship Miner
After a year of working on how to market my game Ship Miner I want to share part of my experience and learning about it.
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This is Ship Miner, a 1bit pixel art twin stick miner game in space. For those interested, I wrote a blogpost with a roadmap for having a Demo in Steam here arielcoppes.dev/2025/03/29/s... where I explain the state of game and what the game needs for the demo. Hope you you like it.
🔥 Kingdom of Cards demo is here for Steam Next Fest! 🃏✨ Step into a world of strategy, discovery, and endless card combinations! Play the brand-new demo, shape your kingdom, and take on powerful foes. ⚔️ Explore. Combine. Conquer. 🎮 Play now: store.steampowered.com/app/3367090/... Don’t miss it!
It seems the Early Acces debate is back on, I did a GDC talk on this last year, (It seems sadly it wasn't recorded or didn't make it to the vault). For various reasons Early Acces is very dangerous for Indies specifically. Your EA product being reviewed as a your launch was one vulnerability.
🚨🚀 TOSSDOWN IS NOW ON STEAM 🚀🚨 Run, jump and dash through chaos, dodging hazards and enemies as you deliver packages. It’s Crazy taxi meets Jet Set Radio! Wishlist it on Steam now! store.steampowered.com/app/3241560/... RTs highly appreciated! #gamedev #indiedev
I just published a recap blog post about what happened in 2024 for Pixel Core Games and Ship Miner, like winning an innovation award, and my plan for 2025. arielcoppes.dev/2025/01/12/r... Hope you like it. Btw, here is Ship Miner in case you didn't see it before.
🎉 Exciting news 🎉 We're thrilled to announce that the demo of our upcoming game, is now available on Steam and Itch.io! Play the demo and let us know your thoughts—we’d love to hear from you! LINKS IN THE COMMENTS. We can’t wait to hear what you think. Thanks for being part of our journey!
Hi, I am Rubén and I am working as part of the team making Cleared Hot a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO7K... And would love for you to wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Cleared Hot – Publishing Announcement Trailer
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We just shared a devlog of our progress with Cleared Hot on Steam. store.steampowered.com/news/app/171...
Cleared Hot - Viral Reddit Post Aftermath + Combat Refinements - Steam News
Welcome back faithful wishlisters, and hello to all the new people who discovered us last month! The Publisher announcement went better than I ever could've expected, with our Reddit post reaching the...
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Tourist Trap, our dark comedy surrealist point & click game, was released 1 year ago today! 🥳 🚨You can get it now with a 30% DISCOUNT🚨 If you enjoyed it please write a review ♥️ store.steampowered.com/app/2206660/...
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Face an evil corporation™ with the help of a talking monkey in Tourist Trap, a surrealist dark comedy point and click adventure set in a South American coastal city.
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