Benjamin Rivers
Benjamin Rivers is an independent game developer, illustrator, and comic artist.[1] He was raised in Barry's Bay, Canada and is now based out of Toronto, Canada. He is a member of the Hand Eye Society and a graduate of the Artsy Games Incubator program. Benjamin has been an active and early member of the Toronto independent gaming scene and has been creating games for download and display since 2008.
His games span multiple genres but often focus on similar visual styles. The various titles have appeared in EDGE magazine, Game Developers Magazine and on Gamasutra, GameSetWatch, Destructoid, Maisonneuve and other notable websites and publications.
Destructoid called one of Rivers' games, SNOW, "an American Splendor comic delivered by way of Monkey Island."[2]
Benjamin is also the namesake of a style of long-sleeved, collared shirt known colloquially as the "Ben-Riv". A classic Ben-Riv is made of a heavy-duty poly-cotton blend i.e. a work shirt, and is characterized by its use of "snap-ets" or dome-fastener-style buttons. The shirt can be found in a variety of industrial colours such as grey, green, and navy, but is most-commonly worn in standard black.
His graphic novel Snow is being made into a feature film by Ryan Couldrey. The film stars Nina Iordanova as Dana and is set for a release in October 2014.[3] The film will be free to watch, but there will also be a paid version with bonus content. For the first 90 days of Snow’s release, 100 % of the proceeds from each purchase will go toward the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, which serves as the premier cancer research institute and hospital in Canada.
Bibliography
- Graphic Novels
All self-published
- 2011: Snow, the complete series
- 2011: Snow #4
- 2010: The Husbanders
- 2010: Snow #3
- 2009: Snow #2
- 2008: Snow #1
- 2008: Empty Words, the complete series
- 2007: Empty Words #4
- 2007: Empty Words #3
- 2006: Empty Words #2
- 2004: Empty Words #1
- Games
- 2015: Alone With You[4]
- 2012: Home[5]
- 2010: Missing[6]
- 2010: Drunken Rampage[7]
- 2009: The Ascent[8]
- 2008: SNOW the Game[9]
References
- ↑ Andrew Webster (2010-07-15). "Making Games On The Side: Development In The Real World". Gamasutra. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ↑ Anthony Burch (4 October 2009). "Indie Nation #56: Snow". Destructoid. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- ↑ "SNOW - a film by Ryan Couldrey". Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ↑ Alone With You
- ↑ Home
- ↑ Missing download from River's personal site
- ↑ Drunken Rampage download from River's personal site
- ↑ The Ascent download from River's personal site
- ↑ SNOW the Game download from River's personal site
External links
- "Drunken Rampage Interactive Drinking Game" GameSetWatch, 2010.06.07
- "Region Specific: Ontario," EDGE, 2009.08
- "Artsy Games," Maisonneuve, 2010.01.13
- "Artsy Games Creation," Game Developer Magazine Career Guide 2009
- "The Ascent, TO Jam," GameSetWatch, 2009.05.05
- Empty Words (graphic novel)
- SNOW (graphic novel)