Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Lead Writer Claims Her Work On Rivet Is Being "Erased"

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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart lead designer Mark Stuart has been making headlines today after he revealed a bunch of rejected names for Rivet - the female, alternate dimension version of the titular Ratchet - during his GDC talk earlier this month. However, it seems like Stuart hasn’t been giving crest where credit is due, as lead writer Sam Maggs has claimed that the lack of acknowledgment in Stuart’s talk means that her work is being “erased.”

In a Twitter thread posted earlier today, Maggs describes Stuart’s talk as “upsetting and frankly offensive” given that the writer was responsible for “a TON” of Rivet’s development but wasn’t mentioned once. Maggs goes on to explain that despite having worked on the game for a year and a half, she hasn’t been credited as a writer on the game despite “creating Rivet’s personality from scratch."

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Maggs goes on to explain just how much influence she had on Rivet’s development and the effort it took to create the character we know and love today. She claims that she was responsible for nixing the name “Ratchette” and apparently “fought tooth and nail to stop Rivet from being cut from the game entirely.” Maggs explains that “Rivet was a team effort” and wants to “acknowledge the whole team.”

More worryingly, Maggs lays pretty much all the blame on Stuart, claiming that the lead designer “consistently attempted to undermine me” and that he is now taking “unilateral credit for my work.” Stuart’s talk - published by IGN - goes into a lot of detail about Rivet’s character development but refrains from mentioning any other influences besides his own regarding key decisions and name changes.

Maggs also claims that she had a