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Henrique Basto

@rarotunga

Game dev, writer, game jam junkie. I worked on Super Nanny Sleepytime, Dakar18 and other stuff! I also teach game programming and design at the Lusófona University of Porto 😁

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Hey, I'm Viktor, I make music and sound effects for video games and other media. My commissions are open right now and I’m looking for work! Here are some examples of my work. If you like what I do, but don’t have any projects right now, you can also reshare my post, that goes a long way!

25.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I do have a screenshot of the threat, but:

1) He used a fake account that is hard to pinpoint as being him despite it being used to share job opportunities for his company

2) It includes a photograph of my fiance in the threat I am not comfortable in making public

03.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It's crazy.

I'm honestly not a vindictive person, there are only 2 people in this world I can say I "hate" and make a point of speaking up against at any given opportunity. This guy is one of them.

01.02.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We also found out he was still being searched for by Brazilian police for selling illegal abortion drugs in Brazil

01.02.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

For context, using the phone number on their website we found the owner's previous companies

A previous company was a Media company who had put out a job opening for female content producers, but they could not be Portuguese, because "Portuguese women are depressed and we need good vibes"

01.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

2 situations: students that got in because they were partnered with their academic institution (bad call on the institution, but not the student who would assume these partners were vetted) and immigrants that needed to accept despite the obvious red flags

01.02.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The CEO of this company even threatened me and my fiance (at the time girlfriend) when me and some other members of the Portuguese game dev community called out the red flags in a "job opening" he was sharing

Also, if you opened the webpage in chrome, I recommend Firefox for some extra horror

01.02.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 55% on Oirbo on Steam As Oirbo you will explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Navigate a huge Metroidvania-inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action platformer full of secrets to uncover, areas to...

Oirbo is a 2025 finalist by @imaginationover.bsky.social

Summary: As Oirbo you will explore a labyrinthian spacecraft and discover its mysteries and purpose. Navigate a huge Metroidvania-inspired, hand-drawn, 2D action platformer full of secrets to uncover.

store.steampowered.com/app/1074280?...

04.10.2025 09:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really enjoying seeing the progress on this dude, keep up the awesome work πŸ’ͺ

14.05.2025 20:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The increment of the combo makes me realize the water is evil and deserves it. πŸ˜‚

10.05.2025 09:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I wanted to try out some folk metal for quit some time, so here it is! A lil snippet of that :3

#folkmetal #metal #celtic

04.03.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Congrats!

27.02.2025 21:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hell Maiden ~ Teaser Trailer
Hell Maiden ~ Teaser Trailer YouTube video by AstralShift

Teaser Trailer ❀️‍πŸ”₯ Hell Maiden

AstralShift's New Game Title inspired by Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.

#HellMaiden #AstralShift

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1sy...

10.01.2025 12:02 πŸ‘ 431 πŸ” 257 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 49
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If you've enjoyed Cryptmaster, please consider sharing the news. Despite an IGF award, a 95% Steam rating and a free demo, the game has gone mostly unnoticed by both press and players. It's not just a typing game and there may still be people out there who would enjoy it!

05.01.2025 13:29 πŸ‘ 3015 πŸ” 1655 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 199
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Hi! Will be deleting my twitter account eventually, so I'll make this thread with some of my fav old posts...

04.01.2025 23:03 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rare tech art content: I fix anime eyes in Unreal Engine again. If you want anime style eyes but use shadows, lumen, ssao etc and use established anime eye authoring you will get too much shadow in the eye cavity. My solve is usually re-authoring the eyes and making a parallax uv shader to move em

17.12.2024 02:22 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Goal State: Teaching AI for Game Development From the creator of YouTube series 'AI and Games': a complete online course of lectures and tutorials on AI for video games.

Final stretch for the AI and Games Kickstarter, it would be nice if it reaches the Unreal stretch goal, only a few hundred pounds away :)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/aia...

#ai #gamedev #indiegamedev

15.12.2024 11:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Behind the Code: Designing Raz's Jump Skip down past this Video Gallery. Skip up past this Video Gallery. Skip down past this Image Gallery. Psychonauts 2: Jumping - Jump hold button…

I wrote a small series of articles earlier this year about some gameplay features I worked on in Psychonauts 2. A little look into how we built and tuned the systems. Here’s the one about Raz’s jump: doublefine.com/news/devin-a...

02.12.2024 19:24 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 10
1 like = 1 piece of Goal State & AI and Games Lore

Support Goal State Now on KickStarter
http://bit.ly/GoalState
#GoalState

1 like = 1 piece of Goal State & AI and Games Lore Support Goal State Now on KickStarter http://bit.ly/GoalState #GoalState

With #GoalState still going strong with 19 days to go, I figured let's get in on the social media fun.

For every like, I'll drop a little bit of Goal State and/or AI and Games lore. Let's do this! 😁

Don't forget to check out the #Kickstarter too!
bit.ly/GoalState

26.11.2024 10:27 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Just watched it, let me know when you're done

16.11.2024 10:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gamedev tricks used by developers 🧡 origin thread In 2018 I started a thread on Twitter (later renamed X πŸ™„) where I shared some game development tricks devs used to get around get around bugs, software, hardware or time constraints. Over time I added more stuff to that thread, and there’s some cool information there. Since I now replicated that thread on both Mastodon and Bluesky; it got me thinking I should probably put this on my own blog, a single post, which is easier to read, also in case those websites are ever taken down.

I've duplicated my gamedev tricks thread in a couple different social networks; I thought it was time to just bundle all together in one blog post, easier to check all, and if some site goes down my blog stays! www.david-amador.com...

15.11.2024 15:48 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Goal State: Teaching AI for Game Development From the creator of YouTube series 'AI and Games': a complete online course of lectures and tutorials on AI for video games.

I just backed @aiandgames.bsky.social 's new kickstarter, and I'd recommend anyone with an interest in game AI to do the same :)

Goal State: Teaching AI for Game Development, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/aia...

#AI #GameDev #Kickstarter

15.11.2024 15:34 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or Geoff Leopard did it to set up the other Geoff so he stops harassing Janet

15.11.2024 13:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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⚑Meet AstralShift's first #unity Tool β€” QTI⚑

Elevate your game development with QTI β€” a powerful and flexible framework for creating complex behaviors in Unity.

QUICKLY map any trigger to any interaction, no coding required!

πŸ”—β¬‡οΈ
assetstore.unity.com/packages/add...

#gamedev #indiedev

13.11.2024 17:04 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

If you're looking for work in gamedev, here's a thread of guides I've written about everything from setting freelance rates to writing a good cover letter

I've been in gamedev for over 13 years and been on both sides of the interview table a lot, so these are all the things I wish I'd known

🧡 1/6

10.10.2024 23:06 πŸ‘ 1492 πŸ” 546 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 15
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All - Bluesky Directory A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

At last, there's a searchable directory of Bluesky starter packs, courtesy of @mubashariqbal.com! Just one more way third-party developers are helping to make this place better.

Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful

08.11.2024 03:58 πŸ‘ 5646 πŸ” 3038 πŸ’¬ 880 πŸ“Œ 437
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Hello! First post on bluesky, I'm Ian, senior artist at Ustwo Games. Working on Monument Valley 3 right now. Also work on personal games in my free time. Love making naturey stuff and bugs and little creatures

19.10.2024 14:20 πŸ‘ 581 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ“’βœ¨Little Goody Two Shoes is 40% OFF EVERYWHEREπŸ“’βœ¨

That's right β€” on ALL platforms!😱
Play it on Steam!
Play it on Nintendo Switch!
Play it on Xbox!
Play it on PS5!

Grab it for 40% OFF on any of these platforms this Halloween for a perfectly spooky time!πŸ‘ βœ¨

28.10.2024 10:31 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 8