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Sal
@salvadorbas.bsky.social
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Game Writer | Gothic Novelist | Available for work

I worked on nimoyd.com

Portfolio: https://salvadorbas.weebly.com/

The OrEx: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/The_Ouroboros_Express/
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Sal @salvadorbas.bsky.social · Oct 28
I used to have two accounts in the bird app, one professional and one private, unhinged. With the years, the professional one turned a little shy, and the private one a little professional.

Forthwith: I'm just going for one here. Know the full me.
a blue parakeet with long hair standing in the grass .
ALT: a blue parakeet with long hair standing in the grass .
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salvadorbas.bsky.social
Want to hangout in Barcelona? Is anyone attending #indiedevday Barcelona on 10 October? I'm getting my tickets today!

#indiedevday2025
September 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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clarislamauthor.bsky.social
My magical girl-themed YA (young adult) fantasy #shortstorycollection, "Stay Magical," is AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER STARTING TODAY!✨

"Stay Magical" will be officially released on September 8th, 2025.📖

Preorder at: books2read.com/u/38wBlr

#upcomingbook #writesky #booksky #preorder #indieauthor
Image reads: RELEASING SEPT. 8th, 2025 Preorders available NOW! The cover of "Stay Magical!" by Claris Lam is shown.
August 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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yourkyotowife.bsky.social
Hi everyone, I'm looking for work from October onwards. Game writing, narrative design, narrative consultation, mock reviews, any kind of copy, German↔️English localisation. Any and all leads to hetfeldmalindy@gmail.com, thank you!
August 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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cyborutchi.posts.art
Hi everyone! I’m so excited because we’re so close to 1000 followers! Would you like to help me reach 1k soon? Then please repost and help me reach more friends! 🫂🍀💕

I’m a fiber artist and I also make stickers of my plushies + digital art! Welcome to my page 💖🐛

#art #cuteart #smallartist #plushart
A pretty big crochet amigurumi plushie of the Pokemon Tinkaton! Pattern by adrigurumi Four crochet amigurumi mini Kirby made in super soft chenille! From left to right they’re holding: a megatomato, an onigiri, an orange and a magic wand! A crochet amigurumi chenille plushie of a very round and cute mimitchi from tamagotchi! A super soft chenille crochet plushie of the pokemon chingling, in the trans colours! They have a bell inside and make little chime sounds 💖
August 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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imrankhan.bsky.social
the impossible millennial dream
August 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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adwills.bsky.social
Of course you're a real writer if you don't write every day or do things differently. There's no one set way to do this, bro. This shit is hard. Take breaks, take your time, find your own process that works by learning from others. But your writer license never expires. You're in for good, bozo.
August 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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meredithmeredith.bsky.social
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
What’s a technology that you think is overhyped? I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry. Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto. It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
salvadorbas.bsky.social
We are revealing a new narrative adventure! Stay tuned for an even brainier game by @smallloanstudio.bsky.social
smallloanstudio.bsky.social Small Loan Studio @smallloanstudio.bsky.social · Jun 30
Do monsters lurk in the darkness, or do they lurk within us? Find out in our next title — The Tūn-Gāst of Oakshaw — a top-down pixelated folk horror game. Armed with only your wits, can you uncover the secrets buried deep within Oakshaw?
July 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social
Academia in 2025: For weeks I’ve been working through botched copy-edits of my monograph, outsourced by the publisher to a company I’d never heard of, until it finally dawned on me the terrible job might be AI. A quick search confirmed the company recently launched new AI software, which now means..
May 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
salvadorbas.bsky.social
Sometimes (all the time) I feel my characters are smarter than I
April 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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elinemuijres.com
My LinkedIn DMs are full of vendors offering their services.

Now I am looking to outsource 3D environment art, but I don't want to contact anyone blindly.

What are the best art studios you've worked with?
Reliable, communicative, and good quality? Please recommend!
#gamedev #indiedev
April 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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stuartgipp.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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ptrtlrwrts.bsky.social
Planetes was based on a true story.
esa.int European Space Agency @esa.int · Apr 1
"Preventing the addition of new debris is no longer sufficient. We must now actively clean up the space environment to halt the onset of a chain reaction that could render heavily utilised regions unusable. Immediate and decisive action is necessary."

Read the ESA Space Environment Report 2025 👇
ESA Space Environment Report 2025
www.esa.int
April 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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englishscribe.bsky.social
ADVICE - Working/Advising for free.

There are always good causes to help out with and there are always passion projects where its beneficial for your soul/c.v./sanity to work in your spare time, but there are also those who would (knowingly, or not) take advantage of you.
writersguild.org.uk
March 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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najmahsalam.bsky.social
I love when Darius is grumpy

#visualnovel #indiegame
March 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
salvadorbas.bsky.social
My Cyberpunk? Bartender
March 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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daggersmctimbers.bsky.social
My Vegas? New.
ptrtlrwrts.bsky.social Peter Taylor @ptrtlrwrts.bsky.social · Mar 7
My barrow? Hob's.
mothshaped.bsky.social Marianne (Moth) Cassidy @mothshaped.bsky.social · Mar 7
My boyfriend? Hatoful.
March 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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rachellense.bsky.social
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖
A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.
June 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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polygon.com
Genshin Impact developer to pay $20M fine to US Federal Trade Commission over loot box violations
Genshin Impact developer to pay $20M fine to US Federal Trade Commission over loot box violations
The settlement was announced Friday
buff.ly
January 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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smallloanstudio.bsky.social
Enjoyed the Ouroboros Express's soundscape? If so, thank the following audio superstars:

Noah - Audio Lead, Sound Designer, Composer, VO Editor
Scott - Composer, VO Editor
Lindsay - Casting Director, VO/Audio Prod., and VO Editor
Armoni - Composer
Charlie - Composer
Alec - Additional Audio Support
A gold logo with a snake eating its tail around the game title “The Ouroboros Express” Image text reads: “The Music and SFX (Sound Effects) of The Ouroboros Express: An audio look back.” Image text reads: “Expanded the soundtrack from 4 to 18 songs. 6 crew members. 4 composers. 1 ethereal soundscape.” Image displays 6 circular portraits of the members of the Ouroboros’ Express Music and Sound team. Image text reads: “Music SFX Crew.
January 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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jasonschreier.bsky.social
Scoop: The former staff of Annapurna Interactive, who abruptly resigned last year, are starting a new company with an unexpected twist, taking over the portfolio of former Take-Two label Private Division. And PD's ~20 remaining staff are bracing for layoffs. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ex-Annapurna Video-Game Staff to Absorb Former Take-Two Indie Label
Some of Private Division’s remaining employees will be laid off as the new company takes over its portfolio
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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scott1gray.bsky.social
For anyone who ever moaned "The writers were just making it up as they went along!" about a TV show...

Please read THIS.
December 15, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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beefu.bsky.social
What if #Pokemon and #AnimalCrossing had a crossover game? #21 🖌️
December 24, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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smallloanstudio.bsky.social
Our engineers @xomerry.bsky.social @dennedelta.bsky.social knocked the socks off the programming for The Ouroboros Express! Lead Programmer Mica shares some behind-the-scenes details below and in thread (🧵1/?). Check out their work for yourself on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/...
A gold logo for the game “The Ouroborous Express” with a gold snake eating its own tail in a circular shape is surrounded by text. Image Text: The Programming of The Ouroboros Express. An engineering look back. Image text: 2 programmers. Nearly 5,000 voiceover identifiers. 1 fantastic game.
December 21, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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smallloanstudio.bsky.social
🚂 The Ouroboros Express has arrived! 🚂 

After what seems like an eternity, we are so happy to finally launch our game!

Get ready for the ride of a lifetime!

Download today: store.steampowered.com/app/3234430/...

#VisualNovel #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #GameDev
The Ouroboros Express on Steam
Play as Vivienne Sanssouci, a daring journalist who has been tasked to review the Ouroboros Express. She quickly notices that this is not your regular train—and a devastating secret changes her life f...
store.steampowered.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:59 PM