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Happy 1st birthday to our favorite little Hauntii 👻 We’re so proud of the 4 person team that made our debut title as a Studio incredibly special, it’s hard to believe it’s been a whole year. Thank you for playing our game, believing in our team, and supporting indie games 🖤

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Hauntii with @ablegamersbr.bsky.social controller hardware!!! These folks are amazing 💙

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WIth everything else you kind of forget that the president of the united states is a crypto scammer

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Good morning São Paulo 🇧🇷 Come by one of our three booths here at @gamescomlatam.bsky.social to chat with some of the Hauntii/Moonloop team. We’ll be here all weekend, so check out our schedule and say hi! 👻

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Indie games will keep the industry alive through the literal trench warfare No Man’s Land that is arriving. Art cannot be killed, it cannot be quelled, and games are the absolute cutting edge of human expression. Look out for one another, everyone, as best as you are able to. Solidarity 💙

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Dream fulfilled! Growing up seeing glimpses of Williams, Goldsmith, Horner etc lead Hollywood orchestras in these grand symphonic scores was a MASSIVE inspiration. I can't overstate the joy and honor to collaborate with Stoic + @xbox.com on @towerborne.com !!

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Bom dia @gamescomlatam.bsky.social! 🇧🇷 Come find us at one of our THREE booths to play some #Hauntii and chat with our composer @michaelkirbyward.bsky.social as well as play the other incredible nominated games in each category! Thank you for the warm welcome Brazil, abrigado 🇧🇷

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Found a piano in LAX before boarding the plane to São Paulo 👀

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Sometimes I play music. Live! With a band!

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My band has just put out a BANGER of a rock anthem for this looney toons nightmare era we find ourselves within. Here’s a clip. Fuck MAGA and the rest of these pathetic, monarchist, anti-democracy grifting lunatics

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Sometimes in this fast-moving and complex modern world, it’s hard to know what’s right and what’s wrong. But here’s a handy rule of thumb: If you are ever on one side of an issue, and Sesame Street is on the other, YOU’RE the bad guy.

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By night, I headbang on stage because society us crumbling down around us

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I love april fools day. Hah, april fools

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WOW! #Hauntii has been nominated for 4 categories at this years @gamescomlatam.bsky.social BIG Fest 🏆 👾 Best Game 🎮 Best Gameplay 🎨 Best Art 🔊 Best Sound What an honor, if you’re gonna be in Brazil for the festival be sure to visit our booth! 🇧🇷 #indiegame #IndieGameDev #hauntii

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Hey thanks for the Hauntii shoutout!!! Woooo!! 👻💙

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Ive seen it hundreds of times at this point, but the final memory in Hauntii still brings me to tears. I think it actually only gets more impactful the more I see it.

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Big projects are great, but sometimes the smaller ones mean the most. I was so happy to see #Hauntii getting the recognition it deserves at #GDC last week. The Game Audio Network Guild (GANG) presented the indie game “Hauntii” with the award for “Best New […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

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Feeling incredibly fortunate after an amazing GDC. We were absolutely floored by the response to Hauntii—it was such a joy and honor to talk to everyone who came by our booth, and meet so many wonderful people. Coming away with an IGF and a GANG award was beyond my wildest dreams. I'm so grateful 💚

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Hot damn I need a haircut

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Last night Hauntii received the Award for Best New Original IP at the G.A.N.G. Awards and we couldn’t be more proud! Congratulations @michaelkirbyward.bsky.social @benseavello.bsky.social @jasonposs.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy

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Hauntii won the 23rd Game Audio Network Guild award for Best New Original IP Audio at #GDC @benseavello.bsky.social and @jasonposs.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy were the best teammates and teachers that I could have possibly dreamed of. I learned so much from both of them, Im so proud of what we made

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Congratulations to the Hauntii team for taking home the IGF award for Excellence in Visual Arts 🏆 Come say hi to @michaelkirbyward.bsky.social, @benseavello.bsky.social and check out all the absolutely incredible nominees today at the #GDC IGF Pavilion! #indiegame #IndieGameDev #IGF2025

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Leo Dasso (the creative director, lead artist, gameplay designer, programmer, and writer of Hauntii) ABSOLUTELY deserves this. Incredible 👻💙

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Good morning from #GDC 🎉 Come meet @michaelkirbyward.bsky.social and @benseavello.bsky.social at the IGF Pavilion! Thanks for stopping by @pcgamerfeed.bsky.social #GDC2025 #indiegame

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As a psychotic morning cold shower enjoyer, the Hilton showers do not bestow me enough chilled violence

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Who else is gonna be at #GDC this week? I’ll most likely be hanging around the IGF Pavilion with the other Moonloop and Firestoke Games folks 🌙 👻 💙 Come by and say hey!

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Fuck fascism. Fuck Musk. Fuck Trump. Fuck MAGA. This is me using my professional social media account to firmly, vocally, visibly take a stance that will not bend or yield. As an American, I refuse to be silent. We will not go quietly 🇺🇸

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なまえぺんでらくがき👻👻 #hauntii #hauntiifanart #ペン画　 #ホーンティー　#pendrawing

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“Grim Grinning Ghosts” was a big inspiration for me while writing the music for #Hauntii Here’s the pencil sketched notation from when I was coming up with the Wickland carnival theme 👻🎢🎉💀

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とわの国の灯りこれがこうなって、こうじゃ… （This is how it turned out…） #hauntii #ホーンティー　#fanart #illustration #ペン画

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Wow!!! This is an absolutely beautiful rendition of one of my favorite themes from Hauntii, bravo!! 👻💙

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1/ So I've now finished Hauntii, and (quite rarely for any game I've played), I felt rather moved when it came to a close. It is no revelation to say that the lore of the game involves gathering and letting go of memories, of Earthly bonds, and it certainly gives pause for reflecting on one's own.

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I just found out that #Hauntii has been nominated for a NAVGTR Award, for Original Light Mix Score, New IP! Woohoo!!! 👻🎉🎉🎉

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