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Helder
@HelderHP
World Art Director in games. Crysis, Diablo, Overwatch, Europa
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Oct 11, 2024
    The big day has come! @EuropaGame is yours now, it's finally out of my hands! From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your support. I sincerely hope you love Zee's journey and find meaning in his story. Enjoy the game!! 🦋 🙏
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    Europa 🦋 Out Now!
    @EuropaGame
    Oct 11, 2024
    7 years ago, I started making my dream game while balancing a AAA dev job. Today, it's finally out on Steam and Switch. Making Europa has changed my life, and I hope you love it as much as I've loved making it. 💖
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Apr 15, 2024
    - No normal maps - No specularity - No reflections - No transparency (except for rare 1bit alpha in grates, etc) - No real time lighting (all baked radiosity lightmaps) - No exponential fog - No Post Processing - No SSR / SSAO - No 3rd party geo. (All editor authored BSP)
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Apr 5, 2021
    My home town of Porto (Portugal) in Source2. Making my own VR environment where I could walk around is so much more immersive. I did this back in the quarantine months of last year, we couldn't travels so homesickness struck hard. Download and play in VR: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Feb 25, 2024
    blockout vs final
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    AYI
    @ayi_sanchez
    Feb 24, 2024
    Blockout vs Final Render. Work for Wolfenstein New Colossus, I did it from level design till final art.
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Dec 28, 2022
    Prey (2006) is such an underrated gem
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Nov 2, 2019
    Today I finally get to share some of the work I've been doing on Overwatch 2! This is Monte Carlo map.
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Mar 22, 2018
    This remains one of the best lighting talks, by @vivisky! gdcvault.com/play/1020475/I… A mediocre environment can look great with good lighting, and a detailed environment will look bad with mediocre lighting. Lighting is the biggest "brush" you can use to paint your environment.
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Aug 23, 2023
    Today we've launched a free playable demo of @EuropaGame and a new trailer! The demo teases some of the game's systems, story, music, narration and answers some questions about what the game is all about. Go on Steam right now to play it, and Wishlist!
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    Europa 🦋 Out Now!
    @EuropaGame
    Aug 23, 2023
    🦋HUGE NEWS🦋 We just released a demo for our adventure game Europa. Get it now on Steam, full game is coming 2024! s.team/a/2214880
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    Europa on Steam
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Apr 13, 2018
    Seeing @YohIchi_N work in real time was so humbling and inspiring! This is pure magic coming together at the tip of a brush.
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Sep 26, 2024
    This philosophy scales to big scenes too! In an era where there’s an expectation that everything needs to be ultra-high poly density, there’s something to be said for letting materials and lighting do the heavy lifting! “Low poly” hasn’t gone anywhere; in fact, I think there’s
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    INDUSTRIA 2
    @INDUSTRIA_game
    Sep 26, 2024
    Replying to @INDUSTRIA_game
    the result can be mindblowing as the geometry is literally just planes, and the materials just diffuse, normal and roughness. only fancy thing here is the fact that these materials are vertex paintable and color changeable! makes even forgotten corners of the game look pretty
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Oct 30, 2021
    Couldn't let the month of October end without contributing something to #Blocktober This is Overwatch - Castillo :)
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Mar 3, 2024
    Repost, because lighting is still the most underrated aspect of environmental art.
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Mar 22, 2018
    This remains one of the best lighting talks, by @vivisky! gdcvault.com/play/1020475/I… A mediocre environment can look great with good lighting, and a detailed environment will look bad with mediocre lighting. Lighting is the biggest "brush" you can use to paint your environment.
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Apr 5, 2021
    Night version of Porto (Portugal) in Source2. Download and play in VR: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/fi…
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    Helder
    @HelderHP
    Sep 18, 2023
    Art inspired by my country ❤️ 🇵🇹
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