Jorge M. Carvalho 🐳 Wishlist Townseek on Steam! 🧭

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Portuguese Game Developer 🎮 He/Him ✨ Co-Founder and Lead Developer at @whalesandgames.com 🐋 Working on #townseek, an exploration-trading game! Wishlist at s.team/a/1659360! 🧭

A selfie of myself presenting the colourful mosaic salamander from Park Güell in Barcelona, surrounded by the park's architecture and many crowds of visitors.

A screenshot from Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream for the Nintendo Switch, where Whalechan, a mascot character from our studio at Whales And Games is standing at the beach on top of some beach towels. A bubble above her shows her saying "I'm still thinking about Chicken Jockey even now..."

A selfie of Moski and myself together holding a yellow Minecraft Bee plushie, in front of a local sports park.

A copy of Pokémon SoulSilver for the Nintendo DS being resold at 150€ at a recently opened CEX.

A photo from GDC 2024 of our team, doing some tourism along with Ricardo Flores and José Castanheira at the San Francisco Wharf, with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, at a distance.

A screenshot of Kena: Scars of Kosmora, with the character traversing a green field with yellow flowers atop of a mount.

A selfie photo of Jorge, John and Moski doing the thinking face emoji during DevGAMM Lisbon 2025.

MoskiDraws dressed up like a leopard at IKEA.

A doodle of Whalechan and Capt. Jawline side-to-side. Whalechan is our anime mascot from Whales And Games, being an adult woman with whale-looking hair and a top hat. She's holding our whale mascot Polite Whale, who also has his own top hat and tie. They're both coloured in blue. To the right, Capt. Jawline, our steampunk shark mascot for Townseek, grins at the viewer while crossing his arms on top of his large coat. He's coloured in orange. Both are positioned on top of a light blue background.

A photo from the DevGAMM Awards taken after Townseek received the award for Best Game from Portugal. The photograph shows John and me with our arms around each other while we hold the award check with the Portuguese flag colours on it. Diogo Rato and Jeferson Valadares from Associação de Produtores de Videojogos Portugueses stand alongside us.

A screenshot of the Steam Deck interface, showing the Hollow Knight Silksong page, with the Play button highlighted in green. There's no playtime or achievements yet.

A screenshot of the Whales And Games account on TikTok, showing a low follower count. The account has various vertical videos of Townseek, including videos of the in game towns, activities, and another video of the current show us your pets activity.

A photo taken at the Plaza de la Libertad in Tampico in México, with Moski and I being in front of a red coloured gazebo. We're wearing dark blue shirts, with Moski wearing a shirt with characters from various games and with me wearing the shirt for the Wholesome Direct 2023. We're wearing the Whales And Games themed hats, with Moski wearing a shark-shapped hat, and me with the top hat with crabpin in the front.

A red shelf holding various plushies at a Staples in Lisbon, designed after their own merchandising. There are two plushies being displayed on the shelves, the first being a red paper ream with a happy face wearing square glasses, and which has hands and black shoes. The writing on the plushie says it's an "A4 Paper Ream for Copy and Print" in Portuguese. The second plushie is a yellow pencil named Xavi, also with a happy face with round glasses on top of a nose sticking out. Each plushie costs 10€ to purchase.

A photo of me sitting behind the desk in front of a group of first-year students at IADE. The students are sitting down across rows of red chairs, some of them giving thumbs up, doing V signs, looking at the camera, while others are distracted with their phones. I'm wearing my blue Whales And Games shirt, while holding a sticker of Capt. Jawline, the shark town host from Townseek. Next to me is Samuel, one of the full-time teachers at the course. On top of the desk in front of me is the Steam Deck I was using to take notes of the presentations.

A promotional photo of a moto tag attached to a blue luggage case.

A screenshot of Townseek, showing the player next to a gigant snowman, wearing a red trophical shirt and a purple top hat and waving at the camera. That snowman is surrounded by other smaller snowman wearing a variety of hats and coats. The player's airship has a blimp made of eggs with propellers attached to them, alongside a Whales And Games flag, a wooden hull, and a mouse inside a cheese as the anchor. A penguin follows the player as their companion.

A screenshot from Hilo, one of the modes in The Jackbox Survey Scramble. The mode has people guess popular and unpopular answers to a specific survey, in this case, of Recent Fads. Everyone in the lobby gave the answer "Skibidi" at the same time.

A selfie of myself outside a government building close to sunset. I'm wearing a black and grey coat from GDC over a red hoodie. I've also got wired earbuds on, alongside my glasses. Behind me, there are bushes and other people.

A picture of John, Exile, Zarc and me sitting at a table at a Chinese restaurant. Everyone at the table is wearing different sweaters, such as Zarc which is using a Simpson's Ned Flanders sweater. The drinks are the only thing served on the table.

A screenshot of Townseek showing the player's airship next to what appears to be a floating box with many red balloons attached to it. The player's blimp is made of several boxes with cats on top floating with red balloons and a red kite attached to it. The hull is a standard ship with a lifesaver attached to it, except for the anchor, which appears to be a pack of potato fries. A milkshake with arms and legs is following the player and is doing a v-sign behind the airship while wearing sunglasses. The floating box appears to be another airship of some kind, with an orange cat cutout with a mouse on its head above it alongside the aforementioned red balloons. Both ships appear to be at a sandy cove with various pirate-themed buildings and docks, while geese, foxes, birds, and bees can be seen all around.

A promotional banner for The Game Awards, happening on the 12th of December. The banner features the trophy for The Game Awards on the background, being a low-poly angel-like statuete.

A gameplay video of Townseek focusing on the revamped mouse gameplay. The player moves across various locations in the world by clicking around with the mouse. Whenever the player clicks, a dotted line is created from the position of the player's airship up to the place where the player clicked, indicated with a cross. The player, an airship shaped as a shark, flies over some minerals, a dog park, visits a town made of slime, and does some fishing, among other things all through only by clicking with the mouse. Every time the player changes their direction, the dotted line disappears and is updated to reflect the new trajectory.

A photograph focused on John and me at the stage, receiving the award. John and I are wearing our Whales And Games and Townseek hats. I stand in the front, giving a thank-you speech to the microphone, with my arm stretched outwards, while John stands in the back holding the trophy lightbulb.

A long-form trailer for Townseek. It opens up with a sign that reads "Welcome to Townseek", as the player character's shark-shaped airship emerges from the shark-shaped town of Sharkdwell. Immediately, the player takes off to the skies, visiting many areas of the game. The player arrives to a wooden makeshift town called Vushkaar, where the trailer introduces the concept of trading with various town hosts. The characters the player interacts with include a dwarf, a slime person, and an anthropomorphic bunny. Next, the trailer showcases some activities in the game such as fishing, mining, digging, and completing their journal. Following that, the trailer introduces some cameo companions!

The trailer ends with the key art of the game, claiming that Townseek is coming to PC in Early 2024, asking the viewer to wishlist the game on Steam. This trailer was made in 2023, and it's outdated since with the game now planning to release in 2025 instead!

A quote post from the Bluesky account on X with the text "welcome, new bluesky users" and with a link to download the app. The post is a quote of the Engineering team at X where they announce that the block function is changing to be basically useless going forward.

A graph showing a GitHub workflow for "build-steam-retail", where a first set of jobs describes "Building Windows Artifact" and "Build Linux Artifact", which then lead to a "Deploy to Steamworks" job, and finally, a "Clean-up Runner" job. All jobs appear to have been executed correctly!

The LEGO box for the Nintendo Entertainment System set, with a LEGO replica of the NES and of a CRT TV.

A meme format from the TinTin comics, reworked to be about the game UFO 50. In the panel, Captain Haddock looks beaten up asking "What a game, huh?" to which TinTin responds "That was just Barbuta".

A screenshot of UFO 50, showing the cart selection screen, where the player can pick which game they want to play at any time. Carts display a different colour depending on their state. The highlighted cart, Barbuta, has a red border to it, indicating that the game has been completed.

A screenshot of UFO 50, showing the cart selection screen, where the player can pick which game they want to play at any time. Carts display a different colour depending on their state, with purple carts not having been open yet, blue carts meaning the game has been played, yellow ones meaning the base goal of the game has been beaten, and red carts mean the game has been fully complete, such as by topping the leaderboard for that one game.

A screenshot from UFO 50, showing the title screen of the game. Two astronaut characters, dressed in red and grey suits, stand on each side of the screen. The title of the game, with big letters saying "UFO 50" sits in the middle, with the prompts to start the game bellow it.

A screenshot from discord-datamining showing the upcoming Friends Anniversary feature, which highlights the friends button with confetti and a blue glow. Upon hovering over a friend's anniversary, it prompts the user to gift something to them, likely, a Nitro membership.

A video of Townseek showcasing gameplay of the game. It begins with the player lifting-off from the shark-shaped town of Sharkdwell and moving their airship into various locations in the world. The airship visits various landmarks, including a dog park, and a giant beehive, before reaching the town of Meowosville, with cat-shaped buildings and cardboard boxes.

Following that, the player talks and trades various items with different town hosts, featuring an anthropomorphic cat, slime, and bunny. After that, the player goes to fish, mine, and dig for more items, before stopping to try various customisation options for the airship. Then, the player goes to visit a camel in a desert, and they finish their trip next to a village surrounded by a green and pink forest.

The video cuts to the key art of Townseek, featuring the airship flying towards Meowosville. The banners on it read that the game is coming soon to PC and Consoles and suggests that the viewer wishlist the game on Steam.

A photo of the Game Break event in Lisbon, showing a big crowd of attendees in a well-lit room. Some attendees are showing games, although most are talking with each other. A wall on the left side reads "Gaming Hub".

A celebratory picture made by Bluesky celebrating the 10 million users of the website! The picture mentions that I was the user #203,694 to sign up and that I joined the website on the 3rd of July 2023. There's also a blue stamp classifying me as a "Certified Bluesky Elder" as I was part of the first 10% of the users on the website.

A screenshot from Townseek showing a browned-out journal open on the interface above the world of the game. The player is in a section called the "Sir Reginald's Journal" where they can see the different pages of a journal belonging to a former shark explorer. In the left, three different pages from different towns are shown as collected, while the last one appears greyed out. On the right, the contents of the first page are displayed, talking about how Sir Reginald found a ravine full of shiny gems, and became the richest shark in the ocean. The player is tasked with finding more of these pages throughout the game's story and during their travels.

A screenshot of the Bluesky interface, showing a previous post made during my birthday which included screenshots from our game Townseek. In the picture, a screenshot is open on the lightbox, with the Alt Text for it displayed below the image, with a detailed description of a screenshot featuring Meowosville. For the actual Alt Text of the actual screenshot, please consider checking the other post about Townseek.

A screenshot from Townseek showing the player discovering the town of Meowosville. The player is in the default airship they start the game with, being a shark-shaped blimp, a traditional ship hull. They are standing next to a colourful town with various cat shaped buildings, boxes, and yarn balls. To the left, some cats can be seen fishing from boats, while around the town, there are critters such as ducks and pigs. The text on screen notifies the player they've discovered a town with the text saying "New Town Discovered!".

A photo of the three members of Whales And Games, Moski, Jorge and John, hugging together, all wearing blue Whales And Games shirts and wearing custom hats. The photo is taken in front of the Townseek booth at the Indie Arena Booth during gamescom.

English: An artwork piece commemorating Brazil, where Margarida, the plant character from the town of Jardineiro from Townseek, Polite Whale, and various big bees are holding up a Brazil flag. Margarida looks happy and cheerful, while Polite was stung by one of the bees in the background. The bees have different shapes and there's a unique bee that looks like Hatsune Miku with blue twin tails. The background has a pattern of flowers with the same color as the Brazil flag.

Português: Uma peça de arte comemorativa do Brasil, onde a Margarida, a personagem planta da cidade de Jardineiro do nosso jogo Townseek, juntamente com o Polite Whale e várias abelhas grandes estão a segurar uma bandeira do Brasil. A Margarida parece feliz e alegre, enquanto o Polite foi picado por uma das abelhas do fundo. As abelhas têm várias formas e há uma abelha especial que se parece com a Hatsune Miku, tendo tranças azuis. O fundo tem um padrão de flores com as mesmas cores da bandeira do Brasil.

A photo of the team and José Castanheira standing by the Townseek and Exophobia booth at the GDC Expo, with a shark hat on top of the chair, and the Wales booth behind in the background.

A photo of Jorge with Michael Dashow at the Townseek booth at the GDC Expo while Michael was playing the game.

A photo of the team reuniting at a Chinatown Dim Sum restaurant with several members from the Games Industry Gathering industry and social group.

A photo of the team, doing some tourism along with Ricardo Flores and José Castanheira at the San Francisco Wharf, with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background at a distance.

Selfie of Jorge and Moski at the Yerba Buena gardens, wearing hats resembling a shark bite from a blue shark wearing steampunk glasses.

Selfie at the San Francisco International Airport, featuring Jorge and Moski from Whales And Games, complete with Moski wearing a top hat featuring a helper crab, Zarc from Zarc Attack, and Ricardo Flores from Kokku. They are really neat folks! 🐳

Selfie at the Lisbon Airport featuring both Jorge from Whales And Games and Zarc from Zarc Attack. See you at GDC!

Work-in-progress artwork featuring Capt. Jawline, a blue shark with steampunk glasses and a orange coat grinning with his big shark teeth.