CactusBear

My name is César Tovar. I’m a freelance composer and sound designer who works mostly for games. Web: www.thecactusbear.com

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10 weeks of poster illustrations for my weekly challenge this year. honestly 2025 is shaping up to be the most I've ever drawn consistently in my life

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Smol breakdown on the elements that make up Dragonbrand's theme from Cross Blitz by Tako Boy Studios and The Arcade Crew. Had a blast coming up with this track!

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Victory Heat Rally

A turbo charged racing game with retro super scaler aesthetics!

Whew, I rarely use Tumblr anymore, but I’m here to ask for support for an awesome game I’m doing sound design for! Check out Victory Heat Rally, a game by Skydevilpalm with music by RobKTA and GWIZ. Please consider backing and/or sharing it! 15 days left on the KS campaign!

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Candies n' Curses OST, by CactusBear

23 track album

Been a while away from the tumblrs, but here’s a thing:

Candies n’ Curses is an adorable and spoopy game I had the pleasure of making music and sound design for about half a year ago. Here’s the link to the soundtrack, you can listen to the whole thing there and if you like it you can buy it!

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I like the style of old DBZ games way more than the new ones, so here's a rendition to my favorite track from DBZ: Super Butōden 3. I tried to keep it as faithful to the original as possible with the exception of a few extra harmonies and adding a whole percussion enseble, because the Prince of Saiyans deserves no less.

Original composers: Kenji Yamamoto, Amayang, Chatrasch, SWITCH-E

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#Emara Episode 2 is now online on our youtube! Here are the links: 

Episode 2 - English : https://youtu.be/Kx6MYpa7Dy8 

Episode 2 - Arabic (Informal) : https://youtu.be/hCNTb_Niidc   

 Episode 2 - Arabic (Formal) : https://youtu.be/7zV9poWNxiY   

 English subtitles have been added on all videos. Enjoy!

Follow Emara’s journey below - https://twitter.com/eatingstarsteam https://instagram.com/eatingstarsstudios

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That’s it. I’m getting a Nintendo Switch and Zelda.

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Music time!

Here’s the gameplay music of Highway Runners, an iOS arcade road racer I made audio for. Made by 2 all round great guys and true fans of the genre.

Check it out here if you like pixels and fast cars: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/highway-runners/id964932741?mt=8

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Highway Runners is out! An awesome game made by true fans of classic arcade-style racing games I had the joy of making music and audio for.

If you like pixels and fast cars, check it out.

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This is a holy video. Reblog it to be free of any curses and/or to have a nice video on your blog

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A fun horror game I made some audio for (trailer music and some ingame ambient music as well).

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Are you just as annoyed as I am to see an ad every 4-6 posts in your dashboard now?

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Check out Highway Runners, an upcoming retro arcade racing game for iOS and Android for which I’m fortunate enough to be making music and audio!

It’s being developed by fans of the genre and stays true to the classics’ style and gameplay. It’ll be out soon, so follow them here→ https://www.facebook.com/Highwayrunners.thegame/

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I’m really excited to be making music for @skydevilpalm‘s upcoming game, King’s Keep!

Check out their awesome games and beautiful pixel art!

(also, there’ll be and Indiegogo campaign soon, so follow them and stay tuned)

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The scents of spices, potions and foods and the sight of exciting new gear and other goods give your party a morale boost as they re-stock for their next adventure.

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A while ago I was listening to Can’t Buy Me Love and thought “hey I bet if I play this and the Ice Climbers theme together, it would sound OK”.

And it did! I didn’t even have to tweak the key or tempo.

(btw, that’s my “misc” soundcloud account)

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The last song from, this set, which I enjoyed making the most, is the last one and, of course, it has the fewest listens. So give it some love, or something.