Manuel Correia
@gamesbymanuel.bsky.social
Eclectic game designer, making games that bring people together since 2010. Lead Game Designer at Redcatpig
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https://gamesbymanuel.com/
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https://gamesbymanuel.com/
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Manuel Correia
@gamesbymanuel.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Hi everyone, I'm Manuel Correia. I've been designing videogames and boardgames for the last 14 years.
These are some of my favorite projects so far. Have you played any?
These are some of my favorite projects so far. Have you played any?
Hear, hear!
I think a lot board gamers underestimate the depth of light games and overestimate the depth of heavy games. More moving parts does not necessarily mean a game has more strategy. It often just means there's more noisiness obscuring the impact of your decisions.
February 17, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Hear, hear!
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the way they chose to adapt this for the anime is so cool
February 16, 2026 at 4:20 AM
the way they chose to adapt this for the anime is so cool
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The amount of times I sit in a call with a dreamer and their dream game is basically "everything from my favorite six games smashed together into perfect harmony and there was endless flawless content and it has graphics everyone likes" and I have to explain that making feet go on stairs is hard
i think what a lot of people never seem to realize is that a lot of people's vision of an "epic dream game" isn't actually very deep and comes down to scale and/or having a lot of features, whereas by embracing limitations you can be pushed in a far more radical direction.
rpgmaker definitely isn't the right tool for everyone, but I think using opinionated pre-baked tools to make some games would be very instructive to a lot of folks setting out to make their epic custom dream game. they're a much lower-stakes way to learn important lessons like "how to tell a story"
February 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The amount of times I sit in a call with a dreamer and their dream game is basically "everything from my favorite six games smashed together into perfect harmony and there was endless flawless content and it has graphics everyone likes" and I have to explain that making feet go on stairs is hard
That's better! I like that it implies that the deck construction has already happened.
Still a bit too similar for players not in the know but that's the right direction.
Still a bit too similar for players not in the know but that's the right direction.
It's kinda just semantics but I prefer "constructed deck game," which IMO better conveys that constructing the deck is not the gameplay. Also it isn't just synonym words in the same order like deck building and deck construction.
February 15, 2026 at 11:02 AM
That's better! I like that it implies that the deck construction has already happened.
Still a bit too similar for players not in the know but that's the right direction.
Still a bit too similar for players not in the know but that's the right direction.
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Game & Watch screens when you first put the batteries in:
Really photo editing here by Hector Vivas of Getty Images. Composite of the women's snowboard halfpipe final, depicting all the female Olympians who competed.
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Game & Watch screens when you first put the batteries in:
Fun concept, and I'm intrigued to see a Detective as a Criminal. Left me wondering what NSG has in mind for Shaper and Anarch.
RAHHHH NETRUNNER ID WITH IT/ITS PRONOUNS FINALLY REVEALED LETS GOOOOOO
February 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Fun concept, and I'm intrigued to see a Detective as a Criminal. Left me wondering what NSG has in mind for Shaper and Anarch.
And as a fan of roguelikes, don't get me started in the term "roguelike". Nowadays it's used so broadly that it doesn't describe how the game plays.
February 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
And as a fan of roguelikes, don't get me started in the term "roguelike". Nowadays it's used so broadly that it doesn't describe how the game plays.
We could use clearer terms than "deckbuilding game" and "deck construction game".
They sound identical to people who aren't into the hobby but they make a world of difference in terms of gameplay.
🎲✂️
They sound identical to people who aren't into the hobby but they make a world of difference in terms of gameplay.
🎲✂️
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
We could use clearer terms than "deckbuilding game" and "deck construction game".
They sound identical to people who aren't into the hobby but they make a world of difference in terms of gameplay.
🎲✂️
They sound identical to people who aren't into the hobby but they make a world of difference in terms of gameplay.
🎲✂️
Lovely UX, looks so satisfying and tactile.
MAJOR ANNOUNCE :
fuck AI assets, who needs that!
When ShipShaper fully releases it will come with fbx export and a license to use it in your #indiegame , mods, or 3D prints. No limits.
Try out the DEMO today tho and Wishlist #shipShaper
store.steampowered.com/app/4339280/...
fuck AI assets, who needs that!
When ShipShaper fully releases it will come with fbx export and a license to use it in your #indiegame , mods, or 3D prints. No limits.
Try out the DEMO today tho and Wishlist #shipShaper
store.steampowered.com/app/4339280/...
February 13, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Lovely UX, looks so satisfying and tactile.
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It cannot be overstated how much hobby gamers underestimate how unintuitive and difficult hobby games are to non-gamers.
This is perhaps even more true of professional game designers, publishers and reviewers/pundits, broadly speaking.
This is perhaps even more true of professional game designers, publishers and reviewers/pundits, broadly speaking.
February 13, 2026 at 6:16 AM
It cannot be overstated how much hobby gamers underestimate how unintuitive and difficult hobby games are to non-gamers.
This is perhaps even more true of professional game designers, publishers and reviewers/pundits, broadly speaking.
This is perhaps even more true of professional game designers, publishers and reviewers/pundits, broadly speaking.
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👾 ANNOUNCING 868-BACK!
Dismantle capitalism one server at a time in this computer-hacking strategy roguelike game by Michael Brough!
Play the free demo in Steam Next Fest on Feb. 23rd!
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...
Dismantle capitalism one server at a time in this computer-hacking strategy roguelike game by Michael Brough!
Play the free demo in Steam Next Fest on Feb. 23rd!
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...
February 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
👾 ANNOUNCING 868-BACK!
Dismantle capitalism one server at a time in this computer-hacking strategy roguelike game by Michael Brough!
Play the free demo in Steam Next Fest on Feb. 23rd!
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...
Dismantle capitalism one server at a time in this computer-hacking strategy roguelike game by Michael Brough!
Play the free demo in Steam Next Fest on Feb. 23rd!
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...
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Associação Inércia is partnering with the LOAD ZX Museum to present a demoscene category at the upcoming GOTY 2025 awards on the 21st of February. Here are the nominees selected by our jury.
February 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Associação Inércia is partnering with the LOAD ZX Museum to present a demoscene category at the upcoming GOTY 2025 awards on the 21st of February. Here are the nominees selected by our jury.
My PS4 couldn't read this DVD so I went to check it and - uh oh.
This used to be silver but now I can read the title from the bottom!
This used to be silver but now I can read the title from the bottom!
February 10, 2026 at 5:33 PM
My PS4 couldn't read this DVD so I went to check it and - uh oh.
This used to be silver but now I can read the title from the bottom!
This used to be silver but now I can read the title from the bottom!
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hey i'm the new editor for The Games Press!! excellent show by People Make Games about video game journalism, a topic dear to me. this episode has maddy meyers and zoe hannah on the launch of Mothership, great talk with chris on the current moment in independent journalism. check it out!!!!
Extremely pleased to bring The Games Press back today with Mothership's @midimyers.com & @zoehhannah.com!
We talk about the current state of feminist writing in the games media, whether "subscription fatigue" is real & how they've processed what happened to them & their former coworkers at Polygon.
We talk about the current state of feminist writing in the games media, whether "subscription fatigue" is real & how they've processed what happened to them & their former coworkers at Polygon.
February 9, 2026 at 2:22 PM
hey i'm the new editor for The Games Press!! excellent show by People Make Games about video game journalism, a topic dear to me. this episode has maddy meyers and zoe hannah on the launch of Mothership, great talk with chris on the current moment in independent journalism. check it out!!!!
This! Finishing games takes different skills than starting games. It requires prioritization and making hard choices.
It teaches you to let go.
It teaches you to let go.
Ive been talking about this a lot over the last couple of years, specifically with respect to public funding for games.
Finishing games is how people make better games. Length doesnt matter. Our entire industry encourages people however to get trapped making enormous endless work they never finish
Finishing games is how people make better games. Length doesnt matter. Our entire industry encourages people however to get trapped making enormous endless work they never finish
Also, @mammonmachine.bsky.social has a great write up on making a short story/novella length VN in a "short" period that I like to send to beginner game writers/narrative designers.
medium.com/mammon-machi...
medium.com/mammon-machi...
February 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM
This! Finishing games takes different skills than starting games. It requires prioritization and making hard choices.
It teaches you to let go.
It teaches you to let go.
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If you'd like to discover more interesting Japanese vocals, check out the movie Paprika!
Here's a bit of the intro that is so perfectly directed that it never fails to give me goosebumps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXCo...
Here's a bit of the intro that is so perfectly directed that it never fails to give me goosebumps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXCo...
Paprika Intro HD
YouTube video by ZimpanX
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
If you'd like to discover more interesting Japanese vocals, check out the movie Paprika!
Here's a bit of the intro that is so perfectly directed that it never fails to give me goosebumps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXCo...
Here's a bit of the intro that is so perfectly directed that it never fails to give me goosebumps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXCo...
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Loaded up this week's Critical Distance and was immediately hit with this oof
February 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Loaded up this week's Critical Distance and was immediately hit with this oof
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
So heartwarming! That game is very special to me.
picked up cross-stitch again as a break from everything, i started this 5 years ago and maybe one day it will be finished
January 31, 2026 at 2:51 PM
So heartwarming! That game is very special to me.
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was asked to draw this for a book sketch. went a little above and beyond my usual doodle
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
was asked to draw this for a book sketch. went a little above and beyond my usual doodle
That art direction looks so good! A lot more faithful to the original manga than the previous adaptations. I wonder if the tone will be as goofy.
First teaser for "The Ghost In The Shell" anime series by Science Saru studio.
Directed by Mokochan (+ Shuhei Handa on character designs & animation).
Coming in July.
Full official video >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-01...
Directed by Mokochan (+ Shuhei Handa on character designs & animation).
Coming in July.
Full official video >> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-01...
January 30, 2026 at 11:50 AM
That art direction looks so good! A lot more faithful to the original manga than the previous adaptations. I wonder if the tone will be as goofy.
If you want a print and play copy of Cortiça, this may be your last chance!
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So, now is the time to secure all your purchased games and/or buy those games you've been looking at for a while!
So, now is the time to secure all your purchased games and/or buy those games you've been looking at for a while!
PNPArcade
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January 28, 2026 at 10:54 PM
If you want a print and play copy of Cortiça, this may be your last chance!