Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦
@mechbird.bsky.social
Game Designer / Artist / Maker of #altctrl #artgame
🛠️🕹 #HCI Educator+Researcher
D̴E̵STR̵O̴Y 🖱 B̵U̸̖͛RN ⌨️ Q̷U̷E̵S̵̈TIO̷N 🥄
http://mechbird.fr
she/her
🛠️🕹 #HCI Educator+Researcher
D̴E̵STR̵O̴Y 🖱 B̵U̸̖͛RN ⌨️ Q̷U̷E̵S̵̈TIO̷N 🥄
http://mechbird.fr
she/her
All my #GDC talks on #altctrl #gamedesign are now #free on the GDC Vault! 👽🛠️🕹️📣
→ Game Design Beyond Screens and Joysticks (2018) gdcvault.com/play/1025134...
→Experimental Gameplay Workshop (2021)
gdcvault.com/play/1027546...
→Alternative Controller Game Design (2023)
gdcvault.com/play/1028935...
→ Game Design Beyond Screens and Joysticks (2018) gdcvault.com/play/1025134...
→Experimental Gameplay Workshop (2021)
gdcvault.com/play/1027546...
→Alternative Controller Game Design (2023)
gdcvault.com/play/1028935...
Alternative Controller Game Design: From Game Design to Controller Design
The past decade has seen the advent of a new movement in video game creation. At the confluence of the indie game movement and maker culture, some developers are building custom DIY controllers, using...
gdcvault.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
All my #GDC talks on #altctrl #gamedesign are now #free on the GDC Vault! 👽🛠️🕹️📣
→ Game Design Beyond Screens and Joysticks (2018) gdcvault.com/play/1025134...
→Experimental Gameplay Workshop (2021)
gdcvault.com/play/1027546...
→Alternative Controller Game Design (2023)
gdcvault.com/play/1028935...
→ Game Design Beyond Screens and Joysticks (2018) gdcvault.com/play/1025134...
→Experimental Gameplay Workshop (2021)
gdcvault.com/play/1027546...
→Alternative Controller Game Design (2023)
gdcvault.com/play/1028935...
⚠️Gratuit, Montpel + onlinee
Colloque : Jeu & Société
Un sujet rarement exploré en game studies. J'interviendrai avec @olivd.bsky.social sur un axe qui nous tient à cœur ! Un événement organisé grâce à la chouette équipe du labo avec plusieurs partenaires géniaux annoncés très bientôt ! x.com/rirra21
Colloque : Jeu & Société
Un sujet rarement exploré en game studies. J'interviendrai avec @olivd.bsky.social sur un axe qui nous tient à cœur ! Un événement organisé grâce à la chouette équipe du labo avec plusieurs partenaires géniaux annoncés très bientôt ! x.com/rirra21
📅 Le 30 juin et 1er Juillet aura lieu le Colloque International " Jeux et Société, approches sociales, artistiques et rhétoriques des jeux de société " à l'Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry ! 📅
Nous serons ravi-es de vous accueillir lors de ces 2 journées riches en jeux et en discussions !
Nous serons ravi-es de vous accueillir lors de ces 2 journées riches en jeux et en discussions !
June 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
⚠️Gratuit, Montpel + onlinee
Colloque : Jeu & Société
Un sujet rarement exploré en game studies. J'interviendrai avec @olivd.bsky.social sur un axe qui nous tient à cœur ! Un événement organisé grâce à la chouette équipe du labo avec plusieurs partenaires géniaux annoncés très bientôt ! x.com/rirra21
Colloque : Jeu & Société
Un sujet rarement exploré en game studies. J'interviendrai avec @olivd.bsky.social sur un axe qui nous tient à cœur ! Un événement organisé grâce à la chouette équipe du labo avec plusieurs partenaires géniaux annoncés très bientôt ! x.com/rirra21
Reposted by Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦
The game on its own is just a small physics simulator. You need to define a racing track and some rules with your friends.
This was developed for @mechbird.bsky.social's ALT+CTRL @home 2024 game jam. I felt this needed a video that explained the whole concept, but I never got to make that.
This was developed for @mechbird.bsky.social's ALT+CTRL @home 2024 game jam. I felt this needed a video that explained the whole concept, but I never got to make that.
March 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The game on its own is just a small physics simulator. You need to define a racing track and some rules with your friends.
This was developed for @mechbird.bsky.social's ALT+CTRL @home 2024 game jam. I felt this needed a video that explained the whole concept, but I never got to make that.
This was developed for @mechbird.bsky.social's ALT+CTRL @home 2024 game jam. I felt this needed a video that explained the whole concept, but I never got to make that.
Reposted by Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦
If you missed it, check out this awesome interview that our own @jmstar.bsky.social did with @agaitcheson.bsky.social and @mechbird.bsky.social all about the #IndieCade2023 Tabletop Design Award Winner, #DesperationRPG!
www.twitch.tv/videos/19729...
www.twitch.tv/videos/19729...
Beyond Screens: Night Games Edition - indiecade on Twitch
indiecade went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Talk Shows & Podcasts VOD now.
www.twitch.tv
November 9, 2023 at 11:30 PM
If you missed it, check out this awesome interview that our own @jmstar.bsky.social did with @agaitcheson.bsky.social and @mechbird.bsky.social all about the #IndieCade2023 Tabletop Design Award Winner, #DesperationRPG!
www.twitch.tv/videos/19729...
www.twitch.tv/videos/19729...
Back from my Belgium tour with @olivd.bsky.social. After giving a talk and a workshop on altctrl game / playful installation design at the wonderful
Kikk Festival in Namur, we showed Pied de Bébé & Dead Pixels in Leuven for the awesome Rode Hond Festival 🕹️🎨❤️
Kikk Festival in Namur, we showed Pied de Bébé & Dead Pixels in Leuven for the awesome Rode Hond Festival 🕹️🎨❤️
November 4, 2023 at 3:31 PM
Back from my Belgium tour with @olivd.bsky.social. After giving a talk and a workshop on altctrl game / playful installation design at the wonderful
Kikk Festival in Namur, we showed Pied de Bébé & Dead Pixels in Leuven for the awesome Rode Hond Festival 🕹️🎨❤️
Kikk Festival in Namur, we showed Pied de Bébé & Dead Pixels in Leuven for the awesome Rode Hond Festival 🕹️🎨❤️
Join me at the KIKK Festival tomorrow at 3.20 PM for a deep dive into the world of altctrl game and interactive installation design. I hope to see you there!
More info here → www.kikk.be/kikk-for-pro...
More info here → www.kikk.be/kikk-for-pro...
Tatiana Vilela dos Santos - Kikk Festival 2023
Explore the design of interactive installations through the lens of a game designer, expanding the horizons of video games beyond the digital frontier.
www.kikk.be
October 25, 2023 at 11:58 AM
Join me at the KIKK Festival tomorrow at 3.20 PM for a deep dive into the world of altctrl game and interactive installation design. I hope to see you there!
More info here → www.kikk.be/kikk-for-pro...
More info here → www.kikk.be/kikk-for-pro...
Just landed on Bluesky and eager to share the magic of playful installations with you all!
I'm Tatiana. I've been on an experimental game design adventure since 2010, from iPads to V/A/MR. And I've been venturing into the world of artgame and alt.ctrl since 2012.
My indie work → mechbird.fr
I'm Tatiana. I've been on an experimental game design adventure since 2010, from iPads to V/A/MR. And I've been venturing into the world of artgame and alt.ctrl since 2012.
My indie work → mechbird.fr
October 24, 2023 at 11:57 PM
Just landed on Bluesky and eager to share the magic of playful installations with you all!
I'm Tatiana. I've been on an experimental game design adventure since 2010, from iPads to V/A/MR. And I've been venturing into the world of artgame and alt.ctrl since 2012.
My indie work → mechbird.fr
I'm Tatiana. I've been on an experimental game design adventure since 2010, from iPads to V/A/MR. And I've been venturing into the world of artgame and alt.ctrl since 2012.
My indie work → mechbird.fr