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Matteo Menapace 🍉
@baddeo.bsky.social
Very serious game designer https://ma.tteo.me
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Hello, my name is Matteo and I am a very serious game designer.
Here’s what I actually do: PLAYABLE SYSTEMS.
Mostly for policy co-design and climate action.
medium.com/@baddeo/game...
Game design as a policy-making method
A game is a playable model of a system. Games create meaning through rules. And what are rules, if not policy?
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Reposted by Matteo Menapace 🍉
It’s finally here! Mechanisms as Metaphors: How Board Games Create Meaning takes a look at how board games make persuasive arguments, how they might move us emotionally, and how the ways we talk about the form might hinder its development.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG4z...
Mechanisms as Metaphors: How Board Games Create Meaning
YouTube video by Mary & Amabel Holland
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March 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Reposted by Matteo Menapace 🍉
🎲 Love Daybreak? Curious about climate games?

Join us for Playtest Dawn – a fast-paced version of @baddeo.bsky.social ’s acclaimed game Daybreak 🌍

📅 Wed 16 July, 2–4pm
📍 Sustainability Clinic, Uni of York
📧 Email lynda.dunlop@york.ac.uk to join

A #PlayForThePlanet network session 🎮🌱
July 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Hello, my name is Matteo and I am a very serious game designer.
Here’s what I actually do: PLAYABLE SYSTEMS.
Mostly for policy co-design and climate action.
medium.com/@baddeo/game...
Game design as a policy-making method
A game is a playable model of a system. Games create meaning through rules. And what are rules, if not policy?
medium.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Reposted by Matteo Menapace 🍉
Yesterday there was a massive outage in Portugal. No power, water, internet or phone signal from 11h30 to 00h30. We were prepared.
What better time to crack open our copy of Daybreak, a co-op game about dealing with climate change? We finished it by candlelight, and won!
@mattleacock.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM