Marcelo D. Viana Neto
@marcelodvn.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Game Design, Hostos Community College
Director, Other Possible Games (otherpossible.com)
The Bronx, NY
@marcelodvn elsewhere
Director, Other Possible Games (otherpossible.com)
The Bronx, NY
@marcelodvn elsewhere
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If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
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The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts.
Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment 👇 Please RT.
Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment 👇 Please RT.
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts.
Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment 👇 Please RT.
Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment 👇 Please RT.
How you die does not redeem how you live.
September 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
How you die does not redeem how you live.
Reposted by Marcelo D. Viana Neto
This bundle supports Game Devs of Color, a nonprofit organization that uplifts and amplifies game creators of color.
itch.io/b/3171/game-...
itch.io/b/3171/game-...
August 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This bundle supports Game Devs of Color, a nonprofit organization that uplifts and amplifies game creators of color.
itch.io/b/3171/game-...
itch.io/b/3171/game-...
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behold the "HTML bomb"
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
August 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
behold the "HTML bomb"
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
Reposted by Marcelo D. Viana Neto
DOGWALK, Blender Studio’s open project made with @blender.org and @godotengine.org, has been released! Play the game for free on Steam and Itch.io and access production assets, documentation and the source of the game by signing up on studio.blender.org #b3d.
July 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
DOGWALK, Blender Studio’s open project made with @blender.org and @godotengine.org, has been released! Play the game for free on Steam and Itch.io and access production assets, documentation and the source of the game by signing up on studio.blender.org #b3d.
Top: Club World Cup Champions 2025
Bottom: World Cup Champions 1938 with Mussolini
Bottom: World Cup Champions 1938 with Mussolini
July 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Top: Club World Cup Champions 2025
Bottom: World Cup Champions 1938 with Mussolini
Bottom: World Cup Champions 1938 with Mussolini
Good things are possible. A better world is possible. Don't ever let them tell you otherwise.
June 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Good things are possible. A better world is possible. Don't ever let them tell you otherwise.
GDC FoMo
(from which I do not suffer)
(from which I do not suffer)
A tremendous loneliness comes over you. Everybody in the world is doing something without you.
March 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
GDC FoMo
(from which I do not suffer)
(from which I do not suffer)
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Want to learn more about our Game Design program, which was the first public game dev. degree program in NYC? Check out our itch page or this short video about our program. Our other full-time faculty include @marcelodvn.bsky.social & Matthew Balousek.
🎮 hostos.itch.io
🎮 hostos.itch.io
Hostos Game Design Program
hostos.itch.io
February 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Want to learn more about our Game Design program, which was the first public game dev. degree program in NYC? Check out our itch page or this short video about our program. Our other full-time faculty include @marcelodvn.bsky.social & Matthew Balousek.
🎮 hostos.itch.io
🎮 hostos.itch.io
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game designers!!! the day is here! Polaris 2024 reports are released: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/
and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...
and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...
Enriching your Game with Disobedience
Authors: Alicia Fortier, Alexander “Droqen” Clair Tseu Martin, Tanya X. Short, Alexei Pepers, Kaitlin Tremblay, Linsey Murdock 🤔How to Use this Paper This paper is offered as a lens for you to (re)con...
polarisgamedesign.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
game designers!!! the day is here! Polaris 2024 reports are released: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/
and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...
and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...
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Up until now, we held all of our annual GodotCon events in Europe, but after the request of many of you and thanks to help from Boston Game Dev and Godot Users Group, we are finally able to bring the event to the US for the first time.
📣 Join us as a speaker!
godotengine.org/article/godo...
📣 Join us as a speaker!
godotengine.org/article/godo...
Our first GodotCon in the US - Save the date!
Want to join? Boston 5th - 7th of May. Call for speakers and sponsors open!
godotengine.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Up until now, we held all of our annual GodotCon events in Europe, but after the request of many of you and thanks to help from Boston Game Dev and Godot Users Group, we are finally able to bring the event to the US for the first time.
📣 Join us as a speaker!
godotengine.org/article/godo...
📣 Join us as a speaker!
godotengine.org/article/godo...
Let's all be better this year!
January 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Let's all be better this year!
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2024 currently has more known games industry layoffs than 2023+2022 combined.
2024 is roughly 600 layoffs away from doubling 2023. There is still plenty of business days left in the month.
I can't emphasize enough how extreme these last few years have been.
So far.
2024 is roughly 600 layoffs away from doubling 2023. There is still plenty of business days left in the month.
I can't emphasize enough how extreme these last few years have been.
So far.
December 4, 2024 at 12:58 AM
2024 currently has more known games industry layoffs than 2023+2022 combined.
2024 is roughly 600 layoffs away from doubling 2023. There is still plenty of business days left in the month.
I can't emphasize enough how extreme these last few years have been.
So far.
2024 is roughly 600 layoffs away from doubling 2023. There is still plenty of business days left in the month.
I can't emphasize enough how extreme these last few years have been.
So far.
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very good thread! game design! describing a player experience, a dynamic that helps achieve that, a problem with that dynamic, a solution that can solve that problem. and as a bonus, ties the gameplay system into the real world systemic context. that's game design right there.
The reason crafting is in every game now: It's like money laundering for game designers
Let me explain.
Let me explain.
December 4, 2024 at 9:29 AM
very good thread! game design! describing a player experience, a dynamic that helps achieve that, a problem with that dynamic, a solution that can solve that problem. and as a bonus, ties the gameplay system into the real world systemic context. that's game design right there.
Grateful for the workers who make this day (and many others) possible without proportional pay or recognition.
November 28, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Grateful for the workers who make this day (and many others) possible without proportional pay or recognition.
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Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
November 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Democrat: Why pick a side? Can't it be both? We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Why take such a radical stance? You remind me of the far left. Israel has a right to exist. I'm a capitalist.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Democrat: Why pick a side? Can't it be both? We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Why take such a radical stance? You remind me of the far left. Israel has a right to exist. I'm a capitalist.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
UI: People are having a hard time understanding which part of the cup icon is full and which part is empty
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
UI: People are having a hard time understanding which part of the cup icon is full and which part is empty
November 24, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Democrat: Why pick a side? Can't it be both? We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Why take such a radical stance? You remind me of the far left. Israel has a right to exist. I'm a capitalist.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Democrat: Why pick a side? Can't it be both? We can walk and chew gum at the same time. Why take such a radical stance? You remind me of the far left. Israel has a right to exist. I'm a capitalist.
A Carl Sagan quote from 1995 is going around and this part caught my eye:
"[people have become] unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true..."
I find it even more useful as a lens for today when replacing "true" with "right."
"[people have become] unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true..."
I find it even more useful as a lens for today when replacing "true" with "right."
November 22, 2024 at 3:47 PM
A Carl Sagan quote from 1995 is going around and this part caught my eye:
"[people have become] unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true..."
I find it even more useful as a lens for today when replacing "true" with "right."
"[people have become] unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true..."
I find it even more useful as a lens for today when replacing "true" with "right."
This amount of money would be transformational for our community college. We serve thousands of people, from education to basic services like food assistance, daycare, transportation assistance, healthcare, free dental care, cultural events, etc.
This society is absurdly rich and absurdly broken.
This society is absurdly rich and absurdly broken.
Duct-taped banana artwork auctioned for $6.2m in New York
Duct-taped banana artwork auctioned for $6.2m in New York
The winning bidder says he will eat the banana in coming days as part of a "unique artistic experience".
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:15 PM
This amount of money would be transformational for our community college. We serve thousands of people, from education to basic services like food assistance, daycare, transportation assistance, healthcare, free dental care, cultural events, etc.
This society is absurdly rich and absurdly broken.
This society is absurdly rich and absurdly broken.
Making (good) games is so fucking hard. Why do we do this again???
November 19, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Making (good) games is so fucking hard. Why do we do this again???
Another block list
November 17, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Another block list
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If you haven't used this one I definitely suggest you do. 👇💙👩🍳🏳️⚧️
If you haven't used this one I definitely suggest you do. 👇💙👩🍳🏳️⚧️
November 16, 2024 at 3:21 PM
bsky.app/profile/did:...
If you haven't used this one I definitely suggest you do. 👇💙👩🍳🏳️⚧️
If you haven't used this one I definitely suggest you do. 👇💙👩🍳🏳️⚧️