Pietro Polsinelli 🔜 Games about revolution
@peterpunk.bsky.social
Made Roller Drama 🛼, Football Drama ⚽ , Becoming Saint 😇 (vidgms), Eutopia 🍄 The Game 🐄 Vietato Innamorarsi ❤️ (theatre), 30 applied vgs. Making Revolt!
Clueless, intense fever dreams.
I'm with the Ciompi's in Florence. He/Him 🌈
See https://open-lab.com
Clueless, intense fever dreams.
I'm with the Ciompi's in Florence. He/Him 🌈
See https://open-lab.com
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Becoming Saint is now available on Steam, with discounts, bundles, and also a *supporter edition* with high-res funny assets, some of which decorate this announcement release thread - so get that! 😝 Thank you all for playing and hopefully leaving a review on Steam! 😇
This:
Gross tbh. Zerocalcare is a GIANT, and he actually spent time in war zones to understand human stories, instead of writing centrist conspiratorial nonsense where the baddie is called EVIL MAN. kotaku.com/hideo-kojima...
Hideo Kojima Throws Cartoonist Under The Bus After Controversy
The Death Stranding 2 director wanted to correct 'misunderstandings' on social media
kotaku.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This:
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On The Bunker Magazine and from Trieste Science+Fiction Festival and its videogame section IVIPRO Days: videogames as a sci-medium and as playable thought experiments shaping our understanding of the world. Feat Ted Chiang, @peterpunk.bsky.social, @albertbirney.bsky.social [Article in English]
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
On The Bunker Magazine and from Trieste Science+Fiction Festival and its videogame section IVIPRO Days: videogames as a sci-medium and as playable thought experiments shaping our understanding of the world. Feat Ted Chiang, @peterpunk.bsky.social, @albertbirney.bsky.social [Article in English]
So this week starting Thursday I’ll be in Trieste for “IVIPRO Days” I’ll speak about history in games and narrative design in roguelikes (Becoming Saint) on Friday. Sunday there is a PKD dedicated event, unmissable! See you there?
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So this week starting Thursday I’ll be in Trieste for “IVIPRO Days” I’ll speak about history in games and narrative design in roguelikes (Becoming Saint) on Friday. Sunday there is a PKD dedicated event, unmissable! See you there?
This is what turned places like Florence where I live into empty shells inhabited by tourists scams 😔
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is what turned places like Florence where I live into empty shells inhabited by tourists scams 😔
What happens when in games we stop putting players at the centre as heroes? Rethinking heroism, control, and what winning means in games in my new Substack post:
peterpunk.substack.com/p/the-dissol...
peterpunk.substack.com/p/the-dissol...
The dissolution of the hero(ine)
Experiments with player and power representations in games.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
What happens when in games we stop putting players at the centre as heroes? Rethinking heroism, control, and what winning means in games in my new Substack post:
peterpunk.substack.com/p/the-dissol...
peterpunk.substack.com/p/the-dissol...
Netflix's Six Kings Salm has such a Black Mirror aura... 😅
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Netflix's Six Kings Salm has such a Black Mirror aura... 😅
Imagine being so toxic on Steam to write a negative review of this: store.steampowered.com/app/1425980/... 😅
Stone Simulator – Just Be a Rock on Steam
Stone Simulator is a meditative idle game where you live as a rock enduring endless seasons and absurd events. Survive storms, unlock quirky achievements, and observe a serene, ever-changing world. Pe...
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October 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Imagine being so toxic on Steam to write a negative review of this: store.steampowered.com/app/1425980/... 😅
We got the green check on Becoming Saint for SteamDeck!!!
Becoming Saint is now playable on #SteamDeck! ✨
Convert the heretics from wherever you wish: store.steampowered.com/news/app/264...
Convert the heretics from wherever you wish: store.steampowered.com/news/app/264...
October 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We got the green check on Becoming Saint for SteamDeck!!!
Becoming Saint now in Steam's Autumn sale 😇🚂 #SteamAutumnSale
Becoming Saint is now available on Steam, with discounts, bundles, and also a *supporter edition* with high-res funny assets, some of which decorate this announcement release thread - so get that! 😝 Thank you all for playing and hopefully leaving a review on Steam! 😇
October 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Becoming Saint now in Steam's Autumn sale 😇🚂 #SteamAutumnSale
Tonight in Palermo - a participative theatre piece I co-designed, Vietato Innamorarsi at Mercurio Festival
October 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Tonight in Palermo - a participative theatre piece I co-designed, Vietato Innamorarsi at Mercurio Festival
This is a making-of video for Becoming Saint, quite detailed and also we discuss indie game production, notions of history, and creating meaningful games, among other topics. Thanks to the amazing @d6learning.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/live/G5zYhdT... @firesquid.games
Becoming Saint: An Indie Tale of Creation with Pietro Polsinelli
YouTube video by D6 Learning
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October 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This is a making-of video for Becoming Saint, quite detailed and also we discuss indie game production, notions of history, and creating meaningful games, among other topics. Thanks to the amazing @d6learning.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/live/G5zYhdT... @firesquid.games
This! This! This is so on point and important!
(I find Nintendo shop visibility totally dysfunctional too btw)
@jon.inkle.co any suggestion for a solution?
(I find Nintendo shop visibility totally dysfunctional too btw)
@jon.inkle.co any suggestion for a solution?
Seems to me that the fact that interested people can’t find games they find interesting and maybe don’t even know they exist is (a) obvs true so dunking on it is dumb and (b) a massive fucking problem for the artform that the corporate sector of the industry has no interest *at all* in solving
September 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This! This! This is so on point and important!
(I find Nintendo shop visibility totally dysfunctional too btw)
@jon.inkle.co any suggestion for a solution?
(I find Nintendo shop visibility totally dysfunctional too btw)
@jon.inkle.co any suggestion for a solution?
Today! Making of Becoming Saint, covering research for the art, history, settings, and the evolution of mechanics, incremental narrative design, and the dissolution of the hero(ine) 😇
September 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Today! Making of Becoming Saint, covering research for the art, history, settings, and the evolution of mechanics, incremental narrative design, and the dissolution of the hero(ine) 😇
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Find out what went into making indie medieval sainthood simulator/RTS *Becoming Saint* in a live discussion and Q&A with @peterpunk.bsky.social!
Join us on the 30th of September on YouTube for a #gamedev deep dive: www.youtube.com/live/G5zYhdT...
Join us on the 30th of September on YouTube for a #gamedev deep dive: www.youtube.com/live/G5zYhdT...
September 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Find out what went into making indie medieval sainthood simulator/RTS *Becoming Saint* in a live discussion and Q&A with @peterpunk.bsky.social!
Join us on the 30th of September on YouTube for a #gamedev deep dive: www.youtube.com/live/G5zYhdT...
Join us on the 30th of September on YouTube for a #gamedev deep dive: www.youtube.com/live/G5zYhdT...
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Becoming Saint: An Indie Tale of Creation with Pietro Polsinelli - a live discussion with game designer @peterpunk.bsky.social; join us on the 30th of September!
The event will be streamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/G5zYhdT...
Get a reminder via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-s...
The event will be streamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/G5zYhdT...
Get a reminder via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-s...
September 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Becoming Saint: An Indie Tale of Creation with Pietro Polsinelli - a live discussion with game designer @peterpunk.bsky.social; join us on the 30th of September!
The event will be streamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/G5zYhdT...
Get a reminder via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-s...
The event will be streamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/G5zYhdT...
Get a reminder via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-s...
Get our beautiful & bizarre medieval, heretical & rebellious game Becoming Saint - now with 20% discount on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2643010/...
@firesquid.games
store.steampowered.com/app/2643010/...
@firesquid.games
September 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Get our beautiful & bizarre medieval, heretical & rebellious game Becoming Saint - now with 20% discount on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/2643010/...
@firesquid.games
store.steampowered.com/app/2643010/...
@firesquid.games
When you organize an event, write down the fucking address. Just write it there, where you describe who is speaking, what is happening. Also put it when you are quoting it. No its not the organization address, not always. JUST WRITE IT DOWN, damn it. 😅
September 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
When you organize an event, write down the fucking address. Just write it there, where you describe who is speaking, what is happening. Also put it when you are quoting it. No its not the organization address, not always. JUST WRITE IT DOWN, damn it. 😅
This week I’ll be a bit around:
Thursday 18th Bologna “Heritage Game Farm” www.culturabologna.it/lang/en/even...
Friday 19th Prato “IVPRO Days off” ivipro.it/it/notizie/s...
Saturday 20th Milan The Game by Trickster-p www.bttfproject.it/the-game/
Sunday 21st Milan Zona Warpa, zonawarpa.it
😝
Thursday 18th Bologna “Heritage Game Farm” www.culturabologna.it/lang/en/even...
Friday 19th Prato “IVPRO Days off” ivipro.it/it/notizie/s...
Saturday 20th Milan The Game by Trickster-p www.bttfproject.it/the-game/
Sunday 21st Milan Zona Warpa, zonawarpa.it
😝
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This week I’ll be a bit around:
Thursday 18th Bologna “Heritage Game Farm” www.culturabologna.it/lang/en/even...
Friday 19th Prato “IVPRO Days off” ivipro.it/it/notizie/s...
Saturday 20th Milan The Game by Trickster-p www.bttfproject.it/the-game/
Sunday 21st Milan Zona Warpa, zonawarpa.it
😝
Thursday 18th Bologna “Heritage Game Farm” www.culturabologna.it/lang/en/even...
Friday 19th Prato “IVPRO Days off” ivipro.it/it/notizie/s...
Saturday 20th Milan The Game by Trickster-p www.bttfproject.it/the-game/
Sunday 21st Milan Zona Warpa, zonawarpa.it
😝
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I'm doing this very cool course in November! Writing short stories to prototype game narrative!
Are short stories narrative prototypes for video games?
Veteran game writer and narrative designer @iamleyeti.bsky.social certainly thinks so, and will be teaching you all about *Prototyping Video Game Narratives with Short Stories*.
Lessons start November 24 📝 www.d6learning.com/course/proto...
Veteran game writer and narrative designer @iamleyeti.bsky.social certainly thinks so, and will be teaching you all about *Prototyping Video Game Narratives with Short Stories*.
Lessons start November 24 📝 www.d6learning.com/course/proto...
September 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I'm doing this very cool course in November! Writing short stories to prototype game narrative!
We’re working on 4 games at the same time, what could go wrong?
😇 Becoming Saint - portable compatibility
✊ Revolt of the Commons - strategy turn-based medieval communism
♠️ Rome City Of Cards - win debates in the Roman Senate
⚽ Football Matches - manage crazy matches with a match-3 mechanic
😇 Becoming Saint - portable compatibility
✊ Revolt of the Commons - strategy turn-based medieval communism
♠️ Rome City Of Cards - win debates in the Roman Senate
⚽ Football Matches - manage crazy matches with a match-3 mechanic
September 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We’re working on 4 games at the same time, what could go wrong?
😇 Becoming Saint - portable compatibility
✊ Revolt of the Commons - strategy turn-based medieval communism
♠️ Rome City Of Cards - win debates in the Roman Senate
⚽ Football Matches - manage crazy matches with a match-3 mechanic
😇 Becoming Saint - portable compatibility
✊ Revolt of the Commons - strategy turn-based medieval communism
♠️ Rome City Of Cards - win debates in the Roman Senate
⚽ Football Matches - manage crazy matches with a match-3 mechanic
Saw this wonderful Argentinian movie El Jockey by Luis Ortega that tries to be as crazy as life is 😍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C5R...
KILL THE JOCKEY Trailer (2025) Úrsula Corberó
YouTube video by ONE Media Coverage
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August 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Saw this wonderful Argentinian movie El Jockey by Luis Ortega that tries to be as crazy as life is 😍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C5R...
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Entertaining notions of sainthood? Well then, join @peterpunk.bsky.social on September 30 to discover what actually went into 'Becoming Saint'.
👉The making-of will be streamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zY...
👉Secure your handy reminder via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-s...
👉The making-of will be streamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zY...
👉Secure your handy reminder via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-s...
August 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Entertaining notions of sainthood? Well then, join @peterpunk.bsky.social on September 30 to discover what actually went into 'Becoming Saint'.
👉The making-of will be streamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zY...
👉Secure your handy reminder via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-s...
👉The making-of will be streamed on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zY...
👉Secure your handy reminder via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/becoming-s...
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In my monthly videogame review column for art magazine @artribune.bsky.social: Becoming Saint (@peterpunk.bsky.social), The End of Gameplay (@droqen.bsky.social), Time Flies (@playables.net, @panic.com), Vile: Exhumed (@dirtlord77.bsky.social) and Wheel World (@messhof.bsky.social, @annapurna.com).
August 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In my monthly videogame review column for art magazine @artribune.bsky.social: Becoming Saint (@peterpunk.bsky.social), The End of Gameplay (@droqen.bsky.social), Time Flies (@playables.net, @panic.com), Vile: Exhumed (@dirtlord77.bsky.social) and Wheel World (@messhof.bsky.social, @annapurna.com).
While at #gamescom I had the opportunity to check some beautiful indies, also thanks to hints from sharp & unstoppable Giulia Martino:
Oku game store.steampowered.com/app/3590650/... by @iroxgames.bsky.social
Glasshouse store.steampowered.com/app/2244700/... by @glasshousecrpg.bsky.social
and...
Oku game store.steampowered.com/app/3590650/... by @iroxgames.bsky.social
Glasshouse store.steampowered.com/app/2244700/... by @glasshousecrpg.bsky.social
and...
OKU on Steam
Become a traveling monk and embark on a journey towards spiritual growth. Ride the wind across artistic Japanese landscapes as you write Haiku-like poems to capture the beauty of nature and unlock for...
store.steampowered.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
While at #gamescom I had the opportunity to check some beautiful indies, also thanks to hints from sharp & unstoppable Giulia Martino:
Oku game store.steampowered.com/app/3590650/... by @iroxgames.bsky.social
Glasshouse store.steampowered.com/app/2244700/... by @glasshousecrpg.bsky.social
and...
Oku game store.steampowered.com/app/3590650/... by @iroxgames.bsky.social
Glasshouse store.steampowered.com/app/2244700/... by @glasshousecrpg.bsky.social
and...
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despelote is on sale as part of the @panic.com publisher sale. our biggest sale yet, 35% off! that's less than $10!
go kick those balls / bottles / DVD boxes now!
store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/...
go kick those balls / bottles / DVD boxes now!
store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/...
Save 35% on despelote on Steam
A slice-of-life adventure about childhood and the magical grip soccer held over the people of Quito, Ecuador in 2001.
store.steampowered.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
despelote is on sale as part of the @panic.com publisher sale. our biggest sale yet, 35% off! that's less than $10!
go kick those balls / bottles / DVD boxes now!
store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/...
go kick those balls / bottles / DVD boxes now!
store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/...