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Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦

@mechbird.bsky.social

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Game Designer / Artist / Maker of #altctrl #artgame 🛠️🕹 #HCI Educator+Researcher D̴E̵STR̵O̴Y 🖱 B̵U̸̖͛RN ⌨️ Q̷U̷E̵S̵̈TIO̷N 🥄 http://mechbird.fr she/her

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Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @mechbird.bsky.social · Jul 15

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)
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→Alternative Controller Game Design (2023)
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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...

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Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @mechbird.bsky.social · Jun 13

⚠️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

Waves @wavesofmoon.bsky.social · Jun 10

📅 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 !

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Ludipe @ludipe.bsky.social · Mar 12

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.

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Bully Pulpit Games @bullypulpithq.bsky.social · Nov 9

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!

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Beyond Screens: Night Games Edition - indiecade on Twitch

indiecade went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Talk Shows & Podcasts VOD now.

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Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @mechbird.bsky.social · Nov 4

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 🕹️🎨❤️

Tatiana Vilela dos Santos giving a talk at the KIKK festival in Namur, Belgium. The talk is titled "Crafting Magic : Transforming Interactive Installations into Playful Adventures. The picture features Tatiana smiling in front of a laptop covered with stickers.

Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @mechbird.bsky.social · Oct 25

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...

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.

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Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @mechbird.bsky.social · Oct 25

My humble aspirations include expanding the boundaries of video games beyond keyboards, mice and joysticks to redefine the medium (wish me luck👍😃) I'm currently Ph.D.-ing in this field, rn I'm in the process of turning a kitchen into an immersive video game using home apPLAYnces as controllers 🎮🍳

Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @mechbird.bsky.social · Oct 25

I'm passionate about alternative controller game making as much as sharing it with others. I teach students at various levels & conduct workshops, so my content will mainly be my latest creations or my students'! 📚👾 I'm also sharing altctrl content online when I can 😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDVH...

[alt.ctrl] Indie games with weird controllers?

Hello! Are you wondering:• How alternative game controllers are made? → https://youtu.be/BV0Avmn3J8s• Where alternative game controllers are made? → https://...

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Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @mechbird.bsky.social · Oct 25

Since 2013, I specialize in alternative controller games and playful installations 🎮🛠️I like crafting stuff, from wearables to immersive setups. My journey's a tech playground! My playmate of choice is @olivd.bsky.social 🕹️🌟Peek into my world... → www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYds... 😉

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Tatiana Vilela DS ⚙️🐦 @mechbird.bsky.social · Oct 24

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

A photograph of two children playing actively on the floor. There is a video projected on the floor. There are also six buttons. At the top of the picture the title "negêmu" is written with Kanji characters.

A photograph of a table with a screen in the middle and toys all around. There are players holding limbs of dolls on each side of the table. On the screen there is a chaotic scene mixing clouds, fire and an open window floating in space. This installation is a game inspired by foosball titled Pied de baby (literally babyfoot in French).

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