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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Here is 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞, my entry for the Game Poems jam organized by @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social & @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social on @itch.io ✊ valentinserri.itch.io/vacate One minute of gameplay that pays tribute to and celebrates resistance against all forms of occupation and forced displacement of populations

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Watching a demo of how you can turn every NPC in your RPG town into somebody who says "That's right — you *are* the four LIGHT WARRIORS. You make a great point! The bridge to the main continent *does* need to be repaired, and you're just the person to do it."

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Un petit post qui parle un peu plus en détails de nos intentions derrière ce jeu !

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

j’ai créé un petit jeu sur les PFAS en collaboration avec @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social ! • La Vallée des Polluants Éternels • 5-10 minutes d’expérience pour explorer un territoire contaminé et comprendre les problématiques directes auxquelles font face les habitant·es 🏭

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Jeu PFAS : La Vallée des Polluants Éternels - Notre Affaire à Tous

La Vallée des Polluants Éternels : un court jeu vidéo vous proposant de vous mettre dans la peau des riverain·es impacté·es dans leur quotidien par la contamination aux PFAS.

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Pablo F. Quarta 🐍🌺 @pfquarta.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

ATUEL is out NOW on Steam & Google Play for free! 🙌✨ 🌄 Explore dreamlike landscapes 🦊 Shapeshift into different animals 📻 Listen to real testimonies Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game about the climate crisis. Help us out with a RT! 🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...

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Three More Years @threemoreyears.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Excited to share the reveal trailer for our next project: a permanent echo - a game about piecing together how we will remember - and judge - the decisions that shape our future. youtu.be/WfmU6m0gs5g Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3727200/... #trailerthursday #IndieGames #indiedev

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a permanent echo - Announce Trailer

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 01/07/2025

I'm getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn't have AI crap in it: aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

pas au gamecamp cette année encore, mais mangez un welsh pour moi ✌️

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Géraud Zucchini - SOL CESTO 🌞 @docgeraud.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

🌞 SOL CESTO - OUT NOW ON STEAM 🌞 After 2 years of hard work, Sol Cesto is finally out in Early Access! A roguelite where the eerie charm of Inscryption collides with the high-stakes thrill and explosive combos of Balatro. Please help us spread the word 🙌

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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 21/05/2025

One thing about living under fascism is that it makes all your creative endeavors feel frivolous and selfish in the face of daily horrors and future-erasing events.

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Deconstructeam @deconstructeam.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

🌠Many Nights a Whisper ✨ Ten years ago, you were chosen to perform a ritual. Practice to land an impossible shot that will define the fate of your generation. AVAILABLE NOW on Steam and Itch.

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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 27/04/2025

May Day Mayhem a show of games about labor conflicts May 2nd 7-11PM LIKELIKE Pittsburgh likelike.org/2025/04/27/m...

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Cole Harrington @vicehii.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

If you need AI for your job, or you can't imagine doing your job without AI: you're bad at your fucking job and aren't qualified to do it in any capacity.

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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 18/04/2025

Two weeks ago at the @nyugamecenter.bsky.social we shook up our usual curriculum to hold MAKING S#!T IN A POLITICAL CRISIS, a 9-hour teach-in on creative response to horrific events, featuring speakers from near and far including @marijamdid.com, @molleindustria.org, @winstontseng.com and more.

MAKING S#!T IN A POLITICAL CRISIS : A TEACH IN at the NYU GAME CENTER

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

reminder for you to read this important piece to think video games as a medium (and it’s free)!

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

this is how it feels to be the narrative designer who keeps bringing up narrative themes at every meeting

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

www.forbes.com/sites/paulta... "show me any piece of AI tech that has evolved into something meaningful in the media space that isn’t wholly soulless. […] There are models stealing work and turning them into worse amalgamations with again, the promise that it will all get better in the future."

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‘Quake II’ Review (Microsoft AI Co-Pilot Edition): A Modern Tragedy

Microsoft has just released a new AI trick in the form of its Co-Pilot platform generating an AI “replica” of 1997’s Quake 2. It is awful.

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A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We are excited to announce the nominees for the 2025 A MAZE. Awards! 🏆 Thank you for the incredible slate of interactive works submitted — a record 364 entries from 72 countries! Nominee list: 2025.amaze-berlin.de/nominees Congrats to all selected works — 🧵 below! #AMaze2025 #AMazeAwards

"14 A MAZE. NOMINEES" written in simple black text with a large pink bubble border. Int he background is a blown-up image of a pigeon.

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Pierrec @wednesdays-game.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Wednesdays, our game about growing up after child sexual abuse IS OUT! ✨ It is the result of two years of work by a small team who put a lot of love into it. We really hope you will enjoy the game, and, why not, we hope it will make the World a tiny bit better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuxO...

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Wednesdays l Trailer de lancement l Jeux vidéo l ARTE

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

what a shame they didn’t call me to work on it, but fair enough, i’ll watch it

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NarraScope @narrascope.org · 25/03/2025

Announcing our 2025 keynote speakers: Saturday’s keynote will be delivered by world-famous, cult-favorite designer SWERY, and Sunday’s will be delivered by Philadelphia’s own Dain Saint. Join us in Philadelphia this June to learn from Dain, SWERY, and other narrative design pros!

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

“AI” really is the end result of american consumer culture. it’s the baby pacifier of a vocal subset of people who were raised to have zero interest in learning or discovery or creativity; they just want instant gratification via a computer that spits their preferred art/music/politics back at them.

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Deconstructeam @deconstructeam.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

MANY NIGHTS A WHISPER✨ Our first self-published game! In collaboration with our friends @selkieharbour.bsky.social 💌 A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure and expectations. Take part in a ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation. store.steampowered.com/app/3541130/...

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Many Nights a Whisper on Steam

A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

got a rejection for my short story « Lands to Waste » (boo), but the reviewer sent their praise for INVISIBLE MOUTH, the short game i crafted for A Maze last year 🥹

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

friend crafted this, give some force!!! 💾

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Nikita @danshinwastaken.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Looking for an Indigenous 🇨🇦Canadian writer or narrative designer for consulting and/or collaboration on a game project. Bsky, please help!

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

it went very well!!! ☄️ (at the end of my talk someone asked me how i managed to work with right-wing coworkers and it was the funniest and also thorniest question i had to answer lol)

me, smiling, standing behind the desk before my talk

me, sitted at the desk for the round-table, with fellow game makers

me, moving my hands to explain something in my talk

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Cosmo 🌚 @ SpawnFestival @cosmografik.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

C'est maintenant officiel, je peux dire que j'ai obtenu la bourse Parcours d'Auteur du CNC pour travailler sur mon projet de documentaire nommé "Rage Quit" ! Un immense merci à Christophe Galati @deneosproduction.com pour son parrainage et à toutes les personnes qui m'ont aidé dans cette démarche 👀

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

after taking part in a round-table on « small games », i’m giving a talk on theme-driven world building this afternoon at ENJMIN, a french public school for video game creation, as part of their game conferences event 🤓

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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

French union STJV agrees deal with Don't Nod that could save up to 23 jobs 'Collective action gets results, it is our best weapon.' www.gamedeveloper.com/business/fre...

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French union STJV agrees deal with Don't Nod that could save up to 23 jobs

'Collective action gets results, it is our best weapon.'

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

ce vendredi à l’occasion des Enjmin Game Conferences, je donnerai une conférence sur le thème comme élément fondateur du world building et participerai à une table ronde sur la création de petits jeux 🎙️📚 🌐

Les Enjmin Game Conférences reviennent !

Rendez-vous du 26 au 28 février 2025 au CNAM-ENJMIN pour assister à des conférences, tables rondes, ateliers pratiques et bien d’autres événements animés par des professionnels du jeu vidéo.

Planning des conférences du vendredi 28 février.

Table ronde « Création de petits jeux » de 9h30 à 10h30 (Dorian Signargout, Rémy Deveaux, Valentin Serri)

Conférence « le thème comme élément fondateur du world building (et du reste) » de 14h15 à 15h15 (Valentin Serri)

D’autres conférences sur le planning.

Game designer de formation, Valentin Serri est narrative designer à Sloclap et enseigne occasionnellement sa discipline dans différentes écoles. Il a travaillé notamment chez Fugue Interactive, Don’t Nod, Asmodee Digital, et dans l’escape game événementiel à différents postes.

Travaillant à temps plein dans l’industrie, il développe aussi sa passion pour le storytelling en développant des histoires plus personnelles et radicales au travers de nouvelles, poésies et petites expériences interactives. Son dernier projet personnel sorti est Invisible Mouth, un jeu qui a pour thème la résistance collective face à des forces qui nous dépassent.

Convaincu du pouvoir discursif de l’imaginaire, il s’intéresse au rôle de la fiction dans le changement politique. Il a notamment donné un talk au Narrascope sur le sujet des futurs désirables dans les jeux vidéo en remettant en question le pouvoir du protagoniste solitaire sur le monde.

Nous avons invité•e Valentin Serri à participer à cette édition des EGC pour partager son parcours en tant que Narrative Designer et Game Writer au sein de studios français indépendants ou de taille moyenne.

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A MAZE. @amazefest.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Announcing the 2025 A MAZE. Game Jam: Ageing 👵🏽👴🏿🍷 📢 Game creators: explore the theme of ageing and all its baggage—positive or negative, natural or abstract, joyful or melancholic. A selection of games will be exhibited at #AMaze2025! Full details on the itch.io page: itch.io/jam/aging

Ageing A Maze. Game Jam: 1-31 March 2025

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

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Stella @stellaykv.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

[Je repost ici pour continuer la liste] Venez on fait une liste de tous les (ultra-)conservateurs qui font appel à la XR/VR/MR pour donner une image moderne à leur lecture dépassée du monde. Je commence.

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Thorsten S. Wiedemann @thorstenstorno.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Our A MAZE. / Berlin 2025 website is online. Love it a lot. Style works . Amazingly fresh . www.amaze-berlin.de #AMaze2025

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A MAZE. / Berlin 2025

Get your early bird tickets and save the dates for A MAZE. / Berlin 2025 on May 14 — 17, 2025.

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Le Pixel Hunt - Making Games at the End of the World @thepixelhunt.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Yesterday, our upcoming game, Wednesdays, was officially announced. @wednesdays-game.bsky.social, a game written by Pierre Corbinais, tells the story of Timothée, who was abused as a child and is revisiting his memories by replaying a video game from his youth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Il...

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Wednesdays I Jeux Vidéo I Bande Annonce I ARTE

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

everytime a junior highschool student is doing a one week internship at sloclap i get to present them my job and after that i ask them to analyze the dialogue mechanic (and its evolution) in Florence, this is the most accessible and eloquent « what’s narrative design » example to me 🧩🗣️

dialogue puzzle with multiple pieces, the characters are dating

Characters are dating outside, dialogue puzzle with 3 easy pieces

The characters disagree and shout at each other, dialogue puzzles are shown from the couple (3 easy pieces)

Characters are angry, they shout at each other, dialogue puzzle with 3 easy pieces, but piece connectors are angular

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Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

'The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist: Why We Should Think Beyond Commercial Game Production', a very interesting sounding book by Brendan Keogh, is available for free from The MIT Press. Get the ebook here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

reminder for you to play In Other Waters if you haven’t yet! 🦐

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

yes!!! don’t leave game design to game designers

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

preparation for my talk is going well

talk slide with « importance » as title, a compass hanging under it, and a big screenshot of Severance, with the main character saying « the work is mysterious and important. »

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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This week's blog post is a little different. On: Capturing the embodied experience of archaeology in games Games as lists Archaeological stratigraphy as a spatial list Vocabulary lists and queer identity Erasure Perpetuity florencesmithnicholls.com/2025/02/04/o...

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On the pleasure of lists in: archaeology; video games

“Lara Croft is seen as the monstrous offspring of science: an idealized, eternally young female automaton, a malleable, well-trained techno-puppet created by and for the male gaze.” So says Anne-Ma…

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

tiny post-mortem of INVISIBLE MOUTH, the tiny game i’ve crafted for @amazefest.bsky.social game jam in 2024 ⛓️‍💥🏙️

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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 03/02/2025

Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki released 29 years ago today 🥳 Available via Satellaview, this text-based adventure served as a side story to Chrono Trigger 🕰️

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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

tiny post-mortem of INVISIBLE MOUTH, the tiny game i’ve crafted for @amazefest.bsky.social game jam in 2024 ⛓️‍💥🏙️

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

one wonderful thing about the new game making philosophy i'm seeing emerge is that people aren't trying for a commercial edge, they're just doing things they're excited about. we're all doing weird specific and complimentary experiments in parallel. we're all collaborating and enriching one another.

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