That time we won the Global Game Jam 2021 in Rome

Categories: Coding and Work, Travels and Experiences

https://globalgamejam.org/2021/games/shoot-freeze-2 First remote only Global Game Jam this year, of course because of COVID.Our usual Jam group arranged the whole event on Discord and I finally had the chance to do a jam with only my pal Joel Fallerini.Only the 2 of us, as we said we would for years. This time we decided not […]

That time I talked about the AAA proprietary engine behind Project CARS: Codemotion Milan 2019

Categories: Coding and Work, Travels and Experiences

First time speaker at Codemotion Milan (after many years guests of Codemotion Rome) and first time speaker since I started working for ioTech/Slightly Mad Studios. This was the abstract of the talk: The gaming market is now largely dominated by a monolithic attitude to development: developers license a ready-made engine (usually Unreal and Unity), and […]

That long time I was an xR teacher: IED xR classes

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IED Roma Website For 2.5 years I had the honor to work as a teacher for IED (European Institute of Design).My job was to teach how to develop games and experiences in xR (VR/AR/MR). My classes were about: rules for a correct storytelling in 360° prototyping experiences in Unity3D mentoring over this new business and […]

That time I went to Japan for our honeymoon and ended up in the best VR center in the world: VR Zone @ Shinjuku

Categories: Travels and Experiences

No, I won’t talk about my amazing, life changing trip to Japan.Too much sadness in knowing I won’t return for a while.My hearth couldn’t take it. For now I’ll talk only about the best VR center in the world!https://vrzone-pic.com/shinjuku/en/The VR Zone by Bandai and ProjectICan in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Here’s the slideshow of the experience (slow […]