Game Designer
Narrative
Short Stories
Look in the Dark
Horror
"[...] The air suddenly becomes cold. How is that possible in the middle of the summer? A shiver runs down my back, and I notice that everyone stops. They are watching me. They are terrified. Something is moving… [...]"
The Last Dream
Afterlife
"[...] I feel fresh, rested, at peace. I’m not even sure if I’m really awake; it seems like I’m still dreaming. I open my eyes and see red flowers losing their petals, which are slowly falling to the floor near my feet. [...]"
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Public Transport, Dialogue, People, Comedy
"[...]Maybe, or perhaps he’s just tired. A job that forces him to stay out all night, and now he’s finally going back home to his family. He decided to rest now so that he can be with them once at his destination. Even better, he’s probably already with them in his dream, hugging them.[...]"
An Empty Room
Loneliness
"[...] The noise all around me left me confused: music, people talking, laughing, some weird noise from time to time. Where do these sounds come from? And why play music if there’s no one listening to it? [...]"
P.A.F.
Patience, Await, Faith, Kids
“[...] I’M SEARCHING FOR MY MASTER, I STARTED THIS JOURNEY RECENTLY BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT WAITING ON MY PLANET WASN’T ENOUGH, BUT I’M AFRAID THAT MY CREATOR WILL GET ANGRY FOR THIS. [...]”
Dread and Fright: the story of Love
Fear, Courage, Love, Kids
"[...]He was scared by many things: he was scared by bugs, snakes and cats; the darkness scared him, and so did everything hiding in it, like the closet monster, vampires and zombies. But above all else, there was something he was really afraid of: the Boogeyman, the ruler of darkness, the most horrible of them all...]"
The Duel
Screenplay, Fight, Kids, Comedy
Excercise done during the game design class at Comics School Padova.
Instructions: write a one-minute duel scene screenplay.
Characters' Sheets
Scarecrawl
Horror, Monster
"[...]The first appearance of this being has been reported just a few months ago, but during my
research I came to the conclusion that they’ve been here longer than we thought.
In the last few years, disappearances of people, especially children, in corn fields in
Louisiana have increased exponentially and more and more are being reported these days. [...]"
Apostat
Horror, Vampire, Character
"[...] When he’s alone, memories of the death of her loved one come back.
Because of that he hurt himself hoping that the pain will distract him from the suffering of his loss. [...]"
The Chronicles of Whenua
Fantasy setting for an RPG game
The First One
Main Story, Brothers, Dialogue, Fantasy
"[...] «THE ANCIENT RUINS? Is it a joke? It must be, no way it isn’t, it is forbidden to go there, to us it is absolutely forbidden to go to the ruins. I heard trolls live down there!»
«As I said before, you’re just a wimp! [...]"
A New Sky
Main Story, Brothers, Dialogue, Fantasy
"[...]«What do you see?» I asked. «Why? Don’t you see it too?» «Only the sky» «”Only” the sky? That’s much more, little brother» said Whir firmly [...]"
Inktober 2020
Starting from a word, create a story, day by day, for a month. The words used are the one of #peachtober20.
Raccoon
Horror, Fear
"[...] «You heard it too this time, right?
I think it came from the kitchen...»
«You must have left the dog's door open...
If I check then can we go to sleep?» [...]"
Sword
Fantasy, Fight
"Every strike was parried and rejected from the enormous ax while the one who wielded it was grinning behind the long and sharp fangs coming out from his jaw. A crooked jaw, like the rest of his greenish face."
Cool
Horror, Fear
"[...] You're walking, suddenly you start running faster and faster to the closest room, turning on the light to feel safer. A cold shiver, a soft wind, the house creaks. The unknown scares you. [...]"
Rain
Afterlife, Death
"[...]«Die?»
«Where do you think you are exactly?»
«I thought it was the line for the bathroom…»
«Please don’t waste my time, cause of death?»[...]"
Hat
Death, Western
"[...] Dear old Stuart always said "Sheriff you are no match for the river bandits, you're too old! It's time to hang up your boots!". Instead now my hat is there, among the dust, with a bullet hole on the left side. [...]"
Moon
Horror, Fear
"[...] «You know, it's a pity. Clouds are ruining the atmosphere. Moon and stars are hidden behind them.»
«Maybe it is better this way...» whispered while lowering her sight. When she looked up again the expression on his face had changed. [...]"