Florencia Minuzzi

GAME POP. The Culture of Play Official Red Bull Tetris® Shop: Unisex GAME POP. The Culture of Play for €14.00 - <p>GAMEPOP. The Culture of Play is a 200 &times; 250 mm, 180-page print magazine and the first gaming edition from Th...

The magazine itself is a fun read (and play), you can still grab a copy online
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Red Bull’s Renmare Island (and more) I’m really excited that the work I’ve done for Red Bull’s special gaming culture magazine, Gamepop, is now out in the world! If you haven’t seen the magazine around stores, …

Last year I wrote a choose your own adventure game running through Red Bull's gaming magazine, Gamepop, as well as an article on interactive fiction. It was really fun to work on, and it's wonderful to see it in print!

Blog post here: teawithflo.com/2026/02/05/r...

Fur, Bone, Wood, Skin by FMinuzzi Choose a mask, alter your relationships

Uploaded my #GlobalGameJam entry a little early, just in case - if you have 10mins, try out Fur, Bone, Wood, Skin (an IF about the masks we wear and how it affects our relationships) #GGJ26
Good luck to all the jammers still jamming!
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NarraScope 2026 | A Hybrid Conference on Interactive Narrative NarraScope is a conference that brings together the writers, developers, scholars, and players of interactive narrative.

ALL SUBMISSIONS close end of day tomorrow Saturday January 31st. Submit! And take note: there will be no deadline extensions this year.

Florencia wearing a dark top, sitting behind a table with Writers' Guild QR codes, in front of a guild banner.

Getting ready to start the #GlobalGameJam at Goldsmiths - if you're participating, come say hi and learn a little more about unions. Don't let your passion for games be exploited! #GGJ26 @writersguildgb.bsky.social

Cropped cover for "The Drizzle Depths" showing woodcut art of a flooded Victorian street, rain drizzling down and faint stalactites dimly visible on a distant roof above.

Rain falls deep beneath the earth, and will not stop. How will you survive a damper, slimier, flooded underground? Can the Godswimmer be found? Will an Aquaeon Conclave be called? Sink or swim in...

The Drizzle Depths
Downcrawl Adventure Zine #3
#ttrpg

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A Puzzle Game for Introverts!

SOCIAL CATERPILLAR is out now!

🐛 STEAM: store.steampowered.com/app/3514940/...

🦟 ITCH.IO: merlandese.itch.io/social-cater...

🐝 BANDCAMP: merlandese.bandcamp.com/album/social...

#indiedev #puzzlegame #introvert

All of Andrew's videos are a great watch - they have helped shape my thinking, and so much of Elemental Flow.
This latest video is another important one, reminding us of the power (gained and lost) of unions, and how much more there is to do.

Just signed this as a game dev - whether you make, play or share games, I would encourage you to look at the No Games for Genocide website and see what you might be willing to do to help the pledge.

I'll be there myself too, so if you want to work on a game together, talk narrative, Writers' Guild, Interactive Fiction, etc, come say hi!

Game jams can be a great opportunity for writers to work with a team, creating characters and stories for game types you wouldn't necessarily make on your own. If you're in London next weekend, there are still some tickets left!

Creators speak with one voice on AI and tell Government copyright must be protected - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain The Government has today (15 December 2025) published a statement on Artificial Intelligence and copyright. It’s an interim statement, before Ministers provide a fuller economic impact statement and r...

Creators + the creative industries have spoken loud and clear about copyright + AI

A Government statement released today reveals details of responses to its consultation on the subject earlier this year + the results are overwhelming

Our response:

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NarraScope call for proposals is open! We're at the University at Albany, June 12-14.

Now accepting:

- Talks
- The Showcase (games)
- The Experience (new this year!)

blog.zarfhome.com/2026/01/narr...

narrascope.org

THE DARK QUEEN OF MORTHOLME is out! Experience the final boss's side of the story. qwertyprophecy.itch.io/mortholme

Steam Curator: Tea-Powered Games We're a playful, independent game development company aimed at creating progressive narrative games

I'll be at #advxconf #adventurex this weekend, come say hello 👋

I've also got two games on the AdventureX Steam event - Dialogue: A Writer's Story is on sale (a rare occurrence) and Elemental Flow has a public demo (3 hours of Solarpunk conversation RPG)!
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A little late to the party* here, but I just finished Cabernet and it was wonderful!
If you're a fan of narrative games, this is one to check out. I love choice-based games where I can make informed decisions but still be pleasantly surprised =)

*Introverts make the best parties

FRIENDS! 💛

My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛

Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨

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I wonder if Rockstar leadership envisaged this kind of response when they decided to fire 30+ workers in a union?

Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?

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I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.

New cover image for Mud Ghost Estate Redux tabletop role-playing game, depicting two characters walking up the stairs of a derelict building, not realising monsters are just around the corner.

Mud Ghost Estate Redux has gotten a new cover image on Kickstarter! 👻
Mud Ghost Estate is a spooky tumbling block tower-based TTRPG inspired by the urban legends and folklore of Hong Kong. 🇭🇰
Please help us reach 100 followers before the launch! 🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...

YouTube video by People Make Games The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6

If you care about games, I hope you also care about the people who work hard and sacrifice so much to make them... Only to be tossed aside.
People Make Games is one approachable way to learn more - this video is about GTA, but check their backlog for more.
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Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals! Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...

Support the video game workers who were unfairly fired by Rockstar for unionizing: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

🎂 inkle is 14 years old today! 🎉

Come along to my talk "Preservation by Record: Video Game Archaeology as Play Preservation" at Manchester Game Centre next week!

WGGB stands in solidarity with the @gamesworkers.co.uk members fired by @rockstargames.com

Aaah I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for trying EF out, it means so much to see people connect with it =)

I spent some time with Elemental Flow, and it's one of the most refreshingly interesting and thoughtful games I've played this year. A mature exploration of the nuances of emotional growth, and the difficult conversations that come from it.

And you can now try it out, for free.

Which you should 👇🏿

Wish I could celebrate the demo release with some mate, but alas, we're moving so most of our things are in boxes. It's going to be a very busy end to 2025 😅

Elemental Flow Demo If you head over to Steam, you can find our latest demo for Elemental Flow, a conversation-centric Solarpunk RPG! That page also has a pretty good description of the game, including gifs and a trai…

Alongside Elemental Flow's demo release, I wrote a short blog post. Given how Argentina is doing at the moment, I think it's useful to think about how things could be, in ways that still resonate with the soul of the city (at least my experience of it).
teawithflo.com/2025/11/05/e...

BOOK SPOTLIGHT - The Best Non-Violent Video Games James Batchelor (2023); Pen & Sword Books - White Owl; Non-Fiction

"It’s not pushing pacifism; it’s about what interaction can mean beyond harm... These aren’t just 'safe' games for kids; they’re clever, inventive, and often deeply emotional experiences"

Amazing review from @thevideogamelibrary.org. Thank you!

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