{"id":30,"date":"2022-11-07T19:47:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alessandromascellino.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:03:47","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alessandromascellino.com\/games\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row foundry_padding=&#8221;pb0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1673022782797{margin-top: 100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Alessandro Mascellino.<br \/>\n<b>NARRATIVE DESIGNER<\/b>&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;banner-title&#8221;][vc_column_text]Welcome to my portfolio website! I am Alessandro Mascellino, a London-based game writer and narrative designer focusing on games where player decisions affect the outcome of the story.<\/p>\n<p>After six years of working as a tech and games journalist, I finally gave in to the obvious temptation of writing games. To this end, I founded a six-person game studio in 2023 with some incredibly talented friends. We have just published our debut game on Steam: <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2490670\/All_We_Need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>All We Need<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a collection of projects and writing samples I&#8217;ve been working on![\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Contact&#8221; style=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_background=&#8221;#f2685b&#8221; custom_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alessandromascellino.com%2Fgames%2Fcontact%2F|title:Contact&#8221; el_class=&#8221;wb-btn&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;246&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row foundry_padding=&#8221;pb0&#8243;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Portfolio&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fdrive%2Ffolders%2F12MiSNWfGClg1AbOUwauxNZUy0LmDwAKz%3Fusp%3Ddrive_link|target:_blank&#8221;]<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t  jQuery(document).ready(function($){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t$(\"#admp-carousel-1\").owlCarousel({\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\titems : 1,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnavigation: true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpagination: true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tautoPlay:\tfalse\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); 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Android VR Experience<\/a><\/span><span class=\"admp-content\">Platform: Android (Google Cardboard) Genre: Virtual Reality Experience Description: A virtual reality experience celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Game Boy....<\/span><a class=\"admp-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alessandromascellino.com\/games\/2023\/06\/26\/thirty-years-of-game-boy-vr-experience\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"item\"><div class=\"admegaposts-thumbs-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alessandromascellino.com\/games\/2019\/11\/26\/thirty-years-of-game-boy-vr-experience-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"megaposts-thumbs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alessandromascellino.com\/games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/battlefield_swords_grave_by_panjoool_df7opsr-fullview.jpg\" alt=\"Thirty Years of Game Boy &#8211; VR Experience\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"admp-info-left\"><div class=\"admp-details\"><\/div><span class=\"admp-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alessandromascellino.com\/games\/2019\/11\/26\/thirty-years-of-game-boy-vr-experience-2\/\">Thirty Years of Game Boy &#8211; 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