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Laura
DeCarli

1998 →

I am a game designer from Ticino, an Italian-speaking canton of Switzerland (even if in the photo here I’m in Veneto, the Italian region where my grandparents are from). I’ve always held a deep passion and curiosity for the creation of stories, which prompted me to start having fun with fiction writing at a young age. Throughout school and academia, I’ve always been interested in analyzing the different forms that narrativity can take. In parallel, I’ve also developed a strong interest in the potential of videogames as a creative medium, which is why I have decided to become a game designer.

I moved to Milan (Italy) for my bachelor's degree, I moved back in Ticino while following an online course in game design, and now I live in Copenhagen to study at the Master's Course in Games (Design Track) of the IT University of Copenhagen.

Grammatical gender to use for me:

In Italiano:

lei/la/le

In English:

​they/them

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Hobbies

Playing Videogames

I enjoy playing single player games, two player games or multiplayer games for a small group (both competitive and cooperative). The game genres I tend to play the most are: RPGs, story-driven games, platformers, puzzles, resource management, action-adventure and turn-based strategy games. However, I'm always curious to try games of different genres if they have interesting game mechanics, themes or narrative.

Some of my favourite singleplayer videogames:

  • Contrast by Compulsion Games

  • Dragon Age Origins by BioWare

  • Final Fantasy VI by Square

  • Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade by Intelligent Systems

  • Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice by Ninja Theory

  • Ori and the Blind Forest Moon Studios

  • Portal series by Valve

  • Pokémon Emerald by Game Freak

but to be honest, my real favourite Pokémon games are fan-made ;)

  • PMD Explores of the Sky by Chunsoft

  • Pokémon Ranger: Shadows Of Almia by Creatures, Inc.

  • Spiritfarer by Thunder Lotus Games

  • Shelter 2 by Might and Delight

  • The Stanely Parable by Galactic Cafe

  • This War of Mine by 11-bit studios

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt by CD Project

  • Uncle Albert's Adventures by Lexis Numérique

  • Undertale by Toby Fox

Some of my favourite multiplayer videogames:

  • Armello by League of Geeks

  • Deep Rock Galactic by Ghost Ship Games

  • Golf with Your Friends by Blacklight Interactive

  • It Takes Two by Hazelight

  • Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) by Upper One Games

  • Operation Tango by Clever Plays

  • Overcooked! 2 by Ghost Town Games Ltd. and Team17

  • Portal 2 by Valve

  • Trine series by Frozenbyte

  • Untitled Goose Game by House House

  • We Were Here series by Total Mayhem Games

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Mx.Laura

Reading Narrative

I also like reading narrative books, mostly fantasy but I also enjoy reading other kinds of speculative fiction as well as non-fictional narratives. I have some favourite comics (graphic novels, manga and webcomics) of these same genres, but I haven't read a lot from this medium yet.

Some of my favourite books:

  • Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series by Michelle Paver

  • Cornelia delle Fate series by Miki Monticelli

  • La Sacacchiera Nera series by Miki Monticelli

  • Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

  • Extraterrestre alla pari by Bianca Pitzorno

  • Earth's Children by Jean M. Auel

  • Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin

  • His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman

  • Tales of the Otori by Gillian Rubinstein

  • The Witcher Saga by Andrzej Sapkowski

Some of my favourite comics:

  • Everblue by Michael Sexton

  • Fey Winds by Nicole Chartrand

  • Fox & Willow by Irma "Aimo" Ahmed & Allison Pang

  • Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa

  • Godslave by Meaghan Carter

  • Namesake by Megan Lavey-Heaton & Isabelle Melançon

  • Wilde Life by Pascalle Lepas

Writing Speculative Fiction

I always loved to make up stories, and I have started writing fiction for my own fun since elementary school. I have way too many unfinished writing projects, but all of them brought me a lot of joy (there are only two finished short stories). At the moment I have two ongoing projects: one for a fantasy world and one that mixes various [insert-prefix-here]-punk genres with some magic.

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For the most part writing fiction has been a personal past-time, but I wouldn't mind learning to write professionally.

Playing Tabletop Roleplaying Games

I have recently started playing TTRPGs and had quite a lot of fun as a player with Historia by Mirko Failoni, Michele Paroli & Matteo Pedroni, and with Cthulhu Confidential by Robin D. Laws, Chris Spivey & Ruth Tillman. And I am creating a small campaign based on some of Historia's adventures for three very chaotic friends!

Hiking & Photography

I also like going on easy-medium difficulty hikes, which has been a fun way to explore the mountains and forests of Ticino (where I grew up) and other Swiss cantons. And in general I always like to explore the nature any other place I visit. And while I am out there, I like to take photos! Here are a few of them:

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