Pietro Polsinelli

Becoming Saint is now available on Steam, with discounts, bundles and also a supporter edition with high-res funny assets, some of which decorate this announcement release thread - so get that! 😝 Thank you all for playing and hopefully leaving a review on Steam! 😇

Becoming Saint has a 50% discount for the Spring Sale on Steam! 🌸

A collection of 49 short interactive stories. A fragmented diary of modern-day Milan. A mumblecore narrative game. Call it whatever you want, but In Their Shoes is OUT NOW on Steam, with a special launch discount! store.steampowered.com/app/3608120/In… #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #newgame

In Their Shoes would simply not exist if it hadn't been for the lovely story flow editor Homer homer.open-lab.com by @ppolsinelli @pupunzi If you're planning to make a dialog-rich game (even if you aren't), you should definitely check out this gem of a #NarrativeDesign tool!

If you have an iPhone or an iPad, you can now get all our three games in a very convenient bundle! Football Drama ⚽, Roller Drama 🛼 and Becoming Saint 😇 apps.apple.com/us/app-bundle/… #mobilegames

Becoming Saint is now available on mobile! A small, replayable strategic & tactical medieval game with a rich, evolutive and generative narrative component. Define your set of beliefs and convert the whole of Italy to your heretic creed! Get it here: open-lab.com/games/becoming…

Even Saints can use their phones 🤳 Becoming Saint is now available on iOS and Android! Watch our trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=UKC0T9…

My talk on Becoming Saint for IVIPRO youtube.com/watch?v=q760fk… [in Italian] - also the full list here youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Found a beautiful resource to reopen my mind at the start of the year, even within the current never ending nightmare of a world controlled by sociopathic finance lords like the owner of this. Mathematical infinity and paradoxes: youtube.com/watch?v=14OPT6… - good luck for 2026!

@FiresquidGames Thank you all for sharing this! 😍

We make weird games about rebellion. Football Drama, Roller Drama, and Becoming Saint. Different forms. Different mechanics. Different narratives. All on sale now on Steam! 😇⚽🛼 @FiresquidGames #SteamSale #IndieGames #WinterSale

@FiresquidGames @Becoming_Saint 😇😊

Links: store.steampowered.com/app/2643010/Be… store.steampowered.com/app/876190/Foo… store.steampowered.com/app/1293420/Ro…

Try to spread your beliefs in Becoming Saint ⚔️ Your choices, your rules, your followers, your victory! #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #strategygame

We're part of the Firesquid sale event on Steam with a 30% discount! Check out the sale here: store.steampowered.com/sale/firesquid…

Nel terzo appuntamento del percorso “Gaming e Beni Culturali – Progettare esperienze interattive per il patrimonio”, @ppolsinelli, CEO fondatore di Open Lab, guiderà i partecipanti attraverso strumenti e strategie per trasformare un’idea in un videogioco applicato ben progettato

On The Bunker Magazine and from Trieste Science+Fiction Festival and its videogame section IVIPRO Days: videogames as a sci-fi medium and as playable thought experiments shaping our understanding of the world. Feat Ted Chiang, @ppolsinelli, @simplysylvio [Article in English]

Here: ivipro.it/it/programma-i…

So this week starting Thursday I’ll be in Trieste for “IVIPRO Days” I’ll speak about history in games and narrative design in roguelikes (Becoming Saint) on Friday. Sunday there is a PKD dedicated event, unmissable! See you there?

Becoming Saint is now playable on Steam Deck! 🎮 #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #indiedev #steamdeck

Link: peterpunk.substack.com/p/the-dissolut…

What happens when in games we stop putting players at the centre as heroes? Rethinking heroism, control, and what winning means in games in my new Substack post.