Graphic designer since 2012, Italian but moved to France at the end of 2014, she worked as web designer in the marketing division of the society «Skill&You» and then as infographic and 2D artist for «Serious Factory» (game studio) in Paris. Since 2018 she is member of «Women In Games» both in France and Italy. In 2019, she embarked on entrepreneurial life and opened the Mad Pumpkins studio together with her co-founders.
Today, she continues her activity in Italy (2022) -Mad Pumpkins Startup Innovative- as Game Producer & Art Director, also managing projects for several customers. In the Pandemie period, she taught a distance learning master’s course in project management at LC University. Finally, she is also NPO​ Assistant Program Manager of FlyLILLO E.T.S (community et association no profit to developing accessibility devices and software) and event organizer IGDA Milan.
Lover of independent videogames and animation movies.

SKILLS:
Illustrations, colorimetry, web design, Identity and Branding design, Print design, UX/UI design, Creative DTP, Gamification, concept art, 2D assets, agile methodology, Project management

arianna.lona@madpumpkins.com

Game director developer, Technical director, and co-founder of Mad Pumpkins, Marie also works as a Programming teacher at ArtFX school in Montpellier. Former president of Push Start, and active member of Women In Games, she is involved in various events throughout the years for the local game industry. Need a way to lift her spirit?
A nice cup of black coffee and a good old game jam.

SKILLS:
C#, C++, Python, Unity Game Engine, Game Design, Gameplay Programming, 3C Programming, UI Programming, AI Programming, Agile methodology, Serious Gaming, Prototype Ninja

marie.legrand@madpumpkins.com

Video editor since 6 years, he works in freelance for a variety of companies and also made 5 short movies. He co-founded Mad Pumpkins to associate his passions for video games and his knowledge in video, cinema and communication.

SKILLS:
Video captation, video editing, VFX, Communication strategies, script-writering, project management, History of cinema

alexandre.gomes@madpumpkins.com

Alexandre Lemos Afonso is a game developer and software engineer, with focus on Unity and Unreal. He’s worked on titles like Today and smaller projects in game jams, including a Steam release. With a passion for programming, he’s knowledgeable in C#, C++, and SQL, and has also worked with JavaScript, HTML, and Arduino. He’s led Unity workshops to help aspiring developers grow and worked on a VR app for ICU patient care, which combined his interest in VR with practical applications. His real passion is creating immersive games through challenging and creative mechanics, networking, and Virtual Reality. On his free time he’s either learning new skills, enjoying chocolate, or the most likely one, gaming.

SKILLS:
C#, C+ +, SQL,
Unity Engine, Unreal Engine, VR app,
AI Programming,
UI Programming, Prototyping,
Game Design, Level Design, VFX, SFX,
3D Materials and Lighting

Chiara Orsi, 3D and VR artist based in Italy, born as visual and graphic designer, soon she has met the natural evolution of creativity in gaming industry. With a more than five years working experience on creative industry, she has extremely enjoyed facing new challenges and the teamwork. In 2019 the amazing journey in the VR industry began and brought with it the opportunity to discover a new incredible world. That represented a strong creative booster to grew and experiment new techniques and skills through technology. What’s more? Strong passion for video games and digital art, immersive storytelling maniac, great experience in visual communication, and Virtual Reality Coach at Girls Code it Better. 

SKILLS:
3D modeling, 3D Animator, Environment Design & modeling, Character Design, Digital illustration and motion design.

Riccardo Rossi aka Twenty_one Avenue is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator. He studied animation, cinema and screenwriting. In 2012 he signed his first comic story. In 2015 he published in the Almanacco Milanosesto for the Milano Expo. In 2018 he began his partnership with the German publishing house Ostfalia Verlag by publishing the historical comics Bamberg, Königslutter and Braunschweig. In 2021 he illustrates the children’s book A Brief History Of Mankind for the Chinese publishing house Beijing RZBook. In 2022 he creates the illustrations for the Namma Walls project for the walls of the city of Bangalore in India. Today he continues his career as a cartoonist and illustrator working for Italian and international companies.
He madly loves cinema

SKILLS:
Sketch art, illustrations, comics, storyboard, animation, concept art

Ivana Murianni is an Italian scriptwriter and narrative designer. After graduating in Mass Media and Politics (MA) and attending several storytelling workshops and masterclasses, she graduated in International Screenwriting and Production at Sacred Heart Catholic University, where she studied with top industry professionals such as John Truby and Bobette Buster. As a scriptwriter for comics, she wrote the mangas “Fr33d0m” (Upper Comics), “Shingan” (Shockdom) e the short story “Baci dalla Tunisia”published in “Mahmood – Sui sentieri dell’anima” (Mondadori). She also works as a teacher of manga storytelling techniques at
Scuola di Manga in Milan, Turin and online.
After years of experience in the video game industry as a journalist (Game Legends, Eurogamer.it), she specialises in narrative design and game writing at The Narrative
Department by Susan O’Connor (BioShock, Far Cry 2, Tomb Raider) and becomes a Women in Games Ambassador.
As a screenwriter, she wrote some episodes for animated series for kids such as NoPets!,
which has been selected as a finalist in the Rai PitchMe! contest at Cartoons on the Bay 2023.

SKILLS:
Storytelling, screenwriting, narrative design, writing for comics, story editing, game
design, production

Alexandre Houngbo, aka Alexandre Ash, composer, producer and sound engineer, wears many hats in music. Atlantis Chronicles, has taken him all over Europe and even to Japan for more than 200 dates where he has played 2 EPs and 2 albums. He leads different musical projects through 8-bit music and also creates soundtracks for videogames, short films, theatre, escape games.

SKILLS :
Music, Sound Designer, FX voix

Massimiliano Bertolini, known as Max Bertolini, is a profesionnal with 30 years of experience in mobile and videogames, publishing, comics, advertising and fashion sectors. He worked for CD Projekt RED, Dark Horse Comics for ‘The Witcher III’ and in 2012 Max does all the illustrations for “Fantasy Vengeance”, an MMORPG game made by MSquaredApplications for Android mobiles and tablet. He is a lead artist at Afterhours Games and he was a cover and illustrator artist at Games Workshop for «Blood Bown», «Demon Hour (WarHammer World) and «Slaine» novels. Card Artist for «Talisman» boardgame. His work has been published worldwide: France, Germany, USA, England, Spain, Russia, China and Czechoslovakia, for publishers such as Random House Germany, AST Publisher, Paper Tiger, Games Workshop, MG Publishing and magazines such as Fantasy & Science Fiction, Heavy Metal, Chinese Fantasy Magazine.

SKILLS:
Illustrations, colorimetry, concept art, anatomy, environmental art, comics, adv

Daniele Franceschini, Game Developer since 2004, he worked as “Lead VR Developer” for Digital Mosaik in Trento: he brought innovation developing various gamification VR projects such as Medical, Museum, Interior Design applications. He worked as “Game Developer” for Gamera Interactive in Padua on Souls-like RPG called Alaloth. He worked as “Game VR Developer” for Another Reality, Milan, on a medical VR gamification project. He has been developing as “DarkTiger Developments” for many years and he is proud of “DvDrum: Ultimate Drum Simulator”, the 4th version of an appreciated drum simulator released on Steam. He loves the Global Game Jams, playing rock-metal music, living the nature, stay in tech and playing games.

SKILLS:
C#, GML, Unity Engine, GameMaker Studio Engine, VR Programming, Multiplayer Programming, AI Programming, UI Programming, Gameplay Programming, Prototyping, Game Design, Level Design, VFX, SFX, Animation, Materials and Lighting

Déborah Martin is graduated with a Master’s degree in marketing and communication, Déborah has turned it into her freelance profession. She is passionate about culture, video games, passions that she has been able to combine with MadPumpkins where she handles marketing and social media. She is also part of the JVM (Musical Video Games) association where she is responsible for communication.

SKILLS:
Content creation, marketing, community management, marketing strategy, communication strategy, event organization

Giovanni Vassallo Since 2018, he has been managing projects funded by institutional bodies at a national (e.g. Invitalia, Ministry of Culture, etc.), European (European Commission) and international (United Nations) level, also dealing with drafting project proposals and fundraising on behalf of SMEs/startups and major universities (Luiss Guido Carli), and acting as project manager for Movierooms. Since 2015, Giovanni has also been a member of the Order of Journalists. In his spare time, he devotes himself to activities that can enrich him on a personal level, such as spending time with his family, travelling, playing sports and being in contact with nature.

SKILLS:
Project manager, Copywriter,
journalism, writing