Hello! My name's Andrea Giannino but I usually present myself just as Shino.

A passion for videogames and, generally, art and brainworks |
I've been into videogames since I was a little fanboy of Nintendo games, with the Nintendo 64 as my very first console.
"When I'm an adult, I want to create games!" was my first statement!

While waiting to become an adult (if there is a real line to surpass to become one..) I've been doing several forms of art from writing novels, essays, dramaturgical pieces and blog posts about travels and music; I'm a drawer as well and a fan of stickmen; I produce music for a long time and at first thought I wanted to get into the VG industry as a composer.

Setting a new path to follow |
In recent times I slightly shifted my focus, getting closer to the writing path more than anything else, as I found affinities with creating lores, writing stories, and dialogues, doing research on what makes a game user-friendly and potentially captivating to the players and, above all, I discovered again the joy of creating games starting from a blank paper.

Writing and GX/UX.. but then Game Design starting with some card game |
Though unfortunately, I can't share anything in progress (or maybe I don't know how I could properly), I'm already experimenting with game design by creating a narrative card game that takes inspiration from the aesthetic of tarots and applies the concept of symbols=element to create an always dynamic game session where there's a master who guides the player or players through their journey in search of a story to build and tell.
In parallel, I'm also writing the lore behind my card game, telling an ancient legend of an almost-forgotten guild of oneyronauts and their neverending purpose of journeying around people's dreams in order to understand the human equation, and their emotions better, and gathering always a lesson to save for the future.

What to expect from the Camp |
In this sense, I hope Career Camp will help me refine my path by choosing some specialization in writing and narrative design, keeping an open eye on game design as well since it's something I never gave up on since childhood; I hope as well to start doing networking, to listen to senior individuals that can share examples, tips and reviews in that sense.

Thank You for Your time by reading my bio and intro!