André Almo
@andrealmo.bsky.social
Scientist interested in communication, art, games and education. 👻👾 | He/Him. | Art account: @almoghost.bsky.social
💧💬 Original game: Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town Quote by Ailton Krenak
🌱✊ Original game: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap Quote by Chico Mendes
🌍🏥 Original game: Animal Crossing: Wild World
Important new study out at Nature Climate Action showing that individual climate actions do not stop people from participating in collective climate action. Instead, they were associated with greater collective engagement and somewhat stronger policy support. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence
nature.com
A funny thing about having separate accounts is that I debated posting this in my academic profile simply because I mentioned finishing a paper's revisions, hahaha
almoghost.exe 👻@almoghost.bsky.social · last wk.just finished a demanding paper revision and rewarded myself with some Runescape. ended up completing what might be one of my favourite quests ever, hahaha
Last month I designed and delivered two workshops at @tudublin.bsky.social's Grangegorman campus for the Junior UniLabs STEM Camp. It was a brilliant week working with students. Seeing their curiosity and enthusiasm for STEM is the best part of the job!
Just back from The Digital Conference held at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social! I presented the work I've been developing with Ana Jovanovic-Harrington and Maíra Amaral on how specific indie video games have been created as digital extensions of political expression, with Serbia as a case study.
I was recently invited to be a mentor at the Career Mentoring Day at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. It was great to talk to such a diverse group of over 80 disciplinary PhD students from all over Europe. @researchireland.ie
Yesterday, I had the chance to present at DiGRA 2026! Had an incredible time meeting scholars from all over the world who are interested in game studies. Happy to say the paper I co-authored with @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social on game poems and pleasure is now online: dl.digra.org/index.php/dl...
Beyond happy to share that I have successfully defended my viva this morning! My work examined feedback features in digital serious games, developing and evaluating a taxonomy and a feedback system for a maths game. This work was developed at @tudublin.bsky.social and funded by @researchireland.ie.
Proud to present the STEM Passport for Inclusion at @tudublin.bsky.social for international guests from Hangzhou Normal University! STEM Passport is funded by @researchireland.ie and led by Katriona O'Sullivan at @maynoothuniversity.ie.
Social media, but make it an eternal journey to attain knowledge?
Rebane@rebane2001.bsky.social · 6mo agoi made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll xikipedia.org
I'm excited to share that Game Poems Issue 1 is now live at www.gamepoems.com/issue01 A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format. Thanks for playing and sharing!
Game Poems #1
An online literary magazine publishing short-form videogames directly in a playable format. Issue #1 features interactive works by international artists and game designers.
gamepoems.com
I was recently in Kerry for the Age-Friendly AI's first Citizens' Think-In event! It was incredibly enriching to discuss everyday AI topics with participants. Looking forward to the next events!
I recently took a nighttime trip and had to wait for a connecting train for an hour. It wasn't too bad, though. It was dark and quiet; there was peace in that stillness. I wrote a cinquain, a poetic form created by Adelaide Crapsey, about it. almoghost-exe.itch.io/train-to-tra...
Train to Tralee by almoghost.exe
A cinquain about a train ride at night.
almoghost-exe.itch.io
I made a short game poem about taking a bus in Dublin. I went local with its title, '83 to Kimmage'! 🚍 ☘️ Check it out here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/83-to-kimmage
83 to Kimmage by almoghost.exe
A short bus poem.
almoghost-exe.itch.io
Happy to have joined Age-Friendly AI today in Cork for the 50 Plus Show! It was so enlightening to talk to older adults about their thoughts and experiences with Artifical Intelligence.
As someone who loves gamification, productivity apps, and monster collecting, it was an honour to talk to Milton Ren, the creator of Focumon! Focumon is a gamified tool where you collect, train and evolve creatures as you focus on your tasks. 👾 Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm...
Focus, Collect, Repeat
Phantom Interviews #6
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Okay, I created another tiny thing... 'Tangent Book Club' is a short experience that tells the story of a group of friends who get together to discuss books, but their conversations always end up falling into tangents. 📚 Play it here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/tangent-book...
Tangent Book Club by almoghost.exe
A short narrative game about a book club that struggles to discuss books.
almoghost-exe.itch.io
We recently launched 'Greenia', a tabletop RPG where magic is connected to nature. After getting some amazing feedback, we decided to create some extra content, including unique scenarios, spells and NPCs! 🎲 🌳 🌿 Download the game for free here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/greenia
Super proud of this short weekend project!
almoghost.exe 👻@almoghost.bsky.social · 12mo ago🐾 KIBBLE is out now! A short pixel art game about the first day with your adopted dog — and how small moments turn into lifelong memories. Built solo with GameMaker, Aseprite, and Beepbox. 🎮 Play here: almoghost-exe.itch.io/kibble #IndieGame #PixelArt #ShortGame #KibbleGame #GameDev
this conversation was so fun and inspiring (and you can tell i was having fun because of how much i had to say 😂). andré is an incredibly thoughtful and compassionate writer, and i'm so honored to the subject of one of his interviews; i really felt so understood. thanks for the great times!!!!!
André Almo@andrealmo.bsky.social · 12mo agoGames can educate, challenge, and open conversations — even around topics we often avoid. I spoke with @square2mom.bsky.social about her award-winning game (val)iant, sex ed, emotional pacing, and care through play. 📰 Read the interview: open.substack.com/pub/andrealm... #GameDev #SexEd