Pablo F. Quarta 🐍🌺

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🎏 Narrative Designer & Producer ✨ IndieCade Winner, A MAZE Finalist 🌺 Cofounder of Matajuegos Co-op 🦑 1/3rd of Atuel 💀 English, Spanish, Italian 🐍 Queer, They/He 🛸 pfquarta@gmail.com

A steam review of Atuel that reads: "Atuel is one of those rare experiences where the medium--both video games and documentaries--are elevated as result of conscientious craftsmanship and nuanced storytelling. It stands out as a singular, innovative, undeniable experiment. In my mind it will forever be held in a special place as what is possible with games and how to utilize game design to bring stories, histories, and cultural value to audiences that other mediums could never fully capture."
A positive Steam review that reads: Short free game that feels similar to Journey in that it combines beautiful visuals and sounds with the feeling of connecting with humanity. Not in the same exact way Journey does it, but through the voices of real humans that also give it a documentary-like quality. Also, I live in a place where it doesn't often rain. Near the end of the game right in a scene transition, I heard thunder behind me and took my earphones out to verify that it was, in fact, starting to rain IRL. I put the headphones back in only to hear thunder and see myself transformed into a droplet of rain falling through the sky. How magical is that? Anyway, give this a try. For the small price of free and 20-30 min of your time you get to learn a bit about the world, connect with humanity through art and have an aesthetic experience. Ain't those some of the biggest perks of being alive?
A positive Steam review that reads: "Most people say it’s beautiful and important. It is. But what hit me more was the feeling. You’re not a hero. You’re the river, a fish, a bird, a cloud. You stop feeling human. It’s like you’re a spirit drifting through a world where people are already gone. There’s a quiet sadness in that. A loneliness. Almost like you’re the last witness of something that once was alive. The voices feel distant, like memories stuck in the land. The minimal gameplay makes you slow down and just exist there. No goals, no upgrades — just presence. It’s short, but it left me with a strange post-human feeling, as if I had walked through the remains of humanity and become part of the landscape itself."
Lieutenant Columbo looking at the camera with an expression of severe doubt.
Detective Columbo raising his gloved hands while shrugging and making a facial expression that could be read as "Are you serious?"
A museum room featuring 2 arcade cabinets. One is of Big Buck Hunter, the other of Big Bass Fishing.
An arcade cabinet of the game Atuel.
A poster for Planete Jeux, an interactive exhibit at the Swiss Museum of Games.