Pietro Polsinelli 🔜 Games about revolution

Revolt Of The Commons - Converting the unwilling: we’re looking for strategy and tactics players for a closed PC playtest of the puzzle towns of Revolt Of The Commons - the first build of the core part of the game loop. DM us or email games@open-lab.com with REVOLT PLAYTEST. THANK YOU!!! #strategy

Una bella recensione di Giulia Martino che mette Future? No thanks! In relazione con la fantascienza di Ursula K. Le Guin e il dibattito recente sulla letteratura e la previsione del futuro. www.finalround.it/recensioni/7...

I have to cut my hair as with this Mick Jagger hair no one in Italy speaks Italian to me, even when I answer in what I believe is quite fluent Italian 😅

📢Future? No Thanks! is finally out on itch.io! It's $15 (less than on Steam) and if you own Democratic Socialist Simulator you get an additional 20% launch discount! molleindustria.itch.io/future-no-th...

Later today, I will be presenting my workshop: Prototyping Video Game Narratives with Short Stories! You can book a free seat right here: www.eventbrite.com/e/prototypin... I'll be go through the topics of the workshop, the structure, and answer some of your questions!

See you this Saturday (26) in Milan - Zona Warpa, very independent games festival, Cascina Torchiera zonawarpa.it, will talk about defending yourself from publishers contracts 😅

Revolt Of The Commons partial demo is available for testers and publishers - if you want to publish a tactical funny medieval turn based game, contact me! #strategy #indiegame

Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.

It seems insane to me that internet age-restriction laws are being passed without a government infrastructure for age verification. www.ign.com/articles/pro...

People keep asking us if they should buy Future? No Thanks! or pre-order GTA VI so we made a quick guide:

The Wreck AND Wednesdays BOTH in the same bundle, in excellent company!

Such a beautiful interview 🤗

Future? No Thanks! IS OUT NOW ON STEAM An open-world comedy adventure about workable utopias, the twilight of patriarchy, revolution, and the horrifying possibility that the younger generations might be right. 💀 Windows + Mac 💀 6+ hours of gameplay 💀 20% off at launch futurenothanks.com

Update: even after we removed the entire sex quest, Steam mis-classifies Future? No Thanks! as pornography, making it invisible to most Steam users and completely geo-locked in Germany. We are currently at Gamescom in Cologne, everybody is asking us why they can't see the PAGE of a Teen rated game.

It's brewing. Generative puzzle towns, deterministic, turn-based, tactical, strategic, create optimal solutions, silly, about revolution, historical, tragi-comic. And people's assemblies that may revoke your control. "Revolt Of The Commons" #gamedev #strategy #turnbased #historical

Happy to present Revolt Of The Commons (strategy turn based medieval) at Gamescom - Italian pavillion 4.1 , here until Saturday #gamescom #strategy #strategygame

This is cognitive class warfare. Technofascists like Thiel are raising a new, traditionally educated ruling class while shoving addictive apps, thought-terminating AI, and gambling down everyone else’s throats. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/t...

This is Sandcastle, the ultimate beach sandbox game! 🏖️ Find treasures washed ashore like little boats and watch as they bob along on the gentle tides ⛵

In case you are wondering how Claude watermarks texts, here is a clear explanation with demo: declaude.org/watermarking/

Yessss! It’s out! An essay I wrote using Zachtronics/ @matthewseiji.com’s Eliza, @jathansadowski.com’s The Mechanic and the Luddite, and Calvin Kasulke’s Several People are Typing to examine… well, the present moment. Games and books in conversation with one another ✌🏻

So I am in Ault, which is basically impossible to pronounce, however you say it in French people will shake their head, disapproving, or laugh hysterically. But the real perversity is to call the neighbouring village “Eu”, which is even more impossible to say 😝 Cool, beautiful people & places 🌊💨🌒

Meeting publishers at Gamescom: I’ll be presenting a demo of Revolt of the Commons, our new turn-based historical, deterministic strategy game inspired by the Ciompi Revolt in Florence, 1378. Pitch deck: drive.google.com/file/d/1i1G0... #gamescom2026 #indiegames #gamedev #publisher #strategygame

How should we think about history when using it games? Look at what historians actually do, suggests @peterpunk.bsky.social The whole interview is a really fascinating dive into a very intelligent design process: catch it here www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

It was a great chat! Thank youuuu!

Lovely little play of Big Walk with @thepixelhunt.bsky.social Verena Kyratzes and @demigiant.com - night party time!

New Kaleidoscope! This week, we have a playful and insightful look at developing characters and dialogue through theatrical techniques, with @annacwebs.bsky.social. Check out the conversation here, or subscribe to never miss an ep! www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

"an entertaining way to hide from the high temperatures for a few hours [...] My teenagers had a good time." hits so deep 😅 www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Bartendering on Fridays from 6pm in Casa del Popolo S. Niccolò in Firenze - regularly from September ☺️

New immersive (or participative? 😅) theatrical pièce for and on roman parks - writing at “Fortezza Est” in Rome

Saturnalia is 90% off for the first time on Steam. If you were ever curious about this multi-character non-linear narrative horror game, or if you think your friends should check it out, now is the time. store.steampowered.com/app/916350/S...

Them’s Tale: The Road to Her - the inconsistent logic, the writing is so good! store.steampowered.com/app/4213600/...

Here's a selection of some of the documentation we gathered for Ithaca, our road-trip RPG about climate resistance. If you've read any of those already I'd love to hear about it! store.steampowered.com/app/2156800/...

Future? No Thanks! is featured in the curated “Democracy at Play” section of the @indiearenabooth.de See you at Gamescom in Cologne!

Meeting chatting drinking joking & being interviewed by @thepixelhunt.bsky.social along the river - nice! 😎

We owe you an apology

Interested in our new game Revolt Of The Commons, medieval, turn-based, puzzle strategy game 😅? I will be at Gamescom in August 25-29, Italy stand, so if you are a publisher come see me! Also in Meet2Match already 😊

A little reel showcasing some of our studio's work 😊 We design and develop websites, applications, and games - we create experiences that people can explore & connect with. If you're looking for a partner for a bespoke project reach us at info@open-lab.com 😎 Here: youtu.be/JrM2pvVH08I

📢After 5 years of work and 0 divorces... Future? No Thanks! finally has a release date: July 22, 2026

Sepp Blatter (Splatter in my game) complaining about corruption in football is even beyond what Football Drama imagined! 😅

Interested in our new game Revolt Of The Commons, medieval, turn-based, puzzle strategy game 😅? I will be at Gamescom in August 25-29, Italy stand, so if you are a publisher come see me! Also in Meet2Match already 😊

While preparing the trip to Ithaca, I was lucky enough to have a chat with @meghna.bsky.social and @joostvervoort.bsky.social. We discussed taking billionaires to court, their game All Will Rise, and Meghna made a great point about the joy of fighting for good things: youtube.com/shorts/qnFcq...

We did it, friends! Ithaca is funded on Kickstarter! If you thought about backing it but we're hesitant because you weren't sure the goal would be met, now is the time ❤️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...

I backed Ithaca, a very promising game by @thepixelhunt.bsky.social (Bury Me, My Love, Wednesdays...) www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...

Little volcanoes help the rebellion! #gamedev

ruin the lives of everyone

Inspiration from this amazing interview is going to make it directly into our next game Revolt Of The Commons

Few things can be as stimulating as discussing game city design with @jon.inkle.co and @sagarberoshi.bsky.social. You can listen to our Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast episode here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope/