About me

Grüezi! Buongiorno! Guten Tag! Bonjour! Hello!

Allow me to introduce myself:

I’m Isabel Mercedes, a Communications Specialist with a natural talent for languages, currently based in the idyllic town of Verscio, Ticino, Switzerland. I am passionate about horror, Design and, above all, music and video games, especially RPGs. I aspire to become a Game Designer myself.

I received a Gameboy in my early teens, a long time after all my peers already had one. I played Tetris (what a surprise!) and a Robocop game, but was not hooked. Not yet.

My first PC came - once again - a long time after all my friends and classmates already owned one. I discovered the world of digital graphics and started to experiment with Photoshop. My passion for horror and especially vampire-related content led me to try out my first video game on PC: Vampire - The Masquerade: Redemption. This was the beginning of a new era. I tried out different genres of games, ranging from other RPGs to FPS and RTS games, and was totally capitvated by this experience that allowed me to slip into the shoes of different characters. Agency was key, something that my beloved horror, sci-fi and fantasy movies, graphic novels and books were not able to provide. Back then I was also writing fiction: now I can see some parallels between these two hobbies, as both allowed me to plunge into another world as someone else and steer the story into different directions, depending on my choices.

Unfortunately, I stopped writing short stories and novels during my time as a University student. But video games were meant to stay and I managed to acknowledge them as the main topic of my bachelor's and master's thesis. My goal was to study the relationship between video games and violence, which was a very popular topic back then due to some school shootings that took place in the US and in Europe. However, I never had dreamed of becoming a Game Designer myself.

Now, I am finally ready to take the leap and start a new career as a Game Designer. But before that, I need to improve the skills I already have (including storytelling) and learn new ones by studying on my own, as well as by gaining a practical and theoretical understanding through higher education.

Contact

Isabel Mercedes Parini
Calzania 12
CH-6653 Verscio
pariniim@gmail.com
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