Partner & Head of Games | ONE O ONE GAMES
Daniele has been professionally active since 1997. He told stories through Role-Playing Games, Video Games, Cinema, Comics and Books, exploiting the potential of linear and non-linear narration, merging languages and interaction mechanics on over 20 different products for 10 different platforms, both single-player and multiplayer, primarily in the roles of Lead Game Designer, Creative Director and Game Director. He has been a consultant for McPherson & Associates, working on AAA products worldwide. As an Executive Producer he has produced multiple games, bringing over € 2m of investments to Italian companies. He taught “Fundamentals of Game Design” at the University of Florence and Link Campus University.
In 2019 his debut novel “Children of Mu” was presented during EasterCon in London. He has won many awards, including the Stella D’Argento at the Grand Prix of Communication for the Webseries “Tigri di Carta” and the Suzanne Awards from Blender Foundation for the animated short “Interviste dal Futuro”. After numerous collaborations in executive positions in various Italian companies, since 2014 he is Chief Creative Officer at 101%, where he founded the “One O One Games” Business Unit, which to date has to his credit Fury Roads Survivor (mobile, streaming, Switch – 6+M units), The Suicide of Rachel Foster (PC, PS4, X1 – distributed by Daedalic), Ping Pong VR PRO (PC, PS VR – distributed by Merge Games) and GRAY, the new horror-inspired “Survival” videogame presented during the GDC in San Francisco in 2019 and artistically curated by Alessandro Bavari (Alien: Covenant).
MIA | Speakers 2019