YOU FINALLY FOUND ME.
My name is Mattia Traverso and I am an award winning Product Manager and Creative Director with 13 years of experience in the Game Industry.
I have led creative teams of up to 50 people and released games on Steam, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android.
I strive for direction that is coherent, practical and inspiring. With just a tad of chaos!
THINGS WORTH A LOOK AT
ENOTRIA
55 people
Enotria is an ambitious AA project, trying to combine the dark fantasy of a Souls-like with the Vibrant Colors & History of 15th century Italian Folklore.
LAST DAY OF JUNE
20 people
Last Day of June is an experimental narrative-driven game about grief, made in collaboration with Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree fame.
SECREt oops
30 people
Secret Oops is an experimental multiplayer AR game, available exclusively on Apple Arcade.
FRU
16 people
FRU is an experimental Kinect game, and the highest rated Xbox exclusive of 2016.
ONE AND ONE STORY
3 people
My very first game. I like to think of it as a digital poem, using game mechanics to express a story about love.
B2B Works
Creator & Freelancer
Besides B2C products, I have been lucky enough to work for clients such as Disney, IBM, Miniclip, Kongregate, Armor Games, and more.
TELL ME SOMETHING PERSONAL
I worked as a farmer in Japan
I am vegetarian
I play guitar (and drums!)
I don't take myself seriously
WONDERFUL PEOPLE SAYING HUMBLING THINGS
"Full of ideas, creative and never afraid to venture into the unknown, a passion for elegant design and clever use of gameplay mechanics, a knack for leadership and always able to keep the team together with a focus on the vision of the project Strong willed but friendly at work, extremely outward and helpful both in private and work life, truly a pleasure to work with him."
Francesco Abbonizio, Creative Director @ Jyamma Games
Together @ Jyamma Games
"Mattia's creativity, professionalism and character make him a unique person, capable of excellent results out of the ordinary. Unstoppable and of versatile ingenuity, invested in the role of coordinator, he is able to guide with great skill towards goals of great importance"
Daniele Scerra, CEO @ Event Horizon School
Together @ Event Horizon School
"The touch of emotions that turns an interesting set of mechanics into a unique experience, a product for brainy designers into one for humans with feelings, a game for the sake of itself into a game for the sake of the people who play it - that's Mattia's touch."
Cristian Gurra, Designer @ Wargaming
Together @ MixedBag Srl
"Mattia is one the best designers I had the luck to work with. He has been the pillar of the studio during the development of Last day of June, handling creative mechanics and storytelling. He has also got a strong sensibility towards the art and the audio department."
Daniele Galante, Lead Sound Designer @ Ninja Theory
Together @ Ovosonico
"Mattia helped us find the 'blind spots' in our design. His unmatching enthusiasm was just the cherry on top"
Marco Colombo, Feature Lead @ Mediatonic
Together @ Pixion Games
"He's really good."
My Mom @ Parents
Together @ My Parents House