Ferran 斐浪 Bertomeu Castells

Marges Destimbats [CAT] Aquest any per Sant Jordi, com és tradició des de fa un parell d’anys per mi, hem fet un joc per la #SantJordiJam , i dic “hem” perquè ha sigut un projecte familiar com mai ho havia intentat fer. Hem fet un joc documental sobre arreglar marges destimbats a una garriga d’auliveres, i vam anar a gravar a mon iaio José mentres jo li vaig fer unes preguntes a través de una videotrucada, ja que jo estic a Taiwan. Ha sigut un projecte on en 20 dies de jam, que hem coordinat en el nostre temps lliure: A mons pares @jcbertomeu i @rosamaricastells , que van anar amb mon iaio José i ma iaia Neus un parell de dissabtes a una garriga prop de Deltebre a gravar els videos, encarregant-se del l'audio i la direcció de camera així com a revisar el text. A ma germana @carlabertomeu_ per ajudar-me amb el disseny visual i la traducció al castellà, a ma cosina @poppyrain_ per la traducció a l'anglès, i a @yenting.lo que ha traduït al mandarí. La veritat es que estic molt content amb el resultat i personalment he après molt a través de intentar fer un videojoc video-documental per web. A més ha coincidit que aquest més d'abril ha sigut l'aniversari de mon pare, el de ma cosina, i d'aquí poc serà el de ma mare. Tot i que personalment trobo que ha sigut un regal per mi poder treballar amb tots vatros, espero que també hagueu disfrutat amb mi fent aquest videojoc aquestes setmanes. Jugueu-hi! Enllaç a la meva bio [EN] We just released a short documentary video game where me and my family recorded my grandpa José back in Spain, answering questions about the olive trees, and the kind of work we used to do when he had an olive orchard back when I was younger. We did this during the month of April for Sant Jordi Jam 2026. It’s been a family project, involving my dad @jcbertomeu on camera, recording and sound, my mom @rosamaricastells in text revision and recording support, my grandfather José as main character, my grandma Neus as side character, my sister @carlabertomeu_ as design support and spanish translation, my cousin @poppyrain_ on english translation, and @yenting.lo on mandarin translation. Give it a play! Link in bio

"Off-Score: A game of songs" is finally got a Steam page you can wishlist! Link in Bio! We've been working on this for a long time on and off, but I'm quite happy with what it is becoming. We are showing it right now at @sxswsydney 's Gane Showcase, and @yenting.lo is also performing with her band in the Music Showcase, a very exciting week! Special thanks to @carlabertomeu_ for her help this last few weeks! Please look forward to playing the game!

掠猴之遊戲 Monkey-catching Game Last month we released this little mobile web-game about taking pictures with @the_nomi @yenting.lo for @liliumtaiwan It's been really fun working on creating our own version of Taipei, and I'm very happy how it turned out. Check it out! You can play right now for free, directly from your IG web browser, no download needed, just click the link in bio! https://liliumtaiwan.itch.io/monkey #MonkeyCatchingGame #掠猴之遊戲

Q2 2025 - Home on our shoulders Spring 2025 was spent mostly outside, which is as good as it gets. I’m limited to 20 photos per post, and this time it wasn’t enough by a long stretch. We went to Nagoya and walked the Nakasendo backpacking up to Matsumoto. It was a great time: the weather was great, the scenery and the trees were blossoming beautifully, we ate so much soba (not that we had many other choices haha) and our legs and back supported us all the way. At YenTing’s first time at A Maze Berlin, where we showcased @offscore.game , met many new friends, ate a lot of Vietnamese, celebrated a couple of birthdays and bought many strawberries. On our way back to Taiwan, we had to stop by Munich, so we ended up driving a couple of days through Tyrol for the first time. If only we could spend each Spring walking through this world…

Gæmz §66 in Taipei | 17 April 2026 (Friday) 19:00-21:30 | IGDShare | hosted by @ferran.games | cover art by @ferran.games | RSVP via Luma

【開放報名中】 [[alternative reality]]: JAM！ 這是一場將遊戲機制與現實世界結合的 Game Jam，高科技、低科技、無科技皆可，歡迎各領域人士來報名！ - 3月21日（六）台北：線下 Game jam (發想、開發及實作） - 3月28日（六）台北：一起玩大家設計出來的遊戲！ 詳情在報名表單（我個人檔案連結），有問題歡迎私訊。 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS [[alternative reality]]: JAM! The goal is to design playful experiences that combine game mechanics with the real world. No-tech, low-tech, or high-tech all welcome. - 21st of March (Saturday) I will be hosting a real-life jam in Taipei. - 28th of March (Saturday) we will play some of the designed games together Apply to jam or play with us on the google form link in my bio

🚏𝘾𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙄𝙋𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙎! 🚏 We are inviting game creators and players from around the world to design and play [[alternative reality]] games during [[alternative reality]] WEEK! — a series of game jam and play events taking place over two weekends, dedicated to playful experiences that spill out of the screen and into the real world. “Wait, do you mean Augmented Reality (AR)? “ Nope! “Do you mean Alternate Reality Game (ARG)?” ..Well, kind of! Alternative, as in alternative games, alternative tech, alternative media, alternative infrastructure: another, perhaps more radical way of engaging with what’s already here. We are inspired by practices including alternate reality games, pervasive games, immersive theatre, performance art, public interventions, net art, urban Games, LARPs, etc., but we’re not precious about genre. The goal is to design playful experiences that combine game mechanics with the real world. No-tech, low-tech, or high-tech approaches all welcome. 🗓️ When? 🔧🔧[[alternative reality]]: JAM! (game jam) March 21-25 (Sat-Wed) March 21, 12:00 UTC — Game jam kickoff event (IRL + online) Mar 25 — Submissions due on itch 👟👟[[alternative reality]]: PLAY! (play testing) March 28-29 (Sat-Sun) Join discord to host and play games that have been made. 📏JAM! rules → should not be a fully digital game: some portion/all of the game needs be played in the physical world
.𖥔 ݁ ˖ :`♡´ → touch grass 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 → be respectful and have fun･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. 📍Where? JAM! is happening both online (itch + Discord, link in bio) and IRL! For IRL, we have organizers in the following cities hosting in-person events: London by @studioplayfool Tokyo by @farfama.har @kaho.art.games @gaemzmu The Hague by @janarom Taipei by @ferran.games Shanghai by @rect_repair (to join Shanghai IRL events please DM) NYC by @queeniwu @cyrulene @bdon We encourage players to self-organize both in-person and online! For more information, check our discord. 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 🔗 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙚? Check out links in bio for full details, FAQs, Discord, and itch. ~ This project is funded by @morning.fyi 🩶 visuals @error.error.2024_

Q1 2025 - Firewood and ghost money Walking through Deltebre during christmas holidays has a very distinctive scent of burning pruned branches during the day, and firewood burning in people’s stoves at night. The inversion effect is such that smoke stays within a few meters of the ground, never fully dissipating up into the atmosphere. It spreads wide and covers the whole town. You get smoked just by taking a walk by the river, and your eyes feel itchier than usual, and your face needs washing a couple of times a day. I don’t like it. Incidentally, my favourite vegetable is also in season during this time, and artichoke needs to be charred under flame for it to really be delicious. Such is life. Back in Taiwan if you have ever talked with me about air pollution, you know I really dislike the smoke of burning ghost paper. I unconsciously panic when I’m home and I smell burning paper. My brain first gets alarmed and tries to figure out if something is burning at home, to then find out my window is open and a neighbour decided that burning paper today will bring them good fortune. I’m not sure why we can't do the same thing that is done with food offerings: put money on a table and let the gods take what they need. Then just take what’s left after a while. We don’t need to burn any of it this way 😆 Going to the temple on the first day of the lunar new year is on a whole new sensory level. Incense smells better than paper, but with the tears and sneezes it really feels like a full-body spiritual cleansing. My nose might as well be the most sensitive part of me.

Gæmz #62 in Taipei | 6 March 2026 (Friday) 19:00 | Happ 小樹屋 紅豆杉分館 | hosted by @ferran.games | cover art by @ferran.games | RSVP via Luma | New location & special guests 🇵🇭

I just released a side project I've been working for the last weeks! 🪐🧵🎶 Solar System String Sequencer, a playful music instrument made to explore the musicality of our solar system through the sonification of its planets and their orbits. Originally made for @operator.digitalfest , I spend some time tweaking it and published it on itch. Now has MIDI output capabilities! You can play it right now on @itchiogames , link in bio.

Q4 2024 - Live music & games I always end up reflecting on the past far too late. I don’t believe it’s a consequence of me being too busy (which yes, I am), but I think it’s just much easier to go on living without properly stopping to look back. Feeling lucky and grateful again for being able to live and participate in Debby’s concerts and festivals. In October we went to Sydney for the first time! Because of SXSW Sydney (rip), both for YenTing’s performance and to bring @offscore.game below the equator. The strangest and most disorienting feelings were seeing solar panels pointing north and looking at the moon facing “upside down”, things I never really had a thought about in my life. In November we went to Seoul, also for the first time, for Burning Beaver, and got to experience a very early and intense snowfall we hadn’t seen since our Stockholm days. Thankfully grills, restaurants and people where all both warm and hot 🌶️ Ending the year in familiar blue skies and in the company of the sun really made me feel like I’m just a kid in the beginning of the millennium again.

Gæmz #60 in Taipei | 6 February 2026 (Friday) 18:00—21:00 | @IGDShare | hosted by @ferran.games | cover art by @ferran.games | RSVP via Luma