Summary
Marcelo Neto is a Brazilian-American game designer, educator, and founder with 11 years of experience building interdisciplinary game art and design programs in academic and community settings. As Assistant Professor of Game Design at Hostos Community College and Director of Other Possible Games, he runs a student-led studio in the Bronx that blends critical pedagogy with collaborative game production. His background spans digital arts, graphic design, and computer science, informing a practice that interrogates power hierarchies while fostering creative autonomy and self-determination. Prior roles at UC Santa Cruz and industry work as an art director and designer for clients like EA and Google demonstrate his ability to move between research, teaching, and commercial production. He often combines digital sculpting, 3D art, and interactive design to produce projects that are as pedagogically intentional as they are artistically ambitious.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BFA, Graphic Design, High Distinction, BFA, Graphic Design, High Distinction at California College of the Arts
BFA, Graphic Design, BFA, Graphic Design at Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais
University of California Santa Cruz
BAS, Game Art and Design, BAS, Game Art and Design at Expression College for Digital Arts
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
English, Portuguese, Spanish