now forget about everything even what
you just saw
forget about your work forget about your
family
forget about your friends forget about
your career all the courses you have
done so far
imagine that today your life just
started what would you do if your life
started right now that question was
presented to me seven years ago and that
question change in my life I used to
work at the Justice Council back in
Brazil working for the government in
Brazil is considered dream job you get a
you get to work in the justice cone so
you can just retired spend the rest of
your life there you start four years and
do a series of exams to get a place
there I worked there for five years and
for me
their work was killing me I like
creating stuff on that job I couldn’t
change the font of the documents it
so in a form of I think of escape from
that such a bureaucratic work I started
to bring food to my friends I like
cooking and I start bringing some
Brazilian pies there Cohen powders and
then I start to bring these pies and
they my friends asking for market to
bring it tomorrow could you bring it
again and then after we cuz I can bring
it again I’m busy and they’re like
Bridget we buy the pies please bring it
so I started selling pies at my office
it wasn’t rippling anything and then the
corridor start smelling pies and then
the colleagues from the other door asked
did you bring you for us to okay bring
your eyes and then the hello when I
realized was selling pies in the whole
corridor with a suitcase full of pies
and then the building the whole building
was selling in their neighbors too and
then at some point there were so many
pies I was selling like four thousand
five a month and before I realize in
four months I I had like a small little
business of pies and then the customers
I start to ask him me okay we want a
place that we can buy this pies like a
shop we don’t know sometimes we don’t
want to be waiting for the sellers to
come here because I have people selling
the pies before working
I was basically administrating
so people is asking we want a shop that we can go and buy the pies so I decide
we can go and buy the pies so I decide okay I’m gonna open the business and
okay I’m gonna open the business and it’s gonna be in Paris care of my eyes
it’s gonna be in Paris care of my eyes it means I want more and then I need to
it means I want more and then I need to get prepared right to open the business
get prepared right to open the business so I did the course and and that course
so I did the course and and that course it was a start-up preparation course one
it was a start-up preparation course one week and that course really changed my
week and that course really changed my life because on that course they asked
life because on that course they asked everyone what how do you want your
everyone what how do you want your business to be in five years
business to be in five years em I was like ok my business was imagine
em I was like ok my business was imagine it’s gonna be established my shop maybe
it’s gonna be established my shop maybe I’ll get started to think about more
I’ll get started to think about more shops ten years or maybe the whole stage
shops ten years or maybe the whole stage is going to be pious everywhere maybe
is going to be pious everywhere maybe fifteen years how it’s gonna be in home
fifteen years how it’s gonna be in home country may start to I’m gonna start to
country may start to I’m gonna start to bring pies maybe planning the whole
bring pies maybe planning the whole world needs pies so then they asked me
world needs pies so then they asked me now everyone imagine how you want you to
now everyone imagine how you want you to be where do you want to be in 5 years in
be where do you want to be in 5 years in 10 years in 15 years and when they asked
10 years in 15 years and when they asked that if there’s ok you forget about your
that if there’s ok you forget about your business
business forget about your customers forget about
forget about your customers forget about everything your work and all these
everything your work and all these things that we do for life that what
things that we do for life that what your family think is best for you or
your family think is best for you or your friends or what the society expects
your friends or what the society expects for you and for the first time I could
for you and for the first time I could see clear that I didn’t want to be
see clear that I didn’t want to be making pies for 15 years in the end I
making pies for 15 years in the end I realize oh my god it was it was so good
realize oh my god it was it was so good to have this opportunity to see have a
to have this opportunity to see have a clear vision and see who you are and
clear vision and see who you are and what do you want for the first time I
what do you want for the first time I saw what Linda wants and I realized oh
saw what Linda wants and I realized oh my god my whole life what I always have
my god my whole life what I always have been doing playing video games
been doing playing video games video games had been part of my life in
video games had been part of my life in every every moment I grow up playing
every every moment I grow up playing video games I had three brothers we play
video games I had three brothers we play all the time we bring our friends over
all the time we bring our friends over home and we play video games and through
home and we play video games and through now I have my best friends that I met in
now I have my best friends that I met in the country strike female professional
the country strike female professional team so it was so good to realize I can
team so it was so good to realize I can actually work with something I love and
actually work with something I love and something that I could do for the rest
something that I could do for the rest of my life so I took the leap everyone
of my life so I took the leap everyone thought I was going crazy this is a long
thought I was going crazy this is a long time ago so I imagine even today if you
time ago so I imagine even today if you tell your parents and your family I’m
tell your parents and your family I’m living my job which is a stable
living my job which is a stable considerate dream job for everyone I’m
considerate dream job for everyone I’m gonna leave that job and I’m gonna make
gonna leave that job and I’m gonna make video games so every thought everyone
video games so every thought everyone thought she’s going crazy but I took the
thought she’s going crazy but I took the leap I took the risk I got my money I
leap I took the risk I got my money I had to save from the prize and I sold my
had to save from the prize and I sold my car and I travel all the way to England
car and I travel all the way to England and then I just started to study
and then I just started to study everything from zero I never done any
everything from zero I never done any development before I just used to play
development before I just used to play games but I never actually had dumb
games but I never actually had dumb games so I didn’t know anything about
games so I didn’t know anything about programming about even the software’s
programming about even the software’s that we use the way for building the
that we use the way for building the game the engine that we use anything
game the engine that we use anything just knew how to play games so I
just knew how to play games so I actually started a life a new life
actually started a life a new life seven years ago I actually knew count
seven years ago I actually knew count for a new language and a new career and
for a new language and a new career and I did one year of game programming and
I did one year of game programming and then after that I realized I could do a
then after that I realized I could do a master’s degree with my psychology
master’s degree with my psychology degree so I did two years master’s
degree so I did two years master’s degree at the NFT s this is where this
degree at the NFT s this is where this picture is from first time I saw is no
picture is from first time I saw is no to the second year of the course we have
to the second year of the course we have a whole two years of masses but the
a whole two years of masses but the second last year you can do whatever you
second last year you can do whatever you want you have a whole year to do your
want you have a whole year to do your final project and then the final project
final project and then the final project I created a game about my life
so you guys are probably more confused than anything but let me try to explain
than anything but let me try to explain [Applause]
[Applause] so summarizing oh this pixel ripped is a
so summarizing oh this pixel ripped is a trip back in the eighties and you play
trip back in the eighties and you play video games the way it used to be and
video games the way it used to be and 1989 for example you clean a game in a
1989 for example you clean a game in a classroom and then you have to hide your
classroom and then you have to hide your game from the teachers so you can
game from the teachers so you can complete the game otherwise if the
complete the game otherwise if the teacher cuts you is game over so it’s
teacher cuts you is game over so it’s kind of like Inception where instead of
kind of like Inception where instead of dreams you’re going inside layers of
dreams you’re going inside layers of video games so it’s a little bit matter
video games so it’s a little bit matter crazy and it’s a pretty much kind of a
crazy and it’s a pretty much kind of a autobiographic game I put a lot of my
autobiographic game I put a lot of my life experience there in this game I
life experience there in this game I could never play just play games we can
could never play just play games we can never just enjoy we always have to be
never just enjoy we always have to be productive and working so this game is
productive and working so this game is about being a gamer and then trying to
about being a gamer and then trying to play games which is never easy so it was
play games which is never easy so it was this is a student project and I thought
this is a student project and I thought okay I gonna put online and maybe get a
okay I gonna put online and maybe get a job right so at the time this is 2014
job right so at the time this is 2014 there was like a platform that everyone
there was like a platform that everyone in the world we share they work they’re
in the world we share they work they’re doing for virtual reality this game was
doing for virtual reality this game was done since just on the ground for VR and
done since just on the ground for VR and and then I posted there just to share
and then I posted there just to share with the community and their game got in
with the community and their game got in first place in the whole world it
first place in the whole world it achieved a lot for a student
it was really unexpected for me because I just expected to share maybe get a job
I just expected to share maybe get a job and then in less than a month YouTube
and then in less than a month YouTube will start downloading and they gave me
will start downloading and they gave me a 5 million views and it went through
a 5 million views and it went through like the biggest websites for games and
like the biggest websites for games and then I started to like yet press
then I started to like yet press approaching me and investors and then I
approaching me and investors and then I realized oh my god
realized oh my god maybe this game oh I went too far maybe
maybe this game oh I went too far maybe this game is good I didn’t know what the
this game is good I didn’t know what the game was that good yet you get really
game was that good yet you get really attached to those projects you can’t
attached to those projects you can’t just you just think it’s good it’s like
just you just think it’s good it’s like your son you always think your son is
your son you always think your son is perfect but then when you get a lot of
perfect but then when you get a lot of people say it’s good then you realize
people say it’s good then you realize maybe it is good so I decided ok I’m
maybe it is good so I decided ok I’m gonna keep working on this project and I
gonna keep working on this project and I got invest first investment and I
got invest first investment and I started working in making this product
started working in making this product this is actually a game that you can
this is actually a game that you can release it
release it another student project which was kind
another student project which was kind of like a proof of concept and then I
of like a proof of concept and then I have of course a lot of ups and downs
have of course a lot of ups and downs I got a Kickstarter that failed I went
I got a Kickstarter that failed I went to Silicon Valley and I lived in the US
to Silicon Valley and I lived in the US for like a year and a half and then
for like a year and a half and then after the investment finish I was like 1
after the investment finish I was like 1 years of funding the project and have
years of funding the project and have friends helping me around the world
friends helping me around the world until last year finally I got a
until last year finally I got a publisher in Brazil they actually helped
publisher in Brazil they actually helped me to get this final push and in 31 of
me to get this final push and in 31 of July we actually released the game and
July we actually released the game and I’m so happy to say that pixel rave got
I’m so happy to say that pixel rave got in the first place in all the major
in the first place in all the major platforms talk about PlayStation being
platforms talk about PlayStation being together with mega manifestation and
together with mega manifestation and competing with Marvel and Batman on
competing with Marvel and Batman on oculus store and steam and now we are
oculus store and steam and now we are actually nominated for the best game of
actually nominated for the best game of the year
so even the president of Sony its Appetit it became a big fan of the
Appetit it became a big fan of the project and has been following us and
project and has been following us and sharing with everyone the game it’s a
sharing with everyone the game it’s a this is the result of when you work with
this is the result of when you work with your dream your passion and this is the
your dream your passion and this is the result of when you work and when you
result of when you work and when you leave when you live the answer for that
leave when you live the answer for that question that I ask myself every day and
I’m happy to answer and realize I would be doing exactly what I’m doing today I
be doing exactly what I’m doing today I would be exactly here doing this now I
would be exactly here doing this now I would like to ask you what would you
would like to ask you what would you like to be doing if your life is started
like to be doing if your life is started right now thank you
right now thank you [Applause]
you just saw
forget about your work forget about your
family
forget about your friends forget about
your career all the courses you have
done so far
imagine that today your life just
started what would you do if your life
started right now that question was
presented to me seven years ago and that
question change in my life I used to
work at the Justice Council back in
Brazil working for the government in
Brazil is considered dream job you get a
you get to work in the justice cone so
you can just retired spend the rest of
your life there you start four years and
do a series of exams to get a place
there I worked there for five years and
for me
their work was killing me I like
creating stuff on that job I couldn’t
change the font of the documents it
so in a form of I think of escape from
that such a bureaucratic work I started
to bring food to my friends I like
cooking and I start bringing some
Brazilian pies there Cohen powders and
then I start to bring these pies and
they my friends asking for market to
bring it tomorrow could you bring it
again and then after we cuz I can bring
it again I’m busy and they’re like
Bridget we buy the pies please bring it
so I started selling pies at my office
it wasn’t rippling anything and then the
corridor start smelling pies and then
the colleagues from the other door asked
did you bring you for us to okay bring
your eyes and then the hello when I
realized was selling pies in the whole
corridor with a suitcase full of pies
and then the building the whole building
was selling in their neighbors too and
then at some point there were so many
pies I was selling like four thousand
five a month and before I realize in
four months I I had like a small little
business of pies and then the customers
I start to ask him me okay we want a
place that we can buy this pies like a
shop we don’t know sometimes we don’t
want to be waiting for the sellers to
come here because I have people selling
the pies before working
I was basically administrating
so people is asking we want a shop that we can go and buy the pies so I decide
we can go and buy the pies so I decide okay I’m gonna open the business and
okay I’m gonna open the business and it’s gonna be in Paris care of my eyes
it’s gonna be in Paris care of my eyes it means I want more and then I need to
it means I want more and then I need to get prepared right to open the business
get prepared right to open the business so I did the course and and that course
so I did the course and and that course it was a start-up preparation course one
it was a start-up preparation course one week and that course really changed my
week and that course really changed my life because on that course they asked
life because on that course they asked everyone what how do you want your
everyone what how do you want your business to be in five years
business to be in five years em I was like ok my business was imagine
em I was like ok my business was imagine it’s gonna be established my shop maybe
it’s gonna be established my shop maybe I’ll get started to think about more
I’ll get started to think about more shops ten years or maybe the whole stage
shops ten years or maybe the whole stage is going to be pious everywhere maybe
is going to be pious everywhere maybe fifteen years how it’s gonna be in home
fifteen years how it’s gonna be in home country may start to I’m gonna start to
country may start to I’m gonna start to bring pies maybe planning the whole
bring pies maybe planning the whole world needs pies so then they asked me
world needs pies so then they asked me now everyone imagine how you want you to
now everyone imagine how you want you to be where do you want to be in 5 years in
be where do you want to be in 5 years in 10 years in 15 years and when they asked
10 years in 15 years and when they asked that if there’s ok you forget about your
that if there’s ok you forget about your business
business forget about your customers forget about
forget about your customers forget about everything your work and all these
everything your work and all these things that we do for life that what
things that we do for life that what your family think is best for you or
your family think is best for you or your friends or what the society expects
your friends or what the society expects for you and for the first time I could
for you and for the first time I could see clear that I didn’t want to be
see clear that I didn’t want to be making pies for 15 years in the end I
making pies for 15 years in the end I realize oh my god it was it was so good
realize oh my god it was it was so good to have this opportunity to see have a
to have this opportunity to see have a clear vision and see who you are and
clear vision and see who you are and what do you want for the first time I
what do you want for the first time I saw what Linda wants and I realized oh
saw what Linda wants and I realized oh my god my whole life what I always have
my god my whole life what I always have been doing playing video games
been doing playing video games video games had been part of my life in
video games had been part of my life in every every moment I grow up playing
every every moment I grow up playing video games I had three brothers we play
video games I had three brothers we play all the time we bring our friends over
all the time we bring our friends over home and we play video games and through
home and we play video games and through now I have my best friends that I met in
now I have my best friends that I met in the country strike female professional
the country strike female professional team so it was so good to realize I can
team so it was so good to realize I can actually work with something I love and
actually work with something I love and something that I could do for the rest
something that I could do for the rest of my life so I took the leap everyone
of my life so I took the leap everyone thought I was going crazy this is a long
thought I was going crazy this is a long time ago so I imagine even today if you
time ago so I imagine even today if you tell your parents and your family I’m
tell your parents and your family I’m living my job which is a stable
living my job which is a stable considerate dream job for everyone I’m
considerate dream job for everyone I’m gonna leave that job and I’m gonna make
gonna leave that job and I’m gonna make video games so every thought everyone
video games so every thought everyone thought she’s going crazy but I took the
thought she’s going crazy but I took the leap I took the risk I got my money I
leap I took the risk I got my money I had to save from the prize and I sold my
had to save from the prize and I sold my car and I travel all the way to England
car and I travel all the way to England and then I just started to study
and then I just started to study everything from zero I never done any
everything from zero I never done any development before I just used to play
development before I just used to play games but I never actually had dumb
games but I never actually had dumb games so I didn’t know anything about
games so I didn’t know anything about programming about even the software’s
programming about even the software’s that we use the way for building the
that we use the way for building the game the engine that we use anything
game the engine that we use anything just knew how to play games so I
just knew how to play games so I actually started a life a new life
actually started a life a new life seven years ago I actually knew count
seven years ago I actually knew count for a new language and a new career and
for a new language and a new career and I did one year of game programming and
I did one year of game programming and then after that I realized I could do a
then after that I realized I could do a master’s degree with my psychology
master’s degree with my psychology degree so I did two years master’s
degree so I did two years master’s degree at the NFT s this is where this
degree at the NFT s this is where this picture is from first time I saw is no
picture is from first time I saw is no to the second year of the course we have
to the second year of the course we have a whole two years of masses but the
a whole two years of masses but the second last year you can do whatever you
second last year you can do whatever you want you have a whole year to do your
want you have a whole year to do your final project and then the final project
final project and then the final project I created a game about my life
so you guys are probably more confused than anything but let me try to explain
than anything but let me try to explain [Applause]
[Applause] so summarizing oh this pixel ripped is a
so summarizing oh this pixel ripped is a trip back in the eighties and you play
trip back in the eighties and you play video games the way it used to be and
video games the way it used to be and 1989 for example you clean a game in a
1989 for example you clean a game in a classroom and then you have to hide your
classroom and then you have to hide your game from the teachers so you can
game from the teachers so you can complete the game otherwise if the
complete the game otherwise if the teacher cuts you is game over so it’s
teacher cuts you is game over so it’s kind of like Inception where instead of
kind of like Inception where instead of dreams you’re going inside layers of
dreams you’re going inside layers of video games so it’s a little bit matter
video games so it’s a little bit matter crazy and it’s a pretty much kind of a
crazy and it’s a pretty much kind of a autobiographic game I put a lot of my
autobiographic game I put a lot of my life experience there in this game I
life experience there in this game I could never play just play games we can
could never play just play games we can never just enjoy we always have to be
never just enjoy we always have to be productive and working so this game is
productive and working so this game is about being a gamer and then trying to
about being a gamer and then trying to play games which is never easy so it was
play games which is never easy so it was this is a student project and I thought
this is a student project and I thought okay I gonna put online and maybe get a
okay I gonna put online and maybe get a job right so at the time this is 2014
job right so at the time this is 2014 there was like a platform that everyone
there was like a platform that everyone in the world we share they work they’re
in the world we share they work they’re doing for virtual reality this game was
doing for virtual reality this game was done since just on the ground for VR and
done since just on the ground for VR and and then I posted there just to share
and then I posted there just to share with the community and their game got in
with the community and their game got in first place in the whole world it
first place in the whole world it achieved a lot for a student
it was really unexpected for me because I just expected to share maybe get a job
I just expected to share maybe get a job and then in less than a month YouTube
and then in less than a month YouTube will start downloading and they gave me
will start downloading and they gave me a 5 million views and it went through
a 5 million views and it went through like the biggest websites for games and
like the biggest websites for games and then I started to like yet press
then I started to like yet press approaching me and investors and then I
approaching me and investors and then I realized oh my god
realized oh my god maybe this game oh I went too far maybe
maybe this game oh I went too far maybe this game is good I didn’t know what the
this game is good I didn’t know what the game was that good yet you get really
game was that good yet you get really attached to those projects you can’t
attached to those projects you can’t just you just think it’s good it’s like
just you just think it’s good it’s like your son you always think your son is
your son you always think your son is perfect but then when you get a lot of
perfect but then when you get a lot of people say it’s good then you realize
people say it’s good then you realize maybe it is good so I decided ok I’m
maybe it is good so I decided ok I’m gonna keep working on this project and I
gonna keep working on this project and I got invest first investment and I
got invest first investment and I started working in making this product
started working in making this product this is actually a game that you can
this is actually a game that you can release it
release it another student project which was kind
another student project which was kind of like a proof of concept and then I
of like a proof of concept and then I have of course a lot of ups and downs
have of course a lot of ups and downs I got a Kickstarter that failed I went
I got a Kickstarter that failed I went to Silicon Valley and I lived in the US
to Silicon Valley and I lived in the US for like a year and a half and then
for like a year and a half and then after the investment finish I was like 1
after the investment finish I was like 1 years of funding the project and have
years of funding the project and have friends helping me around the world
friends helping me around the world until last year finally I got a
until last year finally I got a publisher in Brazil they actually helped
publisher in Brazil they actually helped me to get this final push and in 31 of
me to get this final push and in 31 of July we actually released the game and
July we actually released the game and I’m so happy to say that pixel rave got
I’m so happy to say that pixel rave got in the first place in all the major
in the first place in all the major platforms talk about PlayStation being
platforms talk about PlayStation being together with mega manifestation and
together with mega manifestation and competing with Marvel and Batman on
competing with Marvel and Batman on oculus store and steam and now we are
oculus store and steam and now we are actually nominated for the best game of
actually nominated for the best game of the year
so even the president of Sony its Appetit it became a big fan of the
Appetit it became a big fan of the project and has been following us and
project and has been following us and sharing with everyone the game it’s a
sharing with everyone the game it’s a this is the result of when you work with
this is the result of when you work with your dream your passion and this is the
your dream your passion and this is the result of when you work and when you
result of when you work and when you leave when you live the answer for that
leave when you live the answer for that question that I ask myself every day and
I’m happy to answer and realize I would be doing exactly what I’m doing today I
be doing exactly what I’m doing today I would be exactly here doing this now I
would be exactly here doing this now I would like to ask you what would you
would like to ask you what would you like to be doing if your life is started
like to be doing if your life is started right now thank you
right now thank you [Applause]
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