About the Authors

ImagesALEXANDRE SANTOS LOBÃO is a passionate man. His first passion was reading, starting with large books—Mark Twain, Érico Veríssimo, Jules Verne, Monteiro Lobato, Alexandre Dumas, and others—when he was 7 years old. When he was 12, he discovered his next two passions: playing and creating games (by that time on his first Apple computer), and writing.

Many years later, these passions flourish. Now he is a teacher of academic game development courses, has written four books on the topic, and has participated in some Brazilian game development contests, both as a contestant and as a judge. He has also written short-story books, children's ...

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