BIG Festival
BIG Festival (Brazil's Independent Games Festival) is held by Bit Productions Ltda., thanks to the sponsorship and support of various companies. It is a cultural contest that rewards the best games selected by an invited jury and rigid selection committee, can participate any persons or representatives of companies of any nationality and are accepted all kinds of digital games for any platform, console or media.
In 2012, we had games from around the world competing for prizes:
In 2012, we had games from around the world competing for prizes:
- Best Game
- Best Art
- Best Narrative
- Best Gameplay
- Best Sound
- Revelation Brazil
- Best Game by Popular Vote
FINALISTS AND AWARDED GAMES OF 2012
Unmechanical
Talawa Games
Talawa Games
Finalists for the Best Game Award:
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Wonderputt
Damp Gnat Finalists for the Best Art Award:
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Tiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers
Black Pants Finalists for the Best Gameplay Award:
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Papo & Yo
Minority Media Finalists for the Best Narrative Award:
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Unmechanical
Talawa Games Finalists for the Best Sound Award:
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Papo & Yo
Minority Media All games compete for the Popular Vote Award.
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DemoNight
The DemoNight was a BIG Festival competition, a night for prototype and unfinished projects demonstrations, awarding the best game project in development, and being an earlier version of the current BIG Starter.
Like BIG Starter, were accepted Brazilian digital game projects with playable or already-developed demos that have not yet been published.
Like BIG Starter, were accepted Brazilian digital game projects with playable or already-developed demos that have not yet been published.
FINALISTS AND AWARDED GAMES OF 2012
XH20
PetitFrabrik DemoNight Finalists:
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Dev Island
The Dev Island was a BIG Festival competition, in the model of a Game Jam, a game development challenge with a time limit.
Four teams, formed altogether by 15 young developers, had 24 hours to develop a game from identical instructions that were only revealed on a surprise date! The games were evaluated by the public and the winner received a prize of R$ 6,000 (approximately US$ 2,860 at the time).
Four teams, formed altogether by 15 young developers, had 24 hours to develop a game from identical instructions that were only revealed on a surprise date! The games were evaluated by the public and the winner received a prize of R$ 6,000 (approximately US$ 2,860 at the time).