BIG Festival: The Main Competition

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.
This year there were 745 submitted games from 48 countries, among these 515 entered in the main competition, competing for prizes:

• Best Game
• Best Art
• Best Narrative
• Best Gameplay
• Inovation
• Best Sound
• Best Brazilian Game
• Best Latin American Game
• BIG Impact: Best Educational Games
• BIG Impact: Best Environmental Game
• Best Game by Popular Vote

FINALISTS AND AWARDED GAMES OF 2016

Horizon Chase
Aquiris Game Studio

Finalists for the Best Game Award:

• Horizon Chase (Aquiris Game Studio)
• ​​Ape Out (Gorilla Loves Company)
• SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT Team)
• Pavilion (Visiontrick Media)
• Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club)

Pavilion
Visiontrick Media

Finalists for the Best Art Award:

• Pavilion (Visiontrick Media)
• Jake and Tess' Finding Monsters Adventure (Black River Studios)
• Black the Fall (Sand Sailor Studio)
• Bulb Boy (Bulbware)
• Optikammer (Optikammer)
• SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT Team)
• The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy (OKAM Studio)

Ape Out
Gorilla Loves Company

Finalists for the Best Gameplay Award:

• Ape Out (​Gorilla Loves Company)
• ​SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT Team)
• Tricky Towers (WeirdBeard)
• Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club)
• My Night Job (Webcore Games)
• Clustertruck (LandFall Games)
• Horizon Chase (Aquiris Game Studio)

Late Shift
​CtrlMovie

Finalists for the Best Narrative Award:

• Late Shift (​CtrlMovie)
• The Magic Circle (Question)
• Antioch: Scarlet Bay (Colaboração entre Mi Clos Studio, FibreTigre & Midnight Mood Studio)
• Replica (Somi Games)
• Hacknet (Fractal Alligator)
• Swaptales: Leon! (Witty Wings)
• Wheels of Aurelia (Santa Ragione)

Ape Out
​Gorilla Loves Company

Finalists for the Best Sound Award:

• Ape Out (​Gorilla Loves Company)
• Skytorn (Skytorn Team)
• The Aquatic Adventures of the Last Human (YCJYgames)
• SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT Team)
• Mini Metro (Dinosaur Polo Club)
• Epistory - Typing Chronicles (Fishing Cactus)

INVERSUS
​Hypersect LLC

Finalists for the Inovation Award:

• INVERSUS (​Hypersect LLC)
• ​SUPERHOT (SUPERHOT Team)
• The Magic Circle (Question)
• Calendula (Blooming Buds)
• Screencheat (Samurai Punk)
• Stifled (Gattai Games)
• Antioch: Scarlet Bay (Colaboração entre Mi Clos Studio, FibreTigre & Midnight Mood Studio)

Starlit Adventures
Rockhead Games

Finalists for the Best Brazilian Game Award:

• Starlit Adventures (Rockhead Games)
• Horizon Chase (Aquiris Game Studio)
• Skytorn (Skytorn Team)
• My Night Job (Webcore Games)
• Jake and Tess' Finding Monsters Adventure (Black River Studios)
• Dandara (Long Hat House)
• Ninjin: Clash of Carrots (Pocket Trap)
• Star Vikings (Rogue Snail)
• Möira (Onagro Studios)
• Zone of Lacryma (Oophok)

Kingdom Rush Origins
​Ironhide Game Studio

Finalists for the Best Latin American Game Award:

• ​Kingdom Rush Origins (Ironhide Game Studio)
• Ernesto (Ernesto Team)
• BalanCity (Souvegames)
• The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy (OKAM Studio)
• Rex Odyssey (Brainhold)

Optikammer
​Optikammer

Finalists for the Best Educational Game Award: (BIG Impact)

• Optikammer (Optikammer)
• It’s Spring Again (Sometimes You)
• Figurado (Antworks Studio)
• Peronio Pop-Up Book (Ovni Studios)
• Carcará - Asas da Justiça (Supernova Indie Games)

Cloud Chasers - A Journey of Hope
Blindflug Studios

Finalists for the Best EnvironmentalGame Award: (BIG Impact)

• Cloud Chasers - A Journey of Hope (Blindflug Studios)
• Doti Doti no Gaea (Loud Noises)
• Deed - The Game (Sinergia Studios)

Deed - The Game
Sinergia Studios

All games compete for the Popular Vote Award.​

BIG Starter: Competition for Game Projects

BIG Starter is a competition that is part of BIG Festival. Also a cultural contest, BIG Starter rewards the best game project, evaluating its market potential. Are accepted only Brazilian digital game projects with playable demos or that have already been developed but have not yet been published.
Of the 745 enrolled games this year, 230 were submitted in BIG Starter. This year with two categories: Best Entertainment Game Project, and Best Educational Game Project, were selected 7 projects as finalists and we had 2 winners.

FINALISTS AND AWARDED GAMES OF 2016

Monowheels VR
​IMGNATION Studios

Finalists for the Best Entertainment Game Project Award:

• Monowheels VR (IMGNATION Studios)
• Tower of Samsara (Martelo Nero)
• Projeto M.A.N.T.I.S (Kinship Entertainment)
• Distortions (Among Giants)

Vetor
Supernova Indie Games

Finalists for the Best Educational Game Project Award:

• Vetor (Supernova Indie Games)
• Amigos (Super Sabidos Arcolabs)
• Educatrix, uma viagem pelo conhecimento (MinoTowel)