​PAX East 2019, one of the most important game events in the US, has 8 Brazilian games on showcase. At the Indie Megabooth, Brazil is represented with the games: Out Of Space by Behold Studios, DeMagnete VR by Bitcake Studio, Necrosphere and Keen by Cat Nigiri, and SkyRacket by Double Dash Studios. Gravity Heroes from Studica Solution, will be on booth # 12120, and Alkimya: Memories of the Last Alchemist from Bad Minions, and Tameless from Garage 227 Studios at booth 11016. Pax East 2019 will be held in Boston, March 28-31.

PAX (also called Penny Arcade Expo) is a series of cultural game festivals involving; board games, arcade games and digital games. The East Coast edition, PAX East, receives over 80,000 visitors each year

Yet another record-breaking achievement for the Brazilian Delegation: 47 studios and 120 professionals to attend two of the most important B2B events in the industry. The Game Developers Conference, GDC, and the Game Connection America, GCA, in San Francisco, from the 18th to the 22nd of March.

​Eleven (11) companies at GDC Play and eight (8) companies at GCA will be showcasing their games. Check out which studios will be there. If attending GDC Play, do not miss out the Brazil Games booth at N3324. If attending GCA, come meet us at the Brazil Games delegation area.

Abragames, the Brazilian Game Developers Association, was founded in 2004 and represents Brazilian studios developing games in various platforms such as PC, consoles, mobile phones and Internet.
Besides catalyzing the game production in the country by training and promoting expertise, Abragames aims at making Brazilian creativity and technology available to the main players of the international game industry.

The Brazilian Game Developers Export Program, BGD Export, is the export program created by the Brazilian Game Developers Association, ABRAGAMES, in partnership with Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency.
Our goal is to promote the Brazilian Game industry internationally, developing new business opportunities for our companies.
The BGD Program also promotes Brazil as the hub for business in Latin America and invites buyers, investors and publishers for BIG Festival, Brazil's Independent Games Festival, the most important international indie games festival and the hub for international business in Latin America.

Representative:
Eliana Russi, Program Manager
eliana.russi@abragames.org 

BIG (Brazil's Independent Games Festival) is the most important international indie games festival in Latin America. The event includes a international game competition, 10-day showcase of the nominated games for the festival, international congress with over a 100 different keynotes and activities (BIG Business Forum) and an exclusive business area, complete with business meetings and dedicated space and matchmaking tool (BIG Meetings).
BIG aims to strengthen the independent production of games through the exchange of experiences from developers from all over the world, in addition to establishing itself as a business hub in Latin America for both local and international game developers and creative economy producers.

Representative:
Gustavo Steinberg, Director
gustavo@bigfestival.com.br

1. Diorama Digital

Company Description: 
Diorama Digital is specialized in  AAA 3D art production for consoles and mobile titles. Its team worked on titles as Just Cause 2, Star Wars Galaxy, DC Universe Online , Monday Night Combat, The Elders Scrolls Online.
Recently, worked on the Horizon Zero Dawn, Guerrilla in partnership with Kokku Hub.  Games title released exclusively for PS4.

Representatives:
Everaldo Neto
Bruno Araújo

Contact Info:
neto@dioramadigital.com
palermo@dioramadigital.com

Website: 
http://dioramadigital.com/
https://www.artstation.com/diorama_digital

List of Services/Products:
Service Offerings
Concept Art, Illustration, Casual 3D Game Art, AAA 3D Game Art 

2. Flux Game Studio

Company Description: 
Flux Game Studio is a 20-people independent game development studio based in São Paulo, Brazil, focused on creating full projects and developing IPs with new products - mobile games, spin-offs, second screen, or any other possibility. The studio's strength lie in its teamwork and its capacity to be creative, understanding IPs and delivering projects. Flux already created a huge variety and tackled many genres in over 60 games since 2012, delivering projects for PS4, Xbox one, PC, Android, IOS and web platforms.

Representatives:
Paulo Luis Santos

Contact Info:
paulo@fluxgamestudio.com

Website: 
http://www.fluxgamestudio.com/

List of Services/Products:
Creating full products for IPs
Developing full projects
Developing spin-offs and side-games
External development

3. Kokku

Company Description: 
Kokku is the largest Brazilian company that specializes in External Development. Our goal is not only to provide the best quality possible, but also to be able to cater exactly to each partner’s needs, with competitive prices and agreeable time zones.
Kokku’s services range from AAA 3D Art to Engineering. Our art team is multi talented and can go from concept work to 3D AAA art, as well as casual 3D art and 2D art. Our experience comes several partnerships, such as work done for Horizon Zero Dawn, They Live to Destroy and several others still under NDA constraints.
On the Engineering front, we’re capable of working with several engines, such as Unity, UE4, Cry Engine, Roblox and proprietary engines. We’re proud to have contributed with enhancements for CI Games’s Sniper Ghost Warrior III, not to mention other games where we either took on full development or worked on standalone modules.

Representatives:
Thiago de Freitas
Alberto Lopes

Contact Info:
thiago@kokkuhub.com
alberto@kokkuhub.com

Website: 
http://www.kokkuhub.com/

List of Services/Products:
External Development;
Service Provider;
Art: 3D AAA, 3D Casual, 2D, concept, illustration;
Engineering: Unreal Engine 4, Unity, Cry Engine, Roblox, proprietary engines, etc.

4. Lumen Games

Company Description: 
Lumen Games is a Brazilian based development studio creating games since 2004. Being focused in the freemium mobile industry on the past years, we understand the challenges of launching and running a successful free-to-play game and that releasing a game on the stores is only the start of the story. 
From concept to live operations, our team has the expertise you need if you’re planning to create and release a free-to-play game in the mobile industry. Wanna know what is driving retention in our games? Ask us!

Representatives:
Tiago Melo

Contact Info:
tiago@lumen.games

Website: 
https://lumen.games

List of Services/Products:
Looking for strong IPs for co-development deals
Looking for general work-for-hire and co-development deals
Looking for publishing deals for two casual titles

São Paulo, August 17, 2018 - The Brazilian Game Developers Export Program, BGD, a partnership of the Brazilian Game Developers Association, Abragames, with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, Apex-Brazil, will have its the largest delegation of game companies at Gamescom, one of the major video game events around the world, which takes place in Cologne, Germany, August 21-25. The delegation is made up of 20 companies from all regions of Brazil willing to do business with the main players in the global gaming industry.

For the first time the Brazil booth, at the B2B area, will display the games developed by Brazilian companies. According to Eliana Russi, Executive Manager at BGD, "the Brazilian Games industry is going through a fantastic moment. It has never been produced so many games and with such a high quality." 

This year, Brazilian games that are already internationally successful in the mobile version, such as Rockhead Games' Starlit Adventure and Aquiris Game Studio's Horizon Chase, with more than 10 million downloads each, have been released on new platforms. In 4 months, Starlit had more than 500,000 downloads on the PS4, which positively surprised Christian Lykawka, CEO of Rockhead. Horizon Chase Turbo, following the successful sales on Steam and PS4, will present the versions for Nintendo Switch and XBOX. According to Sandro Manfredini, Business Director of Aquiris, players have a high expectation for the arrival of these versions, which should happen before Christmas this year.

In addition to participating on Gamescom to present the best Brazilian games, the Brazilian delegation will also be present at XDS, External Development Summit (XDS) in Vancouver, Canada, in September.

Brazil Games Booth at Gamescom: Hall 3.2, D-71. 

Check out all the companies present in the Brazilian Delegation here!

Check our Games at Gamescom here!

Watch the Delegation trailer!

About Brazilian Game Developers Export Program, BGD 
The Brazilian Game Developers Export Program, BGD Export, is the export program created by the Brazilian Game Developers Association, ABRAGAMES, in partnership with Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency.  Our goal is to promote the Brazilian Game industry internationally, developing new business opportunities for our companies.

About Abragames
Created in 2004 by a group of development companies, Abragames, the Brazilian Association of Game Developers, is a non-profit organization with the objective to strengthen the Brazilian game development industry.

More information:
Marina Pecoraro 
+55 11 98381 6379
+55 11 98973 6460

Our Brazilian Delegation is getting ready for Gamescom 2018!

We will have a delegation with 17 companies! About 50 people attending Gamescom and making great business!

Check out below how is coming and what they have in store for you!

1. AQUIRIS

Company Description:
Founded in 2007, the studio has a team of 80 people, and its mission, since the very beginning, has been on delivering the best artistic, technical and gameplay quality to the players, developing its own IPs, or co-developing games with top notch global publishers.

Website:
www.aquiris.com.br

​List of Services/Products:
Aquiris is looking for publishers and distributors partners for Horizon Chase Turbo release on Switch and XBOX in Q4/2018. 

3.Canvas Games

Company Description:
Independent game studio based on Porto Alegre, Brazil, founded at 2013. Our goal is to create cool games with potential to viralize through non conventional strategies. We are looking for publisher and funding partners for our games.

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​Games released:

• ​Bomblast (Android)
• Battle Pegs (Android & iOS)
• The Super Casual Game (Web)

Games under development:

• Inferno Manager: a “farmville” of hell where you are demon lord and must punish souls with pop music
• Music Rush: a casual free to play musical runner where the characters have unique songs and the music evolves as you progress
• ​Mythos: a premium lovecraftian thriller with pixel art graphics, focused in narrative and exploration, loyal to its universe.

Website:
www.canvasgames.com.br

List of Services/Products:

• Looking for publishers for our mobile free to play game Music Rush
• Looking for publishers and investors for our free to play game Inferno Manager
• ​Looking for publishers and investors for our premium game Mythos

​6.Hoplon Infotainment

​Company Description:
Hoplon is a pioneer in Game Development in Brazil operating since 2000, currently with a staff of 80+ employees.
We've been working for the last 5 years on our most ambitious game to date: Heavy Metal Machines (play.heavymetalmachines.com).
Heavy Metal Machines is a PC F2P Car Battle MOBA that renews the MOBA genre by adding Action, Vehicles and original gameplay to the well known MOBA mechanics.

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Website:
www.hoplon.com

List of Services/Products:

• Heavy Metal Machines: a PC F2P Car Battle MOBA

​7.JOYSTICKET

Company Description:
​A new revenue stream and user acquisition/retention platform based on the first ever loyalty program for mobile games.
The users play the participating games earn tickets on achievements and redeem for real prizes.
We realize that developers has been implementing achievements, but for the end users there´s no benefits to get them.
We give reason for users reach achievements and love your game providing amazing benefits for developers and players.

Website:
www.joysticket.com

List of Services/Products:

• Increase number of downloads for free - Once your game is available on joysticket, the users can see all information about the game and can download on google play or apple store.

We spend money on user acquisition for the users sign up on joysticket  and consequently they download participating games to play and earn tickets.

• Increase the retention - With the tickets system + achievements, joysticket increase the retention of mobile games

• Monetization - Go beyond tradition monetization(iap, premium games and ads), joysticket provide several ways to monetize mobile games

Integration - If your games already has google play games services, less than 3 minutes without open your code or simple lightweight REST API

​9.Loomiarts

Company Description:
Loomiarts is an indie game development studio. In partnership with Fehorama Filmes, Kiko Ferraz Studios and Abóbora Filmes, we are currently working on our first project: SQUADRON 51, a shoot'em up with a 50's sci-fi movies' aesthetics and live-action cinematics (FMV) with a release date schedule to first quarter of 2019, and confirmed for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC.

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Website:
www.loomiarts.com
                                                                                                   
Services/Products:

• Looking for publishers for our PC and consoles game SQUADRON 51

​12. Nano BizTools
 
Company Description:
Nano BizTools specializes in business strategies and sets up solutions for game companies by establishing them in the marketplace and widening their network. Nano works in a creative, human, results-oriented way by either applying established methodologies or creating new ones, through technologies or dynamics, telling stories or making games.
 

Representatives:
Caco Idiart
 
Website:
https://www.nanobt.com.br
 
List of Services/Products:
Business Development
Gamification projects
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Serious games

​13.Oktagon Games

Company Description:
We are a game company founded by people with more than 15 years of experience in game development obtained by success and failures through our path. With a highly experienced team specialized in F2P games, we offer a custom LiveOps solution for each project, creating a solid plan to maintain and even revitalize your games. If there are users looking for fun experiences, we are keen to serve.

​
Website:
http://www.oktagongames.com

List of Services/Products:

• Armies and Ants - (Android/iOS)
• 2048 Pooks - (Android/iOS)
• Live Ops (2017): Battle Ages and Battle Islands for DR Studios (Android, iOS, Xbox One and PS4 Platforms)
• Live Ops (2017-Current): Magic the Gathering: Puzzle Quest for D3 Go Publisher
• Raidboss (Current in development stage)

​14.Papprika

Company Description:
A spin-off of Tapps Games, Papprika offers a wide variety of creative services to app and game developers, always with a data-oriented mindset. From game sound design to user acquisition creatives and complete storefront material (copy, graphic design, and video), we have the secret recipe to spice up your app marketing strategy. Get a taste of our secret recipe and make your apps irresistible!
​

Website:
www.papprika.co

List of Services/Products:

• Sound design - Our very own band of talented and versatile musicians and sound designers can compose, arrange and optimize catchy tunes and crunchy effects for your apps. Be it whole soundtracks, concise sound effects or professional quality voice-overs, we are proud to deliver sound design that makes users want to keep their volume up. 
• Storefront design - Before getting a taste of your app, users experience it with their eyes. A juicy presentation is key to attract an audience, and making your product look irresistible on the app stores is our specialty. We can give you unique branding and visual identity, eye-catching screenshots, engaging copy, exciting videos and everything else you need to be seen.
• Conversion rate optimization - We put our years of experience in app store optimization at your disposal to ensure your audience will always find you. Carefully picked keywords, indexation-aware copywriting and extensive A/B testing are all ingredients in our recipe for increasing traffic to your app by improving store rankings and ensuring it stands out among the clutter.
• User acquisition creatives - More than creating incredible videos, banners and cinemagraphs for social network ads, we dig deep beyond the visual crust to stir the d ata-heavy filling hiding below. With creativity fueled by information, our team can deliver complete digital ad campaigns that are sure to provide sweet results and make your investment in user acquisition worthwhile.

​16.Tapps Games

Company Description:
Tapps Games has been on the mobile gaming business since 2012. It has independently developed and published more than 400 titles, which have been downloaded more than 600 million times by players from all corners of the world - it’s the most prolific developer of mobile games in Brazil. Its team of almost 200 professionals supports a user base of 20 million monthly active users across iOS and Android platforms.

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Website:
www.tappsgames.com

Our Brazilian Delegation is getting ready for the Game Developers Conference - GDC 2018 and Game Connection America 2018!

We will have the largest delegation so far, with 43 companies! And this year we still have amazing news: for the first time we will participate as exhibitors at GDC Play, with 19 mini-stands!

Check out below how is coming and what they have in store for you!

1. 2Mundos

Company Description:
Founded in 2011, in the verge of expansion of social networks and smartphones, 2Mundos was created with a mission: To bring a new generation of digital content to the Latin American Market. After our initial goal and the partnership with companies around the world, 2Mundos have been getting the trust and recognition of big enterprises in the education, media, and technology sector, developing games, multiplatform apps, and digital platforms.
With clients in LATAM, USA, and Europe, 2Mundos brings the Latino multicultural experience to provide the best possible solution in a globalized world.

Website:
http://2mundos.net

2. 44 Interactive

Company Description:
44 Toons Interactive is a game company specialized in IPs development and transmedia content. We produce games and apps from our brands and characters, together with our TV series and feature films production. The association with 44 Toons, one of the biggest animation studio in Brazil, allow us to developed games connected with the audiovisual products, creating multiplatform storytelling that complement and expand the experience of the audience and users.

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Website:
www.44toons.com

List of Services/Products:
• ​44 Interactive’s original IPs.

3. Aquiris

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4245 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Aquiris is a studio with 11 years of experience in the market, managing big and complex game projects. The company is working on the release of Horizon Chase Turbo, the standalone Console/PC follow-up to the critically-acclaimed mobile game, Horizon Chase World Tour. We’re looking for publishers and distributors partners for Europe and Asia markets.
Aquiris is also open to co-development opportunities in the Console/PC space. The studio has a team of seasoned professionals capable of handling all aspects of game development. 

Website:
www.aquiris.com.br

List of Services/Products:
• ​Horizon Chase Turbo - PC / Consoles
• Co-Development

4. ARVORE Immersive Experiences

MEET AT: Game Connection America Booth #130

Company Description:
Brazil based immersive storytelling company that creates, designs, produces and develops interactive experiences and games for all immersive platforms including virtual, augmented and mixed reality.

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Website:
arvore.io

List of Services/Products:
• ​Pixel Ripped 1989, The Quantum Files, Planet Kaiju and BELEAF.

5. Bad Minions

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4149 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Bad Minions is an independent game development studio founded in 2012 and based in Brazil. It focuses on engaging gameplay featuring deep crafting and customization for long tail fun and endless replayability. The minions love to create fun and responsive games set in unique fantasy worlds.


Website:
www.badminions.com.br

List of Services/Products:
• ​Alkimya: Memories of The Last Alchemist (game for PC, X1, PS4)

6. Behold Game Studios

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4048 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Behold Studios is a small indie game development studio from Brasilia, capital of Brazil. The award-winning studio was founded in 2009 and its main focus is PC and Mobile. Released Galaxy of Pen & Paper in 2017, and in 2015 the successful kickstarter Chroma Squad, but they are mostly known for their previous game Knights of Pen & Paper, winner of the IGF 2013 - Student Showcase.

Website:
www.beholdstudios.com.br 

List of Services/Products:
• Chroma Squad - PC, Consoles, Mobile (2015)
• Galaxy of Pen & Paper - PC and Mobile (2017)
• ​Out of Space - PC and Console (TBA)

7. Bit Cake Studio

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4147 (North Hall)

Company Description:
BitCake Studio is a game dev team from Brazil with a passion for creating games that bring people together. We focus on multiplayer games and VR. Our first published game is Holodrive, a free 2 play online multiplayer 2D shooter on Steam. Recently we got funding for a new game, an upcoming VR title: DeMagnete VR. Production has just started and we're currently looking for marketing and exposure opportunities for this new title.
BitCake also works on B2B projets, helping out other game studios with multiplayer programming, creating artwork, or developing full games for clients.

Website:
www.bitcakestudio.com 

List of Services/Products:
• ​DeMagnete VR: a magnetism-based puzzle exploration game, in VR. 100% funded and to be released in 2019.
• Holodrive: a free 2 play 2D shooter live on Steam.
• ​B2B Game Development: we're constantly looking for exciting projets, be them helping out other game studios or creating full games for clients.

8. Cat Nigiri

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4046 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Cat Nigiri is an independent game development studio focused on creating high-quality games with awesome mechanics.


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Website:
http://www.catnigiri.com

List of Services/Products:
• ​Necrosphere

9. Double Dash

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4145 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Double Dash Studios is an indie game studio from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aiming to create challenging games by approaching familiar mechanics from different perspectives, bringing innovation by combining vintage and modern, creating new, remarkable and entertaining experiences.
We will be attending GDC to find publishers interested in working with us in our main project: RacketBoy, that recently received funding for development.

Website:
www.doubledashstudios.com

List of Services/Products:
Products:
• Project RacketBoy (searching publishers)
Services:
• Work for hire
• Outsourcing

10.  Fanatee
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Company Description:
Fanatee is a Game Development Company formed by a group of people that loves Game Culture! We value innovation and creativity and we believe that Games are great tools that help people learn and bond with each other. Since 2013, we have launched successful games such as Stop and CodyCross and together they exceed 20 million downloads worldwide.

Website:
http://www.fanatee.com/

11. Flux Game Studio

Company Description:
Flux Game Studio is a 10-people independent game development studio based in São Paulo, Brazil. Created a huge variety of over 60 B2B games since 2012, and since 2016 has begun developing authorial games. The studio released GUTS for PCs in 2017 as its first substantial IP focused on the consumer market and is now taking the game to new platforms as well as providing support to the community, while concepting new games.

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Website:
www.fluxgamestudio.com

List of Services/Products:
• Flux New IP

12. Gameplan Consulting

MEET AT: Game Connection America Booth #129

Company Description:
GamePlan Consulting is a 360 – global consultancy specialized in helping game companies identify, strategize and deliver great solutions to their challenges. It is renowned by its 360 approach, that not only caters to small indie studios, but also for some of the major corporations like Bandai Namco, Trion Worlds, InnoGames, Autodesk and even government agencies. GamePlan Consulting’s mission is to be the go-to destination to Global business intelligence and communications within the gaming industry.

Website:
www.gameplan.com.br

List of Services/Products:
• Business Strategy
• Business Development
• Business Intelligence
• Press Relations
• Branded Content
• Media Training

13. Gazeus Games

Company Description:
Gazeus Games is Brazil's largest social mobile games developer. Its portfolio spans over 40 titles for Android, iOS and Facebook Instant Games, with 9 million monthly active users spread across over 30 different countries. The company started in 2006 with the card games portal Jogatina.com and has been mobile first since 2013, with many of its games in the classical card and board game categories. Gazeus Games has been diversifying its portfolio lately, with new casual titles, and exploring new gaming opportunities like messaging apps.

Website:
www.gazeus.com/en

List of Services/Products:
Games include:
• Dominoes (Android, iOS and Facebook Instant Games)
• Spades (Android, iOS) 
• Euchre (Android, iOS) 
• Mahjong Shanghai (iOS)
• Solitaire Town (Android, iOS) 
• Royal Blackjack Casino (Android, iOS)
• Gin Rummy Saloon (Facebook Instant Games) 
• Canasta (Android, iOS) 
• Buraco (Android, iOS) 
• Italian Buraco (Android, iOS) 

14. GILP Studio

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4038 (North Hall)

Company Description:
GILP is a game developer studio that is always striving for quality, perfection and of course fun.
We have experience developing games for multiple platforms and ensuring a consistent quality and performance on all of them. Although a small studio, we can easily scale projects up with our partners and ensure every project has the required attention until its completion.  

Website:
http://gilp.studio/

15. Hexa Game Studio

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4040 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Hexa Game Studio is an indie game company focused on High End PC/Console Games.
We are looking for Publishers and/or Funding for our first game Black Iris, a Hardcore Action RPG.
Our goal is to be the best Brazilian company working with premium high end games.
Website:
https://www.hexagamestudio.com/ 

List of Services/Products:
• Black Iris - Hardcore Action RPG for PC and PS4

16. Hoplon

MEET AT: Game Connection America Booth #121

Company Description:
Founded in 2000, Hoplon is one of the leading game developers in Brazil, with a team of over 80 highly skilled professionals. For the past few years, Hoplon has been working on it most ambitious game to date: Heavy Metal Machines, a Car Battle MOBA for PC. 
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Website:
www.heavymetalmachines.com 

List of Services/Products:
• Heavy Metal Machines, a Car Battle MOBA. 

17. IMGNATION Studios

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4150 (North Hall)

Company Description:
IMGNATION Studios is a game development studio, and since 2014 our focus is Virtual Reality. 
Developers of Monowheels VR. We were able to establish ourselves as a reference in Latin America in the past few years, and we work hard to honor that. At IMGNATION, we love to create great fun games and to shape VR.
We had one of the launch titles of Gear VR, with our game Dodge This VR, and after that
 we worked on 2 VR experiences for the Angry Birds. Right now we are developing a 
racing and combat game called Monowheels VR, that will be released next year for HTC Vive, Oculus, PSVR, Gear VR, Google Daydream and VR Arcades. IMGNATION was part of two acceleration programs: Game Founders and Boost VC.

Website:
www.imgnation.com.br 

List of Services/Products:
• Monowheels VR
• Cow Milking Simulator
• VR/AR development

18. IDJ Games

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4249 (North Hall)

Company Description:
IDJ Games is the indie game publishing arm of Industria de Jogos, the leading content and services portal for game developers in Brazil. Our aim is to help promising titles fulfill their potential in the international market by offering our experience in co-production, marketing, business development and operations.

Website:
http://www.idjgames.com 

List of Services/Products:
• Madcap Castle, a love letter to the Gameboy days in puzzle-platformer form. Released in Dec 2017 for PC/Steam, and looking for a console release.
• Super Volley, a crossover of doubles volleyball with Street Fighter where each character uses their unique characteristics, strategies, movements and specials in pursuit of fame and glory in an intergalactic multiplayer tournament. Release in Q1 2019, currently in development backed by ANCINE (Brazil's national cinema agency) and looking for publishing partners for the console versions.
• Sword of Yohh, a fast-paced one on one local multiplayer battle arena game, and the first title in the Children of Yohh IP, and the winner of the first indie game competition held in Rock in Rio by popular vote. Release in Q3 2018, and looking for publishing partners for all versions.

19. Kinship Entertainment

Company Description:
Kinship Entertainment is an independent game development studio located in the brazilian city of Sao Paulo. Above all we’re committed to making high-quality games with an emphasis on well-designed gameplay, competitiveness, and fun. At the moment we're busy developing Skydome, a team-based action tower defense game for PCs. In it, teams battle from their own separated arena to conquer the enemy artifact using ever growing waves of player summoned minions. All the while having to also defend their own artifact against the incoming horde of hostile troops. To know more visit: www.PlaySkydome.com

Website:
http://kinshipentertainment.com 

List of Services/Products:
• Skydome

20. Kokku

Company Description:
Kokku is an External Development company located in Recife/PE-Brazil. Our teams are capable of delivering high quality assets and products that range from 3D Art, such as our recent work for Horizon Zero Dawn; to Engineering , such as programming for Unity, UE4 or proprietary engines. Our experience comes from working on a diversified list of projects, from AAA titles to casual mobile games. Our teams share a deep passion for games and uses that passion towards producing high level quality assets and projects, assuring that our clients receive awesome content alongside some great advantages.

Website:
www.kokkuhub.com 

List of Services/Products:
Services:
• External Development
• 3D Art
• 2D Art
• Concept Art
• Engineering (UE4, Unity, Cry Engine, Roblox, etc)
• Full Development
• Porting 

21. LevPay

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4148 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Levpay is a new payment method that provides Brazilian citizens’ access to foreign products in order to increase the acceptance of international players in Brazil.
We offer to our customers innovative solutions to buy on national and international websites, through local payment methods such as “boleto” and bank deposits.
We have agreements in place with the major Brazilian banks: Itau, Santander, Bradesco, Banco do Brasil and Banco Rendimento.
Levpay emerged from a partnership between Nuveo, a Technology Company focused on artificial intelligence and Rendimento Bank.

Website:
https://www.levpay.com/ 

List of Services/Products:
• We offer several payment methods with high rated acceptance +160K POS - Banks
• Customer care/ Local multichannel support
• Money remittance on demand

22. Lumen Games

Company Description:
Lumen Games is a Brazilian based development studio creating games since 2004. Being focused in the freemium mobile industry on the past years, we understand the challenges of launching and running a successful free-to-play game and that releasing a game on the stores is only the start of the story. 
From concept to live operations, our team has the expertise you need if you’re planning to release a free-to-play game in the mobile industry. Wanna know what is driving retention in our games? Ask us!

Website:
http://www.lumentech.cc 

List of Services/Products:
• Custom game development
• Freemium monetization strategy
• Production management consulting.

23. Mad Mimic Interactive

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4247 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Founded by the game developers Luis Fernando Tashiro and Luis Gustavo Sampaio, Mad Mimic Interactive is based in São Paulo, Brazil. The first original release by Mad Mimic is ‘No Heroes Here’, a game that received multiple awards and nominations in Brazilian and international gaming related events, such as PAX10, Max, SBGames, Brazil Game Awards and Game Connection Development Awards.

Website:
https://www.madmimic.com/ 

List of Services/Products:
• No Heroes Here

24. Manifesto Games

Company Description:
Manifesto Games is a game studio who creates engaging experiences for both kids and casual players. Since 2005, we have developed, co-produced and operated games for Bandai Namco, DeNA, Pearson, Gamblit, Santillana and with MightyPlay for Disney, Sea World, Zynga and Age of Learning. 
We help brands creating both learning and entertainment experiences for kids up to 12 years old, for different platforms and age groups. And help publishers developing new titles and operating their live games.

Website:
www.manifestogames.com 

List of Services/Products:
• External Development
• Live Operations
• Work-for-Hire
• Casual Games
• Kids Games

25. Massive Work Studio

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4146 (North Hall)
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Company Description:
Dolmen is an third person action game with RPG elements, where Sci-Fi and Cosmic Horror have mixed in an engrossing gameplay experience! 
You will be introduced to the alien world of Revion Prime, as supposed only survivor of a crew of astronauts, abducted in a distant future.
Adaptation and exploration will be your main weapons as you craft new itens and equipment from your enemies’ carcasses. Use your experience points to improve yourself and face harder and heinous creatures!

Website:
www.massiveworkstudio.com 

List of Services/Products:
• Dolmen

26. Oktagon

MEET AT: Game Connection America Booth #124

Company Description:
Oktagon is a mobile game company created in 2008. Our team has more than 10 years of experience in game development, with heavy focus on F2P games,and Live Ops.


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Website:
www.oktagon.com.br 

List of Services/Products:
• Raidboss
• Millionaires Lover
• Monster Match

27. Overpower Studios

MEET AT: Game Connection America Booth #123

Company Description:
Kill Metal Racing is an Infinite Racer game with weaponized cars and procedural tracks!
The game offers a Mad Max inspired action with racers striving to destroy each other's cars to loot their parts.
Bringing a grind type of game evolution through a Item & Build Mechanism and racing on infinite racing events, Kill Metal Racing offers to redefine racing games replayability bringing new, more enjoyable and efficient monetization mechanics for them.
Overpower Studios is a Brazilian developer based on Belo Horizonte. Kill Metal Racing is our second game, planned to go multi-platform.

Website:
www.overpowerstudios.com

List of Services/Products:
• Kill Metal Racing

28. Ovni Studios

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4137 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Ovni Studios is a game developer studio specialized in VR / AR to PC, Mobile and Consoles
Our last title was Peronio Pop-Up Book, Best 2015 AR Game by Qualcomm Vuforia.
 Working on Holi Glass, the cheapest, open-source, accessible and different glasses approach to play AR content to your smartphone.
 And Ovni Spaces, a hybrid social cross-platform multiplayer place to create and customize virtual environment with your friends.

Website:
www.ovnistudios.com 

List of Services/Products:
• Ovni Space Global Announcement 
• Holi Glass Aannouncement
Looking for first party AR and VR hardware companies to show our exclusive experiences.

29. Papprika 

MEET AT: Game Connection America Booth #199

Company Description:
A spin-off of Tapps Games, Papprika offers a wide variety of creative services to app and game developers, always with a data-oriented mindset. From game sound design to user acquisition creatives and complete storefront material, we have the secret recipe to spice up your app marketing strategy.
From launch to growth, our multi-disciplinary team specializes in making apps continually irresistible, with more than 500 million downloads achieved worldwide and 750 A/B tests successfully run in a wide variety of contexts, all to make sure our clients get to taste the sweet results of their labor.

Website:
www.papprika.co

List of Services/Products:
• Sound Design
• User Acquisition Creatives
• Storefront Design
• Conversion Rate Optimization

30. PetitFabrik

Company Description: 
We are a brazilian game company founded in 2007, with a very talented team and special game IPs, looking for publishers and investors. 

Website:
www.petitfabrik.com

List of Services/Products:
• Kukoo Monkeys Planet - Welcome to the Kukoo Monkeys Island! Come and discover endless worlds within the tree! Each magic door leads to a unique adventure and experience: games, music, dance, special missions and collectable items! Choose your visual in the game and make new friends. Use your imagination and have fun! (Check here: www.kukoomonkeys.com)

31. Plot Kids

Company Description:
Plot Kids is a transmedia company focused on family-friendly and kids content, experienced in AR, VR and mobile. Plot Kids has worked with companies like Sanrio Brasil, on the app “Hello Kitty TV”, Mauricio de Sousa Produções, on the app “Monica Toy TV”, chosen by Google Play as one of 2016’s Top Family Apps and Hoplon, one of Brazil’s top game developers, in the multiplayer game Heavy Metal Machines.

Website:
http://plotkids.com 

List of Services/Products:
• Monica Toy TV
• Hello Kitty TV
• #PlayTogether

32. Pocket Trap

Company Description:
Founded in July/2013, the studio focuses on delivering experiences with identity and high personality, for players that loves gaming. It’s first commercial title, Ninjin, received six awards on the brazilian event SBGames 2013, and critical acclaim on websites like TouchArcade, GameZebo, Kotaku Brasil. Pocket Trap was also one of the finalists of the event Indie Speed Run, which it’s game Hell Broker got chosen by Jason Rohrer. 

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Website:
http://pocket-trap.com/

33. Push Start

MEET AT: Game Connection America Booth #127

Company Description:
We love stories and technology! We believe in a world where fun is everywhere and can arouse curiosity on the most varied subjects. Original, creative and interactive storytelling on all plataforms. Innovative solutions developed with the best technologies.
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Website:
www.pushstart.com.br 

List of Services/Products:
• Games
• Apps
• Virtual Reality 
• Open innovation

34. Revolver Game Studio

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4140 (North Hall)

Company Description:
We are a video game developer based in Porto Alegre, Brasil. Revolver was founded in 2007. In the beginning we have worked with advertising games, and through our partners, with clients such as Coca Cola, Fiat and China in Box. Now our focus is exclusively on games and we take pride in the constant pursuit of high standards of development, always pushing the limits of technology, art and design, so that the experience of playing our games become really emotive, immersive and above all fun.

Website:
http://revolver.gs/ 

List of Services/Products:
• Valgard and the Armor of Achilles 

35. Rockhead Games

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4239 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Rockhead Games is the company behind Starlit Adventures, a mobile game acclaimed by millions of players around the world. It has been featured on many occasions since its first release, on all continents. The Starlit Adventures universe is now expanding into new games, an animated series, comic books and toys.

Website:
http://rockheadgames.com/ 
http://starlitadventures.com/ 

List of Services/Products:
• Starlit Archery Club – Free-to-play mobile game inspired on the archery sports. The gameplay is a mix of puzzle, aiming precision and tactics in synchronous PvP online battles. Release date: Q4 2017.
• Starlit Adventures for PS4 – Action/adventure free-to-play game for all ages. Based on the acclaimed game for mobile, now available on Playstation 4. Release date: Q1 2018.

Rockhead Games is looking for strong and long-term partnerships to distribute these new products worldwide. We are also open for licensing and work in coproduction with other companies and channels to deliver more content and products based on Starlit Adventures. Join us!

36. Rogue Snail

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4138 (North Hall)

Company Description:
Rogue Snail is a game developer founded by 10-year veterans of the Brazilian industry. Currently working on F2P Online Shooter/RPG "Relic Hunters Legend" for PC/Consoles. Previous titles include Relic Hunters Zero, Chroma Squad and Star Vikings Forever.

Website:
http://www.roguesnail.com/

List of Services/Products:
Relic Hunters Legend

37. Sioux

Company Description:
Sioux is an interactive technology agency and has established itself as one of the top reference on gamification, advergames and gaming development in Brazil. Founded in 2001, the company has 4 main businesses unities: Play (game publisher), Tech (development), COMM (digital marketing) and IP (our own products). Sioux has over 1,300 project developed and more than 4M downloads in our apps. 
Working with companies like Santander, Brookfield, Warner Bros, Grow, Estrela, FTD, Pearson, Atento, Cinemark, Europ, Diamond, Ubisoft, Ingenico and others, our goal is to create connections between people and brands, in an engagement way thru technology. 

Website:
https://www.sioux.com.br/

38. Skullfish Studios:

MEET AT: GDC Play Tabletop Booth #PL4139 (North Hall)

Company Description:
With more than 4 years focused on working with Virtual Reality and several games launched during the partners' career, Skullfish was formed with the goal of creating highly comfortable and immersive games and experiences on the best VR platforms available in the market and, with that, make their projects be one of the reasons for this wonderful technology to become popular. Since its foundation on September 2016, Skullfish Studios had been working also with new technologies such as Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and Eye tracking.

Website:
www.skullfishstudios.com 

List of Services/Products:
• Lila’s Tale
Services:
• Outsourcing
• Optimization consulting
• Porting

39. Sunland Studios

Company Description:
Sunland is a small independent game development studio based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It
was founded in 2014 and has been developing creative games for niches and different
platforms. At first, the studio developed two games for mobile: Mimicados, a social charades
game and Sheep Master, a strategy casual game. Currently, it is developing an
action/adventure game for Steam and consoles, called Addle Earth.

Website:
www.sunlandstudios.com 

List of Services/Products:
• Addle Earth - Action/Adventure for Steam and Consoles

40. Tapps Games

Company Description:
Tapps Games is one of the fastest growing companies in the area of mobile gaming. We’ve been developing mobile games since 2012 and have more than 300 independently developed and published titles, which have been downloaded more than 500 million times by players from all corners of the world. 

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Website:
www.tappsgames.com

List of Services/Products:
• Presenting the games: Bid Wars: Pawn Empire, Starside, Vlogger Go Viral.
• Seeking partnerships for expansion in Asia.

41. The Balance Inc.

Company Description:
Founded in 2011, The Balance Inc. is an indie game development studio, born inside the academia, as result of a common passion for game development.
OUR VISION
Our goal is to unite immersion and fun, combining gameplay, art and audio at its maximum level.

Website:
http://thebalanceinc.com/

42. Virgo Game Studios

Company Description:
Virgo Game Studios is a pioneering Brazilian company for research, design and development of game-based learning platforms for education and social impact. Since 2005 we released more than 40 titles covering a variety of subjects as reading, writing, maths, physics, citizenship, children’s rights, road safety and cultural diversity. Among our works are three games for Sesame Workshop/TV Cultura which were nominated for the International Digital Emmy® Awards in the category Digital: Children & Young People.

Website:
http://virgo.gs 

List of Services/Products:
• End-to-end game production services for desktop and mobile social impact titles.
• Distribution partnership for learning games IPs and game-based learning platforms.

43. VR Monkey

Company Description:
VRMonkey is a company reference in virtual reality experiences development, always bringing forth contents of the Highest Quality. Through partnerships with large companies and universities, VRMonkey uses the best of computer graphics technology to create interactive experiences in education, simulators, games, architecture and live-action (360 video). With senior professionals in engines like Unity 3D and Unreal 4, among our projects are international highlights and we also stimulate the local community through a big number of events, such as the Meetup SPRV - São Paulo Virtual Reality Meetup.

Website:
http://www.vrmonkey.com.br/en/index.html

43. Webcore Games:

Company Description:
Webcore Games is a division of Webcore, interactive solutions agency with 18 years of experience; games are our specialty. We develop our original IP products, games and VR for entertainment in different platforms: consoles, mobile and PC.
Some of our achievements are:
- EGW Trophy 2011 & 2013 Best national game
- My Night Job, our horror arcade game available for PS4 and Steam - 2016
- Freekscape, first Brazilian game released worldwide on consoles (PSP/PS3)

Website:
https://www.webcoregames.com.br 

List of Services/Products:
• Meeting potential publishing partners for our next VR game TerraCodex
• Partners for our kids games
• Talking to clients in need of a studio for work-for-hire jobs.