Factsheet

Title:
Jequi's Dream

Developer:
Tower Up Studios
Based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Release date:
July 2016

Platforms:
Google Play
Apple Store
Windows 64bits
Windows 32bits

Website:
towerupstudios.com/jequi

Regular Price:

free

Description

Jequi's Dream also helps the NGO Cáritas Diocesana of Araçuaí to build water cisterns to the people who live on the Valley of Jequitinhonha.

History

Jequi is a little boy who needs to collect as much water as possible to help his mother Jandira and his younger brother Joel to survive the drought of Jequitinhonha valley. Anywhere Jequi passes through, that place regain health and bloom again, and little by little, the dream of a new valley grow.

Features

  • You will control two characters in the game: The lizard, in the left corner of the image, and Jequi, in the right.
  • Rubinho do Vale and Friends are composers from Jequitinhonha Valley. They had supported the project by giving the rights of using their songs in the game.
  • The game visuals was developed from handpainted watercolors to better capture the essence of the handicraft made in the Jequitinhonha Valley region.

Videos

Trailer Video YouTube

Video Donate YouTube


Animated GIFs

Download all GIFs as ZIP (3MB)
jequi.gif

Images

Download all screenshots & photos as ZIP (3MB)
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Download logo files as ZIP (2MB)
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Awards & Recognition

  • "National Champion" Imagine Cup, 28 April, 2016 - Brazil
  • "3rd place - Internacional Games Competition" Imagine Cup, 29 July, 2016 - Seattle


Selected Articles

  • "Os jogos indies conquistam o mercado brasileiro"
    - Luiza Donatelli, 26 September, 2016, Veja/Tecnologia
  • "Jequi's Dream - CNBC Interview"
    - Tower Up Studios, 19 September, 2016, YouTube
  • "Entrevista para a TV Araçuaí"
    - Canal Sempre, 07 September, 2016, TV Araçuaí
  • "Videojuego para una revolución social en una comunidad en pobreza extrema"
    - 04 August, 2016, Microsoft Latinoamérica

Jequi Facebook
Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com.

Jequi YouTube
Playlist with videos of game at youtube.com.


About Tower Up Studios

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The Tower Up Studios is a company that develops games for the PC platform, mobile and consoles. Whether copyright or custom.

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More information on Tower Up Studios, our logo & relevant media are available here.


Jequi's Dream Credits

Alessandra Faria de Castro
Watercolor Painting & Prop Modeler

Álvaro Algusto Rocha
Cinematics & Prop Modeler

Diogo Rigo de Brito Guimarães
Programmer & Sound Designer

Érico de Cerqueira Grasso
UI/UX Designer & Prop Modeler

Jadson Fernandes Resende
Modeling & Animation

Ramon Coelho de Souza
Project Manager & Press Relations

Rômulo Santos Silva
Programmer & Game Designer

Music Composers
Rubinho do Vale, Cláudia Duarte, Eugênio Brito, Fernando Guimarães, Gilvan de Oliveira, Fernando Brant, Wuraides da Cruz

Faculty Mentors at PUC Minas University
Artur Martins Mol, Daniel Pinheiro Lima, Eduardo Penha Castro Fantini, Eveline Alonso Veloso, Ilo Rivero, Luiz Flavio Freitas Barbosa de Oliveira, Marcelo Souza Nery, Marco Antonio da Silva Barbosa, Paulo Fernando Braga Carvalho, Rosilane Ribeiro Mota, Rommel Vieira Carneiro, Sandro Jerônimo de Almeida, Simone Alves Nogueira


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