The Adventure Video Game “Barracks” It is the winning project of the fourth call for the Durango Fair Creation Grant, as announced this morning at a press conference held in Landako. The designer and programmer irundarra River Aizpurua will have 15,000 euros to develop this game that combines real images, stop motion and traditional animation, and which, if all goes well, will be playable from December 2022 on computer and mobile.
This year the scholarship has focused on the digital creation, the same as in previous years did with literature, music and audiovisual and work Aizpurua has been chosen by a jury of Lorea Arakistain, communications the PuntuEus foundation; Diana Franco, head of the Kabi @ area of Durangoko Azoka; Vanesa Fernández, director of the festival Zinebi; Rakel Esparza, head of programming azkuna zentroa; and Iker Fidalgo, Doctor of Fine Arts.
‘Barracks’
“Barraka” offers a proposal “suggestive, tempting and beautiful”, as explained by Arakistain in today’s event. “He has managed to create a fantasy world with a very attractive aesthetic, and refers to experiences that all adults know: the festivals of the towns, barracks, cucherías …”, added Arakistain.
In the words of the jury representative, “videogames account for 8% of total Internet traffic, and the presence of Basque in this field is anecdotal”. Hopefully “Barraka” serves at least as a benchmark in that field.
Urizar has been very happy to receive the award from the mayor of Durango Ima Garrastatxu (the scholarship is funded by the City Council) and Nerea Mujika. “I have to thank the Game Erauntsia collective, because I found out about the call thanks to them,” he began his speech.
‘Barracks’
Urizar has added that he really wants to get to work fully on this project, created expressly for the call, and has explained that he will take care of 90% of the process. “For music, I will have the help of my friend Gonzalo Sardón.”
The protagonist of “Barraka” is Ainhoa, a girl who enters, during the festivities of a town, a haunted barrack that opens the door to a fantastic world.
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