Factsheet
Developer:
Aoca Game Lab
Salvador — Bahia, Brazil
Founded:
August 1, 2016
Website:
aocagamelab.games
Press / Business:
contact@aocagamelab.games
Social:
instagram.com/aocagamelab
twitter.com/aocagamelab
tiktok.com/@aocagamelab
bsky.app/aocagamelab
threads.com/@aocagamelab
youtube.com/@aocagamelab
facebook.com/aocagamelab
linkedin.com/company/aoca-game-lab
Releases:
ARIDA: Backlands Awakening
ARIDA II: Rise of the Brave
Address:
Alameda Salvador, 1057
Salvador Shopping Business Tower
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Description
Aoca Game Lab is an indie game development studio from Salvador, Brazil. Our creative vision blends the potentials of humanities and technologies, building IPs that start from games and reach other areas of the entertainment industry.
History
Our History
Founded in 2016, Aoca Game Lab is a studio from Salvador, in the Brazilian northeast.
Through games, we create IPs with historical and touching storytelling, suggesting new paths to the industry's thematic standards. Our main franchise is ÁRIDA — a series of 3D adventure games set in 19th-century Brazilian backlands.
We understand technology as a tool for transforming realities. The global reach of games is our strategy to present diverse narratives and identities, joining fun with universally relevant themes.
We launched ÁRIDA: Backland's Awakening in 2019 for PC, followed by mobile versions in 2022 and console ports in 2024. We are currently developing ÁRIDA II: Rise of the Brave.
Vision and Future
Our future vision is to become an internationally recognized company for bringing Brazilian popular culture to players worldwide, reaching other spaces such as licensing, animations and books.
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More images available on request — contact us.
Logo & Icon
Awards & Recognition
- 2016 — Fazcultura Cultural Grant (Governo do Estado da Bahia)
- 2016 — Comunidades de Prática Grant (SEBRAE, Brazil)
- 2017 — “Finalist Big Starter” (BIG Festival, Brazil)
- 2018 — “Best Art” (Gamepolitán, Brazil)
- 2018 — Official Selection (SBGames 2018, Brazil)
- 2019 — ÁRIDA: Backland's Awakening — PC Launch
- 2019 — “Best Game” / “Best Narrative” / “Best Art” — multiple nominations (SBGames 2019, Brazil)
- 2019 — “Courage Cologne” selection (A MAZE Cologne, Germany)
- 2019 — “Nordic Discovery” selection (Nordic Game Discovery, Sweden)
- 2019 — “Le Blanc” selection (Le Blanc, France)
- 2019 — ComKids Prize (ComKids Festival, Brazil)
- 2020 — “Black Founders Fund” (Google for Startups Brazil)
- 2021 — “Indie Games Accelerator” (Google Play)
- 2022 — ÁRIDA: Backland's Awakening — Mobile Launch (Android & iOS)
- 2022 — “Indie Games Fund” (Google Play)
- 2023 — “Best of Play Pass” (Google Play)
- 2024 — ÁRIDA: Backland's Awakening — Console Launch (Xbox & Nintendo)
- 2024 — “Prêmio Brasil Tá Pra Game” (Embratur Lab, Brazil)
- 2024 — “Best Brazilian Game” (Coelho Awards — Nintendo)
- 2024 — “Best Message Game” (Coelho Awards — Nintendo)
Selected Articles
- "The resistance of the creators of ÁRIDA, a game about the life in the Brazilian backlands."
— Henrique Sampaio, Overloadr, Brazil - "ÁRIDA, Canudos and the reframing of the Brazilian backlands in video games."
— Victor Ferreira, The Enemy, Brazil - "Why this former researcher started a game company"
— Patricia Correa, Google Play Blog, USA
Games
- ARIDA: Backlands Awakening — PC / Console / Mobile
- ARIDA II: Rise of the Brave — in development
Contact
Filipe Pereira
CEO · Lead Game Designer & Producer
filipe@aocagamelab.games
Victor Cardozo
COO · Art Director & Marketing Lead
victor@aocagamelab.games
General contact
contact@aocagamelab.games
Social & Links
Instagram ·
Twitter / X ·
TikTok
Bluesky ·
Threads
YouTube ·
Facebook
LinkedIn
Main site
aocagamelab.games
ÁRIDA game site
aridagame.com