Daniel Benmergui
Encyclopedia
Daniel Benmergui is an independent game designer
from Buenos Aires
, Argentina
known for the creation of art game
s such as Today I Die, I Wish I Were the Moon, and Storyteller.
. His multiple-game package Moon Stories was awarded the Jury Award at Indiecade
2009 and was featured at Sense Of Wonder Night 2008 in Tokyo.
Independent video game development
Independent video game development is the process of creating video games without the financial support of a video game publisher. While large firms can create independent games, they are usually designed by an individual or a small team of as many as ten people, depending on the complexity of the...
from Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
known for the creation of art game
Art game
An art game or arthouse game is a video game that is designed in such a way as to emphasize art or whose structure is intended to produce some kind of reaction in its audience. Art games typically go out of their way to have a unique, unconventional look, often standing out for aesthetic beauty or...
s such as Today I Die, I Wish I Were the Moon, and Storyteller.
Awards
Today I Die was chosen as a finalist for the Nuovo Award at the 2010 Independent Games FestivalIndependent Games Festival
The Independent Games Festival is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference, the largest annual gathering of the indie video game industry. It was founded in 1998 to assist and inspire innovation in video game development and to recognize the best independent video game developers...
. His multiple-game package Moon Stories was awarded the Jury Award at Indiecade
Indiecade
Indiecade or IndieCade is an international juried festival of independent video games. IndieCade is known as "the video game industry's Sundance". At IndieCade independent video game developers are selected to screen and promote their work at the annual IndieCade festival and showcase events...
2009 and was featured at Sense Of Wonder Night 2008 in Tokyo.
Works
- Today I Die (2009)
- I wish I were the Moon (2008)
- Night Raveler and the Heartbroken Uruguayans (2008)
- Secret of Software 64 (2008)
- Storyteller (2008)
- The Trials (2008)