Despelote

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Despelote
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Developers
  • Julián Cordero
  • Sebastián Valbuena
Publisher Panic
Producer Gabe Cuzzillo
Programmer Julián Cordero
Composer Sebastián Valbuena
Engine Unity [1]
Platforms
ReleaseMay 1, 2025
Genre Adventure
Mode Single-player
The two developers of Despelote in March 2025: Julian Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena. Despelote Dev Team.png
The two developers of Despelote in March 2025: Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena.

Despelote is a first-person adventure video game and was released on 1 May 2025. It is slice-of-life set in Quito during Ecuador's qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where the player is able to explore and play with a soccer ball in the city. The game is autobiographical and from the perspective of an eight year old Julián Cordero, one of the developers. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Reception

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2025 Independent Games Festival Seumas McNally Grand Prize Nominated [6]
Excellence in AudioWon
Excellence in NarrativeNominated
Nuovo AwardNominated
Golden Joystick Awards Best Indie GamePending [7]
The Game Awards 2025 Games for ImpactPending [8]
Best Debut Indie GamePending

References

  1. ↑ Saver, Michael (2025-06-01). "Games made with Unity: May 2025 in review". Unity Technologies . Retrieved 2025-07-14.
  2. ↑ Romano, Sal (December 10, 2024). "despelote add Switch version". Gematsu. Retrieved December 11, 2024. Due out in early 2025.
  3. ↑ Robles, Por Gustavo (2024-12-11). "Despelote confirma su llegada a Nintendo Switch en 2025". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  4. ↑ Castillo, Carolina (2024-12-15). "Videojuego ecuatoriano Despelote llega a Nintendo Switch en 2025". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  5. ↑ "Despelote: El videojuego ecuatoriano inspirado en la clasificación al Mundial del 2002 que llega a Nintendo en 2025". Ecuavis (in Spanish). 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  6. ↑ Patches, Matt (2025-03-19). "The GDC Awards' 2025 Game of the Year winners are in". Polygon . Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  7. ↑ Harris, Iain (2025-10-03). "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the Golden Joystick Award 2025 charge for most nominations, nudging out Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2". GamesRadar+ . Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  8. ↑ Maas, Jennifer (2025-11-17). "The Game Awards Nominations 2025: 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' Becomes Most-Nominated Game Ever With 12 Nods". Variety . Retrieved 2025-11-17.
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