"Based on developer Julián Cordero's own childhood, the game follows eight-year-old Julián as he watches, plays, and daydreams about soccer in the leadup to Ecuador's first appearance at the World Cup. But while soccer means the world for the fictional Julián, Despelote is also a story about the political unrest that enveloped Quito, Ecuador in 2001, while the game's star and his friends could focus on nothing but the next match."
"As much as it's a game about soccer, Despelote is also a game about memory. It tells its story in a series of vignettes, often beginning in the middle of a scene like a half-remembered dream. Even its art style works to reinforce the idea that you're watching a series of hazy memories, using crunchy, lo-fi versions of real places rendered in monochrome, as if the details are fading right before your eyes."
Despelote released on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox in May and earned Game Awards nominations for Best Debut Indie Game and Games for Impact. The Nintendo Switch release arrives on December 11, coinciding with the Game Awards. The game follows eight-year-old Julián, inspired by developer Julián Cordero's childhood, as he watches, plays, and daydreams about soccer during Ecuador's first World Cup qualification. The narrative juxtaposes youthful obsession with the political unrest that engulfed Quito in 2001. The story unfolds through vignette-like, half-remembered scenes and a crunchy, lo-fi monochrome art style that frames memory as fragmented scraps of conversations, friends, and neighborhood games.
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