From games based on the Malvinas War to Argentina’s urban legends and even its most popular beverage, the local video game industry put all its creativity and energy on display at the Argentine Video Game Expo (EVA, for its Spanish initials) with a slew of games based on topics and motifs of the country’s culture.

The Association of Argentine Video Game Developers (ADVA, for its Spanish initials) organized the event that took place between October 23 and 26 at the recently renamed Palacio Libertad in Buenos Aires. Developers spoke to the Herald about where they got the inspiration for the projects and the state of the industry in the country.

Take “Cebador,” for example, a mobile video game named after the person in charge of serving mate, the country’s traditional hot beverage.

“There was nothing centered around yerba mate and that’s when I said ‘let’s go that way’,” said Mariano Bevaqcua, game designer and project artist.

“We said ‘How can we make a mate game challenging?’ First we came up with a character who only drinks latte macchiatos and someone forces him to learn how to drink mate. And then we took it one step further, asking ‘What if he dies, and has to learn how to drink mate to get into heaven?’” Bevacqua told the Herald.

“That’s the starting point of the delirious story you can see in the game.”

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