DeVuego (from DeVelopment and videojuego) is a project founded in 2013 by Yova Turnes, initially with the intention of creating a database of all those video games that have been developed in Spain, with special emphasis on recognizing all the developers involved in its creation.
Over time, and since the birth of the blog and other side projects, DeVuego has evolved to provide coverage and support to the Spanish video game from many points of view:
- The player's: who is regularly updated with releases of Spanish video games on any platform, including reviews, reports, etc.
- The fan: all kinds of articles, interviews and other contents about the Spanish industry, or the development of video games are published, aimed to the video game fan who doesn't just want to play.
- The developer's: events for developers, workshops, and conferences are reported, and articles, reports and statistics relevant to the developer are also produced.
Currently the project consists of several pillars:
- The blog, where we publish news, reviews, interviews and all kinds of articles related to Spanish video games, whether from a purely playful aspect or from other prisms such as industry or development.
- The Spanish Videogame Industry Database (BD), which differs from the usual videogame databases by including - as long as the data is known - the developers of each game, collecting past, present and future of the Spanish videogame, in addition to providing important statistics on the status and evolution of Spanish videogame development. Progressively this database has been expanding its spectrum to accommodate all the protagonists of the industry, not only developers and studies: companies related to video games, associations, training centers, people in the industry, etc.
- Spanish Video Game Books database (CÓDICE), which compiles all those works related to the world of video games that have been written by Spanish authors.
- Spanish Video Game Press database (PR_ES), which collects not only all types of Spanish video game media but also its members and content such as magazines, podcasts, audiovisuals, etc., and links all this to the database of Spanish video games.
- Spanish Video Game Events (DEVENTOS) that includes all kinds of events about video games aimed at the general public as well as developers and industry professionals.
- Spanish Video Game Professionals database (PRO) in collaboration with AEVI, which aims to be a useful information center for the videogame developer, collecting grants, contests, festivals and other events specifically designed for the promotion of its videogames.
Agreement with AEVI
In June 2018, DeVuego reached a collaboration agreement with AEVI (Spanish Association of Video Games), the main association of the sector in Spain, through which it became its strategic partner. This agreement initially consists of two fundamental points:
- AEVI recognizes DeVuego as the main database of the Spanish Video Game Industry
- Both entities collaborate to create a new platform within DeVuego called PRO, aimed at collecting relevant information for the video game development professional
About the Author
DeVuego has been fully conceived, programmed and designed by Yova Turnes. A computer specialist who dedicates a good part of his free time to carry out Internet projects related to video games. More information in his profiles: