Congratulations to Alberto Vega Rivera, who is the recipient of the Lápiz de Acero 2023 design award in the video game category.
The winning project, Oí Marimbí, is an educational and adventurous game for children filled with interactive musical challenges. Players complete activities to learn how to play the marimba. The video game was created with the interest of rescuing the ancestral sounds of the marimba de chonta and to provide new spaces to preserve the music of the Pacific Afro Colombian communities. Oí Marimbí was created by a team of designers, engineers, musicians, and cultural experts who supported the project in various stages.