Huni Kuin: Yube Baitana
This game was developed together with the Huni Kuin (Kaxinawá) Indians from the Jordan River, in the Amazon, Acre, Brazil, in order to address the culture of the Kaxinawá indigenous people (or Huni Kuin, as…
Huni Kuin: Yube Baitana is an adventure developed by Beya Xinã Bena, released 1 April 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Huni Kuin: Yube Baitana is
Huni Kuin: Yube Baitana is an adventure game developed by Beya Xinã Bena and released in 2016. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A couple of Kaxinawá twins were conceived by anaconda Yube in dreams and inherited his special powers. A young hunter and a small artisan, throughout the game, go through a series of challenges to become, respectively, a healer (Mukaya) and a master of drawings (kene). In this journey, they will gain skills and knowledge of their ancestors, the animals, plants and spirits; enter into communication with the visible and invisible beings of the forest (yuxin), to become, finally, real human beings (Huni Kuin). This game was devopeled with the aim of addressing the culture of the Kaxinawa People (or Huni Kuin as they call themselves) in order to provide an exchange of knowledge and indigenous…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are educational, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Huni Kuin: Yube Baitana launched on 1 April 2016, within three weeks of Dark Souls III, Hitman, Ratchet & Clank and Don't Starve Together.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls III, Hitman, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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