{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6d51ae4b88fe6c19242e72e2","clusterId":"c_487073fcd4caf673a38fa020","slug":"huni-kuin-action-game-brings-amazonian-shamans-tales-to-steam","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Huni Kuin Action Game Brings Amazonian Shamans' Tales to Steam","summary":"A side-scrolling action game developed with the Huni Kuin people of Acre, Brazil was shown at Brasil Game Show 2026 in Sao Paulo. Huni Kuin: Beya Xinã Bena is scheduled for PC in the first quarter of 2027, with a demo on Steam. Publisher APOTI's Guilherme Meneses says its foundation is seven folktales heard from village shamans, and that characters are voiced by villagers in the Huni Kuin language.","whyItMatters":"A game whose health and ability gauges are built from the Huni Kuin concept of yuxin, and whose cutscenes reuse illustrations by an indigenous artists' collective, is a case of a village's own cosmology setting the design rules rather than supplying decoration.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe demo\u0026#39;s first chapter, \u0026#34;Yube Nawa Aĩbu,\u0026#34; follows Dua Yube, who imitates a tapir and throws three jenipapo fruits into a lake, is taken to the world of the serpent people, and learns the secret of nixi pae, the Huni Kuin name for the brew Brazil knows as ayahuasca. In the full game, yuxin in the body forms the health gauge and yuxin in the eyes forms the special ability gauge, while a face in the upper right of the screen tracks the player\u0026#39;s relationship with yuxibu, the forest\u0026#39;s guardian spirit. Players switch between bow, spear, and club.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Huni Kuin: Beya Xinã Bena, a 2D action game made with the Huni Kuin of Acre, Brazil, was shown at Brasil Game Show 2026. PC release set for Q1 2027, demo on Steam. Body yuxin is the health gauge. Characters are voiced by villagers in hãtxa kuin.","twitterPost":"Huni Kuin: Beya Xinã Bena, developed with the Huni Kuin people of Acre, Brazil, appeared at Brasil Game Show 2026. PC release in Q1 2027, demo on Steam. Body yuxin drives the health gauge; villagers voice the cast in hãtxa kuin.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"At Brasil Game Show 2026 in Sao Paulo, a side-scrolling action game made with the Huni Kuin people of Acre was playable. Huni Kuin: Beya Xinã Bena heads to PC in the first quarter of 2027, with a Steam demo out now. Publisher APOTI's Guilherme Meneses traced the game to seven folktales heard from village shamans, and said the village recorded the dialogue and narration in the Huni Kuin language.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/049/G104930/20261011002/\",\"title\":\"Huni Kuin: Beya Xinã Bena is a 2D action game drawn and voiced by Amazonian villagers [BGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4733,"outputTokens":707,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791692531,"createdAt":"2026-10-11T04:16:40.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-11T04:21:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T04:21:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_487073fcd4caf673a38fa020","canonicalTitle":"「Huni Kuin: Beya Xinã Bena」は，アマゾンの村人が絵を描き，声を当てた2Dアクション［BGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_c627e1090efa53a07d15915e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Huni Kuin: Beya Xinã Bena\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-11T03:07:36.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-11T03:07:36.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T04:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/049/G104930/20261011002/","title":"「Huni Kuin: Beya Xinã Bena」は，アマゾンの村人が絵を描き，声を当てた2Dアクション［BGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Huni Kuin: Beya Xinã Bena"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}