Umbu Games

Umbu Games is an independent game development and art co-development studio founded in 2015 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Its work spans original games, external production for other studios and publishers, and interactive applications for education and corporate training. The company develops for PC, consoles and mobile devices, combining artistic production with programming and engineering support.

The studio balances its own intellectual property with work-for-hire production. Its game art services include concept development, character and environment modeling, texturing, animation, interface design, and the creation of tracks and scenes. It also authors and optimizes real-time visual effects in Unity and Unreal Engine. Development engagements can encompass full game production, co-development, porting and engineering, allowing the studio to contribute individual production disciplines or deliver broader projects.

Original games and external production

Umbu Games released Death's Life in 2016, introducing a comedic puzzle game built around chain reactions and accidental deaths. Its original portfolio also includes educational adventures, rhythm games, casual simulations and arcade projects, reflecting a range of audiences and formats.

As an external production partner, the studio contributed real-time visual effects to Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 and Avatar: The Last Airbender - Quest for Balance. Its work on DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing included 3D environments, tracks and interface assets. For Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports, its contributions covered art, animation, visual effects and interface design.

Learning and interactive applications

Alongside entertainment games, Umbu Games produces serious games and gamified software for academic learning and enterprise training. These projects address subjects such as financial literacy, chemistry and employee development. Examples include EducaMoney, a financial literacy simulation for mobile and desktop, Chemix Laboratório, an educational chemistry application, and SG Go, a corporate training game. Its broader interactive capabilities include virtual reality and augmented reality experiences.