(Business in Cameroon) - Aurion, the heritage of the Kori-Odan, the very first video game 100% made in Cameroon, produced by start-up Kiro’o Games, could soon be adapted for film, reveals the Hollywood Reporter. According to this American newspaper, the company Good Fear Film, directed by Chris Bender and Jake Weiner, bought the rights for this video game, for its cinema adaptation.

“My team and I are very pleased to see our game become a film in Hollywood. This is something we have been dreaming about since the beginning”, Olivier Madiba, CEO of Kiro’o Games, declared via a communiqué. “We are inspired by Madiba and the world he created as well”, commented Chris Bender. A 10-year old project, finally completed on 14 April 2016, official release date, “Aurion, the heritage of the Kori-Odan” is inspired by the African culture and cosmogony. It is the story of a prince victim of a coup d'état committed by his brother-in-law on the very day of his coronation and wedding. The royal couple is therefore forced to go into exile and decides to travel the world over searching for support to get back on the throne. Financing to produce this video game came through crowdfunding. This operation through which subscribers are invited to buy shares in the company to finance its first video game was closed in early 2015 with an amount of FCfa 120 million raised, thus 182,504 Euros. According to statistics compiled by the Kiro’o Games team, 74% of subscriptions to this online fundraising operation were from Cameroonian nationals.

Brice R. Mbodiam