benjas110 ~

Benjamín Morales Venegas /interactive designer and video game producer

Co-Founder of Kokonut. I have spent more than 15 years building digital products (video games, apps and interactive experiences). I consult on them and build them with my team.

/see-projects /consulting

/about

I'm Benjamín Morales Venegas, and I sign my work as benjas110. I studied Interactive Design at Universidad Iberoamericana and Entertainment Business Management at Vancouver Film School.

In 2009 I co-founded Kokonut. Since then I have made video games and digital products in different roles: development, production and business. Kokonut grew into several brands, and I am a founding partner of three: Kokonut Studio, Kokonut Gamxs and think.make.

I like working where design meets business: making sure what looks good also works as a product.

  • /nowFounding partner of Kokonut Studio, Kokonut Gamxs and think.make
  • /educationInteractive Design · Universidad Iberoamericana
  • /educationEntertainment Business Management · Vancouver Film School

/projects

The companies I founded and some of the projects I've worked on, in order. Almost all of them were team work.

  1. 2008Universidad Iberoamericana

    foodmates

    role: Programmer

    The eighth-semester project I graduated with. We presented it at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2008 · Design Expo.

    A system that helps kids aged 6 to 11 balance what they eat with how much they move: a wristband that widens with junk food and only shrinks back with exercise, a video game where that exercise turns into points, and a guide for parents.

    food-mates.com ↗

  2. 2009 – nowKokonut

    kokonut-studio

    role: Founding partner

    The studio Kokonut started with. We build digital products and technology solutions (apps, platforms and interactive experiences) for brands such as Coca-Cola, KIA, Coppel, Steelcase and Hidrosina.

    kokonutstudio.com ↗

  3. 2011Universidad Iberoamericana

    brain

    role: Programmer

    A project I made with fellow Ibero graduates and presented at Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2011.

    A system so that kids who spend weeks in shelters after a natural disaster keep learning: teachers around the world share material, it becomes games, and a box with a Kinect and a projector, the Brain Box, takes them to the shelter.

    site coming soon

  4. 2012Kokonut Studio · Chillingo (EA)

    sky-hero

    role: Lead Developer

    A free-fall arcade game where the real weather where you are becomes the weather in the game. It started in 2011 as an in-house Kokonut Studio project; Chillingo (EA) published it on November 29, 2012, and Apple named it one of the best Latin American apps of 2013.

    skyherogame.com ↗

  5. 2017 – nowHospitality

    airbnb

    role: Manager

    Away from screens I also work in hospitality: I have managed Airbnb stays since 2017.

    • 17listings
    • 1,385reviews
    • 4.78rating

    airbnb.com/p/benjas110 ↗

  6. 2018 – nowKokonut · Video games

    kokonut-gamxs

    role: Founding partner

    Kokonut's video game brand: games for people of all ages, our own and for brands such as Netflix (The Old Guard), Mattel (Hot Wheels), Diamond Films, Farmacias Similares and Grupo Chespirito.

    kokonut.games ↗

  7. 2019Kokonut Gamxs · iOS · Android

    lopii

    role: Business Partner

    A games platform that trains kids' attention: a diagnostic game measures their attention profile, and the training games stop after 20 minutes a day.

    lopii.kokonut.games ↗

  8. 2020Kokonut Gamxs · iOS · Android

    el-chavo-kart

    role: Producer

    A kart racing game with the characters of El Chavo del 8: as you progress you unlock tracks, characters, karts and tires. We made it at Kokonut Gamxs with Grupo Chespirito and Games For People.

    elchavokart.kokonut.games ↗

  9. 2022Kokonut · Consulting

    think.make

    role: Founding partner

    Kokonut's consulting brand: we help companies define their products through Design Sprint and Business Model Design.

  10. 2025 – nowCuliacán

    jardín-luben

    role: Manager

    An outdoor event garden in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, for celebrating life's big moments.

    facebook.com/JardinLuBen ↗

  11. /coming-soon

/consulting-and-development

I consult on digital product development and, if you need it, we build the product too.

I have spent more than 15 years making video games and apps from every side: design, development, production and business. I can help you define what to build and how, or take on the whole project with my team, from idea to launch.

Have a digital product or a video game in mind? Write to me and let's talk.

/linkedin ↗
  • /01Define the product and its business model
  • /02Design Sprint and a prototype to validate it
  • /03Development plan, team and budget
  • /04Product development: design, code and art
  • /05Production and launch