Third World: The Bottom Dimension
Explore a fantastical world designed by visual artist Gabriel Massan & collaborators that draws on their experience of Brazil’s colonial legacy. This art-game is an experiment in non-linear storytelling and collaborative world-building that invites you to open your mind.
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June 21, 2023
3 years and 42 days ago
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Mixed15 reviews66.7%
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8 itemsAbout the Game
Journey through a fantastical world conceptualised by artist Gabriel Massan, and featuring artists Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Novíssimo Edgar and LYZZA that investigates Black-Brazilian experience and the ramifications of colonialism on our ecosystem.
As an agent of a mysterious organisation known as the Headquarters you are sent to the territories of Igba Tingbo and Sòfo to fulfil a mission, but events soon begin to unfold otherwise.
Embodying different playable characters across two distinct, but interconnected levels, you embark on a journey through six kaleidoscopic landscapes, collecting special abilities and collectibles. As your quest unfolds and you encounter the native stories, characters and delicate balance of this world, you begin to understand another side to the story through the poetry, film and memories that are shared in this unique game.
An experiment in non-linear storytelling and collaborative worldbuilding, this game invites you to open your mind.
✻ Explore a collectively-imagined world conceptualised by contemporary artists
✻ Playthrough rich virtual environments inspired by the biomes of Latin America including craters, swamps, caves, gorges and deserts
✻ Encounter the work and research of a vital generation of Brazilian contemporary artists including Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro and Novíssimo Edgar through poetry, films, dialogues and narrative design
✻ Immerse yourself in sound design by experimental vocalist and producer LYZZA
✻ Embody two unique playable characters; Funfun and Buburu, each with different abilities and stories
✻ Meet and learn from a variety of characters you meet along the way
✻ Create and share memories by documenting your playthroughs using the in-game camera (Capture Mode) and share them online with the hashtag #thebottomdimension
✻ Open your mind to new ways of seeing the world inspired by queer and decolonial thinking
✻ Listen to the original game soundtrack by LYZZA released 2024
Please note that due to the update, existing users may need to download and re-install the game.
Based out of Serpentine, a contemporary art space in London, Serpentine Arts Technologies is an artistic programme with a mission to support artists who are challenging and reshaping the role of technologies in society.
As an agent of a mysterious organisation known as the Headquarters you are sent to the territories of Igba Tingbo and Sòfo to fulfil a mission, but events soon begin to unfold otherwise.
Embodying different playable characters across two distinct, but interconnected levels, you embark on a journey through six kaleidoscopic landscapes, collecting special abilities and collectibles. As your quest unfolds and you encounter the native stories, characters and delicate balance of this world, you begin to understand another side to the story through the poetry, film and memories that are shared in this unique game.
An experiment in non-linear storytelling and collaborative worldbuilding, this game invites you to open your mind.
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✻ Explore a collectively-imagined world conceptualised by contemporary artists
✻ Playthrough rich virtual environments inspired by the biomes of Latin America including craters, swamps, caves, gorges and deserts
✻ Encounter the work and research of a vital generation of Brazilian contemporary artists including Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro and Novíssimo Edgar through poetry, films, dialogues and narrative design
✻ Immerse yourself in sound design by experimental vocalist and producer LYZZA
✻ Embody two unique playable characters; Funfun and Buburu, each with different abilities and stories
✻ Meet and learn from a variety of characters you meet along the way
✻ Create and share memories by documenting your playthroughs using the in-game camera (Capture Mode) and share them online with the hashtag #thebottomdimension
✻ Open your mind to new ways of seeing the world inspired by queer and decolonial thinking
✻ Listen to the original game soundtrack by LYZZA released 2024
Please note that due to the update, existing users may need to download and re-install the game.
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Based out of Serpentine, a contemporary art space in London, Serpentine Arts Technologies is an artistic programme with a mission to support artists who are challenging and reshaping the role of technologies in society.
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