Overseas

Overseas is a collection of short art games, or digital poems, connected by a shared interface: a mysterious place resembling a spaceship. There is no challenge or conventional story. You travel between worlds and look for associative links and an obscure meaning in what you encounter, from quotes by Heraclitus and throat singing to a plastic bag dancing in the wind.

The collection is potentially unlimited, with new games to be added over time. It currently contains four episodes, each designed to take 5–15 minutes and each with an ending.

The episodes

• Tlön: Wander through a psychedelic digital jungle where elusive objects change shape when nobody is looking. The world is wild but fragile, and the episode explores the fleetingness of a moment.
• La forêt: Look around to continually transform a landscape inspired by Max Ernst’s paintings of mysterious forests. You can also plant a tree to trigger an uncanny chain reaction in this horror-tinged episode.
• Sacred Grove: Learn secret shamanic techniques and experience what it means to be connected to nature, with the possibility of feeling powerful or powerless. Sometimes, it may be better to let go.
• Chernodyrsk / Black Hole City: Play a simulator about a Russian gopnik struggling through an identity crisis. Its mechanics let you reflect on the vanity of worldly things while wandering through a bad neighbourhood.