Third World: The Bottom Dimension FAQs

These FAQs were last updated on 21 June 2023 and may be updated from time to time. Our Third World Playing Terms and Third World Minting Terms apply to your use of the game. Please read these terms of use carefully before you begin.

About the Game

What is my game code?

Your game code is the unique 6-digit code that will be provided to you by a member of Serpentine North when you enter one of two game rooms in the gallery. You will need to use this code to login to play the game at the exhibition and to create memories of your game experience using the ‘capture power’ function of the game.

Where can I play the game?

You can play the game on the game stations at the Third World: The Bottom Dimension exhibition at Serpentine North from 23 June – 26 November 2023. You can also play the game at home by downloading it onto your PC from Steam.

What are ‘game captures’?

‘Capture Power’ is a feature of the game that enables you to record photos and videos up to 15 seconds long of your experience or ‘memories’ in the game world. The artist’s intention is to invite exhibition visitors to become part of a growing archive of perspective of the game world

If you visit the exhibition at Serpentine North, you will have the option of minting exhibition tokens of your game captures using our tablet devices. If you are playing the game at home you can also use the capture power feature, however game captures will only be available to mint as exhibition tokens at the exhibition.

Is the game suitable for children?

The game includes references to violence and asks players to decide whether to participate in violence so parental discretion for the playing of the game is advised. If you are under the age of 18, you must have a parent or legal guardian review our Gameplay T&Cs and Minting T&Cs before accessing the Game at the exhibition or downloading on your PC at home, or minting exhibition tokens at the exhibition.

Minting Memories (Exhibition Tokens)

What are exhibition tokens?

Exhibition tokens are non-fungible tokens, also known as ‘NFTs’, which are powered by the Tezos blockchain. We have chosen to describe the tokens as ‘web3 tokens’ and ‘exhibition tokens’ rather than ‘NFTs’ because we want to encourage visitors to think about the underlying functional quality of this technology, and steer away from the narrower understanding of NFTs as a tradable commodity.

When you mint an exhibition token at the exhibition, it will be linked to your selected game captures using our tablet devices. The exhibition token is a unique digital souvenir of your experience in the game world. Being an NFT, you can choose to hold on to your exhibition token in your digital wallet, or you can choose to transfer or sell it using an NFT marketplace platform like objkt.com.

What does it mean to ‘mint’ an exhibition token?

To ‘mint’ is the word we use to describe the process of creating an exhibition token on the Tezos blockchain. More generally, to ‘mint’ an NFT means to generate a unique cryptographic token stored on a blockchain. When ‘minted’ the NFT will be hosted by your nominated digital wallet and it will be yours to own and transfer or sell as you see fit.

Do I have to pay to mint an exhibition token?

Minting exhibition tokens is free. Generally, when you mint, transfer or sell an NFT on a blockchain, you incur a ‘gas fee’ for conducting a transaction on a blockchain. However, when you mint exhibition tokens at the exhibition, Serpentine will incur and pay for the associated gas fees.

Can I change my mind after selecting a game capture for my exhibition token?

You can change your mind about your game capture selection until you scan the QR code with your mobile device to confirm your chosen asset.

You may choose to go back to the beginning of the exhibition to collect another game code from our visitor experience staff. Once you have collected your new game code, you can conduct a new gameplay session and create new game captures to select from.

How many exhibition tokens can I mint?

You can mint one game capture for each session of gameplay. If you would like to mint more than one exhibition token, you will need to go back to the beginning of the exhibition to collect another game code from our visitor experience staff. Once you have collected your new game code, you can conduct a new game-play session and create new game captures to select from.

Can I mint exhibition tokens when I play the game at home?

Exhibition tokens are designed to be unique digital souvenirs of the exhibition at Serpentine North, rather than of the gameplay per se. While ‘Capture Power’ is a feature that will also be available for users who download the game to play on their PC, you are only permitted to mint exhibition tokens while at the exhibition on our tablet devices.

Minting an NFT which is linked to or contains a ‘hash’ to a game capture file that is not minted at the exhibition on our tablet devices is not permitted and would constitute copyright infringement in the game capture. Copyright in all game captures of the game experience is owned by Gabriel Massan and Serpentine and your acknowledgment of our rights in all game captures is a condition of your use of the game.

What smart contract standard do the exhibition tokens use?

We use the NFT smart contract standard for Tezos called FA2, which runs the minting of Exhibition Tokens on objkt, a digital art and collectible marketplace on the Tezos blockchain. The FA2 standard supports a wide range of token types. In the case of exhibition tokens, we use the FA2 standard because of its support of multi-token collections, which are equivalent to the Ethereum standard of ERC1155.

Will my game capture be permanently stored on the blockchain?

While the exhibition token is permanently stored on the Tezos blockchain, the game capture file which is linked to the metadata of an exhibition token is not itself stored on the Tezos blockchain. The game capture file is stored on the interplanetary file system or ‘IPFS’, a peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system. The reason why the game capture file is not itself stored on the blockchain is because the token itself can store very little data.

Wallets

What is a ‘wallet’?

A cryptocurrency wallet, also known as a digital wallet or crypto wallet, stores the private keys required to access and manage tokens, like NFTs and cryptocurrency. Unlike a traditional wallet that holds physical cash or cards, a cryptocurrency wallet does not actually store the NFTs and cryptocurrency themselves. Instead, it stores the cryptographic keys needed to access and transfer the digital assets on a blockchain.

If you would like to mint an exhibition token, you will be required to nominate a compatible wallet that you would like your exhibition token to be held by. Alternatively, if you do not have a compatible wallet, you will be directed to set up a Kukai wallet as part of the exhibition token minting process.

What is a Kukai wallet?

A Kukai wallet is a cryptocurrency wallet designed specifically for the Tezos blockchain. It is non-custodial, which means that users have full control over their private keys and its contents. It allows users to securely store, send, and receive Tezos tokens, like XTZ cryptocurrency and Tezos NFTs.

Transferring and Selling Exhibition Tokens

What can I do with my exhibition token?

If you mint an exhibition token, you own the cryptographic token linking to the game capture of your game-play experience. As the owner of the exhibition token, you can use it in accordance with the limited licence rights we grant you. You can also transfer or sell your exhibition token [on objkt.com].

What rights do I have in the Exhibition Token?

If you are the current holder of an exhibition token, you are granted a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License in relation to the game captures linked to your exhibition token (Limited Licence Rights).

These Limited Licence Rights grant you permission to reproduce and share the game capture file associated with your exhibition token for non-commercial purposes only. For example, you might like to display your exhibition token in an NFT-compatible frame or display at home, or display it in a metaverse environment. If you are the current holder of an exhibition token, you are also welcome to share the recording of your game capture linked to your exhibition token on social media platforms and online community servers, as long as you credit or tag Gabriel Massan, Serpentine and Tezos.

Can I commercialise my Exhibition Token?

If you are the current holder of an exhibition token, you are permitted to monetise your exhibition token by selling it for a fee. However, you are not permitted to monetise the game capture linked to your exhibition token. This means that you cannot sell or licence the intellectual property rights in the game capture, as these rights are exclusive to Gabriel Massan and the Serpentine.

Can I show the Exhibition Token on my social media or in an online community server I am part of?

If you are the current holder of an exhibition token, you are also welcome to share the recording of your game capture linked to your exhibition token on social media platforms and online community servers, as long as you credit or tag Gabriel Massan, Serpentine and Tezos.

Does anyone receive a royalty or commission when I sell my exhibition token?

NFT marketplaces generally charge a commission fee on sales of NFTs on their platform. You should check the terms of sale of the platform before choosing to sell your exhibition token on that platform.

In addition, if you sell your exhibition token on [objkt.com] the artist Gabriel Massan and their collaborators for the game, receive a royalty fee from the sale proceeds. The payment of this royalty fee is administered by Serpentine and is an important way in which the artist and their collaborators can share in the future monetary value of their cultural work.

Tezos

What is Tezos?

Tezos is a pioneering Proof of Stake blockchain, redefining what it means to hold and exchange value in a digitally connected world. A self-upgradable and energy-efficient Proof of Stake blockchain with a proven track record, Tezos seamlessly adopts tomorrow’s innovations without network disruptions today. For more information, please visit www.tezos.com.

Personal Data

Do you retain any of my personal data?

We do not retain any of your personal data from your use of the game or your minting of exhibition tokens. However, your personal data may be retained by third parties as part of your use of the game and minting of exhibition tokens. For example, in order to download the game on your PC you will be required to register an account with Steam. As part of that registration process you may be required to share your personal data with Steam.

Similarly, if you want to mint an exhibition token at the exhibition and you do not already have a compatible wallet to conduct the minting process and hold your exhibition token, you will be required to register an account with Kukai to set up your Kukai wallet.

For more information on what we retain and for what purposes visit our privacy policy.