Interactive Game
Trust me, it's a forward!

Sat, 06.05.2023 -
Sun, 07.05.2023
11:30 AM - 19:00 Bangalore International Centre (BIC)

We invite you to play Trust Me, it's a Forward!, a game about trust in a post-truth world.

The game is set in a fantastical world that is alive and bustling deep under a turbulent ocean hidden under layers of icy crust. Within this world, factions of society are faced with crises, choices, and impossible decisions. There can only be one loser. 

Trust Me, it's a Forward! (TMF) turns the disembodied nature of digital messages into an interactive game experience. The game simulates behaviour that results from our interactions with information manufactured by large data systems that wield the power and resources to bend facts and public opinion. Given our reconfigured ideas of trust and safety, how do we identify fact from fiction to make decisions that allow us to survive the game? 
This experience is an inquiry into the changing nature of trust in a time when social media influences many of our decisions. 

Team: 
Karen D’Mello - Director 
Studio Oleomingus - Game Authors
Gaurav Singh Nijjer - Dramaturg
Ankita D’Souza - Visual Design
Sandeep Krishna - Initial Research and Ideation
Sathwik - Game Host
Shradha Raj - Production Manager 
Sunayana Premchander - Producer

Date and time: May 6 & 7, 2023, 11.30 a.m. & 4 p.m. | Venue: BIC
Duration: 2 hrs. | Language: English | Audience Capacity: up to 15 people 
Register here to choose your slot.

TMF is commissioned by the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore under the aegis of the Goethe-Institut’s Kultursymposium Weimar 2023. This edition, titled A Matter of Trust, will be held from May 10 to 12, 2023 in Weimar, Germany bringing together over 500 people from culture, science, economy, media and politics. The Symposium reflects the richness and complexity of urgent social issues from a global perspective, providing fresh inspiration for international cultural exchange.