a living being collected all the animals
it found in its direct surroundings and
placed their corpses in paradise.

now you can
explore, collect and create
new animals.

… and don’t forget to eat, or you will die!

We Are Dead Animals is a VR game

Explore paradise using only your hands!
Find and collect all the hidden dead animals.  Magically revive them.  Read their stories;
learn how they were found, how they died. Set them free and watch how they roam paradise enjoying their second chance to live. Collect them and combine their parts in your workshop, to create new species.

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You are not dead, Yet!

But in this game you can enter paradise nonetheless. You choose a guide and follow it by swimming upwards into paradise. Here you will find dead animals lying around. With a simple touch, you can bring these animals back to life, store them, or set them free.
You also get information about their deaths and where they were found, because all the animals and the surroundings are scans of real dead animals and organic materials. A voice-over made with the cloned voice of the director's deceased grandfather, provides you with the necessary tutorial guidance throughout the game.

Once you have collected two or more animals, you can enter the workshop by folding your hands in prayer. In the workshop, where you can take the animals you stored and reconstruct them. You can create new species! When you place your finished animal into the tractor beam, it will be sent up and come to life in paradise. You can always switch back and forth between the workshop and paradise.

You can keep track of the animals you've already found and those still out there: Just read the Dead Animal Book.

Having trouble finding the animals? No worries: Your guide will always show you where the dead animals are.

Your time is limited! You have 10 minutes of gameplay and then die if you do not eat. But if you eat animals or flowers and other edibles that you find, you can prolong your lifetime. But not indefinitely! Your maximum life expectancy is 25 minutes.

Dying in paradise is neither good nor bad. It means you will live!
Have a nice life. 🙂

Animation artist Tote Tiere Maarten
is collecting all the animals that die in his direct environment.
He makes 3D scans of the corpses and revives them in his personal conception of paradise,
which goes beyond good and evil;
simply illustrating the same biology that governs us all.

You can purchase the game on

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The Team

Reanimation – Tote Tiere Maarten
Programming – Frank Bosma
Music and Sounddesign – Michał Krajczok
Voice-over – Prof. Dr. Hendrikus Berkhof  (*1914- † 1995) (voice-clone)
Production – Valk Productions (NL) & Menetekel Film (DE)

This production was supported by the Netherlands Film Fund and the Creative Industries Fund NL as part of the Immerse / Interact Grant Scheme

All the animals are registered in this online archive. It is updated regularly. Each animal has its own small or large story, a photo and a reanimation. you can browse through the archive by randomly choosing an animal, or you can use the search option.