Carbon Dream$ Land
Welcome to the most absurd amusement park of the future, where oil glistens, coal glows and greenwashing is the main event — a satirical VR co-op game for up to 4 players against drones, propaganda and Donnie Dino himself.
With oil, wit and a healthy dose of madness
An amusement park full of oil slides, coal carousels and gas rollercoasters? Sounds like madness — or like a pretty good game concept. With Carbon Dream$ Land, Pixelcloud prevailed against hundreds of international submissions — selected as the only German studio for the coveted EMIL-XR funding of the EU.
Instead of dry lecturing, the concept relies on playful discovery, irony and environmental storytelling — wrapped in a fast-paced multiplayer experience that takes young people seriously and is still great fun. Sounds absurd? That’s exactly why it worked.
An amusement park like a fever dream
Visually, Carbon Dream$ Land is a wild ride between VR pop culture, climate critique and comic satire. Thanks to Quill art, custom shaders and deliberate environmental storytelling, every scene feels like a walkable commentary on the climate crisis — sometimes absurd, sometimes frighteningly on point.
At the centre are the players themselves — as customisable robots fighting their way through the fossil-fuelled madness as a team. Supported by Maria, a rebellious scientist, they topple gigantic oil rigs and recycle the debris directly into improvised wind turbines.
The countdown is on
The big antagonist: Donnie Dino — a fire-breathing tyrant with a golden tie, his own TV studio and an ego as big as his carbon footprint. In his studio it rains fire, platitudes and propaganda — and whoever doesn’t play along gets burned.
After 15 months of intensive development with a team of nearly 20 creative minds — accompanied by user tests with the Skopos Institute and mentoring from Aalto University Helsinki and the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg — Carbon Dream$ Land is ready for take-off.
Play for free now
Want to experience Donnie Dino and his fossil party live? Carbon Dream$ Land is available for free on the Meta Quest Store and SteamVR.
