The Underwatch Hotel: A hotel with two faces. A doorway to discover them.

Year2023


(GAMING / WEB3)

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Branding
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The starting point

The story began before
entering the game.

The Underwatch Hotel, a narrative experience within The Sandbox, needed a landing page capturing its unsettling charm. The website had to introduce a world that changes between day and night and bring its proposition to new visitors.

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Details

The context behind the challenge.

Context shapes every project. These are some of the factors that shaped the challenge, the team and the work.

SERVICES

Digital

INDUSTRY

Media & Entertainment

COMPANY TYPE

B2C

STAGE

Privately held

MARKET

Global

The challenge

How do you turn a duality
into a journey?

The experience had to express calm and horror without losing continuity. It also needed to integrate a space for the NFT collection connected to playable avatars.

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Our approach

Atmosphere guides the experience.

We worked with Indicius on website design and development. Story, functionality and visual layers came together around the hotel’s transformation.

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Interaction

Two worlds within one story.

The design reflects a hotel that is serene by day and unsettling by night. Interaction supports that duality and connects the setting with the digital collection.

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Outcome

An entrance that sets
the game’s tone.

The project created a landing page presenting The Underwatch Hotel through its narrative and atmosphere. A first journey through the game’s universe and digital collection.

See the impact
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What change
afterward.

The Underwatch Hotel gained a digital entry point into its narrative world. Together with Indicius, we connected atmosphere, content and interaction to present the experience and its access collection within The Sandbox.

  • 1.22”

    Average time on site

    Time on site reported for The Underwatch Hotel experience.

  • Day + night

    Two sides of one story

    A visual experience connecting the hotel’s calm with its unsettling atmosphere.

The story starts with the first interaction.

And yes, it got noticed.

Recognized by some of the industry's leading awards.

  • Website design

    Website design

  • Interactive design

    Interactive design

  • Awwwards

    Honorable mention

Different challenge.

Different industries, different challenges, different starting points. One shared goal: create meaningful work that moves the needle.

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