Dream World

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
Adventure through the connected dream worlds to find the clarity of your true reality.

Controls:
Arrow Keys to move
Spacebar to Jump

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Note: Background and audio assets are not included with source code.

Tools used:
Engine - Stencyl 3.1.0 (used standard behaviors such as "Jump and Run Movement")
Audio - Audacity 2.0.3, Bfxr 1.3.3, Garage Band (Mac)
Graphics - Taron's Verve Painter 0.99u.12, Gimp 2.8, Inkscape 0.48, Spriter b10

Genres: platformer

Comments31

dylanwolf
dylanwolf25 Aug 2014, 04:20
Good job on the surreal atmosphere. The parallax backgrounds (especially with the texture and blending) and the voice-overs were good (though given the length of the game, you might reduce the frequency).
peejaygee
peejaygee25 Aug 2014, 19:01
I really enjoyed the parallax effect, it takes me back.. :) only thing I found weird was the "let go of the controls and still slide but facing towards the user" issue.. Overall though, I enjoyed the game, simple to grasp, simple to play [KGD]
vinull
vinull25 Aug 2014, 22:27
I will confess I got to the fourth stage but did not finish - the movement felt a little slow and there wasn't any new items or abilities so I stopped. The background art was cool (loved the Dali clocks) and the voice overs were a great touch. Really made me want to kill some bunnies!
IAmSpencer26 Aug 2014, 06:51
The backgrounds are trippy and really compliment the game well, great job! :)
recursor
recursor26 Aug 2014, 23:42
I really like the parallax background and the music is pretty cool too. I kept hoping for a power-up that would let me shoot the stuffing out of those evil red bear/rabbit things. Or are they vampire rabbits? Whatever they are, I kept my distance.
leafarz27 Aug 2014, 15:31
very creepy game man imo! but i assume you deliberately made this game this way especially the voices in the game. had some trouble moving the player but the game is still good!
great job!
Two Scoop Games28 Aug 2014, 04:09
Really trippy. This is some weird stuff. I wish I could jump on the baddies!
Two Scoop Games28 Aug 2014, 04:10
Some mood going on here for sure! Very odd and trippy, I wish I could jump on the baddies though.
Squidtank
Squidtank28 Aug 2014, 16:55
The voice-over really creeped me out and I think I could live without it. Maybe it was too loud? I felt like it was really jarring. There was also the sliding movement but other than that I really like it. The backgrounds and music really set the mood and atmosphere!
EndingChaos29 Aug 2014, 02:44
Felt surreal and trippy, as well as unsettling.
fauge29 Aug 2014, 02:45
When you jump everything moved...got me dizzy but good work!
badlydrawnrod29 Aug 2014, 20:37
"The Fall" don't make video games, but if they did then this would be the result. Were you channeling Mark E Smith? It would certainly explain why I liked the music a lot yet my wife found it creepy!

Enjoyed the game, and the backgrounds were vibrant.
lorniebear31 Aug 2014, 12:25
I like the graphics, the audio, and the parralex scrolling. I remember the day I discovered that real life had paralex scrolling...
jukimv19861 Sep 2014, 00:00
aaaaah so weird! and yet so cool! nice graphics and audio, great parallax for the background, cute protagonist, what else? Great job!
rantt
rantt1 Sep 2014, 00:04
The graphics and music were awesome. Good game, I enjoyed it.
Kate Kligman1 Sep 2014, 00:59
Trippy! Liked the graphics of the planets in the background. Music was interesting, the narration worked with the drumbeat.
howkj11 Sep 2014, 20:08
This one is kinda scary. I did like the coin noises and traditional platformer sound effects. Voiceovers and music and little red guys are sure to give nightmares to little kids! :-o
klianc092 Sep 2014, 18:09
Really WTF atmosphere (in a good way). I want to jump on those rabbits heads! It's just very unforgiving, when you touch a rabbit at the end of a level and you have to walk aaaaallll the way to the end again.

It feels really repetitive and slow. Still I continued, hoping something new would happen, until I got stuck at one level because the jump was impossible to make.
Mach60KAS
Mach60KAS4 Sep 2014, 00:34
That was very surreal indeed, I think you captured the feel of a nightmare scape pretty well? I'd possibly tweak the character's inertia, it feels a little slow just now. The music was a tad odd, but I just assumed that was intentional to fit the theme! :) Again, good job! :)
Shivur5 Sep 2014, 02:10
Loved the surrealistic mood!
loadsofmana9 Sep 2014, 00:01
I really like the backdrops and overall weirdness...not the most interesting plat-former though.
MRvanderPants10 Sep 2014, 17:36
Great mood! The voice clips really adds up to the atmosphere
Traumendes_Madchen12 Sep 2014, 13:41
It sure looks psychedelic ='). The controls were a bit difficult to handle (that teddy bear slides a lot), otherwise it was fine.
ZeppelinCaptain13 Sep 2014, 20:33
Trippy, awesome graphics and soundscape :D
skiddings13 Sep 2014, 20:55
Certainly sets an unsettling mood.
PixelFeet15 Sep 2014, 02:29
I'm so perplexed. . .
Tosic15 Sep 2014, 17:22
I like the graphics, but sounds are little annoying, but it is still a cool game.

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