Yet Another Dream

by zatrit
co-authored: @almassko, @breadskiy
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.10
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.09
A game about the VERY DEEP sleep with some post-irony.

13.04.2025 changelog:
* Attempt to fix a dialog crash

Comments18

LDJam user 73887
LDJam user 738878 Apr 2025, 08:17
Oh, a very interesting interpretation of the theme! Also the cozy, sleepy mood is captured greatly, very smooth gameplay. Great work!
I would probably like to add a running option though, the movement speed is very slow.
Aeoncl
Aeoncl8 Apr 2025, 09:13
Very nice mood and snarky dialogs :D all it lacks is a banger soundtrack with main character music

and maybe an option to make the dialogs write faster for us caffeine driven people
betovf
betovf8 Apr 2025, 11:16
I like the pixel art graphics. It would be nicer with some background music or sound effects. Movement is a bit too slow, specially for the maze part :sweat_smile: Still good job!
Zatrit
Zatritauthor8 Apr 2025, 11:24
I just couldn't get the soundtrack to work in Jam's last hour 😢
xpoho
xpoho8 Apr 2025, 16:24
Hm... I dont know what to say, honestly ^_^ Good little game, maybe i should meditate after this ^_^
hirqshi
hirqshi8 Apr 2025, 20:19
Wow, this feels weird, but i found myself really enjoying exploring this little world. Truly feels like a dream of some kind, im really into this surreal experience so this game earns its place in my heart for this jam
Aashen
Aashen9 Apr 2025, 08:28
Truly a DEEP game with DEEP thoughts, cool style too. Even while being short it was kind of enjoyable either way
D_Indie
D_Indie9 Apr 2025, 10:16
Dood game, I like it, minimalistic, I really like the mood
LDJam user 280624
LDJam user 2806249 Apr 2025, 14:43
I love the idea that "depths" refers to dreams. Wish I'd thought of that myself =)
Zatrit
Zatritauthor9 Apr 2025, 20:13
It's time to reply to everyone!

@joscco, thank you! I was just thinking about pacing in that very last hour of development, like most of the good stuff people suggest here

@aeoncl, there is a C key for full dialog printing, also I really wanted to make a soundtrack, there was some workaround but it just didn't work because of the Rust borrow checker.

@betovf, thanks! You're right, I'll try to get a better handle on OSTs and contols next time. :D

@xpoho, glad to hear it made an impression on you.

@hirqshi, I tried my best to make it feel like a dream. :D

@aashen, yeah, it was fun to write dialogs EXACTLY like that.

@d-indie, I was planning on more content, but this is my first time playing Ludum Dare, so I may have overestimated my skills.

@torte478, @breadkiy and @almassko came up with the idea and then we brainstormed for a few hours.
clymm
clymm9 Apr 2025, 22:20
Very interesting concept loved exploring around outside and in the dreams! Awesome artwork and the story was great! :clap:
Mibi88
Mibi8812 Apr 2025, 12:09
There seems to be bug.

It didn't happened when I retried, but the text was really messy.

The concept was really interesting, well done!

EDIT: The spinning animation also went crazy fast in the credits.
3Deimos13 Apr 2025, 09:24
Nice entry. My major critique is text is veeeery slow
resty13 Apr 2025, 15:33
Very cool graphics and mood~

Got a crash:
byte index 27 is not a char boundary; it is inside '’' (bytes 26..29) of `Suddenly, you feel like it’s time to wake up.
Zatrit
Zatritauthor13 Apr 2025, 15:53
@clymm, thanks!!!

@3deimos, maybe so, but you can use C to skip that

@mibi88, @resty, that's a bit weird, but I think it's a bug that only happens in some rare cases and I'll fix it as soon as possible.

Upd: fixed (maybe)
Eugenik
Eugenik14 Apr 2025, 09:28
Love the aesthetic, well done!.
Conduit
Conduit21 Apr 2025, 06:09
ORB. Loved the sprite work and dialogue, I couldn't quite figure out how to get past the blue orb boss lol I figure I didn't do something write because I kept getting stuck there lol some ambience, even stock, would've really helped with the vibe. Stylish entry!
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