The Dream is a sound game about an old man with amnesia. Throughout the game the old man can find objects which will trigger old memories in his head. The key mechanic in this game is a mindmap. When you activate this mindmap you can see all the objects found and to what other objects they are linked. Linking new objects will also unlock new areas to explore. This game was not meant to be a challenging but only to give the player musical experiences. Every object is linked to a specific set of audio samples. Together with audio and visual patterns occur and will guide the player through the life of the old man.
We made The Dream for Sonic Picnic. Sonic Picnic is a company specifically creating audio for games. This project was also my internship while studying game design and development. It was a very good choice to get experience in creating a game for a client. This experience helped me creating games for future clients, taught me how to efficiently build prototypes for clients and translate ideas into comprehensible prototypes.
The game is written in C# and developed in Unity 3D
Team: 3 members.
Role: Programmer and designer
Development time: 5 months.
Year: 2010.