Dream Makers

Dream Makers is an online cooperative microgame where you and your friend play as dream operators -  a.k.a. neurons -  to create a dream in a child’s brain. Each operator can only see fragments of the dream, those fragments are represented by either colors or shapes, so you must work together to keep only the correct fragments on the brain.

• User ARROW keys to move through the brain
• Use RETURN to signalize to the other neuron that a fragment is important
• Use DELETE to remove the fragment from the brain
• Get rid of all the wrong fragments to shape your dream.
• Be careful to not make a nightmare!

Developers:

Beatriz Ribeiro is a Brazilian game designer who sometimes adventures into the programming land. She has been working on a shooter RPG - Relic Hunters Legend for the past two years and she's also pursuing an MFA degree at Parsons, in New York. She loves to talk about game mechanics, UX, and narrative design; hates cold weather, and most importantly, she is always down for dessert. Find more at https://linktr.ee/b3aribeiro

Hyacinth Weng is a creative technologist and third-year student pursuing a BFA in Design & Technology and a minor in Communication Design at Parsons School of Design. She enjoys creating weird interactive experiences and telling interesting stories. She works primarily with web design, UI/UX, and graphic design. In her free time, she ikes to play games, explore the absurd, and cute frogs.

Known issues:

• We do not have an observer mode yet so we only allow two players in each room

Future Implementations:

• Limiting Rounds: We are working on a counter to limit the rounds and make the game more interesting. 
• Reveal Mechanic: We intend to implement a reveal mechanic, where each player can reveal one color/shape to the other player.
• Signalization: We are working on better feedback for the signalization, so players can clearly understand which neuron tagged which fragment.
  

Changelog:

2022_03_07: UI & Join Room

• Added visual feedback of a hover effect. This is for a better understanding of the clickable area within the interface text button. 
• Updated the Join Room option to allow players multiple couples to play in different rooms.
• Initiated code maintenance.