Dream Builder: Early Prototype Release

Hello dreamers!

I'm excited (and a bit nervous) to share the very first playable prototype of Dream Builder! This is a project I'm pouring my heart into, and while it's still in its early stages, I wanted to get live as soon as possible to share my work and gather early feedbacks.

The Dream

In Dream Builder, player characters have a special power: they can materialize dreams. The goal of the game is to provide an experience where you go to adventure inside your NPCs dreams and get back with a lot of loots to build your home island and fullfill everyone's needs. I want the game to feature a unique take on crafting and storage systems, the please to scavenge during adventures to take home any valuable ressource, the joy to build a small npc + players community with a bit of relations sim.

The themes of dreams and nightmares will be at the heart of the game.

This is what I dream of.

Now here is where we are! (tip: I only have the fundations of a game engine)

What's in this prototype?

Right now, you can:

• Test the game in solo mode (though saving isn't implemented yet)
• Try multiplayer when the server is up and running
• Experience the voxel engine with texture blending between tiles and autotiling frame textures for certain blocks

The current build is very basic, but it should give you a feel for the core building mechanics and visual style I'm aiming for.

Current Controls

The controls are quite simple at this stage:

• "1/&" and "2/é" keys to switch between block types
• Mouse wheel to change your selected tool
• Right-click to move the camera
• Left-click to place blocks
• The default placement mode is "line" mode
• Hold the "Alt" key to use "pane" placement mode

What's Coming Next?

I'm currently working on a complete tool overhaul that will bring UI improvements and better key bindings.

My short-term roadmap includes those other features:

• A system to create, save, load, and place blueprints (predefined areas of blocks)
• A more robust loading system for joining and rejoining online sessions
• An evolutive save system that will allow me to persist data and migrate previous save formats as the game continues to change.

This is just the beginning of what I hope will grow into something special. The prototype is rough around the edges, but I believe in starting small and building up based on early feedbacks.

If you try it out, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Every bit of feedback helps shape where Dream Builder goes from here.

Thank you for your support and patience as I work on this passion project!

Happy building,
Lythom

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Play directly from your browser on  https://lythom.itch.io/dream-builder/
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