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🟥🟥🟥The Creature In My Dreams🟥🟥🟥🕹️🏅🔥's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation (graphics, audio) | #187 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Fun | #386 | 2.032 | 2.032 |
| Originality | #423 | 2.111 | 2.111 |
| Theme | #459 | 1.476 | 1.476 |
Ranked from 63 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game represent Mode?
Our game explores different modes aka "states" of consciousness and sleep.
The Creature In My Dreams is a short horror experience built around a real, terrifying dream. You play from the perspective of a little child who is not quite sure whether he is dreaming or not and is unaware of the horrors that await him...
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Feel Free To Play Our Newest Horror Project...
We are thrilled to share the news that our brand new short horror experience is now officially released for you to experience! This is the most terrifying game we've made yet...
You can also play it directly on your browser without the need for a download.
AWESOME GAME! I loved the whole playthrough! You it felt like a Nightmare aka Dream so much! I have similar Dreams and this game hit home and was TERRIFYING! I hope you are sleeping better and KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK! You can see my entire playthrough over on YouTube! Jay's Horror Gaming | www.youtube.com/@djjustb
This is one of the best games I've played so far in this jam. I really like the unique interpretation of the theme, and while short it was still well-made and scary. This seems strange to say but I also liked the way the UI appeared in the world instead of just being an overlay on the screen. Overall one of my favorite submissions. Great job!
I would love it if you checked out my game as well :)
Thank you for the very kind words and feedback! :D
We're really glad to hear that you really enjoyed our game. It was an absolute blast creating this short horror experience and thank you for being a part of this journey as well! :D
It was too scary. I had to have my friend play it for me over Discord lmao. Great job!
I really like the aesthetic of this game. Has a real nice retro-horror feel.
Presentation-wise and atmospherically, this is neat. The gimmick with the TV was nice too. :)
Thank you for playing our game, we're glad you had fun! :D
Good game, creepy.
It's a pity that it's short, I didn't have enough, but it's very good.
Thank you for the very positive feedback. We're glad you had a great time playing! :D
I would love to have more of this game , it was scary but didnt give me what i expected in the end. Keep it up guys great job!
Thank you for playing our game, it's great to hear that you enjoyed it! :D
After releasing our game we have been met with an overwhelming amount of positive feedback. Many people, including you, told us they would love to see more of this. So, a huge thank you to every single one of you!
Just so that we're all on the same page on this: our game is built around a real nightmare... and that is kind of funny, the more we think about it. Let's just hope nobody else experiences an actual, real nightmare similar to this! :D
I'm using the same monster in my game, ironically enough its a it it a dream or real kinda game too, Lol
That's a nice and funny coincidence! :D
Don't worry about it being similar to our project or anybody else's project. Every game is unique in their own ways and we're sure you'll do just fine. We wish you all the best in your own project and don't forget to have fun! :D
I love horror games and i always wanted to play a game that plays in a dream. very cool and polished. The style and gameplay are great. best thing for me was the lighting.
Thank you for the kind words and feedback! We're glad you really liked it! :D
Hello there and thank you for your comment! :D
We are more than happy to share you some tips, as we always want to encourage & help all types of developers to reach their goals. We enjoy crafting our games as a hobby in our free time and that's why we don't pay any money to promote our games. Instead, we count on our wonderful community to play our games and share their experiences themselves.
Here's a comment we posted on your page, that goes into more detail. Thank you once more and have a great day! :D
Excellent game guys? I noticed that it was built in Godot, was it Godot 3 or 4? If 4, how did you get the shaders to run well in browser? I can't seem to find a tutorial anywhere. Thanks in advance!
Thank you for playing and we're glad you enjoyed it! :D
We build all of our projects in Godot 3. HTML5 exports in Godot 3 are more compatible with all types of browsers in general, especially when using the GLES2 rendering backend (which only requires WebGL 1.0). As for the performance, the textures are already relatively low resolution because of the style of our game, so there wasn't any optimisation needed.
However, as you may already know, shadows are the biggest enemy of performance. This meant before exporting the web version, we introduced an option to turn off all shadows and also lowered the default shadow atlas resolution. We also use shadow dummies for some detailed objects to give them a lower resolution shadow, which is quite funny but visually almost unnoticeable. :D
Other than that we removed any visual effects we had in the desktop version like depth of field and changed some WorldEnvironment properties like Tonemap Mode and Tonemap Exposure to match the coloring of the desktop version and the web version. If you have any other questions feel free to ask us. Have a good one! :D
Dang, you'd think Godot 4 would have something like that already, but oh well. Thank you so much for your insight!
Finally got around to playing this. The theme is a bit of a stretch, but finding something unique with this theme is tough so I can appreciate the attempt at originality, even if it feels like a bit of a miss. We struggled with it and ended up being identical to like 20 other games. lol Aside from that it's really well made.
Controls are tight, got a robust options menu. The music and sound design is phenomenal, honestly. Really nailed the atmosphere. The graphics are perfectly niche. Switching to the high fidelity spooky boi is a nice touch as well. Appreciate it not being loud scream jump scare and just an intense close up of a creepy boy. Could've taken the easy way out with that but you didn't. Kudos! It's also a different kind of fun from most of the games in the jam, which I appreciate. Suspense can be fun or boring and I think for 7 days you got pretty close to "just right". But also for all the set up it feels too short. I only found 2 endings.
I feel if you had spent the extra 7 days and missed out on one of the 4 jams you submitted too (the 7day jam) and spent that time on tackling the "mode" aspect of the BIGMODE jam and to make it more clear you could've better fleshed out the concept game play wise. Clearly you guys are talented and capable, with double the time this would be a winner no question. But ending it where it ends made it feel unfinished. Although it is also incredibly polished for 7 days so great job on that end.
Thank you so much for the very kind words and a very well written feedback! We really do appreciate you enjoying what we love doing! :D
You are indeed correct. Spending more time on this project would improve it a lot but you know what it is, life can be busy sometimes and you only get so much time for hobbies!
As for your own game, we thought it was quite original and fun to play! No matter what you personally think about it, you should be proud of what you made because us and many other people really liked it! :D
Hello everyone, we have been getting a lot of great & thoughtful feedback on our project. We wanted to thank every single one of you for playing our game and being a part of this journey! :D
After taking a look at many of your comments on this jam page (and also many comments on our game page) we are glad to hear that many of you really enjoyed this short horror experience we've crafted! It was certainly an absolute blast making this project!
A topic that came up a few times was how our project is also featured in 2 other game jams. Since we really value transparency, we will be explaining this in full detail:
- GW Game Jam #2: This is a small, friendly game jam that takes place monthly and the topic of this month was "Dreams", which is exactly what our game is about. Before joining we asked for permission from the admins and were met with a nice & warm welcome from them.
- 7dfps 2023: This is also another friendly and non-competitive game game jam that encourages people to make a first-person game in 7 days. Our game is also made in a total of 7 days. Just to be sure we were allowed to join, we asked the admins beforehand and were told that we it was valid for us to take part.
As one can see, the only jam we've entered that has any type of more-serious competition is the Bigmode Game Jam. Even for the 2 friendly & non-competitive ones we made sure our project was exactly suitable for them and to be absolutely sure, asked their admins before submitting anything.
We are really glad to be a part of the creative & talented Bigmode community. We took a look at so many of your fantastic projects in the past days and all we can say is you should all be really proud of your games! :D
I really like your game! it feels well done and is genuinly creepy. Its a bit difficult to see to connection to the theme while playing but I read the response you gave to someone else who asked this and I understand what you were trying to do.
if you would be willing to rate my game you can find it here https://itch.io/jam/bigmode-2023/rate/2424386
Thank you for the kind feedback! We are glad to hear that so many people are enjoying our game! :D
Your game has a great style and interesting gameplay! If this is one of your first games, you should really be proud of what you crafted! :D
thanks! this is my first time creating a game for a jam!
Really great game! Very well done and fun to play. I legitimately got creepy vibes! My only critique is that I don't feel that it fits the theme, so it seems to me like it was already developed before the jam. The description of how it explores Modes feels like a stretch.
Thank you for the kind words! It's nice to hear that you had a good time! :D
We do understand your feedback when it comes to the theme. We do however assure you that our game has been crafted in the time frame of this jam and follows the rules mentioned. It seems like we could have worded the description a bit better, so here's a more detailed explanation:
The Bigmode Game Jam tells us to interpret “mode” in your own way using any definition of the word. After asking Google to "define mode", here's what it had to say: "a way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done."
Our game is built around a real dream that has occurred in the past and helps the player relive it, in a dreamlike & intense manner. We consider this to be a valid and meaningful integration, but you are always free to have your own opinion! :D
Very cool concept and nice art! it just feels quite a bit short unless I missed something?
Thank you for checking out our game! Our game is indeed quite short, as we made it in just a total of 7 days. Glad you had fun! :D
Nicely done! Super creepy vibes. Had a lot of fun playing.
Thank you for playing! We're glad you enjoyed it! :D
The only reason why your comment was removed is because you attached a large vertical picture alongside it (which did take up a lot of space while scrolling). Other than that you are welcome to give any feedback you want! :D
Feel free to take a loot at any other comments that mention this and you will be able to see how they are not removed. Have a good one!
Edit for anyone wondering: They removed this comment themselves. :D
Yeah I removed this one because you answered it in your own comment. lol didn't want to muck up your comment section with repeated drivel. :P
That's perfectly fine. Thank you for your honesty and we wish you all the best in your own game-making endeavours! :D