Since the game was revealed for the first time at E3 5 years ago, players have been anticipating the outcome of a large and different project from PlayStation, a game that enables the player to create a game, music, or even a movie in an integrated manner and share it with other players, in other words, an integrated game engine through which you can create “Your dream” and share it and join the “dreams” of players around the world. You can also benefit from what other players have made and add it to your game, modify it and publish it again.
content industry
Dreams is a game with a game creation system developed by Media Molecule and published exclusively for PlayStation 4 by Sony Interactive Entertainment, the same studio that brought us the exclusives Little big planet and Treasure. Dreams focuses heavily on the content that players create, as it provides players with the basic tools for creating an integrated game, including logic and mechanics, creating resources such as the world and characters through the 3D sculpture design tool, music and others, and this content can then be shared or remixed. for use in other people's creations.
playing style
Players control a character named "imp" or "imp". And his idea is very similar to the mouse on computers, with which you move between menus and control characters and objects in the game. Players can create their stages in the game using resources that they made themselves or pre-made in the game itself. Players can also share their completed dreams online. The game supports cooperative gameplay, which allows players to create and craft their own dreams together.
launch date
Sony announced in December 2019 that the full game would be released on February 14, 2020, with the studio announcing that it officially finished developing the game on January 6, 2020.
Play phases
Dreams includes 4 phases: Dream surfing, Dream Shaping, homespace editor, community jam.
Dream surfing: In this phase, the player can navigate and play other dreams, view sculptures, and listen to music made by other players.
Dream shaping: It is the creation section of the game, where the player can create different games and resources, and there are many tools available for creativity including sculpting, drawing, and music tools, and the player can configure the tools and connect them to other elements such as sculptures and others using wires, and through them Formation of the basics, logic and mechanics of the game. When finished, the player can publish their content for others to play or experience, and they can optionally mark dreams they have created as "remix", allowing other players to use the dream in their creations, build on it or modify it.
Homespace editor: It is the central area that acts as a home for the player. Within it, you can craft, but in a limited way, such as making simple sculptures and designs.
community jam: It is a competition run by Media Molecule Studio, and it is a specific topic that is announced every week for players to create “dreams” related to this topic, and it is voted on by other players.
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