How do you fancy a point & click adventure made out of real clay and cardboard (and flash)? Then The Dream Machine may be for you.
You can play the demo here, and sign up for the beta to get access to the first chapter for free.
“In the interest of full disclosure, we have a system running discreetly in the background, that registers statistics for how many players actually solve any given puzzle in the game. If we note that we have a significant drop anywhere, we can add clues or re-think the problem entirely. We want the game to be challenging, but if we lose 30% of our players on one puzzle, we have to do something about it.
We also note different interactions the player attempts, that we didn’t think of. If enough people try to use, say, the baby oil with the apartment key, we go in and write a response for that. Our hope is that, in the end, every possible interaction will have a proper response, instead of the boring default “That doesn’t seem to work”.
So even if you don’t take the time to send us detailed bug reports, you are in fact helping us make the game better just by playing.
And we thank you for that.”
The above quote is from the development blog where they show you production photos of how they make the sets and build everything, out of clay and cardboard indeed – and then make a game out of it using stop motion animation.
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Oooh, neat. Thanks Arkhanist!