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Dream Heist by gallerdude

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made by gallerdude for LD31 (COMPO)
Based on Inception, where there are 4 dreams with 4 different rates of time. You must complete each of the four games. Each dream has a different goal you have to complete.

Use 1, 2, 3, and 4 keys to toggle dreams!

1st Dream - Top Left - Avoid puddles to win with up and down keys. Must stay in dream for 30 seconds to win, timer in upper left corner.

2nd Dream - Top Right - The "Avoid Box" will be a certain color. Make sure you aren't on the color the "Avoid Box" says when countdown ends! Use arrow keys to move between colors!

3rd Dream - Bottom Left - Move around the maze, and touch the glowing purple dot to win this dream. Watch out, the dot will change locations occasionally, and you'll need to recollect it! Move your character with arrow keys!

4th Dream - Bottom right - Simply click the target with your mouse to win!

Note, time moves differently in different dreams! Basically, if you’re in a higher dream, time moves faster in lower dreams. If you’re in a lower dream, time moves slower in higher dreams!

Red ring indicates what dream you are in.
Bottom boxes indicate your life and what dream you are in.

Good luck!
Web http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/38004090/#player
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/nbyue70wbmty8xp/Dream%20Heist.sb2?dl=1
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=16506

Ratings

Coolness 93% 2
Overall 2.90 860
Audio 2.67 574
Fun 2.79 834
Graphics 2.04 1133
Innovation 3.65 210
Mood 3.13 383
Theme 4.00 152

Feedback

Jayson
08. Dec 2014 · 13:50 UTC
Interesting game, won on my second try. Love the concept and the music helps with the whole dream mood.

I am a programmer with no graphic skills... so I am the last one to, but the only thing I can criticize is the graphics. If you had a graphics designer with this great concept and gameplay it would be 5 stars!

4 Stars for Innovation, Fun and Overall.

Well done.
MaesK
08. Dec 2014 · 14:29 UTC
Otomata for the win! :D Great idea, mixing 4 minigames at "the same time". I thought about doing something similar bit it looked like complex, but here it is! Nice work.
Drtizzle
08. Dec 2014 · 16:46 UTC
Very cool concept! Really hard also.
pixzleone
08. Dec 2014 · 16:50 UTC
Very nice! I like it!
Anachron
08. Dec 2014 · 16:55 UTC
Brilliant concept! And good music that helps set the mood. It would be cool to have a visual cue that drew your attention to different dreams, like if the upper left box started flashing when you are getting close to a puddle or something. Congrats on your entry! :)
goodbadokay
08. Dec 2014 · 18:52 UTC
A little bit counter-intuitive
But a cool concept thouch!
raincole
08. Dec 2014 · 18:53 UTC
Nicely done.
The tempo of background music is too fast.
Kuupu
08. Dec 2014 · 18:55 UTC
quite unplayable for me, but a really fun idea! :)
maybe change the game with a mouse click would be better :)
OneMuppet
08. Dec 2014 · 19:04 UTC
Pew* took me like 10 tries to beat it! I'm still hearing the nightmareish music in my ears! I mean it in a good way, I think you really nailed the theme with this one! The graphics are very rudimentary, but when I was playing that didn't really matter I just wanted to beat the game! :) Good job!
BusinessClient
08. Dec 2014 · 20:39 UTC
Fun concept. Felt epic to win.
karlipoppins
08. Dec 2014 · 20:48 UTC
Great game! I love the way the 4 world times played together. Game #2 often finished itself without me ever touching it. Music was nice, graphics could have used to work. Good entry :)
OccamsRazor
08. Dec 2014 · 20:49 UTC
Really unique concept, its a cool way of thinking about the theme, I really liked the multiple rates of time for the different games.
CustomPhase
08. Dec 2014 · 21:30 UTC
Super cool concept, but realization is sub-par, sorry.
Cheshyr
08. Dec 2014 · 22:07 UTC
Interesting multitasking challenge. Nice idea!
Jupiter_Hadley
09. Dec 2014 · 04:02 UTC
Challenging but cool game! I Included it in part 2 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/QrqYJieiXWs
SpartanIceCream
09. Dec 2014 · 04:16 UTC
A very nice chaotic game. It had a nice difficulty even for me who is horrible at multitasking.
InfectionTeam
09. Dec 2014 · 07:17 UTC
TIL: I'm terrible at multitasking! lol, interesting challenge.
mrexcessive
09. Dec 2014 · 11:28 UTC
Hi there. Interesting idea. Couldn't get my head around playing it though, too many things happening at once. Liked the sounds.
ThatsMyJam
10. Dec 2014 · 14:17 UTC
I like the idea of 4 minigames at once. You could copy inception even further and have them on different time scales
Random Seed Games
10. Dec 2014 · 14:18 UTC
Interesting idea and decently executed. Graphics could definitely use some work though.
Slothmachine
11. Dec 2014 · 17:39 UTC
ADHD simulation. Way too hard for me. But it's four games in one jam. Good job :)
Tater_hater
13. Dec 2014 · 03:24 UTC
Impressive game for scratch.
madmaw
13. Dec 2014 · 03:43 UTC
Always good to see Scratch games in here
Valeour
13. Dec 2014 · 20:36 UTC
Cool idea, struggled with it a bit, but definitely fun. Graphics were a bit of a let down, but other than that, definitely enjoyable.
Havi
13. Dec 2014 · 20:39 UTC
Cool but hard game :p
I like the concept and nice music aswell :)
danidre14
14. Dec 2014 · 01:00 UTC
Wow, really difficult multitasking here, and took me a while to scroll to the left to read the comments. Well, nice game!
rantt
15. Dec 2014 · 01:19 UTC
Challenging and interesting. I liked it, nicely done.
oh_andrej
15. Dec 2014 · 01:25 UTC
Very interesting idea and a great challenge. Music is good but graphics could use a little more polish. I'm impressed how fun and fair the game is, since the idea seems like something that only works in theory...but you pulled it off. And in Scratch, no less! Very impressive, great game.
Xanjos
18. Dec 2014 · 02:19 UTC
Pretty interesting concept but really hard. I do like you're playing 4 different levels at the same time though.
Roan Contreras
20. Dec 2014 · 02:27 UTC
4 games compiled in one game makes the theme relevant for this. The game was difficult but it's great to play. Especially for the people who loves to multitask :D
alyphen
20. Dec 2014 · 15:50 UTC
Quite overwhelming having the four games going on at once. None of the games were that deep, I think I'd rather see a concept polished well than 4 concepts half-done. Music was decent, graphics weren't great. Generally passable entry, but it needs a lot of polish. Nice interpreation of the theme.
01rafael
27. Dec 2014 · 00:03 UTC
Really funny concept of game. Not really new but funny anyway!
Omiya Games
27. Dec 2014 · 04:01 UTC
Fun little set of games. Not fond of the fact that the 4th game must be played last.
rzuf
27. Dec 2014 · 21:17 UTC
People struggled to fit a single game on a single screen, yet you menaged to squeeze 4 of them! because of this - it's one of the most interesting entries. :D
maxmetallica
29. Dec 2014 · 19:38 UTC
nice work