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Lean in to an ancient art form that relaxes your mind and soothes your soul. Welcome to your new state of mind.

Weave away in this mobile-first web-game

DreamLoom, a weaving game for a meditative state of mind. Follow the patterns that the game generates for you, or create your own freely. Enjoy the colors, sounds, and textures of this ancient artform as you take a break from all today’s chores and distractions.

About the Team

@lillatorp Julia and @KlasW Klas are a sub-team duo representing Dubious Potions, a Swedish team of designers and coders that love making games and digital experiences. Together we explored the concept of a calmer gameplay, that you can play, leave and pick up at any time - without the need to compete or finish a certain goal. This game is all about relaxation and taking your time.

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What went well

• To work in a duo with design + code made the workflow really smooth and efficient without the need of aligning with a full team. We organized the work like a sprint and prioritized features together.
• Using Midjourney for background art speeded up the artwork process a lot
• 3D programming early took out the direction of the game and the rest of the design and art aligned to it.
• Using Three.js + Vue3 for game development.

What went...not so smooth

• It took some time to figure out the logics between how weaving is done in reality and what shortcuts we could take in a digital setting.
• It was difficult to create a gameplay that is at the right level of difficulty.
• We could maybe have re-visited the lower part of the UI, connecting buttons to threads. It could need some more thinking. Originally we wanted to use gyro but changed our minds, making it accessible on desktop.

Ideas that fell out of scope

• A really cool looking ending of the game loop, once the final pattern is woven.
• Weaving the pattern incorrectly could give better feedback than it currently does.
• Playing with shaders and textures on the yarn/threads.
• More patterns
• An about page