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The essence of this worship empowers the Dreamer, enabling the summoning of new creatures and facilitating the Ascension ritual that heralds His awakening.\n\n### Controls\nThe game has an extensive tutorial, that I suggest you follow the first time you play. \nIt is played with keyboard and mouse:\nLeft Mouse Button - Camera panning\nQ, W, E, R - Activate Sigils\nSpace - once at least one Sigil is activated, invokes the Spell\n\nRight Mouse Button - Use the spell:\nSingle-sigil spells are Orders that have to be 'painted' onto creatures by holding RMB.\n2- and 3-sigil spells are Summoning Rituals that have to be completed by holding RMB. \n4-sigil spell is Ascension, required to progress the game\n\n## Gameplay\nGoal: Gather enough Power to perform the Ascend ritual 3 times.\n\n## Additional Controls\nESC - Back to Main Menu\nU - Max out power (yeah, it's a cheat!)\nH - Restart Tutorial\nT - Hide Tutorial\nEnter - Progress Tutorial\n\n### Known Bugs\nWay too many to list, but nothing should be game breaking...\n- Follow behaviour is wonky\n- Fish like to drift sideways and attack from a distance\n- Panning might be slow in some resolutions\n- Orders work on very long distances\n- Tutorial says Ascend 4 times, but you only need 3.\n\n...aaaand there is just a single background music track at the moment.\n\n# Gallery\n![Unity_ygRuIc2RTA.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628d9.png)\n![Unity_TBVXOs9Yod.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628dc.png)\n![Unity_PFArT3dmXL.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628dd.png)\n![Unity_F6vInw8H3V.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628e2.png)\n![Unity_v8sQ6adRen.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628d2.png)\n\n\n### Final Word\nThis was a solo endeavour, fueled by lots of old assets I amassed over the years. Unfortunately, I ran out of time for sound. In any case, here it is - let me know what you think!\n \n##Assets:\n- Hovl Particle Pack\n- Freesound Music https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/szegvari\/sounds\/558852\/\n- Statue https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/3d-models\/cthulhu-8a6ec44762804b9988d54c77a830471a#download\n- Quirky Animal Packs\n\n","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2024-04-17T11:53:07Z","created":"2024-04-05T11:58:10Z","files":[{"author":129914,"id":28378,"name":"WakeTheDreamer-LD55.rar","node":384320,"size":48805575,"status":9,"tag":0,"timestamp":"2024-04-15T23:56:11Z"}],"files-timestamp":"2024-04-15T23:56:11Z","grade":{"grade-01":2,"grade-02":2,"grade-03":2,"grade-04":2,"grade-07":2,"grade-08":2},"id":384320,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":0,"feedback":0,"given":0,"grade":2,"smart":-29.289321881345},"meta":{"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","author":[129914],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628cf.png","grade-05-out":"1","grade-06-out":"1","link-01-tag":[50]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-08T16:05:45Z","modified":"2026-05-08T16:05:45Z","name":"Wake The Dreamer","node-timestamp":"2024-04-15T23:58:06Z","parent":383062,"parents":[1,5,9,383062],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/wake-the-dreamer","published":"2024-04-15T23:57:09Z","scope":"public","slug":"wake-the-dreamer","subsubtype":"jam","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":1219569},"text":"# Somewhere in the deep, He sleeps... but not for long.\n\n![Unity_Z1DXc5FIRT.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/62a38.png)\n\n\n## Wake The Dreamer\nPlayers embody the eldritch Dreamer, manipulating lesser beings by whispering directly into their minds to compel worship. The essence of this worship empowers the Dreamer, enabling the summoning of new creatures and facilitating the Ascension ritual that heralds His awakening.\n\n### Controls\nThe game has an extensive tutorial, that I suggest you follow the first time you play. \nIt is played with keyboard and mouse:\nLeft Mouse Button - Camera panning\nQ, W, E, R - Activate Sigils\nSpace - once at least one Sigil is activated, invokes the Spell\n\nRight Mouse Button - Use the spell:\nSingle-sigil spells are Orders that have to be 'painted' onto creatures by holding RMB.\n2- and 3-sigil spells are Summoning Rituals that have to be completed by holding RMB. \n4-sigil spell is Ascension, required to progress the game\n\n## Gameplay\nGoal: Gather enough Power to perform the Ascend ritual 3 times.\n\n## Additional Controls\nESC - Back to Main Menu\nU - Max out power (yeah, it's a cheat!)\nH - Restart Tutorial\nT - Hide Tutorial\nEnter - Progress Tutorial\n\n### Known Bugs\nWay too many to list, but nothing should be game breaking...\n- Follow behaviour is wonky\n- Fish like to drift sideways and attack from a distance\n- Panning might be slow in some resolutions\n- Orders work on very long distances\n- Tutorial says Ascend 4 times, but you only need 3.\n\n...aaaand there is just a single background music track at the moment.\n\n# Gallery\n![Unity_ygRuIc2RTA.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628d9.png)\n![Unity_TBVXOs9Yod.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628dc.png)\n![Unity_PFArT3dmXL.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628dd.png)\n![Unity_F6vInw8H3V.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628e2.png)\n![Unity_v8sQ6adRen.png](\/\/\/raw\/a7b\/f1\/z\/628d2.png)\n\n\n### Final Word\nThis was a solo endeavour, fueled by lots of old assets I amassed over the years. Unfortunately, I ran out of time for sound. In any case, here it is - let me know what you think!\n \n##Assets:\n- Hovl Particle Pack\n- Freesound Music https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/szegvari\/sounds\/558852\/\n- Statue https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/3d-models\/cthulhu-8a6ec44762804b9988d54c77a830471a#download\n- Quirky Animal Packs\n\n","title":"Wake The Dreamer","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"capture":{"original":"https:\/\/api-jam.ludumdare.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/384001+384002+384003+384004+384005+384006+384007+384008+384009+384010+384011+384012+384013+384014+384015+384016+384017+384018+384019+384020+384021+384022+384023+384024+384025+384026+384027+384028+384029+384030+384031+384032+384033+384034+384035+384036+384037+384038+384039+384040+384041+384042+384043+384044+384045+384046+384047+384048+384049+384050+384051+384052+384053+384054+384055+384056+384057+384058+384059+384060+384061+384062+384063+384064+384065+384066+384067+384068+384069+384070+384071+384072+384073+384074+384075+384076+384077+384078+384079+384080+384081+384082+384083+384084+384085+384086+384087+384088+384089+384090+384091+384092+384093+384094+384095+384096+384097+384098+384099+384100+384101+384102+384103+384104+384105+384106+384107+384108+384109+384110+384111+384112+384113+384114+384115+384116+384117+384118+384119+384120+384121+384122+384123+384124+384125+384126+384127+384128+384129+384130+384131+384132+384133+384134+384135+384136+384137+384138+384139+384140+384141+384142+384143+384144+384145+384146+384147+384148+384149+384150+384151+384152+384153+384154+384155+384156+384157+384158+384159+384160+384161+384162+384163+384164+384165+384166+384167+384168+384169+384170+384171+384172+384173+384174+384175+384176+384177+384178+384179+384180+384181+384182+384183+384184+384185+384186+384187+384188+384189+384190+384191+384192+384193+384194+384195+384196+384197+384198+384199+384200+384201+384202+384203+384204+384205+384206+384207+384208+384209+384210+384211+384212+384213+384214+384215+384216+384217+384218+384219+384220+384221+384222+384223+384224+384225+384226+384227+384228+384229+384230+384231+384232+384233+384234+384235+384236+384237+384238+384239+384240+384241+384242+384243+384244+384245+384246+384247+384248+384249+384250+384251+384252+384253+384254+384255+384256+384257+384258+384259+384260+384261+384262+384263+384264+384265+384266+384267+384268+384269+384270+384271+384272+384273+384274+384275+384276+384277+384278+384279+384280+384281+384282+384283+384284+384285+384286+384287+384288+384289+384290+384291+384292+384293+384294+384295+384296+384297+384298+384299+384300+384301+384302+384303+384304+384305+384306+384307+384308+384309+384310+384311+384312+384313+384314+384315+384316+384317+384318+384319+384320+384321+384322+384323+384324+384325+384326+384327+384328+384329+384330+384331+384332+384333+384334+384335+384336+384337+384338+384339+384340+384341+384342+384343+384344+384345+384346+384347+384348+384349+384350+384351+384352+384353+384354+384355+384356+384357+384358+384359+384360+384361+384362+384363+384364+384365+384366+384367+384368+384369+384370+384371+384372+384373+384374+384375+384376+384377+384378+384379+384380+384381+384382+384383+384384+384385+384386+384387+384388+384389+384390+384391+384392+384393+384394+384395+384396+384397+384398+384399+384400+384401+384402+384403+384404+384405+384406+384407+384408+384409+384410+384411+384412+384413+384414+384415+384416+384417+384418+384419+384420+384421+384422+384423+384424+384425+384426+384427+384428+384429+384430+384431+384432+384433+384434+384435+384436+384437+384438+384439+384440+384441+384442+384443+384444+384445+384446+384447+384448+384449+384450+384451+384452+384453+384454+384455+384456+384457+384458+384459+384460+384461+384462+384463+384464+384465+384466+384467+384468+384469+384470+384471+384472+384473+384474+384475+384476+384477+384478+384479+384480+384481+384482+384483+384484+384485+384486+384487+384488+384489+384490+384491+384492+384493+384494+384495+384496+384497+384498+384499+384500?authors&parents&superparent"},"object":"objects\/sha256\/02\/029b8fb997c0c8194761a2d1f31778c67b7e81bf1554d9f2eb8e93a4b0513550","record":"shard-0\/json-live-urgent-v3\/records\/a394f2d4d35e6a7cd16acbc148f301ce9ad989fede953423dc2d2fd40a9c4be2.json","sha256":"029b8fb997c0c8194761a2d1f31778c67b7e81bf1554d9f2eb8e93a4b0513550","source":"https","stored_at":1784022501}}