At first, everything’s fine and dandy for Victor Neff, The Dream Machine‘s protagonist, having just moved into a lovely new place with his wife. Unfortunately for the happy couple, it isn’t long before Victor notices that something is off about their new home. A discovery which, over the course of soon-to-be-six chapters, takes him through… other people’s dreams! Oh, and not metaphorically either.
But while being able to visit the dreams of other people may seem enticing, what really makes The Dream Machine stand out – for me at least – is its art style. See, unlike pretty much every other genre entry, this one was “built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli”. Yup. Sounds crazy, but a glance at the trailer below should help make sense of it all, on top of proving that a pointy ‘n clicky affair doesn’t have to be pixellated (I do enjoy those too, though!) to look good.
Explore a creepy apartment complex and uncover the mysteries within. Get to know your neighbors and discover their secrets.
Now, you might be thinking that entering the dream of someone else is a serious invasion of privacy, and honestly, you’d be right. Riddle me this, though: if it meant saving one or more people, would you let something like that stop you? I wouldn’t, and the same goes for Victor. Probably a good thing, seeing how he’s our only hope of stopping whatever is going on in The Dream Machine. Will he succeed or fail in this rather mind-boggling quest? We won’t know until May 11, when the sixth chapter will arrive.
The Dream Machine is available from Steam.