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Thanks Stefan. Glad you managed to find me! I wouldn't have been there without your encouragement!

I've played through this now, and it's really great. It's also got the only thing I've made in Dreams this year in it, so check it out!

Tremendous achievement, Juvy. Congrats!

My DreamsCom '24 event is OUT NOW! #MadeInDreams #DreamsPs4 #DreamsPs5 ✨✨✨

This has seriously been a huge passion project, I hope people enjoy the final event! If you run into any issues please let me know! 💕

DreamsCom '24 is close at hand! 😳

Don't forget to send in your Booths! 15th is the deadline! If needed you may take a bit more time: I'll try to include all booths made, up until release!

The event itself will release for all to attend on the 20th! #MadeInDreams #DreamsPs4

You are a star, Juvy. Many thanks!

I was working on something for this last night! It's a bit last minute, but hopefully I can get something done in time. Just wanted to ask if we're allowed to use the Subtitle Displayer gadget in the submissions?

Play my game where you read kids' stupid letters to Santa.

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Love that! I've always thought there should be a Tony Hawk game where you can fall and break your leg and then the game won't let you play for 6 months until your character recovers.

Hello beautiful!

First time on Dreams in a long long (long) time. Let's see if I can remember how to drive this thing!

This is where you say "actually this is already done in [game X]" and I will be super impressed at your excellent game knowledge.

I'm loving these ideas! How about... each location/stage having it's own track, but each character having their own variation on the track that can be shifted to or incorporated as an additional layer.

Who is winning? Robo-man? TB-303 synth. Angel-girl? Strings/choirs. Biker-dude? Elec guitar. etc.

"Perfect" is the enemy of "good". And "good" is the enemy of "passable". And "passable" is the enemy of "dammit Joe just submit something so you can be there".

If I can think of an idea then I'll give it a try, but I've nothing to promote otherwise!

Looking forward to seeing your booth(s) though!

I didn't know you could get a cookie cutter in the shape of a reindeer head!

Happy December! Thinking back to this creation I made in Dreams from a few years ago, featuring an interactive festive scene which you run around in and can shake the whole thing up by rapidly tilting the controller.
#MadeInDreams #DreamsPS4

I was thinking about giving this a go (after that message you sent me before), but I've probably left it a bit late now. I was a slow creator even when I was using Dreams a lot!

Do you have a booth made for it?

Mm have finally hit Bluesky. Welcome Molecules!

WE DID IT!

Very cool. I also enjoyed this cool new hidden character.

Yeah, I'd love to work together or help out in some way - I'll drop you a message! Defold is a new one on me, but I'll look into it.

I remembered (heh!) to put it into the Play Later list, but I've not been on Dreams since you released it. I will be a player one day! I've not tried Unbound. Looks especially good for those interested in sculpting, which I'm not. Which toolset will you be using for your next game?

Really appreciate this response, Stefan. It's got me thinking. Don't know what the result of that thinking is yet! I've used Unity and given Godot a quick blast, but they're pretty soulless, you know. I think I'd need to way more proficient in one of them before I'd get the "flow" I got from Dreams.

I've spent the year catching up and tackling the "pile of shame", so I guess that's a good thing. But it's never been about lack of inspiration, more about disillusionment with the direction of Dreams and the realisation that it'll never meet its potential. And the lack of clear "next path" for me.

This Game Did Everything. What Happened? YouTube video by Intra

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This bout of introspective blabbering was prompted by me watching this excellent video about Dreams by @intrattackout.bsky.social. Definitely worth a watch.

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So what now for me? Well... who knows. I made this account (over a year ago now!) as a gamedev hobbyist, but now I'm not even that. I'm just a directionless dude creating nothing. Maybe I'll find my way forward (or even back) to get into the scene again, but for now I'm creatively lost.

Melodramatics aside, I do really miss making games. Making stuff for a brilliant community using the legitimately most fun and inspiring gamedev toolset ever made in Dreams was like bottled lightning for me. The end of live support changed things - difficult to accept, but time helps.

I am lost. My profile used to read "GameDev hobbyist with #MadeInDreams", but I can't truthfully say I am any longer. I don't create on the platform any more, and I don't create anywhere else either. People moved on but I didn't follow, and in 2024 I have done nothing creative. I'm in gamedev limbo.

You should edit one of them to put some weird shit in the background.

Ketchup clearing tables.

#DreamsPS4 #CharacterDesign #3Dart