Dreamland [v0.2.6] [Dokiden]

Update to 2.6

This one is in early stages of development and has not lots of content so far. But what i’ve seen up to this version (0.2.3) looks interesting and has lots of potential. Visually it’s really good and the modells look really attractive. Animations are really smooth and transitions look really good too.
On the side of the Story so far there’s not much to talk about. It’s been mostly introduction to the characters and a little bit here and there teases of the mystery inbeded in the story. all in all characters are up to now interesting and the story is well-written. pacing is good and generally all seems to be promising so far.
now my main critic so far and my main advice to developers, if they read this:
It’s actually a common problem among these kind of games, and it is unbalanced choices with massive effects on the story, too early too fast. It causes problems in the future, since the devs will have to somehow find ways to go around those early choices to push the story forward so that it satisfies the supporters. You are introducing Characters, MC and his friends. We almos know nothing about their past and their interactions in the past. we just know that Mei has been kind to MC and is in love with him etc. BUT We players/readers don’t feel anything toward this characters at this early stage and then out of nowhere we need to decide, whether we want to be her boyfriend. In an adult game full of way more interesting girls which will be mainly happening around spring break. At this point you have no emotional motivation to sacrifice all the future sexual interactions with other girls over this 1 girl. A choice like this needs preparation and time so the player is at least knee-deep in the story and characters.
so up to this point you have an important choice to make with 3 options. all of those 3 options seem to have severe penalties :
1. become mei’s bf ->get in a relationship just in the begining of an adult game, is obviously the penalty on itself.
2. go with Lea -> bro code etc.
3. go with Danielle -> will most probably cause trouble with that local girl

Generally speaking asking the player to make important choices, before giving him the context and time to connect with characters, will cause problems in the story ahead and most probably will cause many supporters to bitch in the future to change this and that. Devs will have to change here and there and make up stuff to satisfy people, and it will cost the integrity of the story.
As a rule of thumb, leave the harder choices for the later in the story. as the story progress, make the decisions more important and impactful. let the player to wet their foots in the story and involve in it before giving them the tough choices.

To summerize : i liked it alot so far. visuals are great and the writing is promising. my rating would be 4 out of 5 or around 90%. hopefully developers will keep the quality while balancing the choices and it will be one of the better games.
Well done and keep up the good work kids! 😀

game update take too long. but the graphic and story just hot af

bullshit game i cant play it ######

This is not an update as there is no new material added at all.

I enjoyed the vn so far, its good, but its very short despite the several updates that have dropped onto this vn

Where do you guys get these compressed versions… the ones with _UQ at the end look virtually the same as original but the size is smaller… how is that possible?!

Really good game but unfortunately a really small update. You just end up feeling teased and wanting more, I really hope we don’t get small updates like this every 5 months it’s going to be a long time waiting for the story to develop and for updates if they’re going to always be this small.

Aun no lo descargue, pero me recomiendan o no…

I am tired….. i cant play it, in each animation it closes. Removed.

Shit I ve a 2gb graphics card im sure iwont be able to play it.

Very short so far (v 0.1.2). But definitely on the top of my lookout list.

The story is a setup for a mystery. So far the story is extremely railroaded (choices don’t matter aside from a few different texts) and it’s not clear if this will continue the whole game or is just the setup till the story gets to a hub like the campsite or the rented house at Dreamland and switches to sandbox or branching storylines.

Models and faces are fantastic and not a paste + small adjustments job from other games as far as I can tell.

Static images have moving backgrounds and some foreground parts can move as well, which makes everything much more dynamic and lively then most other visual models. Seems like a great way to increase immersive quality while keeping rendering still manageable.

Actual full animations are pretty good, but pretty sparse because static images + small moving parts fill in a lot of gaps that other games either have full static or full animated.

what animations, so cool