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Dreamscape is a comforting game about dreams, memories and friendship

Independent games are a particular type of jewel because instead of relying on a big budget and enormous resources to provide a revolutionary experience, they are forced to be creative with new ingenious features and bumps with established mechanisms. a kind. We have seen a number of cases of innovative mixtures over the years, but Dreamscape from Afterburner Studios takes the roguelite formula in a direction that I would never have considered previously; A sincere story of solitude and construction of a new life in a new city. On paper, Dreamscape is a simple experience: do the social things when you are awake and bellicose fighters stab when you sleep. We have already seen this idea, but summarize it to such a simple experience would be criminal. You play Cassidy, a nerd and creative and imaginative adult player who has just moved into a new city. She is a little clumsy in an endearing and relatable way while trying to open up to strangers in the city of Redhaven, but the nuanced i...