Dream until your dreams come true
Last week was like a dream. Not just because it was terrific and all, but because we worked on "dreams." First, there was a lot of reading and talking, especially about Carl Gustav Jung. You see, Mr. Jung saw the mind, the body, and the feelings as a whole, working together, named them all as one; psyche. And he saw dreams as this psyche's way to communicate to the individual.
He also believed that dreams are an essential part of the development of the personality and that they express themselves through the use of symbols. That's what we do as well!
Ok. Then how is this going to work in our game? You will play a character in Circadian City, and during day time, like all of the rest, you will go to work, meet friends and… you'll know what to do.
But, when the night comes, you close your eyes, then comes an opportunity to back up your daily motivations. What do we mean by that? We are designing a dream country where you can plant your courage (to invite the girl/boy you like), gather self-esteem from the fields (for your next business presentation), or maybe trim the crops of fear (of being unsuccessful)...
"I have noticed that dreams are simple or as complicated as the dreamer himself."
C. Jung
At the beginning of the game, the dream-world will be simple, and on a small scale. But when you start to build your personality and focus on what you want to do in your life, this place will be open to you...
Remember that we mentioned before choosing life-goals? Well, each of these life goals will demand a different personality type and different motivations. Your dreams will supply these motivations so that you will be able to focus on your life-goal with your body, mind, and feelings together (aka psyche). As you proceed, you will be able to build more advanced items/feelings.
There will be a lot of features in this part of the game; quests, new NPC's, items and crafting materials (and surely they will all have their pixel-dream-of-a-pony-style).
Here is to the dreams and the masters of the dreams...
Cheers!
"What power would hell have if those imprisoned here would not be able to dream of heaven?"
Neil Gaiman, Dream Lord, Preludes& Nocturnes