-travel to 11 very different levels to discover the rare species and accomplish a mysterious goal
- bring back the species to get new abilities and enjoy the laboratory
- choose the levels you want to visit or go back to, find secrets and unlock new levels
- the hidden bonuses will help in your progress
- use all information at your disposal to help you, the game won't take you by the hand
- go talk to the elder and finish the game when you feel you've done enough
- enjoy one of the two main endings
- find shortcuts and tricks for your speedruns
Download and try it !
Hello there.
In 2014, I started working on "a dead world's dream" as my first project.
The objectives were simple, provide an adventure that could last hours for free while happily stepping on a few game design rules to offer another take on a platformer.
It took one year, tons of week-ends and holidays after my regular job to complete the first released version. The few Indie db feedback I had at the time were interesting and encouraged me to push further. A few NPC were added to add a little bit of flavour and smoothen the pretty cryptic scenario.
Then, a french gamejam I participated on was the occasion to add an unfair mode that made its way into the final version as a hard mode. Truth be told, I think no player ever played it more than 5 minutes. The hard mode was a lot more that monster doing more damage :
To my delight, after a lifetime of napping in greenlight, "a dead world's dream" was mysteriously validated to reach a broader public. I had to get my hands into the ugly piled up code once again and work.
If you have already tried the game when first released, you should definitely try again:
Please be careful, will you ?
If you haven't played before, try to look past the graphics and get ready for a challenging adventure that could surprise you now and then. If you are cautious and observant enough, you can avoid any trap the game throws at you!
As I am currently working on other titles and would like to put all my focus to bring you better new games, I won't maintain indie db version. I would like to thank indie db for the space it provides to amateur games.
Don't hesitate to pm me if you are curious about anything in the game.
Kind regards,
JoqLePecheur
The information below will help you if you have trouble with controls or understanding what's expected.
2016/11/06 version. Adds "puzzle mode" along with many minor improvements.
"A dead world's dream" is a challenging retro platformer. Inspired from metroidvania games, the game takes place on a sky island. Using a portal, you...
"A dead world's dream" full version installer. Go play it now !
"A dead world's dream" full version installer. Go play it now !
TBH I'm not fond playing as non-fighter character but I have fun playing this game :)
Great world design and level design! Some traps are pretty unfair while the rest are okay
I've completed this game BTW and my completion percentage is 96% (missing 2 more energy booster and 2 teleporters unactivated yet)
Hey Guys This was an amazing game if your into pixel/retro games, I just made a vid on it if you wanna watch here: Youtube.com
If you can't or don't want to click the link, my channel name is IcemanOwns1
But yea great game if your into those NES RPG games this is a game for you, lots of levels and just a good game, big thanks to joqlepecheur for making this one nice job dude! :D
Thanks ! Quite cool to see a video. If people request more, you can tweak music down in the menu (press escape and slide the bar)
Hurts my fingers to hold shift and jump would be nice to be able to change game controls
Hi. I am sorry about that, but I don't intend to update the game much at this point. If you use a microsoft pad, different buttons allow running. Remember that you must choose carefully when to run or not, or the game will punish you ;)