Dreams of Joy Departed

You are James Winter, a stranger looking for his old girlfriend Velouria. As you journey through the memories of others you will get to know a daughter and father trapped in a cycle of violence, and perhaps help them resolve some of their feelings towards one another. 

However... the actions and personality of Mr. Winter are not set in stone, and there is another way forward, one steeped in more misery and darkness than what life already have had in store for our poor family. 

Warning: this project contains imagery and themes which may or may not be disturbing. If you think something would fit on a list of triggers, its probably in the game or will be in future chapters. Do not worry though, a "happy" ending should be possible.

DEMO2 IS OUT: This is a big one and contains the entirety of ACT1 and ACT2. The demo has an ending, preparing for ACT3. Demo contains about 2 hours of gameplay, but you can do a speedrun in about 45 min. 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

Move using the mouse or keyboard, keyboard is preferable, it just feels better. 

Press ESC  to access the Menu where you will manage your inventory and equip new moods, intentions and weapons. 

Hold shift to run as you explore a strange and twisted world made out of memories and feelings. 

Combat is necessary,  there are no peaceful options but perhaps other actions may have consequences beyond what at first seems apparent. 

TIPS: 

Many objects in the world can be interacted with, some of them give permanent bonuses or supply you with new moods. 

Sometimes you can speak to people more than once, even when there is no (...) bubble by their head. 

Cards and moods are powerful tools, change your gear to adapt to new situations. 

Moods and intentions are sometimes added to your inventory without informing the player, take a look from time to time. 

There are clues hidden in the music. 

Complain away: 

Please post complaints, thoughts, bugs and opinions in the comments. This is very much an early build and all things may change during development. 

I would love opinions about: 

- The combat system. 

- The story. 

- Anything written which should be rephrased. 

- Things that do not work, or do not seem to work as they should. 

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UPDATE 2.0

-  All of act 2 playable, dark path possible but needs improvement. 

- Autosave SHOULD function and trigger when you enter an area, but make manual saves just in case. Depending on how you play and what equipment you use some enemies can smoke you, save if something looks suspicious and if you die, look through your inventory. for a solution. You can level grind if you want. 

- There are four main characters which can be a part of your party and a fifth one which enters at the end if you truly are a monster. 

- Sturgeon improved, made cuter, and also kept wet for convenience. 

KNOWN BUGS: 

- If you die in an area and then reload and face an enemy sometimes the game stops working. There is a workaround, just leave and re-enter the area after you have loaded your game. 

- Transferring save-files should be possible in the future when all content that is added is new content. At this point, while many things are still changing, it usually does not work. 

- There is a weird issue that breaks combat very rarely. I have yet to figure out why it happens and I have not managed to repeat it consequently. If you can spot what it is I would be thankful! 

- Sometimes letters in the text turn black... but is this really a bug?

Future Stuff: 

-  ACT3. 

- Playable 3eyed Jacks card-game.

- Corrupted Young Sarah as "changed" partymember on dark path. 

- Fishing game to get new weapons and friends for Young Sarah. 

- Pushing 2.1, 2.2 and so forth as people inform me that shit dont work ;_;.

- Solopath with exclusive content for people who do not recruit companions.