Dreamscape Collage
Project Duration: 1 Year
Project Status: Ongoing
Project Type: Personal
Software Used: Unity
Languages Used: C#
Platform: PC, Nintendo Switch​
Introduction
Dreamscape Collage is a 2D Metroidvania that immerses players in a surreal and mysterious world where dreams and reality intertwine. Built on deep narrative foundations, the game explores themes of memory, identity, and consequence through an interconnected world filled with exploration, combat, and puzzle-solving. Players take control of Colette, a cursed protagonist who must navigate a fragmented dreamscape, uncovering its secrets while battling forces that threaten to consume her reality.
Gameplay
The gameplay of Dreamscape Collage is structured around non-linear exploration, skill progression, and environmental storytelling. The protagonist wields both a sword and magical abilities, allowing for dynamic combat encounters and strategic engagements with enemies. The world is interconnected, requiring players to unlock new abilities that grant access to previously inaccessible areas. Platforming challenges and intricate level design encourage mastery of movement mechanics, while narrative elements are woven into the environment, rewarding exploration with deeper insight into the game's lore.
Development
Currently being developed in Unity 6, using base systems learned from a Udemy course as a starting point. Expanded and redesigned mechanics to fit a Metroidvania framework, with an entirely original narrative, characters, art direction, and worldbuilding. The project includes fully custom-made assets, new skill tree systems, and level designs built from scratch.
The main protagonist, Colette is a young woman burdened by a mysterious curse inflicted upon her by Laroc. She wields a sword and magic, using both to traverse the dreamlike world she is trapped in. Her journey is one of discovery, as she pieces together the truth behind her past and the forces manipulating her fate.
The project also integrates elements of Eternum, a parallel light novel that expands on the narrative themes of Dreamscape Collage. This connection enhances the storytelling experience, offering players additional layers of meaning beyond the core gameplay.
