One layout, three worlds

Dreamshift

Dreamshift lets the player move between different dream worlds. A shared layout guided the hills, moon, and tall shapes while DreamLayer helped turn them into forest, volcanic, and underwater scenery.

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Dreamshift: a view shared by the creator — A view of the game shared by its creator.

Behind the artwork

Change the world around the player.

A shared layout repainted as different worlds, plus characters and animation.

A shared composition

The same shapes tell three stories.

Start with the simple layout, then compare the painted versions. The tall shapes become trees, ruins, or underwater scenery while the major landmarks stay in familiar places.

Starting layout — The shared hills, moon, and tall shapes used to guide the three worlds.

Forest world — A forest version of the original layout.

Volcanic world — The same layout becomes a landscape of embers and ruins.

Underwater world — The same shapes become kelp, coral, and light from the surface.

A character to carry through them

Give the dreamer a stride.

The cloaked character and lantern provide a recognizable figure across the changing worlds. This generated run cycle shows the movement explored for the character.

Dreamer character — A small cloaked dreamer carries a lantern through each world.

Dreamer run cycleThe dreamer runs in place through a repeating stride.

From development to play

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A view of the game shared by its creator.

dreamshift game view shared by the creator

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Change the world around the player.

The same shapes tell three stories.

Give the dreamer a stride.

See the artwork in context.

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