Thread: After figuring out a Lucid last night.

After I figured out I was in a dream last night, I couldn't control it. I was in a retro video game world (Dransik for those who know it), and even though I KNEW it wasn't real I couldn't control anything. I'm not quite sure how to get past this hump. I've controlled one dream my entire life and it was pretty easy that time (when I was 9, that was 10 years ago).

What do you guys do to control dreams, or rather are there any techniques that I could use to attempt to control dreams? I was pretty frustrated when I woke up this morning knowing I failed.

EDIT: I forgot to tell how I figured out it wasn't real. The items on the ground that I picked up were pixelated somehow and I tried drinking one of the pixelated potions and nothing came out of it.