Thread: Lucid Dream Games

What exactly would be the purpose of playing a lucid dream game? Maybe you could enlighten us, as I've never heard of one.

Lucid dreams are the game!

I know, lucid dreams will always be the best but I mean, while in real life, I'd just like to know if there's any games that the plot is about LDs OR books (stories_)

You could probably find matrix or something lol

Originally Posted by invader_tech

What exactly would be the purpose of playing a lucid dream game? Maybe you could enlighten us, as I've never heard of one.

Do you go in people's dreams?

I think I kinda get what you're wondering/asking.

I suppose. Matrix is a dream, or so I was told.

Psychonauts. A great game btw, should be preinstalled on every computer.

Originally Posted by Mertruve

Psychonauts. A great game btw, should be preinstalled on every computer.

From what i just read, that game has absolutely nothing to do with lucid dreaming.

Never heard of that kind of game.

Have you seen the movie "Waking Life"?
PLot: Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life. Along the way the film touches on other topics including existentialism, situationist politics, posthumanity, and the film theory of André Bazin.

Originally Posted by EarthPixie

Never heard of that kind of game.

Have you seen the movie "Waking Life"?

I think, what kind of movie is it? ANyways, from a tutorial on this site, I found these The Butterfly Effect, The matrix, Vanilla sky, What Dreams May Come and Waking life but when I was going to look it up on youtube, I had to leave so i didn't get to see what it looks like.... What is it like?

[EDIT] I read the 'plot'. Looks interesting, is it a comic or a movie? 'cause it seemed to be a moive from what I found yet.

Vanilla Sky.

The Good Night is a movie on lucid dreaming. P.S. im watching waking life at the moment.

From what i just read, that game has absolutely nothing to do with lucid dreaming.

Perhaps you've missed the part where

you go in people's dreams?

This theme is also present in Okami (although it is not a major part).

And Waking Life sucks IMO.

You are obsessed aren't you, sleepy?

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

I think, what kind of movie is it? ANyways, from a tutorial on this site, I found these The Butterfly Effect, The matrix, Vanilla sky, What Dreams May Come and Waking life but when I was going to look it up on youtube, I had to leave so i didn't get to see what it looks like.... What is it like?

[EDIT] I read the 'plot'. Looks interesting, is it a comic or a movie? 'cause it seemed to be a moive from what I found yet.

It looks like a cartoon, but it is actually a proper movie. This is from the Wiki;

"Adding to the dream-like effect, the film used an innovative animation technique based on rotoscoping. Animators overlaid live action footage (shot by Linklater) with animation that roughly approximates the images actually filmed. A variety of artists were employed, so the feel of the movie continually changes. The result is a surreal, shifting dreamscape."

It is a brilliant film, and I strongly recommend every lucid dreamer should see it. Its what changed my life and turned me to start lucid dreaming!

I enjoyed Waking Life. The discussions go about stuff I'm into. If you're into (pseudo-)philosophy, you'll enjoy it

A ten minute short film that you just gotta see.

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=a6IqgvXFaWU

Originally Posted by Iamerik

A ten minute short film that you just gotta see.

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=a6IqgvXFaWU

LOL!

I think that someone could develop a nice adventure game that has the character (and by extension, the player) learning about different aspects of lucid dreaming as the levels play out.

Of course, it would have to be in the context of some sort of "adventure" or purpose for learning the techniques, with several other quests and stories added to give the game some variety.

I could see it being a good way to instill reality checking as a habit, as the player has different opportunities throughout each game level to reality check (by pressing a certain key or key combination on their keyboard...perhaps "RC"?); for example, if the player reality checks immediately after certains cues happen (say, the walls move slightly or irrational things start going on), then they go into a state of "lucidity" whereby they can break the laws of physics, etc.

Anyway, it seems like there have been many people on this board who have begun development of various forum based RPGs and Flash games, but I have yet to see any commercial game developed that has lucid dreaming as its central focus.

I guess Lucid Dreaming is just not recognized enough... I wonder if Lucid Dreaming will ever be part of our culture... Not everyone has enough willpower...

Originally Posted by SleepyCookieDough

I guess Lucid Dreaming is just not recognized enough... I wonder if Lucid Dreaming will ever be part of our culture... Not everyone has enough willpower...

Let's just be glad that we found each other.

Originally Posted by Force of Green

Let's just be glad that we found each other.

Yes, let's just be glad that we found each other

Uh.............Group hug?