Lucid Dream Games

**SleepyCookieDough** · 01-24-2009 03:15 AM

I love LDs like everyone here (well like almost everyone here). The upcomming week is exams week for my school and I have no exams that week so I'm staying home and I found some Lucid Dreams movies to watch (on youtube for free, LOL!) I was also wondering if there were any PC games about Lucid Dreaming. I couldn't find any but I've heard of it and I really wanted to play one. Thanks

**Invader** · 01-24-2009 07:25 AM

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

**hellohihello** · 01-24-2009 07:29 AM

Lucid dreams are the game!

**SleepyCookieDough** · 01-24-2009 06:50 PM

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_)

**hellohihello** · 01-24-2009 08:25 PM

You could probably find matrix or something lol

**SleepyCookieDough** · 01-24-2009 08:49 PM

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?

**Force of Green** · 01-24-2009 09:16 PM

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

**hellohihello** · 01-24-2009 09:17 PM

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

**Mertruve** · 01-24-2009 11:06 PM

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

**deepsleep** · 01-25-2009 12:22 AM

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.

**EarthPixie** · 01-25-2009 12:36 AM

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.

**SleepyCookieDough** · 01-25-2009 12:39 AM

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.

**reci** · 01-25-2009 12:43 AM

Vanilla Sky.

**deepsleep** · 01-25-2009 12:52 AM

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

**Mertruve** · 01-26-2009 10:14 PM

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.

**paragon** · 01-27-2009 02:25 AM

You are obsessed aren't you, sleepy?

**Vulpix** · 01-27-2009 03:46 AM

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!

**ThreeLetterSyndrom** · 01-27-2009 04:33 PM

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

**Iamerik** · 01-27-2009 11:32 PM

A ten minute short film that you just gotta see.

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

**SleepyCookieDough** · 01-28-2009 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by Iamerik

A ten minute short film that you just gotta see.

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

LOL!

**Captain Sleepalot** · 01-28-2009 01:53 AM

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.

**SleepyCookieDough** · 01-28-2009 01:58 AM

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...

**Force of Green** · 01-28-2009 03:19 AM

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.