One Dreamer

[h3]I can't believe it, they gameified game dev![/h3] Art that is about a very specific experience is extremely special, because when you feel like you're going through a cosmic level of suffering that no one in the history of humanity has ever gone through, there's some artist out there that tells you: "Hey buddy, I've been through this. It sucks, but trust me, it'll be worth it in the end." You could talk to someone who doesn't understand you for hours on end, but it wouldn't help nearly as much as reading the right book, watching the right movie, listening to the right song, or playing the right game would. [i]One Dreamer[/i] is one of those special games. That specificity carries over into the gameplay. [i]One Dreamer[/i] is extremely niche, and I love it for it. Not to scare you, but I would genuinely be surprised if a non-game-dev could even finish it. Some of the programming puzzles are quite hard, and you almost need to have a programming-accustomed brain to look at what's on the screen and not just see a bunch of gibberish. But you don't actually need to [i]know how to code[/i] to play it. You just need to think through problems the way a programmer would. The dev…

As I programmer I really liked this game (although the programming is very simplified I believe it was a good choice to encourage non-programmers and wanna-be programmers to try it out). The story was very good and I was really immersed in it - it's not every day I find such a moving tale. I definitely recommend.

I found One Dreamer to be an absolutely amazing game even if very emotional at times. The pixel-art style is really detailed and some sceneries are absolutely stunning! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2861778854 The game is fully voiced and the soundtrack is quite diverse with some very beautiful tracks. Puzzles were also really fun to solve. They consist of solving simple pseudocode puzzles that should appeal to any beginners interested in learning some very basic coding. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2861778382 It was really a very impressive game to play. I highly recommend it!

I played the prologue when I was still an aspiring computer science student with dreams of developing my own games: not because I have great ideas for fun games, but because I wanted to reach the hearts of others over this special medium of gaming, and bring experiences that one can't otherwise get anywhere else. Life has happened in the years since. Those aspirations drifted farther and farther from my day to day life, but at least for now I got to play the full version of this game. I honestly related to too many things about Frank and the game he's making, from trying to stuff obscure references into the game to the bad code contending to be Spaghetti Bolognese. Seeing characters like Frank reminds me that the dream is still alive, and that I'm not the only one with that dream. This one's to all the One Dreamers out there, dream on-

stuck at the conez. dont want to figure out and continue. boring btw cant play only with joystick, had to tap on deck screen.

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