Machines Have Lucid Dreams
A downloadable game for Windows
A photographic point & click about finding balance through small things
By Ivan Kashdan & Blithe Germ
STORY
Upon arriving in the dream-state of the machines, you're given a strange task to retrieve 10 miscellaneous objects - only to discover from a cast of curious inhabitants that certain combinations unlock secrets hidden in their memories.
The machines have endured a great calamity in this place they call home. While some remained steadfast and persevered, many who once thrived now struggle to remember their purpose. Others are presumed lost.
GAMEPLAY
Master our unique stacking mechanic to find the missing machines.
Stack, combine, and arrange the found objects into over 120 combinations to rediscover the history of this world and help those old souls find release at last.
FEATURES
- 10 objects to find
- 120+ object combinations to discover
- 8 talking machines, fully scripted to respond to these combinations, resulting in thousands of lines of possible dialogue
- A supporting cast of colourful machine-like friends
- Consequences for your actions
- Feature-length story (2+ hours of gameplay)
DEVELOPMENT
We are a two-person team working in central London. Machines Have Lucid Dreams is our first game, which we started in March 2020, and completed in June 2022.
MHLD is about finding meaning in the small things... And the abundant options that can exist with only a handful of miscellaneous objects.
It was created using Adventure Game Studio.
We hope you enjoy what was an unexpectedly long, protracted and personal journey for us in the development of this strange world which, starting from humble beginnings, grew and grew the more we added to it...
Download
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Development log
- 10min gameplay footageJul 04, 2022
- Release day!Jun 16, 2022
Comments
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LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been playing a few hours and found it quite interesting how the game brings a deep reflection with both charecters and mechanics about the world were we live and how we treat it. Also I must give you my greetings for doing quite and interesting and experimental game.
Loved the mailbox faces :)
Thank you for your message paurodesa, so happy that you have made this connection with our game. MHLD has definitely been a space for personal expression for us these last 2 years - a catch-all for our thoughts about the world and our place in it, especially during the lockdowns.
The mailboxes are voiced by Blythe :)
played for a bit really liked the art and design and the sound effects, one thing to note, the text for the mailboxes at the start was really hard to read,
thank you 2tgv! Yes, the font can be tough to read at times - perhaps due to the 320 x 200 resolution we are using 0.o
Not my case i didn't have any trouble to read