A black velvety expanse

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A dream simulator prototype. Procedurally generates dreams based on a set of parameters displayed at the dream's outset—CLARITY, TENSION, DRIVE, SOCIALITY, and TEMPO. Runs in a terminal, but may become a 3D game someday. Made in 7 hours for LSDJAM 2020 (I only found out about the jam last night 😂).

Refinements I'd like to make:

  • Right now, there's not much text, so the dreams can be repetitive. I'd like to add more, and to tag it in a more sophisticated way so that the dream matches the parameters more closely. The repetition does have kind of a neat aesthetic effect, though—kind of like a dream breaking up. Something to keep in mind…
  • I hoped to add a feature where certain words would be highlighted and you could enter them into a console to navigate through the dream, with the words you pick having an influence on the next round. I really like that two-way feedback loop in LSD, so I wanted to explore it here. There wasn't time, but if I come back to this that will be a core priority.
  • In the long run, it would be nice to give this sound and graphics which are also generated based on the parameters.

All that said, as an experiment, I'm quite pleased with this; I think it shows the promise I was hoping for.

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spinnylights
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