PS Freedom Games is also running some cool giveaways at Pax, so stop by their booth for your chance to win some cool swag!
Version 1.0.1 Demo Patch Notes
General
Added Japanese language support.
Improved Skip functionality.
Polished equipment art and renamed a few items.
Polished PS5/Switch controller glyphs.
Polished character art and pillow profile art.
Polished tutorial descriptions.
Added Mouse Grab setting to the Options Menu.
Characters
Neru
Increased DEF growth from 70 -> 80.
Increased LUK growth from 90 -> 100.
Decreased RES growth from 120 -> 110.
Luna
Increased DEX growth from 90 -> 100.
Sophie
Increased HP growth from 350 -> 360.
Increased LUK growth from 95 -> 100.
Cards
Star Hammer
Reduced damage per Tired from 15% -> 10%.
Harvest
Increased RANGE from 3 -> 5.
Retreat
Now specifies that it scales off of HP.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where party members were blurry while playing on a high freqency monitor (ex: 144Hz)
Fixed a bug where the Hardcore death warning would stop working after doing an in-combat save.
Check out the gameplay in our developer stream!
Hey everyone!
The second stream will be broadcast on Feb 9th @ 7 PM EST!
You can watch the stream on the Steam Next Fest page at that time. The stream is pre-recorded and will be looped throughout the duration of Steam Next Fest on our store page.
If you haven't had a chance yet, make sure to play our free demo! It will be up for a limited time so check it out before it comes down on Feb 19th.
Don't forget to wishlist the game and share your feedback and thoughts with us either through Steam Discussions or our Discord!
The first stream will be broadcast on Feb 7th @ 9 AM EST!
You can watch the stream on the Steam Next Fest page at that time. The stream is pre-recorded and will be looped throughout the duration of Steam Next Fest on our store page.
If you haven't had a chance yet, make sure to play our free demo! It will be up for a limited time so check it out before it comes down on Feb 19th.
Don't forget to wishlist the game and share your feedback and thoughts with us either through Steam Discussions or our Discord!
We're excited to announce that we are participating in the upcoming Steam Next Fest from Feb 5-12th!
As part of our participation, there is a free demo available for everyone to give the game a try during the event and we'd love to read your feedback on it through Steam Discussions or our Discord!
Keep in mind the demo will come down a week after Next Fest ends on the 19th.
During the event, we have two streams scheduled where you can see the game being played by our team. Both of these streams are pre-recorded and will be looped throughout the duration of Next Fest.
Don't forget to wishlist the game so you don't miss out on any news and thank you for your support!
Added a Map to the game! Press Select while exploring to bring it up!
Lock Save Files! You can now lock and unlock save files, to prevent accidentally overwriting them.
Coins from barrels will now automatically move towards the player.
Added Playstation and Switch controller icons.
Added a "Sell All" feature to the shop.
Players can now use the Left/Right Bumpers to cycle through enemies as well as their own playable units.
Auto Mode in story segments will now flash green while on.
Balance
Cards
Skewer: Increased STR scaling from 100 -> 110.
Equipment
Carrying Case:
Reduced Red EP cost from 2 -> 1.
Increased starting redraws from 2 -> 3.
Carrying Case can now be found in the demo.
Some items have been renamed to follow a material system. For example, Short Sword -> Bronze Sword.
Status Effects
Carrot: Reduced LUK per stack from +20 -> +15%.
Misc
Reduced drop rate of Pillow Case.
ESC can now be pressed to back out of menus.
Adjusted the logic for when the breaking barrels tutorial is presented.
Reworded Easy and Medium difficulties.
Dreamweaver's Journal: October 2023
Happy Halloween!
Welcome to another entry in the Dreamweaver’s Journal, especially spooky for this edition. Today, our focus is on Ashguard, which is the spookiest of all the areas in the Dream World.
Ashguard
Within the eerie expanse of the Nightmare realm, Ashguard looms as a perilous domain, brimming with ominous inhabitants and an unforgiving landscape. Yet, why venture into such a treacherous place? The air is thick with soot and sulphur, while the harsh, rocky foundation hosts pools of scorching lava. For Neru and her party of Dreams, Ashguard's trials must be confronted.
Among its stark realities, the cult of the Bringers of Light resides. These mysterious and dangerous practitioners delve into dark magic and occult studies, dwelling within the desolation of Ashguard. Here, the Bringers of Light conduct their rituals, many revolving around the Brilliant, known to others as a Dream Fragment. It is this very Dream Fragment that impels Neru's journey to Ashguard; she must steal it from the Bringers of Light in order to save the Dream World.
Cera
The Bringers of Light are not the sole inhabitants of Ashguard. In a remote and lonely corner of the land, Nightmare Cera has established her cottage. Finding solace in the local flora, Cera diligently tends to her garden and plants. However, one day, forces of the Bringers of Light decide to ransack her land. United against a common enemy, Cera joins your party, and together, you will set out to confront and dismantle the Bringers of Light.
Thorns
Cera, being both an archer and a green thumb, possesses a mechanic called Thorns. Thorns is a debuff that rebounds damage back to the attacker, reflecting 20% of the damage per stack. Up to 5 Thorns stacks can be applied to a unit, reflecting 100% of the incoming damage back to the attacker. Furthermore, it's possible to utilise equipment that amplifies the damage you take to reflect even more damage to your adversary. For example, Demon Guard (very spooky) augments both a unit’s STR and INT, but increases all damage dealt to the unit by 20%.
Thorn Shot
This card shoots an arrow dealing physical damage to your enemy. At the same time, it provides the casting unit with one stack of Thorns. But be careful, as this card also removes 10% of the caster’s HP.
Bloom
Convert all stacks of Thorns into stacks of Roses. A Rose stack gives a unit the ability to gain 7% of an attack's damage back as health. Like Thorns, there is a max of 5 stacks meaning you can get up to 35% percent of your damage recovered as health.
Head Shot
A ranged physical damage attack that gains a 30% chance to deal a critical hit per Rose stack. Since there is a max of 5 Rose stacks, Head Shot can have up to a 150% chance to crit!
Trick or Treat: Equipment from Ashguard
We will end off this Halloween edition of the Journal with another creepy equipment combo. Get out your garlic and wooden stakes, because the Poltergeist Plate is one frightfully haunted piece of armour. In fact, each time an ally unit plays a card, the wearer of Poltergeist Plate takes 1 damage. Sounds pretty scary to me. However, if the wearer also had Heroic Headband on, not only would look spooktacularly stylish, but they would also have a 20% chance to get a random buff everytime they took damage. So all that damage they got from Poltergeist Plate would give the unit a chance to receive a random buff!
That’s it for now. Stay tuned for future editions of the Journal where we will talk about more worlds and characters! If you would like to try Dream Tactics, we encourage you to download the demo. Also, feel free to join our Discord server if you have any questions for us. We are always happy to answer any inquiries and respond to all feedback. Before you go, don't forget to give Dream Tactics a wishlist! Your support will really help make Dream Tactics the best it can be.
Thanks for reading, Spectra Entertainment
Dreamweaver's Journal: September 2023
Hello everybody,
Welcome back to the Dreamweaver's Journal! We hope you are all well as we ease into fall (at least here in the northern hemisphere). As usual, we have been hard at work developing Dream Tactics, and we are happy to report that we have been making great progress. Speaking of which, here are some of the features that we have been working on and are most excited about!
The World Map
We started the month by creating an area map! This feature makes it much easier to understand where you have been and where you have yet to explore. Let’s take a closer look.
The map grows with every step you take, marking along the way the areas you have visited. Of course, front and centre, your party leader icon marks where you are in relation to the level. In addition, the map is colour-coded to help describe more about what you have to explore:
Red sections mark that there is more to explore in that direction.
Green sections mark where the entrances and exits to the level are.
Willow
The Dream World’s resident mad scientist, Willow, has created a top-secret research facility deep within the nightmare region of the Dream World. Within the labyrinth of labs and testing facilities, you can find Willow pursuing her passion of studying humans and their unparalleled power within the Dream World.
Willow's specialty is minion mastery. She possesses the ability to summon enemy pillows into battle that she can manipulate as she pleases. While normally summoning enemies is a disadvantage for the player, Willow’s cards synergize with these summoned pillows by means of their Minion status effect.
Charm is one of Willow's most powerful cards. It lets her brainwash a pillow into doing her bidding, which means it will pursue and attack other pillows, offering valuable assistance to you and your team. Normally this card has a very low hit rate, but when played on pillows that were summoned by Willow, this card has a 100% chance to it.
If brainwashing pillows are too subtle for your tastes, you can always use Detonate Pillow. This card allows Willow to turn any regular pillow into a powerful bomb that can wreak havoc on the enemy forces. Simply summon a pillow somewhere behind enemy lines and then follow up with Detonate Pillow for an easy one-two punch that can deal some serious damage to your opponents.
Detonate Plate
Detonate Plate is one of the new pieces of equipment that we have implemented, and it is quickly becoming one of our favourites! Detonate Plate is an item meant to be equipped on your tankiest and most defensive units.
Specifically, when a unit wearing Detonate Plate is attacked by physical damage, they cause an explosion that damages all nearby enemies. The damage produced is proportional to the amount of damage the unit's defense stat has mitigated. In other words, the more defense the wearer has, the more damage they will deal with Detonate Plate.
That's it for now. Stay tuned for future editions of the Journal, where we will keep you apprised of our latest developments. If you would like to try Dream Tactics, we encourage you to download the demo. Also, feel free to join our Discord server if you have any questions for us and check us out on Twitter. We are always happy to answer any inquiries and respond to all feedback. Before you go, don't forget to give Dream Tactics a wishlist! Your support will really help make Dream Tactics the best it can be.
Thanks for reading, Spectra Entertainment
Dreamweaver’s Journal: August 2023
Hello everybody, welcome back to the Dreamweaver’s Journal, where we provide you with a brief update on the progress we've achieved with Dream Tactics! In this edition of the Journal, we aim to take you on a swift tour of one of the five worlds within the Dream World: the Coral Oasis.
The Coral Oasis
Set far away in the furthest corner of Dream World lies the mysterious Coral Oasis. To the uninitiated, it seems like paradise found! With its white-sand beaches, perfect weather, and bountiful resources, who wouldn't want to live here? But this is the Dream World, and of course, there is a catch.
You see, once one sets foot into the oasis, they can never leave! Despite that, the Coral Oasis has a reputation for hiding the most prized and valuable treasure in all of the Dream World. This has inspired many treasure hunters and scholars to come and find the treasure, and perhaps learn about the mysterious civilizations that left it behind. It begs the question: is all the treasure to be found under its sandy shores worth the price of never being able to leave? I suppose that’s for each adventurer to answer for themselves. Regardless, in order to save the Dream World, you must venture deep within the Coral Oasis. With luck on your side, you may evade the fate that ensnared those who were once seduced by the oasis, finding themselves trapped in its sands for eternity.
Amber
Amber ventured to the Coral Oasis, consumed by an unrelenting drive to unearth untold riches and discover the ultimate motherlode. Undaunted by the possibility of never departing from the oasis, she ascended the ranks among accomplished treasure hunters. She has gained considerable notoriety among the Oasis residents for her prowess and her remarkable ability to locate the most valuable treasures.
It's all about fire with Amber. Her fire-themed cards are some of the most powerful you will find. Not only is Amber a dominant damage dealer with her magical abilities, but nearly all of her cards have the additional effect of creating Scorched Earth tiles.
Scorched Earth applies fire to the tile underneath where a unit is standing. If a unit is standing on or walks into a Scorched Earth tile, they will receive a Burn debuff. Burn deals damage to the afflicted unit at the start of each turn proportional to the amount of INT that the caster of Scorched Earth has. The smarter Amber gets, the more damage Burn will do!
Amber is no doubt powerful, but beware, her power can sometimes get the best of her. You see, Amber’s Burn is able to damage her teammates! This catch is unique to Amber’s playstyle and those who wield her must take care not to cause too much harm to her teammates. However, Dream Tactics being a game based on builds and strategy, there may be ways to use Amber’s team damage to your advantage. But you will have to stay tuned for future editions of the Journal to learn more about that!
Each and every one of Amber's cards is powerful and will help you on your quest to save the Dream World. We wanted to take this opportunity and share with you a few of our favourites.
Fire Shot
This card can be used to shoot a fireball far across the battlefield. If Amber is in Scorched Earth, this card's range doubles, allowing players to start fires in far off reaches of the battlefield
Wild Fire
Unleashes a ferocious wave of flames that spreads Scorched Earth tiles to its neighbouring areas. This card allows Amber to create a blazing inferno, and playing multiple copies of it can quickly engulf the entire battlefield in flames, catching both enemies and allies in the crossfire.
Kindle
This card amplifies damage by triggering a fiery explosion on the targeted enemy each time you deal damage. The amount of inflicted damage is proportionate to the INT stat of the unit responsible for playing the Kindle card. Given that Kindle inflicts damage every time the target takes damage, keen players will try to pair it with other cards capable of striking multiple times, thereby optimising the potency of Kindle's effect.
There is no denying that Amber ignites the battlefield with her fiery ferocity, but she is also a valuable support unit for her team.
With cards like Warmth and Extinguish at her disposal, Amber can heal her teammates to keep them in the fight. Additionally, Fire Swap can be used for additional movement by allowing her to swap places with an ally in Scorched Earth.
Treasure to be Found in The Oasis
The Coral Oasis is known to hide the most valuable treasure in all of the Dream World, so of course you can expect to find powerful items here to help aid your quest.
Retaliator
This item causes your unit to launch a counter-attack upon successfully evading an enemy attack. The damage inflicted during this counter-attack is directly proportional to the unit's Dexterity (DEX) attribute. By enhancing the wearer's Agility (AGI), the likelihood of evading incoming attacks is increased, thereby enhancing the overall effectiveness and dependability of the Retaliator.
Hiltless
The unit equipped with this item suffers damage whenever they play a card. Initially, this might seem disadvantageous, but in Dream Tactics, numerous items exist that, when combined with Hiltless, can convert its drawback into your advantage.
Take for example Star Shield. When the unit wears Star Shield, they acquire a Tired debuff each time they take damage. This synergy can prove remarkably potent when paired with the Star Hammer card. Star Hammer's damage is increased with the quantity of Tired debuffs the unit possesses. Therefore, to fully exploit Star Hammer's potential, stacking as many Tired debuffs as possible is essential. An effective approach to achieve this synergy is by combining Hiltless with Star Shield.
That’s it for now. Stay tuned for future editions of the Journal where we will talk about more worlds and characters! If you would like to try Dream Tactics, we encourage you to download the demo. Also, feel free to join our Discord server if you have any questions for us. We are always happy to answer any inquiries and respond to all feedback. Before you go, don't forget to give Dream Tactics a wishlist! Your support will really help make Dream Tactics the best it can be.
Thanks for reading, Spectra Entertainment
Steam Strategy Fest!
Hey everyone!
We're proud to announce that Dream Tactics is featured in the Steam Strategy Fest!
You can watch a pre-recorded developer stream here, as well as wishlist us (if you haven't already 😉 )
