The Everdream

Devlog

• Greetings, Dreamers!
  November 17, 2024 by The Everdream

  We have exciting news today! We are excited to announce the release of the demo build for EverDream. This project was developed as a student project. After a year of hard work, testing, and listening... Continue reading
• Cheating Colour Cohesiveness with Lighting
  November 17, 2024 by The Everdream

  So look, making who knows how many separate assets look like they fit in together is kind of hard, even with depth adding some immersion there’s always this kind of collage type feel, a same-y-ness... Continue reading

  
• Concepting the Environment
  November 17, 2024 by The Everdream

  A dream is beautiful, even when it’s collapsing… (Concept art – The Cove) Visual element plays an important part in a game for story telling and making a first impression of a game. In Everdream... Continue reading

  
• Design Note · Level Design
  November 12, 2024 by The Everdream

  This time, let’s take a look inside the level design behind Everdream. Set Goals From The Story Line In Everdream, the dream world has a hub — the cathedral. The only shelter away from the nightma... Continue reading

  
• Lets Break Games
  October 27, 2024 by The Everdream

  If you’d didn’t know by now we’ve been making a game; our first game actually. For the past year we have been pulling together strings of knowledge to create a 2D platformer with our favourite l... Continue reading

  
• What have we been up to? Designing LVL 1
  October 20, 2024 by The Everdream

  While our puzzle systems carry onto the new level, our environments have changed as we progress through the dream world. The first of which is a forest area. Initially, you would go from the undergrou... Continue reading

  
• Building Levels With Tilemaps
  October 13, 2024 by The Everdream

  The Everdream uses tilemap as the base of building the game levels, it is a common technique used in 2D games development for creating maps and levels, it will combine pre-made variations of tiles int... Continue reading

  
• 2D with a little Depth, as a treat
  October 06, 2024 by The Everdream

  We want our games environments to look alive, and we can’t really do that with just flat images no matter how nice the art is to look at. A flat look just isn’t enough for our little bunny to run... Continue reading

  
• Working as a Team
  September 29, 2024 by The Everdream

  Our goals are set around different areas of the game, and we need to work on design, artwork, coding and programming, marketing, sounds, narrative, etc. We break this down by what we want to accomplis... Continue reading

  
• Answering Your Questions!~
  September 15, 2024 by The Everdream

  ☆⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂ ⠂⠄⠄⠂☆ Some people have requested that we answer some of your questions about how we brand and put ourselves out there into the world. So h... Continue reading
• Version Control and Issue Trackers
  September 08, 2024 by The Everdream

  ☆⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂ ⠂⠄⠄⠂☆ Version control tools are important when managing Unity projects, especially during team projects. Version control systems, like Git... Continue reading
• Designing With Light
  September 03, 2024 by The Everdream

  ☆⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂ ⠂⠄⠄⠂☆ We use light in various ways to communicate to players in our game, from indicating hints at lore to signaling points of interest an... Continue reading
• Coding A Player Controller
  August 24, 2024 by The Everdream

  ☆⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂⠁⠁⠂⠄⠄⠂ ⠂⠄⠄⠂☆ During the early stages of Everdream's development, the team decided we wanted a player controller that was comfortable to use with... Continue reading

  
• Making a Character to be Played
  August 20, 2024 by The Everdream#Blog

  When making characters in a pixel art medium it’s important to keep in mind the limitations of such a small canvas, but it’s also important to recognize how to best utilise it’s strengths. When... Continue reading

  
• Meet the world and characters of The EverDream
  August 11, 2024 by The Everdream#blog

  Meet the world and characters of EverDream The Everdream follows the tale of a young mage exploring the depths of a dream world. Here he meets many odd and unique characters, some who are sleeping and... Continue reading
• HI WE'RE MAKING A THING!!!
  August 04, 2024 by The Everdream#blog, #introduction

  Hello! We're making a game! The Everdream follows a young rabbit tasked with saving the forest's creatures and magic itself. Using time based puzzles and rich characters our game leads players into a... Continue reading