For the second time, Dreams developer Media Molecule live streamed some of its highlights from the ongoing beta test, featuring a whole host of user-created goodies. The big takeaway is that there's already a wide variety of levels, objects, and characters to be discovered, and some of it is seriously impressive.
One example is something called VISCERAL, a work-in-progress, atmospheric, first person shooter with unsettling sounds and muted but trippy visuals. For an unfinished community-made game, it looks surprisingly effective. Another favourite of ours is Cloudy with a Chance of Face, a much simpler 2D platformer in which you need to run to the end while avoiding creepy heads that fall from the sky. The Classical Order is a humorous game about Greek columns, and Gold Valley is similar to The Witness in style -- a first person puzzler set on a mysterious island.
We highly recommend watching the above stream if you're curious to see what people are making, as there's some wonderful stuff in the mix already. What will you make in Dreams on PS4? Don't steal each other's ideas in the comments below.
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Might pick this up in a couple of years time if the user content works on PS5.
Any hint of a release date on this yet? Guessing it can't be too far off now.
@LieutenantFatman Nothing yet. The fact it's in beta is a good sign for this year, though. Fingers crossed
@Quintumply The fact that they put out an open call for emails so people could take part in the beta but they only sent out codes to 5% of the applications doesn't bode well though. It may mean they fear their servers aren't ready to handle the load.
Though since it's only mid-January I'll grant you "this year" is probably likely, unless they use the beta as an excuse to hold it back for PS5. Been a long wait already, what's one more generation? 😜
This has got 'excited purchase, mess around for an hour, realise it's actually fairly complicated/hard work, never use again' written all over it!
I’m in the beta and some of stuff people are making is ridiculous, i’m trying to create a little FPS map and created most the stuff myself but it’s no where near as good as other people’s stuff 😂. When I start struggling I take break by looking / playing other people’s stuff.
I predict a before Summer 2019 release.
I didn't get into beta & I'm not mad at all. I haven't been this hyped since October 13th 2016.
@JoeBlogs Yeah possibly. I might pick it up cheap further down the line, see if I can get my son into designing games on it perhaps.
pretty sure a studio that Sony owns will not struggle on the server side lol rjejr
@JoeBlogs I wonder if you can make football games on it? I might try and recreate Sensible Soccer. I could relive my youth quite happily then and never have to play another game for as long as I live!
Wow visceral looks great! Just as good as some of the lowerend horror games on ps4 and i dont mean that as a negative at all!
The fact we the people can now essentially make games youd normally only see from commercial releases is craaaazzyy!!
Ever since dreams was released my thoughts have instantly gone to the possibilities of making a good horror game and this proves without a doubt its more than possible!! Cant wait!
Also two letters........ No not PT....... but VR!!!!! OH MY OH MY!
Also id love to try my hand at a simple streetfighter style game! Oh man
Now to quite my job lol
I'm loving the variety of games that are being made, as well as the quality of them so far only in the beta.
I can't remember but didn't they say their long term goal was for people to be able to sell their games on psn? They just needed to make sure everyone who contributed got credit etc.
@JoeBlogs There lies the problem, I'd have no idea what I'm doing!!
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