The Dream Collector

Obsessively played this cool and a bit spooky game. It's a perfect game for relaxing word puzzles and fun art puzzles. I absolutely recommend it!

The Dream Collector clearly describes game play as requiring "tedious repairing and restoration of shattered dreams." What this means is you are going to drag and drop many, many components across the screen, one at a time. Assembly is done by rote because the position of each piece is predetermined and clearly marked. When an object has been fully assembled, a poem appears with missing words. You then drag and drop words into their proper place to complete the poem. Rinse... Repeat... Ad Infinitum... I am on the 21st item and there is no light at the end of this tunnel. To hold your interest, there is a radio to choose your music, a candle to modify your mood, and a small TV to watch brief programming. I really like the word play of the poetry, but the tedium of constructing objects is mind-numbing. There is an achievement for not making a single mistake with your word placement. Of course, I got a bit careless and misplaced a word about 90 minutes in. Since there is only an auto-save to a single slot, retrying for this achievement would require starting all over again. Not going to happen. Since The Dream Collector is a mixed bag for me, I will give it a neutral rating. If you are a fan of word puzzles, you might enjoy this game. However, you will need to be patient and get through each assembly project.

I played this game during beta. This game is really good if you're looking for something casual but also with a unique atmosphere. This is mostly a puzzle game where you put together artifacts and then complete poems about them. It has calming (but satisfying) gameplay that isn't taxing on the player, but still leaves you curious about what you might encounter next. The ambiance and soundtrack are both great and add a lot to the experience, and the poems you assemble vary from humorous to kind of unsettling. I really enjoyed this and would recommend it, especially if you enjoy a more relaxed style of games.

Fun little game with a Harry Potter + Severance feel. You put together a series of artifact-like objects and solve word puzzles. I finished in about 5 hours. - Very polished, high quality visuals/atmosphere, fantastic soundtrack. - Subtle, minimalist storytelling. - Difficulty level is casual, relaxing, not intense. I didn't have trouble figuring out what to do, sometimes required a little thinking though. - Most word puzzles I got on the first or second try. - Menu + candle was a nice touch, minimalist UI, fun to discover it was a menu in the first place and what you could click on, blends seamlessly into the game and gets right into gameplay. - No bugs, never got stuck. Generally intuitive what to do. No performance issues. It does have graphics settings, I had no issues with the highest setting. - Putting together artifacts can be a bit repetitive, I finished the game over the course of several sessions.

A fun lil art/poetry game thats a nice change of pace from my usual games.

This is a wonderful chill game. The music is perfect the puzzles works of art. The poems are interesting and insightful. If you are having a bad day this is the perfect game to calm you. The tv show is delightful

A really chill game, gorgeous graphics, none of the puzzles were very hard, but it was a nice way to spend a few hours. Definitely recommended! The music was so soothing I nearly fell asleep :-)

I pulled the chain and dreams arrived, In fragments, scattered, half-alive— Each word a piece of someone's night, That I must gather, place just right. The Great Lord sips his cosmic tea, While Charles devours what used to be. The world compresses, zips away, As minds drift off and memories fray. I dragged and sorted, made them whole, Each reassembled sleeping soul. The mundane meets the strange sublime, In this quiet office out of time. Sometimes the chain would grant reprieve— A scroll: "You've earned a break," I'd read. The little TV flickers on, Another episode, the story drawn In voices soft, a tale unfolds Between the dreams that I've been told. A puzzle wrapped in gentle dread, Where poetry and dreams are wed. The Void Incorporated knows its art— Each specimen: a work of art.

The Dream Collector is a relaxing game where you put together items from dreams! I enjoyed it very much and actually highly recommend as a break game! Seems like a game for if youre bored and have nothing else you want to do! 10/10

It's a cute little game. I enjoyed the relaxed nature of putting the objects together and then putting together the little paragraph of writing that goes with them! Seeing the shelves and your desk fill up bit by with the objects was fun!