DREAMCHILD – A SCRATCH RPG

NOW EMPLOYING

A long time ago (Or about 4 months ago) there has been formed an epic collab – DREAMCHILD.
also known as "let's make a bait-and-switch RPG that is actually a horror game!"
Technically speaking, it was a revival of an old collab that was abandoned.
The revival had everything it needed to succeed –

• An interesting concept,
  a cool story,
  decent people behind it,
  good music,
  and well-thought-out mechanics.
  
  

The only things it lacked were organization and more experienced scratchers.

And so, DREAMCHILD died out.

There were many reasons for that: people not knowing what to do, inexperienced people and newbies coming in, plain laziness and so on…

Still, the concept was too good to be left for dead.

SO, I, @kasyanthecat, AM GOING TO REVIVE DREAMCHILD. Again.

Let's do this, people!

Here's the premise:
- You play/puppet a nameable Player Character (PC) in the modern day. You're asked to investigate a rift leading to a strange new land, one bathed in fantasy.
- Saddle on up and collect some friends by doing some tasks for them. Everyone's gathered together (or not, you can go solo) and you all set foot in the new land.
*whoosh end of prologue*
- You're on a ridge, in a village. Go on, head down the path. Soon you will be in Stereotypical Forest Area Village Number One.
- Do some quests there, learn your prophecy.
Welcome to the real game…
- Now, you have an overworld-style map to travel around on. Whenever you enter one of the POI's, you will be linked to a new Scratch project and the game spits out a save code.
*do some stuff, win game, go back home.*

Simple, right?

Wrong.

Remember that whole thing about the horror part of the game?
Still applies.

All along the way, the game will glitch out further and further. Sometimes, you'll shift screens randomly. Sometimes, the game lags out. Sometimes, it breaks the fourth wall. In every case, it will slowly descend into madness, and the PC will even break from your puppetry sometimes.

It's your job to fix the game.

Q: “How do you mean fix?”

• Sometimes, you'll have to do fetch quests, etc. across the project-iverse.
  Sometimes, you'll have to go inside the game and do one of those “fix it” challenges.
  Sometimes, variables will be missing. Tweak 'em.
  Very few holds are barred in playing this game.
  

Q: “And what if you don't fix glitches throughout the game?”

• The very fabric of reality will be torn. Also, good luck ever trying to play the game the exact same way again, at least until you beat it properly.
  That's the short answer. The long?
  The PC will massacre everyone in their hometown, consumed with rage at your puppetry.
  

TL;DR?
It's a game within a game within an open-source programming community.

FAST TRAVEL POINT!

ALL JOB APPLIANCES GO IN THIS DIRECTORY TO PREVENT MESS

STORY SUGGESTIONS AND DISCUSSION GOES IN THIS DIRECTORY

Wow. Another revival? Sheesh.

WaffleTundraStudios wrote:

Wow. Another revival? Sheesh.

That was a long time ago, I thought the collab was dead back then.

Can I join again?

WaffleTundraStudios wrote:

Can I join again?

Idk the original collab seems to be dead so probably yes.

Keep in mind tho, I know little about the plot, so we'll probably have to ask holo or qwerty about what it is.