Dream Tale

Dream Tale is a simple, bare-bones platformer in which you are a young girl navigating a trippy, space-y dream-world in search of her dog. I was hoping for an exploration experience along the lines of Knytt, but that's not really what this game is. It's broken up into a series of mini-levels that each take about 90 seconds or so to finish, provided you don't die. Controls are limited to walking and jumping, and the only goal is to reach the portal and collect as many pellets as you can along the way to increase your score. Touching an enemy or falling into a pit is instadeath, and results in you restarting from the beginning. There is a checkpoint system implemented, but not very well - if you die, you begin from the checkpoint, but your level progress is reset in terms of points and the things you've collected. You may also find the titular keys scattered about, and they are collectable, but I can't figure out what they do, if anything. While Dream Tale plays just fine, the...

Don't let the simple art style fool you; this is a GREAT game. There's a lot of story to it, and the platforming starts to get really precise after the first few levels. It'll tug at your heart if you've ever had a dog, especially if that dog ever went missing. I can honestly say I would have paid more for this game than I actually did. It's super fun and and really charming, and gives a decent challenge.

First impression after 5 of 20 levels: versatile and challenging puzzle platformer. The illustrations look like they came out of a children's book, and there is usually an easy way to get to the exit, but to really beat the level, to collect the keys that you'll need 15 of to unlock the final door requires good platforming skills from level 2 onward. A very nice original mechanic early on is a red star that somehow charges your ability to float for a short while; the charge is used up by using it, and you can't jump while it's active, so you need to figure out how to get to where you want to use it, and you need to learn how to use it just enough so it'll last just long enough -- and if it doesn't, you usually fall out of the screen and have to start over. It's really fun to play, and if it isn't as long as some others, it isn't as expensive either. Recommended.

It has good music. It has an ok gameplay. Puzzle platform game. It has a story. Sometimes graphics seem like crude and unpolished. Same goes for the intro fx loop that loops incorrect. I got it during a big discount. In such circumstances I fully recommend it. It's not bad but it's not something jaw dropping either.

great platformer

Quick Review: This is really a very humble platformer but its tight controls and wistful atmosphere made me sink enough time to finish all 20 levels. Your jump style changes when you pick up different colored asterisks. I was surprised that with such a simple concept I was hooked in discovering all of the game’s secrets. A neat touch is that you can revisit the levels you beat but I feel like this game would have benefitted with a time attack mode where you compete with others time completion, which would have increased its replay ability. Also, it needed more levels as 20 levels just wasn't enough as there were design ideas that were screaming to be repeated due to the sheer joy of accomplishing them. Keep this one close to set a bar of quality for future platformers to come. They should not fall behind this game.

It has a cute aesthetic and basic story, and it is far from the worst platforming game I've played. Unfortunately though, it commits the biggest sin of platforming in my eyes, the character is weightless and floaty. I get that because it's in space, it's supposed to simulate weaker gravity, but for me, it makes the game utterly unplayable.

Hey dev, if you're going to make me tab out to the desktop to change the volume then I'm going to thumb you down. Putting in-game volume controls is not a difficult thing to do; devs have been managing it for over 30 years already. That's not actually the only reason for the thumbs down; the game is, well, mediocre at best, really.

A quest to make a good review. Let us....oh wait we have one. I will go over the game in a pro/ con style for Dream Tale and finish things off with my conclusion. Pro: Simple makes for fun. The gameplay style is a simple platformer focused around the use of these power orbs that grant the player the ability to glide, rocket up, or slowly ascend up. Its basic at its core but that is what makes it fun. Nothing too complicated just good old platforming. Great story. The story is nothing too note worthy but i enjoyed the story that was there. The amazing part is to actually complete the story you must collect the keys to open the last level and finishing the last level grants the resolution of the story. Mind you these TVs found throughout the levels do spit out some hints to the story it is very welcomed. Whats that glorious sound i hear in the game...music? Yes the music like the story isnt overly amazing but I did enjoy the music that was presented in each level...

Very cute and decently challenging plattformer. Controls are resposnive and there are extra collectables and score for people into harder stuff.