DreamScourge

A group student game where you play as the Boogeyman who was once a guardian of dreams, now a corrupted monster of shadows. Stalk the sweet dreams of a young girl, gather dark power, evade the Sandman and his angelic watchers, and destroy the child’s cherished toys to unravel her dreamworld.

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Core Gameplay:  

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The player is the Boogeyman, roaming through a young girl’s dreamscapes in a first-person horror stealth experience. Your goal is to corrupt the dream by destroying toys and significant objects, all while avoiding the Sandman and his angel guardians.

Gameplay emphasizes stealth, misdirection, dream manipulation, and ability management through a dark-mana resource system.

Horror elements stem from being hunted, from the sinister dreamlike transformations of the world, and from the tension of being the monster in a place that resists you.

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Key features: 

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Stealth, Fear & Pursuit:

● The Sandman patrols dream zones and will wake the child if he catches you.

● Angel enemies behave like “weeping angels”, moving only when you aren’t looking.

● Both enemy types have noise detection, proximity feedback, and visual alerts. 

● The player must stay hidden, stay quiet, and plan routes carefully.

Dark Ability System: 

All abilities are powered by a mana system, earned by corrupting the dream.

● Destruction – break dream objects to gain mana.

● Invisible Sprint – a fast, silent dash that turns your arms semi-transparent.

● Trap – place a snare that immobilizes the Sandman for 5 seconds.

● Lure – create a noise to bait the Sandman away.

● Dream Transformation – alter elements of the world such as doors or flower platforms to reach new areas.

Dream Environment Interaction: 

● Floating platforms, transforming rooms, and moving objects.

● Level hazards like clocks that function as noise alarms and bookshelves that trigger on proximity.

● Three dream levels + tutorial, each with escalating difficulty, new traversal challenges, and more enemy presence.

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Setting and Atmosphere:  

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- Location: surreal dreamscapes belonging to a sleeping young girl.

- Visual Style: storybook-inspired aesthetic with dramatic lighting, floating geometry, and warped baby-room memories.

- Lighting: atmospheric, shifting tones and particle effects to show corrupted vs. safe spaces.

- Audio: ambient dream noises, enemy cues, player footsteps, and tense ability feedback; includes custom game + menu music.