never expected to see something made with agi at random. and it was a bit spooky :o

2spooky4me D:

when i type talk character, it doesn't recognise the word "character" · _·

Ah, sorry~
That was just a general example - try using each character's species or name instead. ("talk horse", etc.)
If you "look" in each room, you should find out what species each character is. :3

aaaah, i see =o ok, i am slowly advancing

Perhaps there should be some hints? All I managed to do was to "talk character" I didn't even figure out how to score any points. I do have to admit that the game seems well done.

"talk character" was just a general example.
Try their species or names instead ("look horse") - you should be able to find a character's species by typing "look" in each level.

No I realize that! What I mean is that talk was the only option allowed, save for the abandoned factory...

Ah, sorry!
Yeah, interaction's a bit on the light side - aside from talking to characters and looking at various things, there isn't a whole lot to do.
Really just the one obtainable item, too. I tried to make it as obvious as possible, since it's the only one~ xD

Out of curiosity, what made you think 'talk' was the only option allowed?

"Look" provided descriptions "Talk" provided advancement "Take" never did anything
Also is the program supposed to terminate itself?

Ah, I see. Welp, the muffin from the cafe can be taken~
And yup, the game terminates itself. I sorta wanted it to seem like it crashed, like the sudden realization you get when you jerk awake. Not sure how effective that was. :P

What a coincidence. I set up DOSBox JUST before I went to bed last night.

It's a very handy bit of software. :3

Just got DOSbox on my mac, How can I play this?

Oh boy. I have no experience whatsoever with anything after System 7, so this is gonna get rough.

Okay, so DreamAGI.zip has a DreamAGI folder inside of it which holds all of the actual game files - for example, SIERRA.COM is in there.
You'd have to copy the DreamAGI folder (the one with SIERRA.COM in it) to DOSBox's mounted directory.
If you don't know how to mount a directory in DOSBox, I'd say follow the instructions here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eRd1tn-xIo

In the tutorial, he entered the User Folder and made a folder called DosBox.
You'd copy the DreamAGI folder (the one with SIERRA.COM in it) to that DosBox folder.

Then follow the video's instructions to mount the DosBox folder inside the DOSBox window: (mount c ~/DosBox [press enter]) (c:\ [press enter])
You'll have to mount the DosBox folder in this way every time you run DOSBox.

After that you'd navigate to the DreamAGI folder inside the DOSBox window (cd DreamAGI [press enter]) then type (sierra.com [press enter]).

Hopefully that does it for you! :3

okay got it working thank!~ :D

Awesome! :D

stumped me this game D:

Need help with anything specific? :3

i just can talk and talk and talk.
for my poor english.
always 0 score

I sent you a note!
I hope it helps. :3

hey stuck at in the room with the sleeping bag, can you give me a hint? XD

nevermind XD

I forgot, this was so long ago

that was actually pretty fun, how long did this take you to make? Kind of wanna try my hand at something like this

I went at the whole thing pretty slowly, to be honest. :P
I've played around with AGI stuff for a few months now, but didn't really start making this until about three weeks ago. I started with the rooms, then the character sprites/animations, then the logic, all spread out a little bit every day. It's not exactly a long game, but it was pretty fun to work on. xD

ahh ok :)

That was quite enjoyable :D
btw that muffin was delicious :)

Awesome :3

i cant get it to work :( it says "Windows cannot find 'DOSBox.exe' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." do you know how to fix this?

Oh no D:
Did you extract the Zip folder before running the game?

I didnt :(

All right, then~
Does it work fine after extracting it?

Late response but it did and i enjoyed it :3

Awesome! :D

I just got around to playing this! I think it's really good, you got the foreboding atmosphere down with your backgrounds, and the animations are really good (and a little unsettling!). I would like to play something from you again, you've really got the style down!

Ah, thanks loads dude! It really does mean a lot~
Those low-res animations were a blast to do! I felt I sort of cheated with the stationary NPCs, though. If I get around to doing more AGI stuff (I've got a few ideas), I'd definitely focus more on animation.
Did you happen to get both endings, by the way?

I did! It took me a couple tries, but I did it! I wasn't expecting the other ending to be lighter than the other, especially considering the state of the dude when you give him the thing. It felt kinda naughty X3

Awesome!
I wasn't sure about the hungry dude's huge-to-soft transition. It felt too sudden, but I figured heck - dreams are hardly predictable. Figured giving hungry-dude the thing might remind Eli what hungry-dude looks like in his natural state/distract him from his nightmare. I thought the sudden, lighter ending might be a good contrast to the unpleasant, noisy one... kinda cheesy, I guess. :P
Plus I wanted to add a chubby rabbit in his briefs. xD

Thanks again for the kind words, man!

Oof, loved how detailed the sprites were when they inflated, wicked stuff!

Ah, thanks! Glad you enjoyed 'em. :D

I'm stuck on the office part, any tips? X:

the part with the sleeping bag i mean

Try 'look'ing at as many things as you can. :3

Aaa thank you

this is gud, but after good ending, what happens to geoff?

Geoff is fine, if a bit rounder than he used to be. :P
I recently posted a story, Pancakes and Slasher Films, which gives a sneak peak of what happens to Geoff after my September Grove interactive fiction. :3

Hey! Just finished playing this! Really great atmosphere and lovely graphics/animations!
Super excited to see a new AGI game emerge too!

Ah, thanks a ton! Working with AGI was pretty fun, and it was awesome to share it with peeps~

um do i have to have a dropbox account or am i doing something wrong at startup cuz it never loads (btw i run windos 7)

Nope, you don't need a Dropbox account!
Once you've downloaded the zip folder, be sure to right-click and extract it first. Then from the newly extracted folder, run START DREAMING.bat, as far as I know it should work with Win7~

Ok but it always stays on law113 whenever I run it

Ah! The game should start after you press a key.

Any key whatsoever?

Just about, though the arrow keys, numbers, and ESC doesn't seem to on my end.
If pressing a letter key, the spacebar, or Enter doesn't start the game, I'm not sure how to help. :/

Ok well thank you very much I will make sure to give it a try later

man, this was really nice! liked how atmospheric it felt despite its simplicity, great job on that!

Thanks much! This was particularly fun to work on, It's great to know people enjoy it!

I need help im stuck in the first bit

Try "look" first, I suppose. That'll tell you about the area you're in, and give you more information. You can type "look object" (replace 'object' with the name of the object :P) to examine it - you can do that with characters, too. You can also "talk character" (replace 'character' with their name or species). Talking is the main thing that advances the game, you'll have to talk to each character multiple times.
Hope this helps!

can't figure out how to save them

You can't save them, sorry!. x3c

that sucks. not a bad start for a game though

fantastic game man i want to get a retro laptop or desktop and play it on there.

How do I interact with the person who appears after Jason explodes? I've tried everything, and nothing seems to be working.

If I remember correctly you just speak to them to progress, i.e. "talk corgi"
Hope this helps! :3c

Oh, it was the corgi? Thanks. If you'll ever update this, you should change the "look" command after the horse explodes to let the player know.

...Oh. I never noticed that it was actually a horror game.

Go ahead and try giving it away~

is there an alternate download link?

Nope, no alternate link! It looks like the existing link is still working - are you having some sort of trouble downloading it?

ya

You could try right-clicking on the download link, then choose 'Save Link As...' and download it that way.