Hypnagogia 催眠術
A downloadable game for Windows
Hypnagogia is an exploration in themes involving deep dreams, liminal spaces, sleep paralysis demons, and much more.
Can you collect all 8 dream crystals and finally wake up?
Influenced by the nostalgia-fueled polygonal games from the mid and late 90's, Hypnagogia takes players on a short but intriguing journey through various worlds inspired by real dreams.
Hang out with cats in a relaxing garden temple, mingle with sea creatures in an underwater quarry, or find meaning in a city full of strange people. Everyone has something to say, so meet and greet with every denizen you can!
Each hand-crafted and detailed environment has been amalgamated from different dream journal recordings over the years, with entries used by both the dev and some users on the LSD Revamped Discord channel.
When dreams turn to nightmares, will you overcome the challenge of returning to reality?
If you enjoy this game, check out more from this dev below! There's also a comprehensive commentary file within the game folder if you're interested in knowing the origins of each dream.
Descension - a Quake-inspired procedurally-generated FPS
Infectoid - a Metroidvania adventure through a computer
KNOWN BUGS/ISSUES
- Mouse/controller sensitivity does not save between areas.
- There's a possibility any one of the quest givers/npcs may bug out, resulting in not being able to complete the dream. If this happens, leave and reenter through the dream hub.
- There is no way to save progress in the game currently.
- I don't have plans on building for any platform besides Windows currently. My apologies in advance, but I don't have any way to test those builds and would rather ensure a cleaner experience.
Download
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Development log
- Hypnagogia 2 Trailer and Project Page now live!Jul 17, 2021
- Hypnagogia Sequel AnnouncementApr 16, 2021
- Hypnagogia 催眠術 - Official Game TrailerDec 02, 2020
- Hypnagogia 催眠術 - SoundtrackNov 30, 2020
- Hypnagogia POST JAM UPDATE NOW LIVE!Nov 29, 2020
- First post-jam update coming this weekend!Nov 28, 2020
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(is this LSD dream emulator)
What a fun game to explore
Excellent game!!
i remember playing this like 1 year ago, its so great. i wish there was more games like this where you just explore different and unique little worlds
I really love this game! Like a trippier version of Spyro in the best way imaginable! The soundtrack was great too, and I really liked Gogi's info drops about the game's development :)
My only critiques are:
Other than that, perfection!
This is literally everything I love in an indie game. Its weird, its mysterious, and its weird
will there be a mac version? :)
Looking just by the page, this is gonna feel like hypnospace but freeroam to me
is this a sequel to Boundless Dreams??
Predecessor, actually
Love it, retro vibe and all.
muy buen juego, pronto lo terminare! 👍
for me the game is forced into a rectangular res despite being a square resolution, which causes lag and cropped images. Luckily I fixed it with Windows Enabler but you should check this I think
That's how it's designed to be. No lag from my end. Played the game with integrated graphics (UHD 630 with Intel 8th Gen i7 CPU). No Windows Enable or any other boost required for me, other than the CPU hitting 4.1 GHz while I'm playing. :)
absolutely amazing, good job
That is so good! Love the game, second level is so so amazing, that I want to be reborn within it I sweaar. However, the saving progress of the game is really bad, one day I hav all of dreams umlocked, and then bam, GONE. Sooo yea, mayby its just me thing but I hope you will find a way to fix it.
I appreciated so much this game, then I will try some other made by you buddy. Is it okay? Five stars is fair for my experience. Thanks for share.
damn
100/10
Really happy this appeared for me so I could find and play it. I didn't find many of the secrets, but I love what's there. A lot of introductions of very deep and important topics, without having to rely too much on what you directly state to the player; the dialogue is extremely evocative for the player's own insertion of their thoughts, feelings, etc. I love surrealism and these not-quite-awake feelings and sentiments portrayed in dreams. I wish I could do something half as cool with my own.
Im practicing lucid dreaming in real life, and so i have a special connection to games like yume nikki, LSD dream emulator and so on, and your game is another one i love.
This game is amaizing, this is a masterpiece
Great game!! I loved it!
this game is amazing! , i really enjoyed this i highly suggest it to anyone who enjoys playing really chill and amazing nostalgic games :) <3
Hypnagogia is the transition between wakefulness and sleep. During this state, it's common to experience visual, audio, or other types of hallucinations. It's also common to experience muscle jerks and sleep paralysis. Some people purposefully try to induce to hypnagogia to stimulate creativity.
i do this thingy at night its so great!
This was a very meaningful experience. The point of being in a dream and trying to wake up was such a good story for such an amazing journey. The mood in each level was so different! Sometimes you'd have the hairs on your neck stand on end, and other times you're having just a fun time. If you were to ever make anything more like this, I would be very excited :)
hey...i need to find a game its like this but its over how the developers of the game didnt finish the game and how buggy it was also here on itch pls. it was like an adventure game
You NEED to be more specific than that, any idea of what the name could be?
no but i think the cover had like the charackteres in the game on it, there was always a sign that was telling you the story how the developer team didnt have enough cash to finish the game and at the end you had to fight some sort of like boss in some body where you had to derstroy the glitch or however you wanna call it. it was not first person you saw the player from behind... thats all i know from now
https://l4ndo.itch.io/abandoned-64
this game?
omg thank you so much this is the Game !!"!!
This was dope. Thanks for making this game. I also enjoyed reading through your dev commentary on the different levels. Great vibes all around.
Thanks, Shane :-)
I've played through this first game a few times now, you have made one of my favorite games :)) Every time I run through the game I find new things. I think I played this game at the right time in my life and just hit me in the feels. Thank you for making such an awesome game :D
Very enjoyable, I loved it so much. To its comforting warmth to its terrifying coldness. Amazing game, sodaraptor!
Very good game, I enjoyed so much, there very creative levels, good design and I enjoyed the characters, good job :)
We love you Morty!
THIS GAME IS A MASTERPIECE! i haven't beat it and already i can tell this is something special the game feels great the style is awesome and the story is really unique so far im really impressed with this one i like the places were seeing and im really exited to do the rest, definitely itchio game of the year!
if you want to see me play this here's the first episode more will be out in the next few days because im definitely beating this game!
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Weird bug, when I connect dualshock 4 the camera breaks. It points straight up and the sticks only read movements on the x axis
Yeah it does that sometimes. Only solution I know of is to restart your machine with the controller connected. If that doesn't work it's just a bug
Very pleasant experience! Definitely made my afternoon significantly more memorable.
teehee <3
CUTE!
No Commentary Gameplay
Amazing job. Loved all of the dreams and their unique feel.
This game slapped my ass ! Really good job ! i will fastly buy your other Hypnagogia game when i got money !
love on you <3
Even here in 2023, this is a banger of a short dreaminality experience. I'm VERY much looking forward to playing Boundless Dreams. LOVED the soundtrack and I hope for more unique tracks.
I would say, for this style, I'd like to see a little more interactivity with the environment. Maybe some different dialogue up to 2-3 times when interacting with the same entity.
I VERY much enjoyed the dream explanations provided, thanks for sharing those as it put alot of the dreams into context but also allowed for a personal connection as I've had several dreams that are very similar. If not of content, then the feels. The atmosphere. VERY similar.
Aside from interactivity which in and of itself is nitpicky, I have nothing but good to say about this game. I'll be more thorough with Boundless Dreams, looking forward to doing a playthrough of that and enjoying the ride.
Thanks, I'm excited to play all the games you've developed :D