The Dreamcatcher
The Dreamcatcher is a proof of concept for a hand-drawn adventure platformer where you explore a collection of floating islands as Kit, the Dreamcatcher.

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In this Top-Down Horror game, try to escape from an otherwise abandoned laboratory, armed only with a lantern and the keys strewn about in monster-infested rooms.
Released
May 2, 2025
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Windows
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Last sync
September 25, 2026

Play as Doctor Elizabeth "Liz" Landrake, a genetic scientist in an alternate Victorian era laboratory. As time has passed, your workplace respite has become desolate, abandoned, and filled with deadly chimaeras who have turned against their creators.
Traverse through your laboratory, armed only with your quick reactions and a kerosene lantern, to collect a series of key cards in the attempt to escape this laboratory in lockdown. Along the way, collect notes, remnants of a time before this laboratory got shut down, to provide
insight as to who was here alongside Liz.
Light is the only thing that seems to keep the monsters at bay, so keep your lantern filled, and try to only use the light when it is absolutely necessary.


This game was developed as a student project at DigiPen Institute of Technology and was created for educational purposes only. Please check out our publisher page for more information.