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The Dream Machine (Demo)

The Dream Machine (Demo) has graphical loveliness aplenty even if it does force me to face up to my getting trapped on a strange island phobia. Is that a polar bear in the background? What year is it? Mr Locke wants me to do what?[subbed by zodiac].

Entry 3697, Friday, 20 Feb 2009, Filed In Games
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Comment By Scrappitt

I know its childish but hooray! first

"I'm dedicated to posting first because I think it's important. I think people need first posters..."

Comment 1, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 12:23:13

Comment By Lolieh88

yay dream machine

Comment 2, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 12:27:36

Comment By Rusty

third!! :D pretty short but also pretty pretty.

Comment 3, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 12:45:38

Comment By Ethel

that was fun, not!

Comment 4, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 13:01:24

Comment By Jack

problems with control of objects

Comment 5, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 13:01:35

Comment By Mellokris

I have no idea how to get him to do anything. I click on objects and he just stands there!! I even try to move him with the little feet icon and it does nothing!! Am I not doing something right?

Comment 6, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 13:22:10

Comment By Ethel

Mellokris: Join the club!! Me too

Comment 7, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 13:47:13

Comment By Fairyhedgehog

I'm finding the same, Mellokris. It's a shame, it looks and sounds so great but there's nothing I can do!

Comment 8, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 13:48:10
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Comment By Welshmam

Really great demo, i didnt have any problems, i loved it and look forward to the full game comming out in April.

I just clicked on items that went to a space at the top of the page (like an inventory) and then clicked on what i wanted to use and clicked where i wanted to use them no probs

Comment 9, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 14:42:27

Comment By Fairyhedgehog

I've tried using Internet Explorer instead of Firefox but it still didn't work for me. I'm using Windows XP.

Any ideas, anyone?

Comment 10, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 14:57:17
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Comment By F00

Upgrade to latest version of Flash possibly?

Comment 11, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 15:06:57

Comment By Jade2

Huh? I can´t pick up anything, he only moves in circles.....

Stupid game.......

Comment 12, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 15:31:10

Comment By Jade2

Huh? I can´t pick up anything, he only moves in circles.....

Stupid game.......

Comment 13, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 15:38:05

Comment By Effen Wright

Help! Somebody turned out the lights and I've fallen and I can't get up! This must be the worst game ever! I found the worm and it got dark and haven't been able to see the light. Ha!

Comment 14, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 16:32:34

Comment By Surfmadpig

Argh... it's a good game, but you shouldn't have posted it until the final version is was... now i can't wait until April...

Comment 15, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 16:58:35

Comment By See1play1

first time i ever managed a game without help - even though it really on the first part. looking forward to april.

Comment 16, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 18:25:42

Comment By Daysie

I don't even see anyone to move around. I have the island with all the objects and commands come up when i mouse over them, and i have little footprints. "He" must be invisible because when i click somewhere the footprints revolve around that spot like he moved there, but I see no actual character

Comment 17, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 18:35:49

Comment By Trebor

where is the friggin worm? i dug up the island and cant find

Comment 18, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 20:38:54

Comment By Clemma

Nope - doesn't work. The guy is invisible. Tried IE, firefox and google chrome - oh well....

Comment 19, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 21:21:37

Comment By Cosmosx

woke up in the apartment, got the empty box...now what?

Comment 20, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 21:40:28

Comment By Anticon

short demo, but great start!

Comment 21, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 22:38:48

Comment By Rapid Raccoon

Looks Awsome!!!

Comment 22, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 23:13:42

Comment By Miz

WHEN U R READING THIS DONT STOP OR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN! MY NAME IS SUMMER I AM 15 YEARS OLD i have BLONDE HAIR ,MANY SCARS no NOSE OR EARS.. I AM DEAD. IF U DONT COPY THIS JUST LIKE FROM THE RING, COPY N POST THIS ON 5 MORE SITES.. OR.. SUMMER WILL APPEAR ONE DARK QUIET NIGHT WHEN UR NOT ExPECTING IT BY YOUR BED WITH A KNIFE AND KILL U. THIS IS NO JOKE SOMETHING GOOD WILL HAPPEN TO YOU

Comment 23, Friday, 20 Feb 2009 23:42:07

Comment By Steve

awesome graphics and it works fine on Fire fox. As some one said earlier make sure your systems are updated if you are problems.

Worm

SPOILER: (click box to reveal/hide)

you need to examine the hole after you dig it

Walk thru

SPOILER: (click box to reveal/hide)

hoovering your mouse over odjects will indicate if you can interact with it.
pick up 3 peices of wood.
move the rock that is located between the palm trees.
this releaves a lighter, click it
drag wood from inventory onto the fire place
drag lighter to the wood on the fire place
pick up shovel
drag shovel to anywhere on the sand, this will dig a hole
examine hole and take worm
take fishing rod
in the inventory drag the worm to the rod
drag rod to Y shaped branch on shore and wait for fish to bite
click rod to get fish
drag fish to fire place wait
take fish once cooked
drag fish to "yourself"
you will discover a map inside the fish
click map in inventory and notice the x. exit the map back to island
drag shovel to same location on the island, roughly dead center just back from shore line
examine hole
there is an alarm clock click it
you are taken to a new screen which answers why you where on the island. You can look around but that is the end of the demo once you leave this room,

Comment 24, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 01:47:44

Comment By Fairyhedgehog

My version of Flash is 10.0.12.36 which is the latest one, according to the Adobe site.

Is there anything else that I might need to upgrad to play the game?

Comment 25, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 05:26:27
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Comment By Andy

flashplayer 10 needed

Comment 26, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 07:26:00

Comment By Andy

flashplayer 10 needed

Comment 27, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 07:26:01

Comment By Wyatt

loved it!
claymation always reminds me of "the neverhood", one of my all time favorite games...
let's hope TDM is as intelligent and humorous!

Comment 28, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 07:30:40

Comment By Gnnnaw

doesnt work for me...bummer..

Comment 29, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 09:02:28

Comment By Lesa

I opened it in Firefox and switched the rendering engine to Internet Explorer and got it to work. Nice game. I can't wait until the final version comes out.

Comment 30, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 09:45:31

Comment By Carl

I tried in IE, FF, Chrome, Safari, Opera and it does not work. I also Have flash10. Either I don't have enough memory, or the game is only for mac or non US.

Comment 31, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 13:40:41

Comment By Marie

I love it, I can't wait for the whole thing.

Comment 32, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 15:10:49

Comment By Me

wow some comment by miz talk about lunatic spammers

Comment 33, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 15:29:22

Comment By Greebo

Very promising! I played it on Firefox 3.x on Windows Vista and everything worked fine.

Comment 34, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 16:27:19

Comment By Zee

awh, i love this game.

Comment 35, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 16:50:43

Comment By Pete

IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH BUGS, try to load the game from the beginning, and then wait a couple minutes at the logo screen. THEN continue to the island. Worked for me after 10 times or so of it not working right.

Comment 36, Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 20:30:26

Comment By Pat

STAY AWAY FROM THIS GAME. It's worse today than it was when it was first posted. My computer totally locked up when I tried to go into it. Buggier than a cheap hotel room!!

Comment 37, Monday, 23 Feb 2009 12:35:59

Comment By Hypeshipe

whats the deal with the dharma link and whats the code?

Comment 38, Monday, 23 Feb 2009 20:15:58

Comment By Captcha

captcha sux

Comment 39, Monday, 02 Mar 2009 05:01:31

Comment By Sdg

i can pick up an empty box when he wakes up but thats all

Comment 40, Monday, 02 Mar 2009 13:08:49

Comment By Bambi

Why can't I report comments that bother me? Graham please delete that stupid post from "Miz" about urban legends.

Comment 41, Wednesday, 11 Mar 2009 05:07:21

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