| Daydreamer | |
| Developer: | Roland Studios |
| Publisher: | Atlus (PS4) |
| Released: | Awakened Edition PlayStation 4 |
| Modes: | Single-player |
Daydreamer is a video game developed by Roland Studios.
In a distant future where the world has been taken over by aliens and undergoing a civil war, a young girl called Olivia must rescue her brother from the aliens.[1]
Weapons at the players disposal include laser guns and flamethrowers. The player also has pets to assist them in tasks. The player encounters large bosses.[2] The game is a side scroller.[3]
Daydreamer was showcased at the Moscone Center’s GDC Play Area at the 2015 Game Developer Conference.[2] It had an unsuccessful crowdfunding campaign.[4] [2] [5] [1] [6]
Daydreamer has Sprite graphics, of rather high quality for its characters, contrasted by a lot of scrolling check patterns for its pause menu.It also features an interface designed for a gamepad, to the point where the game only displays Gamepad inputs for menues and tutorial messages even when played only a keyboard on Windows.
Daydreamer received a score of 68/100 on Metacritic for the PlayStation 4 version of the game, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
Hardcore Gamer gave the PlayStation 4 version of the game a 3.5/5, praising the art style and how it pays homage to platform games from the 1990s.