Suggestions for Dreamscom22? (What we learned from this year)
Dreamscom21 was excellent this year and a definite evolution from last year. Here are some ideas that I think would improve for next year. What are yours?
1. A lot of booths did not contain the creators name, and what they were advertising was unclear. A notice board built into the booth template where people put their name and game would be welcome.
2. A button that puts any available game into play later or follow buttons for creators portfolio booths.
3. Like options on individual booths. Would be nice to show appreciation for favourites.
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Yes!!
#1 was huge! I was often trying to find the creator's PSN ID, or I was confused at what specifically they wanted to showcase.
With #3, I always wanted to learn more about the creator and what they had on their profile. It was time consuming going back to the map to see each PSN ID (especially because of idea #1 and the screen transitions) and then heading to indreams.me to give them a thumbs-up and see what else they've made. I would have loved to have a clickable link that opened up their profile or sent me to their profile directly. Even a feature that allowed me to give them a thumbs-up straight from the booth would have helped, because then I could go back into My Activity and select each dreamer to view.
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Definitely being able to add a creators content to play later list would be amazing if possible.
It would be nice if portals had a proximity label to show if you’re goi no up or down a hall, as it is east to get turned around and lose track of which portal you entered/exited.
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I very much disliked the ad-hoc approach to booth rules.
I think the combination of a booth volume and a booth form only tripped people up, as it led to the con puppet literally tripping while trying to enter half the booths due to people placing things on top of the base slab, apparently thinking the base slab would be even with the ground. There was also the case of Nephendril's booth ending up in the ground for a time due to a similar misunderstanding.
I'd also like to see more thermo dedicated to the booths and less to the con set. We were limited to 10% gameplay and graphics. Most halls had 6 booths, with none having more than 7. 30-40% thermo is a lot of resources for what amounted mainly to an entrance and exit portal.
Not sure if this can happen next year, but DreamsCom desperately needs to be a multiplayer experience.
There should be con midway games where you can win tickets/coins that you can award to booths through some sort of premade ticket/coins collecting gadget. Something to make the con as a whole more interactive.
Outside of the DreamsCom dream, someone on Twitter was asking about where the expert panels were. I think a series of Twitch panels by Mm on various disciplines would be a great addition to DreamsCom's presentation as a whole. I realize that DreamsCom is supposed to be about the community, but the community having the opportunity to learn fits the theme.
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Your second point is huge. Just hoping people remember... while overwhelmed with booths... to go look up your account and dream that they saw amongst many? That's a big ask. We should be able to link to our dreams or like you say, have some kind of play later mechanic.
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And I hope for goodness sake, multiplayer. It would be neat to run into other dreamers wandering around Dreamscon
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