Esoterica: The Dreamlike

It's a damn good thing I finished this early, because as expected, there were many bugs in regards to the gameplay that I missed in my original playthrough. Mostly, the battles made sense to me and to me only, and pretty much anyone else would have been stumped by the whole positioning thing (which barely worked anyway).

So, what have I done? I retooled it all. It's an extremely simple system now, and you'd pretty much have to try to be killed. This may piss a few people off, but hey, it's a contest entry, and I have other projects that need more focus. All battles are skippable now too (except for the tutorial battle, so try not to fuck it up) :P

I keep adding little pieces of dialogue here and there too. There's an outro commentary (optional as well) which explains the ending in more depth for those who are left confused, a tale of how the story came to be, and an explanation of the clues that lead up to the surprise ending.

I'm very glad that I still have ten days left to submit, as I feel as though I have all the breathing room in the world. It's entered the final beta testing phase, so there will be no more tests after this one (both amerk and I are doing final playthroughs... unless he doesn't get the last email I just sent him, in which case I couldn't possibly put him through it all a fourth time).