I went through the entire game and timed myself, and have concluded that in its current state, to merely get through all the levels and get all the keys, it is physically impossible to complete dream in less than 40 minutes. As in, if you've completely memorized every single level, and know all the fastest possible routes, and are a wiz with the controls, you can beat it in 40 minutes. I'm guessing it would take at the very least 3-4 hours to complete the first time around (for good puzzle solvers), not including extra modes such as time trial and step count, which are both unlocked once you beat the level in question. Beating the game would also unlock some things that might make you want to play through some of the levels a few more times...
Quote: "and a level editor so i could make my own levels"
It seems like something that would be obvious, but making a level editor that the public could use would be like writing an entirely new game itself. And really, making the levels is not nearly as fun as you'd think. Making a decent level that is actually viewable at all times is very hard, and because I wasn't able to make my smart camera work, the camera would fail miserably 99% of the time. IF I was good yet at making editors, then maybe it would be an option, but because the camera is not player controlled, such a thing is out of the question.
Okay, UPDATE.
I've been doing tons of work, and have been replacing all the old sections of the code. It made about a 1 fps difference, and reduced the load times by a few seconds, so mostly the difference is code-wise. The important thing about this is I've found a ton of errors DBC didn't catch, many of which I believe caused strange and unexplainable problems on some peoples pcs. I've also organized the media, which is just useful in general.
On the visual side of things, I've added facial animation, and a "squish" effect, which both look awesome. The character really looks organic now, something I hadn't thought I'd be able to do. They're not worth their own vid, but I'll make sure to show them in the next one.
I've updated my website with current information about Dream. An interesting note, I have 64 members, despite the fact that currently membership does squat. This will change I think around the time Dream comes out... and eventualy, I will set up a forum that will be used for something or other, most likely something to do with Project 19 (edit: whoops, I mean Adventure 19).
It looks like I will sell this, but please keep answering the 3 questions if you haven't already.
Edit:
Here's a pic from one of the cut scenes that will be in the demo. When it is finished, I'll post a vid of it.
