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Dreams About Fireflies

A first-person dreamcore game of collection and exploration. Chase fireflies through dreamlike worlds, unlock and upgrade various tools to catch them. From infant to adult, experience life's challenges, rediscover forgotten memories, and find the strength to heal yourself.

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About the Game

"We spend our whole lives searching for that firefly from childhood, only to realize it has been living in our hearts all along…"

"I" have been having the same dream lately. This is a first-person collection, exploration, and puzzle-solving game. You will chase fireflies through a dreamcore fantasy world, catch them with different tools, and use them to light up the world. As the story progresses, you grow from a child into an adult, reliving childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, picking up forgotten memories in familiar yet strange scenes, and unraveling the knots buried deep in your heart at each stage.

Catching Is More Than Collecting

Each firefly has its own temperament: some rest quietly, some wander around, and others flee when startled.

You can swing a net for area catching, hold out your hand for them to land on, use a mini fan to blow them where you want, or record sounds with a tape recorder to attract fireflies along the trail of music. Each tool has its own rhythm and corresponding catching strategy.

Bring fireflies back to designated spots for rewards, then use those rewards to upgrade your abilities: larger carrying capacity, longer reach, more refined tools. The process of collecting is also a process of gradually understanding them—and yourself.

Explore a Dreaming World

There is no combat pressure—only exploration, puzzles, and companionship. Giant statues, empty pools, floating staircases, endlessly repeating corridors—these dreamcore scenes feel both familiar and strange, like old memories wrapped in soft light. You need to observe your surroundings, find clues, and solve mechanisms to open the next door.

A Lifetime for a Single Light

The story begins with a baby's first opening of their eyes. A mother is like water—silent yet steadfast, quietly placing freedom in your hands. A father is like a mountain—teaching you to smile even in failure. You experience every stage of life in classrooms, playgrounds, clouds, and memories, until you grow up and finally reunite with that very first firefly.

Game Features

  • Multiple catching tools: hands, mini fan, tape recorder—each with unique gameplay

  • Collect and grow: catch fireflies, submit them at designated spots, upgrade abilities—a relaxing growth loop

  • Exploration and puzzles: find clues and solve environmental puzzles in a dreamcore world to advance the story

  • Journey of a lifetime: from infant to adult, experiencing childhood, adolescence, and adulthood

  • Healing atmosphere: whimsical and gentle dreamcore aesthetics, immersive day/night and nature experiences, a warm and profound story

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