69%Strong matchThe Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2
90%1k90% positive reviews, Very Positive across 1k reviews·Point & Click · Hand-drawn
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Take on the role of Emma in a first person puzzle game, solve puzzles and problems in a Victorian mansion. Prove your worth as a candidate to become "The Automatician" and build increasingly complex chain reaction machines. Can you become the new Automatician?
The Automatician is a first person puzzle game where you take on the role of Emma, who needs to solve puzzles and problems in a Victorian mansion. To prove your worth as a candidate to become "The Automatician" players must build increasingly complex chain reaction machines (Rube Goldberg Machines) to satisfy their challengers. Can you become the new Automatician?
Take on a series of increasingly complex hexagonal puzzles that ask you to create chain reaction machines. Find one or all of the solutions that make your machines a success! Explore the halls of a Victorian mansion called the Absolon Estate. Solve a number of quests for the denizens of the mansion while you investigate to uncover the secrets of the mansion.
Explore the Absolon Estate, speak with it's inhabitants and learn more about their past. Take on the Challenge to become the Automatician, and prove your worth in a series of escalating challenges. Should you succeed, you can expect one final secret to reveal itself to you...
Beautiful Soundtrack and Audio created in collaboration with Ratchet Audio.
DreamPunks is game development studio from Breda, The Netherlands. The Automatician was developed by about 30 students from the NHTV University in Breda. The game was developed part time, as a part of our studies.
While in development, the game has been showcased at a variety of events to gather feedback and improve on the existing game. Some of the events that we've participated in so far include:
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